id,species,tribe,source,pageno,use_category,use_subcategory,notes,rawsource
6616,503,95,37,73,5,55,Ashes used to maintain the blue coloring in blue corn meal.,"Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 73"
6978,553,32,1,40,5,55,Used to make a blue dye.,"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 40"
6991,556,32,105,74,5,55,Used as a blue dye.,"Witthoft, John, 1947, An Early Cherokee Ethnobotanical Note, Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 37(3):73-75, page 74"
6992,556,32,1,40,5,55,Used to make a blue dye.,"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 40"
10487,1051,17,139,50,5,55,Area next to the root bark used as a blue dye.,"Nickerson, Gifford S., 1966, Some Data on Plains and Great Basin Indian Uses of Certain Native Plants, Tebiwa 9(1):45-51, page 50"
11293,1112,259,33,501,5,55,Roots used to make a bluish dye.,"Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 501"
12282,1247,23,26,112,5,55,Flowers used as a light blue dye for quills.,"Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 112"
12296,1252,259,33,502,5,55,Flowers used as a blue dye for clothing.,"Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 502"
12299,1254,175,32,119,5,55,Flowers used to make a blue stain for coloring arrows and other items.,"Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 119"
12312,1257,157,74,47,5,55,Petals used to make blue dye.,"Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 47"
12320,1259,80,139,47,5,55,Flower blossoms used to make a blue dye.,"Nickerson, Gifford S., 1966, Some Data on Plains and Great Basin Indian Uses of Certain Native Plants, Tebiwa 9(1):45-51, page 47"
15241,1659,38,15,139,5,55,Bark used to make a blue dye in a manner similar to that of blue ash.,"Gilmore, Melvin R., 1933, Some Chippewa Uses of Plants, Ann Arbor. University of Michigan Press, page 139"
20572,2216,80,139,50,5,55,Roots used to make a blue dye.,"Nickerson, Gifford S., 1966, Some Data on Plains and Great Basin Indian Uses of Certain Native Plants, Tebiwa 9(1):45-51, page 50"
21332,2295,157,74,57,5,55,Flowers used to make a blue dye.,"Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 57"
25841,2804,175,32,139,5,55,"Flowers boiled and rubbed on arrows and other items to give them a blue, indelible coloring.","Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 139"
25932,2818,175,32,139,5,55,"Flowers boiled and rubbed on arrows and other items to give them a blue, indelible coloring.","Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 139"
27934,2968,33,57,6,5,55,Roots used to make a blue dye.,"Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 6"
33180,3352,157,74,60,5,55,Used to make a blue dye.,"Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 60"
38332,3727,50,16,253,5,55,Fruits used to prepare a permanent blue dye for tattooing.,"Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 253"
43245,4150,23,26,123,5,55,Plant used to dye arrows blue.,"Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 123"