id,species,species_label,tribe,tribe_label,source,source_label,pageno,use_category,use_category_label,use_subcategory,use_subcategory_label,notes,rawsource 31992,3257,Quercus dumosa Nutt.,24,Cahuilla,31,bs72,121,1,Food,2,Bread & Cake,Acorns ground into a fine meal and used to make bread.,"Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel, 1972, Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants, Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press, page 121" 31993,3257,Quercus dumosa Nutt.,24,Cahuilla,31,bs72,121,1,Food,4,Dried Food,Dried acorns stored for a year or more in granaries.,"Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel, 1972, Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants, Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press, page 121" 31994,3257,Quercus dumosa Nutt.,24,Cahuilla,31,bs72,121,1,Food,44,Porridge,Cooked acorns used to make mush.,"Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel, 1972, Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants, Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press, page 121" 31995,3257,Quercus dumosa Nutt.,24,Cahuilla,31,bs72,121,1,Food,47,Special Food,Acorn meat considered a delicacy and favored at social and ceremonial occasions.,"Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel, 1972, Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants, Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press, page 121" 31996,3257,Quercus dumosa Nutt.,24,Cahuilla,31,bs72,121,3,Other,132,Cash Crop,"Acorn meal exchanged for pinyon nuts, mesquite beans and palm tree fruit.","Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel, 1972, Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants, Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press, page 121" 31997,3257,Quercus dumosa Nutt.,24,Cahuilla,31,bs72,121,3,Other,132,Cash Crop,Acorn meal used as payment to a shaman for special services.,"Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel, 1972, Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants, Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press, page 121" 31998,3257,Quercus dumosa Nutt.,24,Cahuilla,31,bs72,121,3,Other,37,Fuel,Dried wood considered an ideal firewood for heating and cooking.,"Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel, 1972, Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants, Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press, page 121" 31999,3257,Quercus dumosa Nutt.,24,Cahuilla,31,bs72,121,3,Other,28,Hunting & Fishing Item,Acorns used as bait in trigger traps to capture small animals.,"Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel, 1972, Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants, Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press, page 121" 32000,3257,Quercus dumosa Nutt.,24,Cahuilla,31,bs72,121,3,Other,125,Jewelry,Unhusked acorns dried and strung as necklaces.,"Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel, 1972, Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants, Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press, page 121" 32001,3257,Quercus dumosa Nutt.,24,Cahuilla,31,bs72,121,3,Other,146,Musical Instrument,Acorns gathered on a cord and swung against the teeth to produce music.,"Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel, 1972, Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants, Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press, page 121" 32002,3257,Quercus dumosa Nutt.,24,Cahuilla,31,bs72,121,3,Other,24,Toys & Games,Acorns used by children in a game like jacks and for juggling.,"Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel, 1972, Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants, Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press, page 121" 32003,3257,Quercus dumosa Nutt.,65,Diegueno,85,hedges86,33,2,Drug,25,Eye Medicine,Decoction of broken galls used as an eyewash.,"Hedges, Ken, 1986, Santa Ysabel Ethnobotany, San Diego Museum of Man Ethnic Technology Notes, No. 20, page 33" 32004,3257,Quercus dumosa Nutt.,65,Diegueno,85,hedges86,33,4,Fiber,43,Basketry,"Branches, with willow branches, used to make acorn storage baskets.","Hedges, Ken, 1986, Santa Ysabel Ethnobotany, San Diego Museum of Man Ethnic Technology Notes, No. 20, page 33" 32005,3257,Quercus dumosa Nutt.,65,Diegueno,85,hedges86,33,4,Fiber,109,Furniture,Branches used as framework material for cradles.,"Hedges, Ken, 1986, Santa Ysabel Ethnobotany, San Diego Museum of Man Ethnic Technology Notes, No. 20, page 33" 32006,3257,Quercus dumosa Nutt.,65,Diegueno,85,hedges86,33,1,Food,44,Porridge,"Acorns shelled, pounded, leached and cooked into a mush or gruel.","Hedges, Ken, 1986, Santa Ysabel Ethnobotany, San Diego Museum of Man Ethnic Technology Notes, No. 20, page 33" 32007,3257,Quercus dumosa Nutt.,106,Kawaiisu,60,z81,56,4,Fiber,91,Building Material,Logs used in house construction.,"Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 56" 32008,3257,Quercus dumosa Nutt.,106,Kawaiisu,60,z81,56,1,Food,2,Bread & Cake,"Acorns made into a fine meal, cooked into a mush and allowed to stand and harden into a 'cake.'","Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 56" 32009,3257,Quercus dumosa Nutt.,106,Kawaiisu,60,z81,56,1,Food,75,Staple,"Acorns dried, pounded, sifted into a fine meal and leached.","Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 56" 32010,3257,Quercus dumosa Nutt.,106,Kawaiisu,60,z81,56,1,Food,59,Winter Use Food,"Acorns stored for future use. Acorns were stored in several different ways. The granaries, elevated about a foot above the ground to keep out rodents, were made of hardwood poles, usually oak, with sides, top and bottom covered with bark and lined with gray California buckwheat leaves. Stone lined pits were covered with brush, acorns were piled on a large flat stone and covered with bark.","Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 56" 32011,3257,Quercus dumosa Nutt.,106,Kawaiisu,60,z81,56,3,Other,57,Fasteners,Acorn meal used to mend cracks in clay pots.,"Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 56" 32012,3257,Quercus dumosa Nutt.,106,Kawaiisu,60,z81,56,3,Other,24,Toys & Games,Acorn cupule used to make a top for children.,"Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 56" 32013,3257,Quercus dumosa Nutt.,128,Luiseno,24,s08,233,2,Drug,8,Dermatological Aid,Gall nuts used for sores and wounds and as an astringent.,"Sparkman, Philip S., 1908, The Culture of the Luiseno Indians, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 8(4):187-234, page 233" 32014,3257,Quercus dumosa Nutt.,128,Luiseno,24,s08,194,1,Food,44,Porridge,"Acorns leached, ground into a meal, cooked in an earthen vessel and eaten.","Sparkman, Philip S., 1908, The Culture of the Luiseno Indians, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 8(4):187-234, page 194" 32015,3257,Quercus dumosa Nutt.,128,Luiseno,24,s08,194,1,Food,75,Staple,"Stored acorns pounded in a mortar and pestle to make a flour. Several methods were used to remove the bitterness from the acorn meal. The meal was either leached with hot water, placed in a rush basket and warm water poured over it or placed in a sand hole and warm water poured over it to soak away the bitterness.","Sparkman, Philip S., 1908, The Culture of the Luiseno Indians, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 8(4):187-234, page 194" 32016,3257,Quercus dumosa Nutt.,128,Luiseno,24,s08,193,1,Food,112,Substitution Food,Acorns used only when more preferred species could not be obtained.,"Sparkman, Philip S., 1908, The Culture of the Luiseno Indians, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 8(4):187-234, page 193" 32017,3257,Quercus dumosa Nutt.,128,Luiseno,24,s08,194,1,Food,59,Winter Use Food,Acorns formerly stored in acorn granaries.,"Sparkman, Philip S., 1908, The Culture of the Luiseno Indians, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 8(4):187-234, page 194" 32018,3257,Quercus dumosa Nutt.,202,"Pomo, Kashaya",40,gl80,82,1,Food,5,Forage,"Acorns not used by people but eaten as a favorite food by deer, squirrels, chipmunks, quail & jays.","Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 82" 32019,3257,Quercus dumosa Nutt.,269,Tubatulabal,137,v38,15,1,Food,,,Acorns used extensively for food.,"Voegelin, Ermine W., 1938, Tubatulabal Ethnography, Anthropological Records 2(1):1-84, page 15"