id,species,species_label,tribe,tribe_label,source,source_label,pageno,use_category,use_category_label,use_subcategory,use_subcategory_label,notes,rawsource 37529,3614,Scirpus sp.,24,Cahuilla,31,bs72,139,4,Fiber,91,Building Material,Stalks used for roofing.,"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 139" 37530,3614,Scirpus sp.,24,Cahuilla,31,bs72,139,4,Fiber,67,"Mats, Rugs & Bedding","Stalks used for bedding, mats and weaving materials.","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 139" 37531,3614,Scirpus sp.,24,Cahuilla,31,bs72,139,1,Food,2,Bread & Cake,Pollen used to make cakes.,"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 139" 37532,3614,Scirpus sp.,24,Cahuilla,31,bs72,139,1,Food,75,Staple,Roots ground into flour.,"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 139" 37533,3614,Scirpus sp.,24,Cahuilla,31,bs72,139,1,Food,75,Staple,Seeds eaten raw or ground into 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 139" 37534,3614,Scirpus sp.,24,Cahuilla,31,bs72,139,3,Other,30,Ceremonial Items,Plant used to make ceremonial bundles and images for image burning ceremony.,"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 139" 37535,3614,Scirpus sp.,24,Cahuilla,31,bs72,139,3,Other,28,Hunting & Fishing Item,Plant areas used by nesting water fowl and used as indicator by hunters of game.,"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 139" 37536,3614,Scirpus sp.,50,Costanoan,16,b84,255,4,Fiber,43,Basketry,Roots used in basketry.,"Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 255" 37537,3614,Scirpus sp.,50,Costanoan,16,b84,255,4,Fiber,91,Building Material,Stems used as thatch.,"Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 255" 37538,3614,Scirpus sp.,50,Costanoan,16,b84,255,4,Fiber,70,Canoe Material,Stems bundled and made into rafts.,"Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 255" 37539,3614,Scirpus sp.,50,Costanoan,16,b84,255,1,Food,,,Roots eaten raw or ground into flour and cooked.,"Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 255" 37540,3614,Scirpus sp.,50,Costanoan,16,b84,255,3,Other,79,Smoking Tools,Hollow stems made into pipes.,"Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 255" 37541,3614,Scirpus sp.,51,Costanoan (Olhonean),109,m66,373,4,Fiber,91,Building Material,Plant used to make houses.,"Merriam, C. Hart, 1966, Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes, University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley, page 373" 37542,3614,Scirpus sp.,89,Havasupai,2,ws85,211,3,Other,24,Toys & Games,Plant braided by children to make a whip.,"Weber, Steven A. and P. David Seaman, 1985, Havasupai Habitat: A. F. Whiting's Ethnography of a Traditional Indian Culture, Tucson. The University of Arizona Press, page 211" 37543,3614,Scirpus sp.,96,Houma,49,speck41,60,2,Drug,39,Orthopedic Aid,Decoction of plant used as a wash for weak legs.,"Speck, Frank G., 1941, A List of Plant Curatives Obtained From the Houma Indians of Louisiana, Primitive Man 14:49-75, page 60" 37544,3614,Scirpus sp.,96,Houma,49,speck41,60,2,Drug,42,Pediatric Aid,"Decoction of plant given to nervous, fretful, crying children.","Speck, Frank G., 1941, A List of Plant Curatives Obtained From the Houma Indians of Louisiana, Primitive Man 14:49-75, page 60" 37545,3614,Scirpus sp.,96,Houma,49,speck41,60,2,Drug,15,Sedative,"Decoction of plant given to nervous, fretful, crying children.","Speck, Frank G., 1941, A List of Plant Curatives Obtained From the Houma Indians of Louisiana, Primitive Man 14:49-75, page 60" 37546,3614,Scirpus sp.,96,Houma,49,speck41,60,4,Fiber,93,Brushes & Brooms,Plants dried and used to make brooms.,"Speck, Frank G., 1941, A List of Plant Curatives Obtained From the Houma Indians of Louisiana, Primitive Man 14:49-75, page 60" 37547,3614,Scirpus sp.,107,"Keres, Western",79,swank32,68,1,Food,,,Tender shoots used for food.,"Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 68" 37548,3614,Scirpus sp.,128,Luiseno,24,s08,233,1,Food,,,"Tender, young shoots eaten raw.","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" 37549,3614,Scirpus sp.,183,Paiute,98,m53,52,4,Fiber,67,"Mats, Rugs & Bedding",Used to make mats.,"Mahar, James Michael., 1953, Ethnobotany of the Oregon Paiutes of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, Reed College, B.A. Thesis, page 52" 37550,3614,Scirpus sp.,195,"Pima, Gila River",136,r91,5,1,Food,10,Snack Food,Tubers eaten as snack food primarily by children.,"Rea, Amadeo M., 1991, Gila River Pima Dietary Reconstruction, Arid Lands Newsletter 31:3-10, page 5" 37551,3614,Scirpus sp.,200,Pomo,89,c02,316,4,Fiber,43,Basketry,Rootstocks used to make fine baskets.,"Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 316" 37552,3614,Scirpus sp.,259,Thompson,33,steed28,497,4,Fiber,67,"Mats, Rugs & Bedding",Grass-like herbs used extensively for table mats.,"Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 497" 37553,3614,Scirpus sp.,259,Thompson,33,steed28,481,1,Food,,,Fleshy rootstocks baked and eaten.,"Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 481" 37554,3614,Scirpus sp.,259,Thompson,33,steed28,497,3,Other,32,Containers,Grass-like herbs used extensively to weave coarse bags and nets.,"Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 497"