id,species,species_label,tribe,tribe_label,source,source_label,pageno,use_category,use_category_label,use_subcategory,use_subcategory_label,notes,rawsource 10056,979,Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus,24,Cahuilla,31,bs72,55,1,Food,52,Fruit,Eaten fresh.,"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 55" 10057,979,Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus,24,Cahuilla,31,bs72,55,1,Food,59,Winter Use Food,"Cut, peeled into strips and dried for winter use.","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 55" 10058,979,Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,61,2,Drug,3,Kidney Aid,Infusion of seeds taken for kidney trouble.,"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 61" 10059,979,Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,61,2,Drug,42,Pediatric Aid,Seeds chewed for bedwetting.,"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 61" 10060,979,Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,61,2,Drug,80,Urinary Aid,Seeds chewed for bedwetting.,"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 61" 10061,979,Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus,32,Cherokee,1,hc75,61,1,Food,,,Species used for food.,"Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 61" 10062,979,Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus,33,Cheyenne,57,h81,24,2,Drug,117,Diuretic,Decoction of seeds taken as a diuretic.,"Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 24" 10063,979,Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus,35,Chickasaw,115,t40,59,2,Drug,80,Urinary Aid,Decoction of mashed seeds taken for blood in the urine.,"Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 59" 10064,979,Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus,44,Cocopa,178,giff33,266,1,Food,4,Dried Food,"Dried, whole seeds used for food.","Gifford, E. W., 1933, The Cocopa, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 31:263-270, page 266" 10065,979,Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus,44,Cocopa,178,giff33,266,1,Food,52,Fruit,Ripe melon scooped with fingers and used for food.,"Gifford, E. W., 1933, The Cocopa, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 31:263-270, page 266" 10066,979,Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus,44,Cocopa,178,giff33,266,1,Food,59,Winter Use Food,Ripe and green melons stored in pits and the green melons ripened in storage.,"Gifford, E. W., 1933, The Cocopa, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 31:263-270, page 266" 10067,979,Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus,89,Havasupai,2,ws85,66,1,Food,52,Fruit,Fruit eaten fresh.,"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 66" 10068,979,Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus,89,Havasupai,2,ws85,243,1,Food,44,Porridge,Seeds parched and ground to make sumkwin and other dishes.,"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 243" 10069,979,Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus,89,Havasupai,2,ws85,243,3,Other,141,Planting Seeds,Seeds stored for future planting.,"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 243" 10070,979,Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus,95,Hopi,37,w39,92,1,Food,131,Cooking Agent,Seeds ground and used to oil the 'piki' stones.,"Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 92" 10071,979,Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus,95,Hopi,37,w39,92,1,Food,75,Staple,Eaten and considered to be almost a staple food.,"Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 92" 10072,979,Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus,95,Hopi,37,w39,92,1,Food,,,Seeds parched and eaten with parched corn and 'piki.',"Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 92" 10073,979,Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus,100,Iroquois,7,h77,451,2,Drug,80,Urinary Aid,Compound decoction of roots and seeds taken for urine stoppage.,"Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 451" 10074,979,Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus,100,Iroquois,112,w16,113,1,Food,2,Bread & Cake,"Fresh or dried flesh boiled, mashed and mixed into the paste when making corn bread.","Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 113" 10075,979,Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus,100,Iroquois,112,w16,113,1,Food,4,Dried Food,"Flesh cut into strips, dried and stored away.","Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 113" 10076,979,Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus,100,Iroquois,112,w16,113,1,Food,47,Special Food,Squash eaten at feasts of ceremonial importance and longhouse ceremonies.,"Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 113" 10077,979,Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus,100,Iroquois,112,w16,113,1,Food,31,Vegetable,"Flesh boiled, baked in ashes or boiled, mashed with butter and sugar and eaten.","Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 113" 10078,979,Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus,100,Iroquois,112,w16,113,1,Food,31,Vegetable,"Flesh fried and sweetened or seasoned with salt, pepper and butter.","Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 113" 10079,979,Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus,103,Kamia,180,g31,21,1,Food,,,Species used for food.,"Gifford, E. W., 1931, The Kamia of Imperial Valley, Washington, D.C. U.S. Government Printing Office, page 21" 10080,979,Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus,111,Kiowa,140,vs39,53,2,Drug,13,Poison,Unripened plant considered poisonous.,"Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 53" 10081,979,Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus,139,Meskwaki,21,smith28,257,1,Food,,,Melon used for food.,"Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 257" 10082,979,Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus,157,Navajo,119,steg41,222,1,Food,4,Dried Food,"Fruit cut into strips, wound upon sticks in the form of a rope, sun dried and stored for months.","Steggerda, Morris, 1941, Navajo Foods and Their Preparation, Journal of the American Dietetic Association 17(3):217-25, page 222" 10083,979,Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus,159,"Navajo, Ramah",18,v52,46,1,Food,,,Watermelon cultivated and used for food.,"Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 46" 10084,979,Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus,159,"Navajo, Ramah",18,v52,46,1,Food,59,Winter Use Food,"Watermelon sliced into strips, dried and stored for winter use.","Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 46" 10085,979,Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus,175,Okanagan-Colville,32,tbk80,98,1,Food,,,Species used for food.,"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 98" 10086,979,Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus,193,Pima,104,r08,75,1,Food,52,Fruit,Fruits eaten as one of the most important foods.,"Russell, Frank, 1908, The Pima Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #26:1-390, page 75" 10087,979,Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus,211,Rappahannock,102,shc42,30,2,Drug,3,Kidney Aid,Infusion of seeds taken for gravel (kidney stones).,"Speck, Frank G., R.B. Hassrick and E.S. Carpenter, 1942, Rappahannock Herbals, Folk-Lore and Science of Cures, Proceedings of the Delaware County Institute of Science 10:7-55., page 30" 10088,979,Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus,211,Rappahannock,102,shc42,30,2,Drug,34,Veterinary Aid,Infusion of seeds given to horses for gravel (kidney stones).,"Speck, Frank G., R.B. Hassrick and E.S. Carpenter, 1942, Rappahannock Herbals, Folk-Lore and Science of Cures, Proceedings of the Delaware County Institute of Science 10:7-55., page 30" 10089,979,Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus,228,Seminole,88,s54,479,1,Food,,,Plant used for food.,"Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 479" 10090,979,Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus,234,Sia,159,w62,106,1,Food,,,Cultivated watermelons used for food.,"White, Leslie A., 1962, The Pueblo of Sia, New Mexico, XXX SI-BAE Bulletin #, page 106"