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id | species | tribe | source | pageno | use_category | use_subcategory | notes | rawsource |
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44491 | 4244 | 177 | 17 | 68 | 3 | 58 | Chewed seeds scattered around the corn fields to protect the harvest from blackbirds. When the corn was approaching maturity, blackbirds attacked the fields for food. To prevent further damage, men chewed some grains and scattered them around the corn fields to deter the birds from the fields. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 68 |