uses: 7913
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id | species | tribe | source | pageno | use_category | use_subcategory | notes | rawsource |
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7913 | 702 | 226 | 44 | 99 | 1 | Steamed or raw roots used for food. A cooking basket was filled half full of water and hot rocks added to boil the water. Then small sticks were placed criss-cross in the basket above the surface of the water to hold the roots. After the roots had been added the basket was covered with a flat rock or piece of cedar plank to keep the steam from escaping. | Ray, Verne F., 1932, The Sanpoil and Nespelem: Salishan Peoples of Northeastern Washington, University of Washington Publications in Anthropology, Vol. 5, page 99 |