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11694 | Cucurbita pepo L. 1164 | Apache, White Mountain 15 | r29 45 | 156 | Food 1 | Bread & Cake 2 | Blossoms baked as parts of certain kinds of cakes. | Reagan, Albert B., 1929, Plants Used by the White Mountain Apache Indians of Arizona, Wisconsin Archeologist 8:143-61., page 156 |
11695 | Cucurbita pepo L. 1164 | Apache, White Mountain 15 | r29 45 | 156 | Food 1 | Blossoms used for food. | Reagan, Albert B., 1929, Plants Used by the White Mountain Apache Indians of Arizona, Wisconsin Archeologist 8:143-61., page 156 | |
11696 | Cucurbita pepo L. 1164 | Apache, White Mountain 15 | r29 45 | 156 | Food 1 | Flesh used for food. | Reagan, Albert B., 1929, Plants Used by the White Mountain Apache Indians of Arizona, Wisconsin Archeologist 8:143-61., page 156 | |
11697 | Cucurbita pepo L. 1164 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 51 | Drug 2 | Anthelmintic 16 | Seeds eaten for worms. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 51 |
11698 | Cucurbita pepo L. 1164 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 51 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Used as an ingredient in green corn medicine. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 51 |
11699 | Cucurbita pepo L. 1164 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 51 | Drug 2 | Diuretic 117 | Taken as a diuretic. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 51 |
11700 | Cucurbita pepo L. 1164 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 51 | Drug 2 | Kidney Aid 3 | Taken for 'dropsy.' | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 51 |
11701 | Cucurbita pepo L. 1164 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 51 | Drug 2 | Urinary Aid 80 | Browned seeds eaten 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 51 |
11702 | Cucurbita pepo L. 1164 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 51 | Drug 2 | Urinary Aid 80 | Taken for 'gravel,' 'scalding of the urine' and spasms of urinary passage. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 51 |
11703 | Cucurbita pepo L. 1164 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 51 | Food 1 | 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 51 | |
11704 | Cucurbita pepo L. 1164 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 21 | Food 1 | Vegetable 31 | Flesh 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 21 |
11705 | Cucurbita pepo L. 1164 | Cocopa 44 | giff33 178 | 266 | Food 1 | Dried Food 4 | Dried flesh strips stored and mixed with flesh of stored whole pumpkins to improve flavor. | Gifford, E. W., 1933, The Cocopa, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 31:263-270, page 266 |
11706 | Cucurbita pepo L. 1164 | Cocopa 44 | giff33 178 | 266 | Food 1 | Parched seeds used for food. | Gifford, E. W., 1933, The Cocopa, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 31:263-270, page 266 | |
11707 | Cucurbita pepo L. 1164 | Cocopa 44 | giff33 178 | 266 | Food 1 | Vegetable 31 | Fresh flesh boiled with rind on and sometimes mixed with maize meal. | Gifford, E. W., 1933, The Cocopa, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 31:263-270, page 266 |
11708 | Cucurbita pepo L. 1164 | Cocopa 44 | giff33 178 | 266 | Food 1 | Vegetable 31 | Roasted flesh eaten with fingers. | Gifford, E. W., 1933, The Cocopa, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 31:263-270, page 266 |
11709 | Cucurbita pepo L. 1164 | Cocopa 44 | giff33 178 | 266 | Other 3 | Protection 58 | Oily kernels rubbed on hands as protection against cold. | Gifford, E. W., 1933, The Cocopa, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 31:263-270, page 266 |
11710 | Cucurbita pepo L. 1164 | Iroquois 100 | r45ii 59 | 61 | Drug 2 | Diuretic 117 | Infusion of seeds given to children with reduced urination. | Rousseau, Jacques, 1945, Le Folklore Botanique De Caughnawaga, Contributions de l'Institut botanique l'Universite de Montreal 55:7-72, page 61 |
11711 | Cucurbita pepo L. 1164 | Iroquois 100 | r45ii 59 | 61 | Drug 2 | Pediatric Aid 42 | Infusion of seeds given to children with reduced urination. | Rousseau, Jacques, 1945, Le Folklore Botanique De Caughnawaga, Contributions de l'Institut botanique l'Universite de Montreal 55:7-72, page 61 |
11712 | Cucurbita pepo L. 1164 | Iroquois 100 | w16 112 | 113 | Food 1 | Bread & Cake 2 | Dried flesh pounded, sifted, soaked in cold water, sweetened, grease added and baked into cakes. | Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 113 |
11713 | Cucurbita pepo L. 1164 | Iroquois 100 | w16 112 | 113 | Food 1 | Bread & Cake 2 | 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 |
11714 | Cucurbita pepo L. 1164 | Iroquois 100 | w16 112 | 113 | Food 1 | Dried Food 4 | Flesh cut into strips, dried and stored away. | Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 113 |
11715 | Cucurbita pepo L. 1164 | Iroquois 100 | w16 112 | 113 | Food 1 | Pie & Pudding 88 | Flesh boiled, corn meal and sugar added and eaten as a pudding with sugar and milk. | Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 113 |
11716 | Cucurbita pepo L. 1164 | Iroquois 100 | w16 112 | 113 | Food 1 | Sauce & Relish 7 | Dried flesh pounded into a fine meal or flour, boiled, sweetened, grease added and used as a sauce. | Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 113 |
11717 | Cucurbita pepo L. 1164 | Iroquois 100 | w16 112 | 113 | Food 1 | Special Food 47 | 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 |
11718 | Cucurbita pepo L. 1164 | Iroquois 100 | w16 112 | 113 | Food 1 | Vegetable 31 | 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 |
11719 | Cucurbita pepo L. 1164 | Iroquois 100 | w16 112 | 113 | Food 1 | Vegetable 31 | 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 |
11720 | Cucurbita pepo L. 1164 | Iroquois 100 | w16 112 | 113 | Food 1 | Vegetable 31 | Fresh or dried flesh boiled, mashed & sweetened or boiled with green beans, butter & salt & eaten. | Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 113 |
11721 | Cucurbita pepo L. 1164 | Kamia 103 | g31 180 | 21 | Food 1 | Species used for food. | Gifford, E. W., 1931, The Kamia of Imperial Valley, Washington, D.C. U.S. Government Printing Office, page 21 | |
11722 | Cucurbita pepo L. 1164 | Menominee 138 | s23 51 | 33 | Drug 2 | Diuretic 117 | Pulverized seeds taken in water 'to facilitate the passage of urine.' | Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 33 |
11723 | Cucurbita pepo L. 1164 | Meskwaki 139 | smith28 21 | 220 | Drug 2 | Gynecological Aid 22 | Decoction of stem used for 'female ills.' | Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 220 |
11724 | Cucurbita pepo L. 1164 | Meskwaki 139 | smith28 21 | 257 | Food 1 | Winter Use Food 59 | Squash sliced into rings, sun dried, pressed and stored for winter use. | Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 257 |
11725 | Cucurbita pepo L. 1164 | Navajo 157 | h56 141 | 150 | Drug 2 | Gastrointestinal Aid 14 | Leaves used for upset stomachs. | Hocking, George M., 1956, Some Plant Materials Used Medicinally and Otherwise by the Navaho Indians in the Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, El Palacio 56:146-165, page 150 |
11726 | Cucurbita pepo L. 1164 | Navajo 157 | h56 141 | 150 | Food 1 | Vegetable 31 | Fruit pulp and seeds used for food. | Hocking, George M., 1956, Some Plant Materials Used Medicinally and Otherwise by the Navaho Indians in the Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, El Palacio 56:146-165, page 150 |
11727 | Cucurbita pepo L. 1164 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 47 | Food 1 | Spice 86 | Blossoms used as seasoning for soup. | 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 47 |
11728 | Cucurbita pepo L. 1164 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 47 | Food 1 | Pumpkin 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 47 | |
11729 | Cucurbita pepo L. 1164 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 47 | Food 1 | Winter Use Food 59 | Pumpkin peeled, cut into strips, sun dried and stored in cellars or ground holes 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 47 |
11730 | Cucurbita pepo L. 1164 | Ojibwa 173 | smith32 20 | 400 | Food 1 | Dried Food 4 | Pumpkin rings dried for winter use. | Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 400 |
11731 | Cucurbita pepo L. 1164 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 98 | Food 1 | 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 | |
11732 | Cucurbita pepo L. 1164 | Papago 188 | cu35 27 | 36 | Food 1 | Dried Food 4 | Rind hung in long spirals from house roofs to dry, tied in bundles, stored and used for food. | Castetter, Edward F. and Ruth M. Underhill, 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest II. The Ethnobiology of the Papago Indians, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(3):1-84, page 36 |
11733 | Cucurbita pepo L. 1164 | Papago 188 | cb42 160 | 101 | Food 1 | Fruit 52 | Fruit grown for food. | Castetter, Edward F. and Willis H. Bell, 1942, Pima and Papago Indian Agriculture, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press. First Edition., page 101 |
11734 | Cucurbita pepo L. 1164 | Papago 188 | cu35 27 | 45 | Food 1 | Staple 75 | Seeds parched, sun dried, stored, ground into flour and used as a staple food. | Castetter, Edward F. and Ruth M. Underhill, 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest II. The Ethnobiology of the Papago Indians, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(3):1-84, page 45 |
11735 | Cucurbita pepo L. 1164 | Pima 193 | c49 11 | 72 | Drug 2 | Dermatological Aid 8 | Ground seed paste used to cleanse and soften the skin. | Curtin, L. S. M., 1949, By the Prophet of the Earth, Sante Fe. San Vicente Foundation, page 72 |
11736 | Cucurbita pepo L. 1164 | Pima 193 | cb42 160 | 101 | Food 1 | Fruit 52 | Fruit grown for food. | Castetter, Edward F. and Willis H. Bell, 1942, Pima and Papago Indian Agriculture, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press. First Edition., page 101 |
11737 | Cucurbita pepo L. 1164 | Pima 193 | c49 11 | 72 | Food 1 | Seeds roasted, cracked and the kernels eaten. | Curtin, L. S. M., 1949, By the Prophet of the Earth, Sante Fe. San Vicente Foundation, page 72 | |
11738 | Cucurbita pepo L. 1164 | Rappahannock 211 | shc42 102 | 30 | Food 1 | Snack Food 10 | Seeds eaten as 'tid-bits.' | 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 |
11739 | Cucurbita pepo L. 1164 | Zuni 291 | s15 6 | 45 | Drug 2 | Antirheumatic (External) 35 | Ingredient in schumaakwe cakes and used externally for rheumatism and swelling. | Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 45 |
11740 | Cucurbita pepo L. 1164 | Zuni 291 | s15 6 | 45, 46 | Drug 2 | Dermatological Aid 8 | Ingredient of 'schumaakwe cakes' and used externally for rheumatism and swelling. | Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 45, 46 |
11741 | Cucurbita pepo L. 1164 | Zuni 291 | s15 6 | 45, 46 | Drug 2 | Dermatological Aid 8 | Poultice of seeds and blossoms applied to cactus scratches. | Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 45, 46 |
11742 | Cucurbita pepo L. 1164 | Zuni 291 | s15 6 | 67 | Food 1 | Dried Food 4 | Fresh squash cut into spiral strips, folded into hanks and hung up to dry for winter use. | Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 67 |
11743 | Cucurbita pepo L. 1164 | Zuni 291 | s15 6 | 67 | Food 1 | Special Food 47 | Blossoms cooked in grease and used as a delicacy in combination with other foods. | Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 67 |
11744 | Cucurbita pepo L. 1164 | Zuni 291 | s15 6 | 67 | Food 1 | Fresh squash, either whole or in pieces, roasted in ashes and used for food. | Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 67 | |
11745 | Cucurbita pepo L. 1164 | Zuni 291 | s15 6 | 88 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Gourds worn in phallic dances symbolizing fructification or made into ceremonial rattles. The gourd rattles were used in ceremonies for both anthropic and zooic worship. | Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 88 |
11746 | Cucurbita pepo L. 1164 | Zuni 291 | s15 6 | 88 | Other 3 | Containers 32 | Gourds made into receptacles for storing precious articles. | Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 88 |
11747 | Cucurbita pepo L. 1164 | Zuni 291 | s15 6 | 67 | Other 3 | Cooking Tools 33 | Gourds made into cups, ladles and dippers and put to various uses. | Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 67 |
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CREATE TABLE uses ( id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY NOT NULL, species INTEGER NOT NULL, tribe INTEGER NOT NULL, source INTEGER NOT NULL, pageno TEXT NOT NULL, use_category INTEGER, use_subcategory INTEGER, notes TEXT, rawsource TEXT NOT NULL, FOREIGN KEY(use_category) REFERENCES use_categories(id), FOREIGN KEY(use_subcategory) REFERENCES use_subcategories(id), FOREIGN KEY(tribe) REFERENCES tribes(id), FOREIGN KEY(species) REFERENCES species(id), FOREIGN KEY(source) REFERENCES sources(id) );