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2100 | Allium cernuum Roth 141 | Apache, Chiricahua & Mescalero 11 | co36 95 | 47 | Food 1 | Spice 86 | Onions used to flavor soups and gravies. | Castetter, Edward F. and M. E. Opler, 1936, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest III. The Ethnobiology of the Chiricahua and Mescalero Apache, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(5):1-63, page 47 |
2101 | Allium cernuum Roth 141 | Apache, Chiricahua & Mescalero 11 | co36 95 | 47 | Food 1 | Vegetable 31 | Onions occasionally eaten raw. | Castetter, Edward F. and M. E. Opler, 1936, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest III. The Ethnobiology of the Chiricahua and Mescalero Apache, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(5):1-63, page 47 |
2102 | Allium cernuum Roth 141 | Bella Coola 21 | t73 53 | 199 | Food 1 | Bulbs eaten fresh. | Turner, Nancy J., 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Bella Coola Indians of British Columbia, Syesis 6:193-220, page 199 | |
2103 | Allium cernuum Roth 141 | Blackfoot 23 | j87 146 | 23 | Food 1 | Spice 86 | Bulbs and leaves used as flavoring. | Johnston, Alex, 1987, Plants and the Blackfoot, Lethbridge, Alberta. Lethbridge Historical Society, page 23 |
2104 | Allium cernuum Roth 141 | Blackfoot 23 | j87 146 | 23 | Food 1 | Vegetable 31 | Bulbs and leaves eaten raw. | Johnston, Alex, 1987, Plants and the Blackfoot, Lethbridge, Alberta. Lethbridge Historical Society, page 23 |
2105 | Allium cernuum Roth 141 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 47 | Drug 2 | Cold Remedy 21 | Juice taken for colds. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 47 |
2106 | Allium cernuum Roth 141 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 47 | Drug 2 | Dermatological Aid 8 | Juice given to children for hives. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 47 |
2107 | Allium cernuum Roth 141 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 47 | Drug 2 | Febrifuge 45 | Used as poultice for feet in 'nervous fever.' | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 47 |
2108 | Allium cernuum Roth 141 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 47 | Drug 2 | Gastrointestinal Aid 14 | Infusion taken for colic. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 47 |
2109 | Allium cernuum Roth 141 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 47 | Drug 2 | Kidney Aid 3 | Juice taken after 'horsemint tea' for 'gravel and 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 47 |
2110 | Allium cernuum Roth 141 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 47 | Drug 2 | Liver Aid 81 | Juice taken for 'liver complaints.' | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 47 |
2111 | Allium cernuum Roth 141 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 47 | Drug 2 | Pediatric Aid 42 | Juice given to children for hives and croup. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 47 |
2112 | Allium cernuum Roth 141 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 47 | Drug 2 | Pulmonary Aid 48 | Juice given to children for croup. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 47 |
2113 | Allium cernuum Roth 141 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 47 | Drug 2 | Pulmonary Aid 48 | Poultice of fried plant put on chest for croup. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 47 |
2114 | Allium cernuum Roth 141 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 47 | Drug 2 | Respiratory Aid 62 | Juice taken for 'phthisic.' | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 47 |
2115 | Allium cernuum Roth 141 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 47 | Drug 2 | Throat Aid 123 | Juice taken for sore throat. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 47 |
2116 | Allium cernuum Roth 141 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 47 | Drug 2 | Urinary Aid 80 | Juice taken after 'horsemint tea' for 'gravel and 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 47 |
2117 | Allium cernuum Roth 141 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 47 | Food 1 | Bulbs 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 47 | |
2118 | Allium cernuum Roth 141 | Clallam 41 | f80 99 | 196 | Food 1 | Bulbs eaten raw, cooked in pits or fried with meat. | Fleisher, Mark S., 1980, The Ethnobotany of the Clallam Indians of Western Washington, Northwest Anthropological Research Notes 14(2):192-210, page 196 | |
2119 | Allium cernuum Roth 141 | Cree 54 | b41 145 | 485 | Food 1 | Vegetable 31 | Species used for food. | Beardsley, Gretchen, 1941, Notes on Cree Medicines, Based on Collections Made by I. Cowie in 1892., Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters 28:483-496, page 485 |
2120 | Allium cernuum Roth 141 | Flathead 76 | h92 30 | 10 | Food 1 | Sauce & Relish 7 | Bulbs used as condiments. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 10 |
2121 | Allium cernuum Roth 141 | Flathead 76 | h92 30 | 10 | Food 1 | Staple 75 | Bulbs used as a staple food. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 10 |
2122 | Allium cernuum Roth 141 | Haisla and Hanaksiala 87 | c93 14 | 193 | Food 1 | Vegetable 31 | Bulbs cooked and eaten and the tops eaten fresh with meat. | Compton, Brian Douglas, 1993, Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants..., Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia, page 193 |
2123 | Allium cernuum Roth 141 | Hoh 94 | r36 77 | 59 | Food 1 | Bulbs pit baked and used for food. | Reagan, Albert B., 1936, Plants Used by the Hoh and Quileute Indians, Kansas Academy of Science 37:55-70, page 59 | |
2124 | Allium cernuum Roth 141 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 70 | Food 1 | Spice 86 | Used for flavoring before the introduction of the cultivated onion. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 70 |
2125 | Allium cernuum Roth 141 | Hopi 95 | n43 184 | 20 | Food 1 | Eaten raw with cornmeal dumplings or fresh piki bread. | Nequatewa, Edmund, 1943, Some Hopi Recipes for the Preparation of Wild Plant Foods, Plateau 18:18-20, page 20 | |
2126 | Allium cernuum Roth 141 | Isleta 101 | j31 76 | 20 | Drug 2 | Dermatological Aid 8 | Poultice of onions applied externally for infections. | Jones, Volney H., 1931, The Ethnobotany of the Isleta Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 20 |
2127 | Allium cernuum Roth 141 | Isleta 101 | j31 76 | 20 | Drug 2 | Throat Aid 123 | Poultice of warm onions applied externally to throat for sore throat. | Jones, Volney H., 1931, The Ethnobotany of the Isleta Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 20 |
2128 | Allium cernuum Roth 141 | Isleta 101 | j31 76 | 20 | Food 1 | Vegetable 31 | Bulbs eaten fresh, uncooked or boiled. | Jones, Volney H., 1931, The Ethnobotany of the Isleta Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 20 |
2129 | Allium cernuum Roth 141 | Isleta 101 | j31 76 | 20 | Food 1 | Winter Use Food 59 | Bulbs stored for future use. | Jones, Volney H., 1931, The Ethnobotany of the Isleta Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 20 |
2130 | Allium cernuum Roth 141 | Keres, Western 107 | swank32 79 | 25 | Food 1 | Vegetable 31 | Bulbs used for food. | Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 25 |
2131 | Allium cernuum Roth 141 | Klallam 114 | g73 25 | 24 | Food 1 | Bulbs used for food. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 24 | |
2132 | Allium cernuum Roth 141 | Kutenai 120 | h92 30 | 10 | Food 1 | Sauce & Relish 7 | Bulbs used as condiments. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 10 |
2133 | Allium cernuum Roth 141 | Kutenai 120 | h92 30 | 10 | Food 1 | Staple 75 | Bulbs used as a staple food. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 10 |
2134 | Allium cernuum Roth 141 | Kwakiutl 121 | tb73 63 | 272 | Drug 2 | Dermatological Aid 8 | Poultice of soaked bulbs applied to sores and swellings. | Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Southern Kwakiutl Indians of British Columbia, Economic Botany 27:257-310, page 272 |
2135 | Allium cernuum Roth 141 | Kwakiutl, Southern 122 | tb73 63 | 272 | Food 1 | Bulbs cooked and used for food. | Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Southern Kwakiutl Indians of British Columbia, Economic Botany 27:257-310, page 272 | |
2136 | Allium cernuum Roth 141 | Makah 133 | g73 25 | 24 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Poultice of chewed plants applied to the chest for pleurisy pains. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 24 |
2137 | Allium cernuum Roth 141 | Makah 133 | g73 25 | 24 | Drug 2 | Pulmonary Aid 48 | Poultice of chewed plants applied to the chest for pleurisy pains. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 24 |
2138 | Allium cernuum Roth 141 | Makah 133 | g73 25 | 24 | Food 1 | Bulbs eaten sparingly. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 24 | |
2139 | Allium cernuum Roth 141 | Makah 133 | g83 3 | 338 | Food 1 | Bulbs used for food. | Gill, Steven J., 1983, Ethnobotany of the Makah and Ozette People, Olympic Peninsula, Washington (USA), Washington State University, Ph.D. Thesis, page 338 | |
2140 | Allium cernuum Roth 141 | Navajo 157 | l86 121 | 29 | Food 1 | Sauce & Relish 7 | Bulbs used to make gravies. | Lynch, Regina H., 1986, Cookbook, Chinle, AZ. Navajo Curriculum Center, Rough Rock Demonstration School, page 29 |
2141 | Allium cernuum Roth 141 | Navajo 157 | l86 121 | 29 | Food 1 | Soup 56 | Bulbs used to make soup. | Lynch, Regina H., 1986, Cookbook, Chinle, AZ. Navajo Curriculum Center, Rough Rock Demonstration School, page 29 |
2142 | Allium cernuum Roth 141 | Navajo 157 | l86 121 | 29 | Food 1 | Spice 86 | Leaves finely chopped and used like chives in salads or sauces. | Lynch, Regina H., 1986, Cookbook, Chinle, AZ. Navajo Curriculum Center, Rough Rock Demonstration School, page 29 |
2143 | Allium cernuum Roth 141 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 31 | Food 1 | Onions singed, to remove the strong taste, and eaten immediately. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 31 | |
2144 | Allium cernuum Roth 141 | Navajo 157 | l86 121 | 29 | Food 1 | Vegetable 31 | Bulbs cooked with other vegetables. | Lynch, Regina H., 1986, Cookbook, Chinle, AZ. Navajo Curriculum Center, Rough Rock Demonstration School, page 29 |
2145 | Allium cernuum Roth 141 | Navajo 157 | l86 121 | 29 | Food 1 | Vegetable 31 | Roasted bulbs eaten with salt and pepper. | Lynch, Regina H., 1986, Cookbook, Chinle, AZ. Navajo Curriculum Center, Rough Rock Demonstration School, page 29 |
2146 | Allium cernuum Roth 141 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 31 | Food 1 | Winter Use Food 59 | Onions singed, to remove the strong taste, dried and stored for winter use. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 31 |
2147 | Allium cernuum Roth 141 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 20 | Food 1 | Dried Food 4 | Bulbs, never the tops, dried for the winter. | 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 20 |
2148 | Allium cernuum Roth 141 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 20 | Food 1 | Bulbs, never the tops, eaten raw, with fried or boiled meat. | 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 20 | |
2149 | Allium cernuum Roth 141 | Nitinaht 166 | g83 3 | 338 | Food 1 | Bulbs used for food. | Gill, Steven J., 1983, Ethnobotany of the Makah and Ozette People, Olympic Peninsula, Washington (USA), Washington State University, Ph.D. Thesis, page 338 | |
2150 | Allium cernuum Roth 141 | Ojibwa 173 | smith32 20 | 406 | Food 1 | Vegetable 31 | Used in the spring as an article of food, the small wild onion was sweet. | Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 406 |
2151 | Allium cernuum Roth 141 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 38 | Food 1 | Dried Food 4 | Bulbs dried and stored for winter use. | 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 38 |
2152 | Allium cernuum Roth 141 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 38 | Food 1 | Vegetable 31 | Bulbs pit cooked and eaten. | 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 38 |
2153 | Allium cernuum Roth 141 | Okanagon 176 | teit28 144 | 238 | Food 1 | Staple 75 | Roots used as a principle food. | Teit, James A., 1928, The Salishan Tribes of the Western Plateaus, SI-BAE Annual Report #45, page 238 |
2154 | Allium cernuum Roth 141 | Okanagon 176 | p52 55 | 37 | Food 1 | Bulbs and leaves used for food. | Perry, F., 1952, Ethno-Botany of the Indians in the Interior of British Columbia, Museum and Art Notes 2(2):36-43., page 37 | |
2155 | Allium cernuum Roth 141 | Oweekeno 181 | c93 14 | 76 | Food 1 | Bulbs used for food. | Compton, Brian Douglas, 1993, Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants..., Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia, page 76 | |
2156 | Allium cernuum Roth 141 | Quileute 209 | r36 77 | 59 | Food 1 | Bulbs pit baked and used for food. | Reagan, Albert B., 1936, Plants Used by the Hoh and Quileute Indians, Kansas Academy of Science 37:55-70, page 59 | |
2157 | Allium cernuum Roth 141 | Quinault 210 | g73 25 | 24 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Poultice of chewed plants applied to the chest for pleurisy pains. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 24 |
2158 | Allium cernuum Roth 141 | Quinault 210 | g73 25 | 24 | Drug 2 | Pulmonary Aid 48 | Poultice of chewed plants applied to the chest for pleurisy pains. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 24 |
2159 | Allium cernuum Roth 141 | Quinault 210 | g73 25 | 24 | Food 1 | Bulbs used for food. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 24 | |
2160 | Allium cernuum Roth 141 | Salish, Coast 217 | tb71 23 | 74 | Food 1 | Strongly flavored bulbs eaten with other foods. | Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1971, The Ethnobotany of the Coast Salish Indians of Vancouver Island, I and II, Economic Botany 25(1):63-104, 335-339, page 74 | |
2161 | Allium cernuum Roth 141 | Salish, Coast 217 | tb71 23 | 74 | Other 3 | Insecticide 76 | Bulbs rubbed on the skin to repel insects. | Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1971, The Ethnobotany of the Coast Salish Indians of Vancouver Island, I and II, Economic Botany 25(1):63-104, 335-339, page 74 |
2162 | Allium cernuum Roth 141 | Shuswap 233 | palmer75 92 | 54 | Food 1 | Forage 5 | Bulbs eaten by sheep and cattle. | Palmer, Gary, 1975, Shuswap Indian Ethnobotany, Syesis 8:29-51, page 54 |
2163 | Allium cernuum Roth 141 | Shuswap 233 | palmer75 92 | 54 | Food 1 | Spice 86 | Bulbs used to flavor dried salmon heated with dried bread on an open fire. | Palmer, Gary, 1975, Shuswap Indian Ethnobotany, Syesis 8:29-51, page 54 |
2164 | Allium cernuum Roth 141 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 117 | Food 1 | Dried Food 4 | Bulbs dried for winter storage. The dried bulbs were sprinkled with water and became just like fresh bulbs or they were soaked overnight in water. | Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, page 117 |
2165 | Allium cernuum Roth 141 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 117 | Food 1 | Dried Food 4 | Bulbs tied in bundles, partially dried, pit cooked and used for food. The bulbs were cleaned and twined together in mats before they were cooked. They were tied together by their leaves in big bunches, about fifteen centimeters across. They were dipped in water, but not soaked, then laid in the cooking pit interspersed with layers of beardtongue and alder leaves. The bulbs were steam cooked overnight and after being cooked, they became extremely sweet and were considered a delicacy. The cooked bulbs were eaten after they ate meat. It was very important to them for refreshment. Sometimes, the bulbs were cooked with black tree lichen. | Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, page 117 |
2166 | Allium cernuum Roth 141 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 117 | Food 1 | Special Food 47 | Cooked bulbs considered a delicacy. The bulbs were cleaned and twined together in mats before they were cooked. They were tied together by their leaves in big bunches, about fifteen centimeters across. They were dipped in water, but not soaked, then laid in the cooking pit interspersed with layers of beardtongue and alder leaves. The bulbs were steam cooked overnight and after being cooked, they became extremely sweet and were considered a delicacy. The cooked bulbs were eaten after they ate meat. It was very important to them for refreshment. Sometimes, the bulbs were cooked with black tree lichen. | Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, page 117 |
2167 | Allium cernuum Roth 141 | Thompson 259 | p52 55 | 37 | Food 1 | Bulbs and leaves used for food. | Perry, F., 1952, Ethno-Botany of the Indians in the Interior of British Columbia, Museum and Art Notes 2(2):36-43., page 37 | |
2168 | Allium cernuum Roth 141 | Thompson 259 | steed28 33 | 481 | Food 1 | Thick bulbs cooked and eaten. | Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 481 |
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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) );