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24740 | Opuntia polyacantha Haw. 2667 | Cheyenne 33 | h92 30 | 39 | Food 1 | Cooking Agent 131 | Pulp dried and used to thicken soups and stews. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 39 |
24741 | Opuntia polyacantha Haw. 2667 | Cheyenne 33 | h81 57 | 16 | Food 1 | Dried Food 4 | Fruits dried and used as a winter food. | Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 16 |
24742 | Opuntia polyacantha Haw. 2667 | Cheyenne 33 | g72 39 | 180 | Food 1 | Fruit 52 | Fruit eaten raw or dried for winter use. | Grinnell, George Bird, 1972, The Cheyenne Indians - Their History and Ways of Life Vol.2, Lincoln. University of Nebraska Press, page 180 |
24743 | Opuntia polyacantha Haw. 2667 | Cheyenne 33 | h81 57 | 16 | Food 1 | Fruit 52 | Fruits eaten raw. | Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 16 |
24744 | Opuntia polyacantha Haw. 2667 | Cheyenne 33 | g72 39 | 180 | Food 1 | Soup 56 | Fruit stewed with meat and game into a soup. | Grinnell, George Bird, 1972, The Cheyenne Indians - Their History and Ways of Life Vol.2, Lincoln. University of Nebraska Press, page 180 |
24745 | Opuntia polyacantha Haw. 2667 | Cheyenne 33 | g72 39 | 180 | Food 1 | Winter Use Food 59 | Fruit dried for winter use. | Grinnell, George Bird, 1972, The Cheyenne Indians - Their History and Ways of Life Vol.2, Lincoln. University of Nebraska Press, page 180 |
24746 | Opuntia polyacantha Haw. 2667 | Crow 60 | h92 30 | 39 | Dye 5 | Mordant 105 | Stems peeled and used to fix color on hides. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 39 |
24747 | Opuntia polyacantha Haw. 2667 | Flathead 76 | h92 30 | 39 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Stems smashed and used for backache. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 39 |
24748 | Opuntia polyacantha Haw. 2667 | Flathead 76 | h92 30 | 39 | Drug 2 | Antidiarrheal 68 | Infusion of stems taken for diarrhea. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 39 |
24749 | Opuntia polyacantha Haw. 2667 | Gosiute 79 | c11 38 | 375 | Food 1 | Joints roasted in hot coals and eaten. | Chamberlin, Ralph V., 1911, The Ethno-Botany of the Gosiute Indians of Utah, Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association 2(5):331-405., page 375 | |
24750 | Opuntia polyacantha Haw. 2667 | Hopi 95 | n43 184 | 18 | Food 1 | Fruit 52 | Fruits cooked, freed from thorns and served with cornmeal boiled bread. | Nequatewa, Edmund, 1943, Some Hopi Recipes for the Preparation of Wild Plant Foods, Plateau 18:18-20, page 18 |
24751 | Opuntia polyacantha Haw. 2667 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 85 | Food 1 | Joints boiled, dipped into syrup and eaten after thorn removal. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 85 | |
24752 | Opuntia polyacantha Haw. 2667 | Keres, Western 107 | swank32 79 | 57 | Food 1 | Winter Use Food 59 | Joints singed in hot coals, boiled with dried sweetcorn and used as a winter food. | Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 57 |
24753 | Opuntia polyacantha Haw. 2667 | Montana Indian 151 | h92 30 | 39 | Food 1 | Dried Food 4 | Fruits dried and stored for winter use. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 39 |
24754 | Opuntia polyacantha Haw. 2667 | Montana Indian 151 | b05 73 | 17 | Food 1 | Fodder 50 | In times of scarcity, spines were singed off and fed to stock. | Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, page 17 |
24755 | Opuntia polyacantha Haw. 2667 | Montana Indian 151 | h92 30 | 39 | Food 1 | Fruit 52 | Fruits eaten raw. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 39 |
24756 | Opuntia polyacantha Haw. 2667 | Montana Indian 151 | b05 73 | 17 | Food 1 | Fruit 52 | Ripe fruit eaten raw. | Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, page 17 |
24757 | Opuntia polyacantha Haw. 2667 | Montana Indian 151 | b05 73 | 17 | Food 1 | Preserves 1 | Fruit made into preserves. | Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, page 17 |
24758 | Opuntia polyacantha Haw. 2667 | Montana Indian 151 | h92 30 | 39 | Food 1 | Stems occasionally used for food. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 39 | |
24759 | Opuntia polyacantha Haw. 2667 | Montana Indian 151 | b05 73 | 17 | Food 1 | Young joint pulp boiled and fried. | Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, page 17 | |
24760 | Opuntia polyacantha Haw. 2667 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 65 | Drug 2 | Poison 13 | Plant used as a poison for hunting. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 65 |
24761 | Opuntia polyacantha Haw. 2667 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 65 | Dye 5 | Red 136 | Dead, ripe fruits used to make a cardinal dye. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 65 |
24762 | Opuntia polyacantha Haw. 2667 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 65 | Dye 5 | Red 136 | Fruit used to dye wool pink. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 65 |
24763 | Opuntia polyacantha Haw. 2667 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 65 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Juice used to adhere buckskin cuttings and trimmings to the buckskin war shirt. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 65 |
24764 | Opuntia polyacantha Haw. 2667 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 92 | Drug 2 | Dermatological Aid 8 | Poultice of flesh applied to skin sores and infections. | 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 92 |
24765 | Opuntia polyacantha Haw. 2667 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 92 | Drug 2 | Diuretic 117 | Flesh eaten to cause urination. | 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 92 |
24766 | Opuntia polyacantha Haw. 2667 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 92 | Food 1 | Soup 56 | Flesh and fat boiled into a soup. | 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 92 |
24767 | Opuntia polyacantha Haw. 2667 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 92 | Food 1 | Flesh pit cooked or roasted 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 92 | |
24768 | Opuntia polyacantha Haw. 2667 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 92 | Other 3 | Hunting & Fishing Item 28 | Spines used to make fish hooks. | 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 92 |
24769 | Opuntia polyacantha Haw. 2667 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 92 | Other 3 | Season Indicator 115 | Blooms indicated saskatoon berries ready to be picked. | 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 92 |
24770 | Opuntia polyacantha Haw. 2667 | Okanagon 176 | p52 55 | 36 | Food 1 | Insides of plants oven roasted and 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 36 | |
24771 | Opuntia polyacantha Haw. 2667 | Paiute, Northern 185 | f89 50 | 49 | Food 1 | Flesh peeled and eaten roasted or uncooked and fresh. | Fowler, Catherine S., 1989, Willards Z. Park's Ethnographic Notes on the Northern Paiute of Western Nevada 1933-1940, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 49 | |
24772 | Opuntia polyacantha Haw. 2667 | San Felipe 222 | c35 19 | 36 | Food 1 | Joints formerly roasted and eaten. | Castetter, Edward F., 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest I. Uncultivated Native Plants Used as Sources of Food, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(1):1-44, page 36 | |
24773 | Opuntia polyacantha Haw. 2667 | San Felipe 222 | c35 19 | 36 | Food 1 | Winter Use Food 59 | Joints singed in hot coals, boiled and dried with sweet corn to make a winter use food. | Castetter, Edward F., 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest I. Uncultivated Native Plants Used as Sources of Food, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(1):1-44, page 36 |
24774 | Opuntia polyacantha Haw. 2667 | Sanpoil and Nespelem 226 | r32 44 | 103 | Food 1 | Dried Food 4 | Berry pits roasted, after spines burned off and removed, and used for food. | Ray, Verne F., 1932, The Sanpoil and Nespelem: Salishan Peoples of Northeastern Washington, University of Washington Publications in Anthropology, Vol. 5, page 103 |
24775 | Opuntia polyacantha Haw. 2667 | Sioux 238 | h92 30 | 39 | Drug 2 | Dermatological Aid 8 | Stems peeled and used for wounds. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 39 |
24776 | Opuntia polyacantha Haw. 2667 | Sioux 238 | h92 30 | 39 | Dye 5 | Mordant 105 | Stems peeled and used to fix color on hides. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 39 |
24777 | Opuntia polyacantha Haw. 2667 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 194 | Food 1 | Dessert 41 | Stems roasted over a fire, peeled and eaten as dessert by children. | 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 194 |
24778 | Opuntia polyacantha Haw. 2667 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 194 | Food 1 | Starvation Food 113 | Stems used for food during times of famine. The stems were used for food during times of famine because they could be harvested even during the winter and early spring when few other foods were available. | 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 194 |
24779 | Opuntia polyacantha Haw. 2667 | Thompson 259 | p52 55 | 36 | Food 1 | Insides of plants oven roasted and 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 36 | |
24780 | Opuntia polyacantha Haw. 2667 | Thompson 259 | steed28 33 | 480 | Food 1 | Roots and little bulbs cooked, peeled and the inside eaten. | Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 480 | |
24781 | Opuntia polyacantha Haw. 2667 | Thompson 259 | steed28 33 | 480 | Food 1 | Stalks cooked, peeled and the inside eaten. | Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 480 | |
24782 | Opuntia polyacantha Haw. 2667 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 194 | Food 1 | Stems steam cooked in pits, the outer, spiny skin peeled off and the insides used for food. The stems could also be baked in hot coals until the spines were singed off and then squeezed until the fleshy centers popped out. The inside part was eaten and considered quite tasty. In recent years, some people mixed cactus stems with fruit cakes, but traditionally, it was eaten with northern black currants or other types of berries. | 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 194 | |
24783 | Opuntia polyacantha Haw. 2667 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 194 | Food 1 | Winter Use Food 59 | Stems mixed with berry juice and canned for future use. | 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 194 |
24784 | Opuntia polyacantha Haw. 2667 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 194 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Mucilaginous material from cut stems used for glue by some people, but not considered very good. | 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 194 |
24785 | Opuntia polyacantha Haw. 2667 | Thompson 259 | steed28 33 | 498 | Other 3 | Jewelry 125 | Seeds strung and worn as necklaces. | Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 498 |
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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) );