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id | species | tribe | source ▼ | pageno | use_category | use_subcategory | notes | rawsource |
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670 | Acer saccharum Marsh. 35 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 44 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Wood used for lumber. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 44 |
671 | Acer saccharum Marsh. 35 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 44 | Fiber 4 | Furniture 109 | Wood used to make furniture. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 44 |
672 | Acer saccharum Marsh. 35 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 44 | Food 1 | Sweetener 135 | Juice used to make sugar. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 44 |
674 | Acer saccharum Marsh. 35 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 44 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Wood used to carve. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 44 |
676 | Acer saccharum Marsh. 35 | Chippewa 38 | d28 4 | 377 | Other 3 | Cooking Tools 33 | Used to make paddles for stirring maple sap. | Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 377 |
678 | Acer saccharum Marsh. 35 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 378 | Drug 2 | Blood Medicine 11 | Complex compound used as a blood purifier. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 378 |
679 | Acer saccharum Marsh. 35 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 378 | Drug 2 | Dermatological Aid 8 | Compound decoction of leaves used as a wash on parts affected by 'Italian itch.' | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 378 |
680 | Acer saccharum Marsh. 35 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 378 | Drug 2 | Eye Medicine 25 | Compound infusion of bark used as drops for blindness. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 378 |
675 | Acer saccharum Marsh. 35 | Chippewa 38 | gil33 15 | 135 | Other 3 | Cash Crop 132 | Sap made into sugar and used as a commodity of intertribal commerce. Maple sugar was among the great staples in the domestic economy and was a commodity of intertribal commerce being traded to people of tribes in areas not possessing this tree. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1933, Some Chippewa Uses of Plants, Ann Arbor. University of Michigan Press, page 135 |
677 | Acer saccharum Marsh. 35 | Dakota 61 | g19 17 | 100 | Food 1 | Sweetener 135 | Sap formerly used to make sugar. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 100 |
702 | Acer saccharum Marsh. 35 | Ojibwa 173 | smith32 20 | 394 | Food 1 | Beverage 27 | Sap saved to drink as it comes from the tree, alone or mixed with box elder or birch sap. | Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 394 |
703 | Acer saccharum Marsh. 35 | Ojibwa 173 | smith32 20 | 394 | Food 1 | Sour 163 | Sap allowed to sour to make vinegar and mixed with maple sugar to cook sweet and sour meat. | Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 394 |
704 | Acer saccharum Marsh. 35 | Ojibwa 173 | smith32 20 | 394 | Food 1 | Sweetener 135 | Maple sugar used to season all kinds of meats, replaced now with salt. Smith describes in detail the process by which the Ojibwe make maple syrup. Although now (1932) they use iron kettles, originally the sap and storage vessels were 'made of birch bark, sewed with boiled basswood fiber or the core of the jack pine root.' The vessels are rendered waterproof by the application of pitch secured by boiling jack pine cones. | Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 394 |
705 | Acer saccharum Marsh. 35 | Ojibwa 173 | smith32 20 | 413 | Other 3 | Cooking Tools 33 | Wood used to make bowls and many other objects of utility. | Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 413 |
706 | Acer saccharum Marsh. 35 | Ojibwa 173 | smith32 20 | 413 | Other 3 | Cooking Tools 33 | Wood used to make paddles for stirring maple sugar or wild rice while scorching or parching it. | Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 413 |
695 | Acer saccharum Marsh. 35 | Meskwaki 139 | smith28 21 | 255 | Food 1 | Sweetener 135 | Maple sugar used instead of salt as seasoning in cooking. | Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 255 |
696 | Acer saccharum Marsh. 35 | Meskwaki 139 | smith28 21 | 266 | Other 3 | Designs 167 | Leaf used in beadwork designs. | Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 266 |
707 | Acer saccharum Marsh. 35 | Potawatomi 206 | smith33 43 | 37 | Drug 2 | Expectorant 139 | Inner bark used as an expectorant. | Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 37 |
708 | Acer saccharum Marsh. 35 | Potawatomi 206 | smith33 43 | 92 | Food 1 | Beverage 27 | Maple sap, as it came from the tree, drunk by children. | Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 92 |
709 | Acer saccharum Marsh. 35 | Potawatomi 206 | smith33 43 | 92 | Food 1 | Candy 85 | Children made taffy by cooling the maple sap in the snow. | Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 92 |
710 | Acer saccharum Marsh. 35 | Potawatomi 206 | smith33 43 | 92 | Food 1 | Sour 163 | Maple sap not only furnished the sugar for seasoning material but also furnished the vinegar. Sap that was allowed to become sour made a vinegar to be used in cooking venison which was afterwards sweetened with maple sugar. This corresponds somewhat to the German 'sweet and sour' style of cooking. | Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 92 |
711 | Acer saccharum Marsh. 35 | Potawatomi 206 | smith33 43 | 92 | Food 1 | Sweetener 135 | Maple sugar used, instead of salt, to season all cooking. The sugar maple and the black sugar maple are found all over Wisconsin and were considered to be the most valuable trees in the forest because they furnished them their seasoning material. While they do use salt today, it is an acquired ingredient and most of the old people would prefer to have sugar for their seasoning. | Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 92 |
694 | Acer saccharum Marsh. 35 | Menominee 138 | s23 51 | 61 | Food 1 | Sweetener 135 | Boiled sap made into maple sugar and used in almost every combination of cookery. | Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 61 |
682 | Acer saccharum Marsh. 35 | Iroquois 100 | r45ii 59 | 52 | Drug 2 | Pulmonary Aid 48 | Infusion of bark with another whole plant taken by forest runners for shortness of breath. | Rousseau, Jacques, 1945, Le Folklore Botanique De Caughnawaga, Contributions de l'Institut botanique l'Universite de Montreal 55:7-72, page 52 |
685 | Acer saccharum Marsh. 35 | Iroquois 100 | r45ii 59 | 52 | Food 1 | Beverage 27 | Sap made into sugar and used to make beer. | Rousseau, Jacques, 1945, Le Folklore Botanique De Caughnawaga, Contributions de l'Institut botanique l'Universite de Montreal 55:7-72, page 52 |
688 | Acer saccharum Marsh. 35 | Iroquois 100 | r45ii 59 | 52 | Food 1 | Sweetener 135 | Sap used to make sugar. | Rousseau, Jacques, 1945, Le Folklore Botanique De Caughnawaga, Contributions de l'Institut botanique l'Universite de Montreal 55:7-72, page 52 |
668 | Acer saccharum Marsh. 35 | Algonquin, Quebec 7 | b80 67 | 98 | Food 1 | Sauce & Relish 7 | Sap used to make syrup. | Black, Meredith Jean, 1980, Algonquin Ethnobotany: An Interpretation of Aboriginal Adaptation in South Western Quebec, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series Number 65, page 98 |
669 | Acer saccharum Marsh. 35 | Algonquin, Quebec 7 | b80 67 | 98 | Food 1 | Sweetener 135 | Sap used to make sugar. | Black, Meredith Jean, 1980, Algonquin Ethnobotany: An Interpretation of Aboriginal Adaptation in South Western Quebec, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series Number 65, page 98 |
690 | Acer saccharum Marsh. 35 | Malecite 134 | sd52 78 | 6 | Fiber 4 | Canoe Material 70 | Wood used to make paddles and oars. | Speck, Frank G. and R.W. Dexter, 1952, Utilization of Animals and Plants by the Malecite Indians of New Brunswick, Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 42:1-7, page 6 |
691 | Acer saccharum Marsh. 35 | Malecite 134 | sd52 78 | 6 | Food 1 | Sauce & Relish 7 | Used to make maple syrup. | Speck, Frank G. and R.W. Dexter, 1952, Utilization of Animals and Plants by the Malecite Indians of New Brunswick, Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 42:1-7, page 6 |
692 | Acer saccharum Marsh. 35 | Malecite 134 | sd52 78 | 6 | Food 1 | Sweetener 135 | Used to make maple syrup and sugar. | Speck, Frank G. and R.W. Dexter, 1952, Utilization of Animals and Plants by the Malecite Indians of New Brunswick, Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 42:1-7, page 6 |
693 | Acer saccharum Marsh. 35 | Malecite 134 | sd52 78 | 6 | Other 3 | Lighting 145 | Wood used to make torch handles. | Speck, Frank G. and R.W. Dexter, 1952, Utilization of Animals and Plants by the Malecite Indians of New Brunswick, Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 42:1-7, page 6 |
673 | Acer saccharum Marsh. 35 | Cherokee 32 | perry75 86 | 32 | Food 1 | Sweetener 135 | Sap used to make sugar. | Perry, Myra Jean, 1975, Food Use of 'Wild' Plants by Cherokee Indians, The University of Tennessee, M.S. Thesis, page 32 |
700 | Acer saccharum Marsh. 35 | Mohegan 149 | t72 97 | 69, 128 | Drug 2 | Cough Medicine 9 | Inner bark used as a cough remedy. | Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 69, 128 |
701 | Acer saccharum Marsh. 35 | Mohegan 149 | t72 97 | 69 | Food 1 | Sweetener 135 | Sap used as a sweetening agent and to make maple syrup. | Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 69 |
681 | Acer saccharum Marsh. 35 | Iroquois 100 | w16 112 | 142 | Drug 2 | Eye Medicine 25 | Sap used for sore eyes. | Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 142 |
683 | Acer saccharum Marsh. 35 | Iroquois 100 | w16 112 | 142 | Drug 2 | Sap, thimbleberries and water used to make a medicine. | Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 142 | |
684 | Acer saccharum Marsh. 35 | Iroquois 100 | w16 112 | 146 | Food 1 | Beverage 27 | Sap fermented and used as an intoxicant. | Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 146 |
686 | Acer saccharum Marsh. 35 | Iroquois 100 | w16 112 | 142 | Food 1 | Beverage 27 | Sap, thimbleberries and water used to make a drink for home consumption and longhouse ceremonies. | Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 142 |
687 | Acer saccharum Marsh. 35 | Iroquois 100 | w16 112 | 119 | Food 1 | Bread & Cake 2 | Bark dried, pounded, sifted and made into bread. | Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 119 |
689 | Acer saccharum Marsh. 35 | Iroquois 100 | w16 112 | 142 | Food 1 | Sweetener 135 | Sap used to make sugar. | Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 142 |
697 | Acer saccharum Marsh. 35 | Micmac 141 | sd51 182 | 258 | Food 1 | Beverage 27 | Bark used to make a beverage. | Speck, Frank G. and R.W. Dexter, 1951, Utilization of Animals and Plants by the Micmac Indians of New Brunswick, Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 41:250-259, page 258 |
698 | Acer saccharum Marsh. 35 | Micmac 141 | sd51 182 | 258 | Food 1 | Sauce & Relish 7 | Sap used to make maple syrup and maple sugar. | Speck, Frank G. and R.W. Dexter, 1951, Utilization of Animals and Plants by the Micmac Indians of New Brunswick, Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 41:250-259, page 258 |
699 | Acer saccharum Marsh. 35 | Micmac 141 | sd51 182 | 258 | Other 3 | Hunting & Fishing Item 28 | Used to make bows and arrows. | Speck, Frank G. and R.W. Dexter, 1951, Utilization of Animals and Plants by the Micmac Indians of New Brunswick, Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 41:250-259, page 258 |
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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) );