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id ▲ | species | tribe | source | pageno | use_category | use_subcategory | notes | rawsource |
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44689 | Zostera marina L. 4260 | Nitinaht 166 | ttco83 101 | 89 | Other 3 | Hunting & Fishing Item 28 | Leaves formerly used to trap herring spawn. | Turner, Nancy J., John Thomas, Barry F. Carlson and Robert T. Ogilvie, 1983, Ethnobotany of the Nitinaht Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 89 |
44685 | Zostera marina L. 4260 | Hesquiat 92 | te82 41 | 59 | Other 3 | Hunting & Fishing Item 28 | Leaves used to collect herring spawn. | Turner, Nancy J. and Barbara S. Efrat, 1982, Ethnobotany of the Hesquiat Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 59 |
44664 | Ziziphus obtusifolia var. canescens (Gray) M.C. Johnston 4258 | Havasupai 89 | spier28 164 | 102 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Branch used to make a planting stick. | Spier, Leslie, 1928, Havasupai Ethnography, Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History 29(3):101-123, 284-285, page 102 |
44663 | Ziziphus obtusifolia var. canescens (Gray) M.C. Johnston 4258 | Apache 10 | c49 11 | 50 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Root used for washing the hair. | Curtin, L. S. M., 1949, By the Prophet of the Earth, Sante Fe. San Vicente Foundation, page 50 |
44649 | Zizania aquatica L. 4254 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 144 | Other 3 | Cash Crop 132 | Rice used for trading. | 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 144 |
44644 | Zizania aquatica L. 4254 | Ojibwa 173 | r28 8 | 246 | Other 3 | Cash Crop 132 | Seeds scorched, winnowed and sold as breakfast food. | Reagan, Albert B., 1928, Plants Used by the Bois Fort Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indians of Minnesota, Wisconsin Archeologist 7(4):230-248, page 246 |
44625 | Zinnia grandiflora Nutt. 4253 | Keres, Western 107 | swank32 79 | 38 | Other 3 | Paint 26 | Flowers ground into a paste and used as a dark red body paint. | Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 38 |
44594 | Zigadenus venenosus S. Wats. 4250 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 50 | Other 3 | Hunting & Fishing Item 28 | Mashed bulbs used as an arrow poison. | 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 50 |
44555 | Zigadenus elegans Pursh 4247 | Thompson 259 | steed28 33 | 508 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Roots placed in the eye sockets and mouth of a dead grouse by the father of a girl reaching puberty. The father of a girl reaching puberty had to snare a grouse, cut off its head, remove its eyes and in their places put two small roots of this plant and another in the mouth. Otherwise, the father was not able to snare any more grouse. | Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 508 |
44540 | Zea mays L. 4244 | Zuni 291 | s15 6 | 99 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Ribboned husks made into small, square pads and used by young people in games. Small plumes were attached to the small, square pads upright, in the center, forming the shuttlecocks for use in the game of battledore and shuttlecock. | Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 99 |
44539 | Zea mays L. 4244 | Zuni 291 | s15 6 | 99 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Ribboned corn husks used as hair decorations in ceremonies. | Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 99 |
44538 | Zea mays L. 4244 | Zuni 291 | s15 6 | 99 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | White corn meal made into a mush and used ceremonially during the death of a rain priest. | Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 99 |
44537 | Zea mays L. 4244 | Zuni 291 | s15 6 | 99 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Ribboned corn husks used as hair decorations in ceremonies. | Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 99 |
44536 | Zea mays L. 4244 | Zuni 291 | s15 6 | 73 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Popped corn ground, made into a beverage and used ceremonially. Although this beverage could be consumed at any time, it was used especially by the rain priests and personators of anthropic gods during ceremonies. Another native beverage was also made by the Zuni. Water was poured over sprouted corn, allowed to stand for some days and then used as a beverage. | Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 73 |
44535 | Zea mays L. 4244 | Zuni 291 | s15 6 | 99 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Corn meal wrapped in husks given to theurgists visiting the sick. The packages were always presented with a prayer and the recipient prayed. | Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 99 |
44534 | Zea mays L. 4244 | Zuni 291 | s15 6 | 99 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Corn ears carried or secretly worn in dances by personators of anthropic gods. | Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 99 |
44533 | Zea mays L. 4244 | Zuni 291 | s15 6 | 99 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Balls of husks covered with woven cotton used ceremonially to insure bountiful crops. The balls of corn husks covered with woven cotton were used with long fringes of white cotton ceremonial sashes symbolizing corn and a desire for bountiful crops. | Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 99 |
44527 | Zea mays L. 4244 | Tewa 257 | rhf16 61 | 78 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Cobs used to make feathered darts and to stuff kick balls. | Robbins, W.W., J.P. Harrington and B. Freire-Marreco, 1916, Ethnobotany of the Tewa Indians, SI-BAE Bulletin #55, page 78 |
44526 | Zea mays L. 4244 | Tewa 257 | rhf16 61 | 78 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Cobs used to make handles and holders. | Robbins, W.W., J.P. Harrington and B. Freire-Marreco, 1916, Ethnobotany of the Tewa Indians, SI-BAE Bulletin #55, page 78 |
44525 | Zea mays L. 4244 | Tewa 257 | rhf16 61 | 78 | Other 3 | Smoke Plant 63 | Husks made into cigarettes. | Robbins, W.W., J.P. Harrington and B. Freire-Marreco, 1916, Ethnobotany of the Tewa Indians, SI-BAE Bulletin #55, page 78 |
44524 | Zea mays L. 4244 | Tewa 257 | rhf16 61 | 78 | Other 3 | Fuel 37 | Cobs used as fuel in emergencies and as fire lighters. | Robbins, W.W., J.P. Harrington and B. Freire-Marreco, 1916, Ethnobotany of the Tewa Indians, SI-BAE Bulletin #55, page 78 |
44523 | Zea mays L. 4244 | Tewa 257 | rhf16 61 | 78 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Husks twisted and used to make the framework and mounts for feathers in ceremonial ornaments. | Robbins, W.W., J.P. Harrington and B. Freire-Marreco, 1916, Ethnobotany of the Tewa Indians, SI-BAE Bulletin #55, page 78 |
44522 | Zea mays L. 4244 | Tewa 257 | rhf16 61 | 78 | Other 3 | Cash Crop 132 | Formerly bartered with the Comanche for prepared buffalo hides. | Robbins, W.W., J.P. Harrington and B. Freire-Marreco, 1916, Ethnobotany of the Tewa Indians, SI-BAE Bulletin #55, page 78 |
44510 | Zea mays L. 4244 | Seminole 228 | s54 88 | 473 | Other 3 | Hunting & Fishing Item 28 | Plant used to make arrow heads. | Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 473 |
44509 | Zea mays L. 4244 | Seminole 228 | s54 88 | 473 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Plant used for religious scarification and at busk ceremonies. | Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 473 |
44491 | Zea mays L. 4244 | Omaha 177 | g19 17 | 68 | Other 3 | Protection 58 | Chewed seeds scattered around the corn fields to protect the harvest from blackbirds. When the corn was approaching maturity, blackbirds attacked the fields for food. To prevent further damage, men chewed some grains and scattered them around the corn fields to deter the birds from the fields. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 68 |
44484 | Zea mays L. 4244 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 18 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Cobs used by pottery makers to smooth the pottery. | 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 18 |
44483 | Zea mays L. 4244 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 18 | Other 3 | Smoke Plant 63 | Dry husks of young corn used to roll cigarettes, when paper not available. | 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 18 |
44482 | Zea mays L. 4244 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 18 | Other 3 | Containers 32 | Cobs used to close up pottery jars. | 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 18 |
44481 | Zea mays L. 4244 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 18 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Pollen used in all ceremonials and also for personal ceremonies. | 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 18 |
44476 | Zea mays L. 4244 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 27 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Cobs used to beat leather while dyeing. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 27 |
44475 | Zea mays L. 4244 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 27 | Other 3 | Smoke Plant 63 | Husks used for cigarette papers. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 27 |
44474 | Zea mays L. 4244 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 27 | Other 3 | Sacred Items 185 | Sacred pollen used in innumerable ceremonies. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 27 |
44473 | Zea mays L. 4244 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 27 | Other 3 | Sacred Items 185 | Cornmeal, considered less sacred than corn pollen, used in innumerable ceremonies. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 27 |
44472 | Zea mays L. 4244 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 27 | Other 3 | Fuel 37 | Cob pith used as punk (tinder). | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 27 |
44471 | Zea mays L. 4244 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 27 | Other 3 | Containers 32 | Husks used as casings for blood sausage. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 27 |
44470 | Zea mays L. 4244 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 30 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Cornmeal mush used to make images for ceremonies. In the Bead Chant, an image of a wildcat was made of sweet corn; in the Mountain Chant, an image of the bear was made of sweet corn; and in the Coyote Chant, effigies of a coyote and a kit fox were made in sweet corn; other images such as the dog, chicken, cat and pig were also reproduced in sweet corn. To make these animals, a stiff mush was made of corn, which was kneaded to the desired shape, omitting the extremities such as tail, ears and feet. White shell, turquoise and cannel coal was used for the eyes. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 30 |
44447 | Zea mays L. 4244 | Kiowa 111 | vs39 140 | 17 | Other 3 | Smoke Plant 63 | Shucks used for cigarette wrappings and used in the peyote ceremony. | Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 17 |
44444 | Zea mays L. 4244 | Keres, Western 107 | swank32 79 | 77 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Corn pollen and corn meal used for many ceremonial purposes. | Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 77 |
44443 | Zea mays L. 4244 | Keres, Western 107 | swank32 79 | 77 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Corn meal sprinkled by everyone before eating and prayer repeated. | Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 77 |
44437 | Zea mays L. 4244 | Isleta 101 | j31 76 | 46 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Pollen used in the 'Corn Dances.' | Jones, Volney H., 1931, The Ethnobotany of the Isleta Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 46 |
44436 | Zea mays L. 4244 | Isleta 101 | j31 76 | 46 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Corn silks used in the 'Corn Dances.' | Jones, Volney H., 1931, The Ethnobotany of the Isleta Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 46 |
44435 | Zea mays L. 4244 | Isleta 101 | j31 76 | 46 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Corn meal smeared on the body in the burial ceremony. | Jones, Volney H., 1931, The Ethnobotany of the Isleta Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 46 |
44434 | Zea mays L. 4244 | Isleta 101 | j31 76 | 46 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Corn husks used as cigarette papers for the ceremonial cigarettes. | Jones, Volney H., 1931, The Ethnobotany of the Isleta Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 46 |
44425 | Zea mays L. 4244 | Iroquois 100 | w16 112 | 71 | Other 3 | Planting Seeds 141 | Seeds selected for qualities such as size, flavor, color and early maturity and used for planting. | Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 71 |
44424 | Zea mays L. 4244 | Iroquois 100 | w16 112 | 71 | Other 3 | Cooking Tools 33 | Husks used as wrappers for boiling the double wedding corn bread package. | Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 71 |
44423 | Zea mays L. 4244 | Iroquois 100 | w16 112 | 154 | Other 3 | Containers 32 | Dried husks woven into small bottles or receptacles for salt. | Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 154 |
44406 | Zea mays L. 4244 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 69 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Whole ears boiled and given as presents during the winter ceremonies. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 69 |
44405 | Zea mays L. 4244 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 67 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Used in almost all ceremonies either as corn meal, as an actual ear of corn or as a painting. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 67 |
44404 | Zea mays L. 4244 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 67 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Ceremonially associated with the northeast direction. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 67 |
44403 | Zea mays L. 4244 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 69 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Ceremonially associated with the nadir. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 69 |
44384 | Zea mays L. 4244 | Delaware 62 | t72 97 | 55 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Used in the ceremonial diet of the participants of the Big House Ceremony. | Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 55 |
44371 | Zea mays L. 4244 | Chippewa 38 | d28 4 | 319 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Husks turned back and used to suspend corn ears from the ceiling. | Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 319 |
44367 | Zea mays L. 4244 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 30 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Shucks used to make dolls. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 30 |
44362 | Zea mays L. 4244 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 153 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Sprinkled on images of the dead during mourning ceremonies. | Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel, 1972, Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants, Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press, page 153 |
44359 | Zanthoxylum fagara (L.) Sarg. 4243 | Seminole 228 | s54 88 | 475 | Other 3 | Hunting & Fishing Item 28 | Plant used to make bows and arrows. | Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 475 |
44354 | Zanthoxylum americanum P. Mill. 4241 | Omaha 177 | g19 17 | 98 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Fruits used by young men as perfume. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 98 |
44353 | Zanthoxylum americanum P. Mill. 4241 | Omaha 177 | g13ii 154 | 323 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Fruits used by young men as perfume. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1913, A Study in the Ethnobotany of the Omaha Indians, Nebraska State Historical Society Collections 17:314-57., page 323 |
44295 | Yucca whipplei var. caespitosa M.E. Jones 4239 | Kawaiisu 106 | z81 60 | 69 | Other 3 | Containers 32 | Small stalk section used as a stopper for the basketry water bottle. | Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 69 |
44269 | Yucca torreyi Shafer 4237 | Apache 10 | bc41 58 | 35 | Other 3 | Designs 167 | Roots used to produce a red pattern in baskets. | Bell, Willis H and Edward F. Castetter, 1941, Ethnobiological Studies in the Southwest VII. The Utilization of of Yucca, Sotol and Beargrass by the Aborigines in the American Southwest, University of New Mexico Bulletin 5(5):1-74, page 35 |
44261 | Yucca sp. 4236 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 34 | Other 3 | Waterproofing Agent 154 | Leaf pitch used for waterproofing baskets. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 34 |
44260 | Yucca sp. 4236 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 34 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Leaves made into a ball and used to play 'shooting the yucca.' 'Shooting the yucca' was a Navajo game played with a ball made of bark and wound with yucca leaves which had been previously placed in hot ashes to make them flexible. A stick of scrub oak was attached to this by a yucca cord, to give momentum to the light ball. The ball was thrown into the air and the archers discharged their arrows at it as soon as it was drawn downward by the weight of the stick. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 34 |
44259 | Yucca sp. 4236 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 34 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Fiber used to make a ring for a game similar to 'ring toss.' | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 34 |
44258 | Yucca sp. 4236 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 34 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Used to make a brush to apply colored clays to pottery. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 34 |
44257 | Yucca sp. 4236 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 32 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Used for cleansing purposes. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 32 |
44256 | Yucca sp. 4236 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 34 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Suds and ashes used to wash new born babies. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 34 |
44255 | Yucca sp. 4236 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 34 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Roots used to wash wool and hides. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 34 |
44254 | Yucca sp. 4236 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 34 | Other 3 | Protection 58 | Leaf juice mixed with powders and applied to shields. Yucca leaves were heated over a fire and the juice wrung out of them into an earthen vessel. The juice was then mixed with powders and applied to the shield with a pointed stick to make it live in the power of the sun, the serpent, the bear, the lightning and the rainbow. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 34 |
44253 | Yucca sp. 4236 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 34 | Other 3 | Musical Instrument 146 | Folded leaves used as drumsticks to beat basket drums. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 34 |
44252 | Yucca sp. 4236 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 34 | Other 3 | Jewelry 125 | Leaves used to make bracelets worn by scouts. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 34 |
44251 | Yucca sp. 4236 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 34 | Other 3 | Containers 32 | Wood tied to stalk with shallow holes and used at the hearth to hold a fireset. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 34 |
44250 | Yucca sp. 4236 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 34 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Roots, pollen and leaves used during many different ceremonies. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 34 |
44249 | Yucca sp. 4236 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 34 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Pitch used to cover bullroarers for some of the ceremonies. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 34 |
44248 | Yucca sp. 4236 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 32 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Leaves used for ceremonial purposes. On the sixth day of the Mountain Chant Ceremony, before the couriers were sent on their way, a basin of water containing soap root was brought in, and after the medicine man had daubed the couriers with a little of the suds, they washed themselves from head to foot and cleaned their hair as well. The Lashing God in the Night Chant carried a ring of yucca leaves on his back and suspended from this by its roots was a complete plant of soapweed. He held in his hand yucca scourges which were made from the leaves taken from the east and west sides of the plant. For the yucca that hangs at his back, a specimen was selected whose roots stuck well out of the ground and was kicked out with the foot. Masks made of the leaves were also used in the Night Chant. In one of the dances of the last night of the Mountain Chant, yucca was made to grow from the root through buds and flowers to the ripe fruit. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 32 |
44247 | Yucca sp. 4236 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 34 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Leaf strips intertwined with sprigs of fir and used to make necklaces and wristbands for ceremonies. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 34 |
44246 | Yucca sp. 4236 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 34 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Fiber used to string cakes baked for Fire God & attached to his right arm on 9th day of Night Chant. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 34 |
44231 | Yucca sp. 4236 | Jemez 102 | c30 28 | 28 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Roots boiled, fibrous part removed, water rubbed into lather & used to wash hair & woolen blankets. | Cook, Sarah Louise, 1930, The Ethnobotany of Jemez Indians., University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 28 |
44230 | Yucca sp. 4236 | Great Basin Indian 80 | n66 139 | 47 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Root suds used to wash wool. | Nickerson, Gifford S., 1966, Some Data on Plains and Great Basin Indian Uses of Certain Native Plants, Tebiwa 9(1):45-51, page 47 |
44227 | Yucca schottii Engelm. 4235 | Papago 188 | h08 174 | 262 | Other 3 | Cash Crop 132 | Dried fruits sold to the Pimas. | Hrdlicka, Ales, 1908, Physiological and Medical Observations Among the Indians of Southwestern United States and Northern Mexico, SI-BAE Bulletin #34:1-427, page 262 |
44216 | Yucca schidigera Roezl ex Ortgies 4234 | Luiseno 128 | s08 24 | 200 | Other 3 | Hunting & Fishing Item 28 | Plant fiber used to make fishing lines. | Sparkman, Philip S., 1908, The Culture of the Luiseno Indians, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 8(4):187-234, page 200 |
44215 | Yucca schidigera Roezl ex Ortgies 4234 | Luiseno 128 | s08 24 | 203 | Other 3 | Hunting & Fishing Item 28 | Leaf fiber formerly used to make fishing lines. | Sparkman, Philip S., 1908, The Culture of the Luiseno Indians, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 8(4):187-234, page 203 |
44207 | Yucca schidigera Roezl ex Ortgies 4234 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 150 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Scraped, mashed roots and water used as soap. | Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel, 1972, Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants, Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press, page 150 |
44202 | Yucca louisianensis Trel. 4233 | Comanche 48 | cj40 147 | 524 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Roots used as soap. | Carlson, Gustav G. and Volney H. Jones, 1940, Some Notes on Uses of Plants by the Comanche Indians, Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters 25:517-542, page 524 |
44199 | Yucca glauca var. glauca 4231 | Hopi 95 | f96 72 | 17 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Root used for soap. | Fewkes, J. Walter, 1896, A Contribution to Ethnobotany, American Anthropologist 9:14-21, page 17 |
44197 | Yucca glauca Nutt. 4230 | Zuni 291 | s15 6 | 83 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Peeled roots pounded, made into suds and used for washing the head, wool garments and blankets. | Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 83 |
44191 | Yucca glauca Nutt. 4230 | Tewa of Hano 258 | rhf16 61 | 52 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Used to make whips to beat novices during some initiation ceremonies. | Robbins, W.W., J.P. Harrington and B. Freire-Marreco, 1916, Ethnobotany of the Tewa Indians, SI-BAE Bulletin #55, page 52 |
44190 | Yucca glauca Nutt. 4230 | Tewa 257 | rhf16 61 | 52 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Roots used to make lather. | Robbins, W.W., J.P. Harrington and B. Freire-Marreco, 1916, Ethnobotany of the Tewa Indians, SI-BAE Bulletin #55, page 52 |
44184 | Yucca glauca Nutt. 4230 | Southwest Indians 248 | bc41 58 | 52 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Stalk used as a spindle in making fire by friction. | Bell, Willis H and Edward F. Castetter, 1941, Ethnobiological Studies in the Southwest VII. The Utilization of of Yucca, Sotol and Beargrass by the Aborigines in the American Southwest, University of New Mexico Bulletin 5(5):1-74, page 52 |
44183 | Yucca glauca Nutt. 4230 | Southwest Indians 248 | bc41 58 | 54 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Roots roasted, soaked in water, removed and soapy liquid used to wash hair and cloth. | Bell, Willis H and Edward F. Castetter, 1941, Ethnobiological Studies in the Southwest VII. The Utilization of of Yucca, Sotol and Beargrass by the Aborigines in the American Southwest, University of New Mexico Bulletin 5(5):1-74, page 54 |
44182 | Yucca glauca Nutt. 4230 | Southwest Indians 248 | bc41 58 | 55 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Leaves pounded and used in washing. | Bell, Willis H and Edward F. Castetter, 1941, Ethnobiological Studies in the Southwest VII. The Utilization of of Yucca, Sotol and Beargrass by the Aborigines in the American Southwest, University of New Mexico Bulletin 5(5):1-74, page 55 |
44170 | Yucca glauca Nutt. 4230 | Ponca 205 | g19 17 | 71 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Root used like soap, especially for washing the hair. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 71 |
44167 | Yucca glauca Nutt. 4230 | Pawnee 190 | g19 17 | 71 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Root used like soap, especially for washing the hair. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 71 |
44163 | Yucca glauca Nutt. 4230 | Papago 188 | cu35 27 | 51 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Roots dried, pulverized, mixed with water and the suds used for washing the hair. | 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 51 |
44162 | Yucca glauca Nutt. 4230 | Papago 188 | cu35 27 | 51 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Used to bind women's hair over their foreheads while racing. | 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 51 |
44161 | Yucca glauca Nutt. 4230 | Papago 188 | cu35 27 | 51 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Fiber used to tie saguaro needles together. | 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 51 |
44155 | Yucca glauca Nutt. 4230 | Omaha 177 | g19 17 | 71 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Root used like soap, especially for washing the hair. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 71 |
44151 | Yucca glauca Nutt. 4230 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 21 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Root used for soap. | 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 21 |
44142 | Yucca glauca Nutt. 4230 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 33 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Used to make the 102 counting sticks for the moccasin game. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 33 |
44141 | Yucca glauca Nutt. 4230 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 33 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Roots used for soap. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 33 |
44140 | Yucca glauca Nutt. 4230 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 33 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Plant used to stir the water for the ceremonial baths. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 33 |
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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) );