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id | species | tribe | source | pageno | use_category | use_subcategory | notes ▲ | rawsource |
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26416 | Philadelphus lewisii Pursh 2875 | Wailaki 273 | c02 89 | 352 | Other 3 | Hunting & Fishing Item 28 | Young, very pithy shoots used to make arrows. | Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 352 |
26419 | Philadelphus lewisii Pursh 2875 | Yuki 287 | c02 89 | 352 | Other 3 | Hunting & Fishing Item 28 | Young, very pithy shoots used to make arrows. | Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 352 |
40238 | Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don 3951 | Salish, Coast 217 | tb71 23 | 71 | Other 3 | Hunting & Fishing Item 28 | Young, slender branches used to make nets. | 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 71 |
443 | Acer glabrum Torr. 23 | Montana Indian 151 | b05 73 | 5 | Other 3 | Hunting & Fishing Item 28 | Young twigs used for making fishnet hoops. | Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, page 5 |
41080 | Tsuga heterophylla (Raf.) Sarg. 4043 | Skagit 241 | g73 25 | 17 | Other 3 | Hunting & Fishing Item 28 | Young trees used in fish trap construction. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 17 |
35870 | Salix hookeriana Barratt ex Hook. 3531 | Quileute 209 | g73 25 | 26 | Other 3 | Hunting & Fishing Item 28 | Young trees used for fish weir poles. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 26 |
41071 | Tsuga heterophylla (Raf.) Sarg. 4043 | Quinault 210 | g73 25 | 17 | Other 3 | Hunting & Fishing Item 28 | Young trees used as walkways on top of fish weirs. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 17 |
41024 | Tsuga heterophylla (Raf.) Sarg. 4043 | Lummi 129 | g73 25 | 17 | Other 3 | Hunting & Fishing Item 28 | Young trees used as poles for large dip nets. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 17 |
11257 | Corylus cornuta Marsh. 1111 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 190 | Other 3 | Cooking Tools 33 | Young suckers used as salmon spreaders in the absence of saskatoon branches. | 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 190 |
15279 | Fraxinus pennsylvanica Marsh. 1660 | Dakota 61 | g19 17 | 108 | Other 3 | Hunting & Fishing Item 28 | Young stems used to make arrow shafts. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 108 |
15299 | Fraxinus pennsylvanica Marsh. 1660 | Omaha 177 | g19 17 | 108 | Other 3 | Hunting & Fishing Item 28 | Young stems used to make arrow shafts. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 108 |
15302 | Fraxinus pennsylvanica Marsh. 1660 | Pawnee 190 | g19 17 | 108 | Other 3 | Hunting & Fishing Item 28 | Young stems used to make arrow shafts. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 108 |
15307 | Fraxinus pennsylvanica Marsh. 1660 | Ponca 205 | g19 17 | 108 | Other 3 | Hunting & Fishing Item 28 | Young stems used to make arrow shafts. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 108 |
15314 | Fraxinus pennsylvanica Marsh. 1660 | Winnebago 280 | g19 17 | 108 | Other 3 | Hunting & Fishing Item 28 | Young stems used to make arrow shafts. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 108 |
2475 | Alnus rhombifolia Nutt. 171 | Mendocino Indian 137 | c02 89 | 332 | Other 3 | Hunting & Fishing Item 28 | Young shoots used to make arrows. | Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 332 |
3146 | Amelanchier sp. 214 | Shasta 230 | m66 109 | 217 | Other 3 | Hunting & Fishing Item 28 | Young shoots used to make arrows. | Merriam, C. Hart, 1966, Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes, University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley, page 217 |
5927 | Arundinaria gigantea (Walt.) Muhl. 417 | Houma 96 | speck41 49 | 61 | Other 3 | Hunting & Fishing Item 28 | Young shoots used to make arrow shafts. | Speck, Frank G., 1941, A List of Plant Curatives Obtained From the Houma Indians of Louisiana, Primitive Man 14:49-75, page 61 |
5937 | Arundinaria gigantea ssp. tecta (Walt.) McClure 418 | Houma 96 | speck41 49 | 61 | Other 3 | Hunting & Fishing Item 28 | Young shoots used to make arrow shafts. | Speck, Frank G., 1941, A List of Plant Curatives Obtained From the Houma Indians of Louisiana, Primitive Man 14:49-75, page 61 |
26376 | Philadelphus lewisii Pursh 2875 | Karok 105 | sg52 71 | 384 | Other 3 | Hunting & Fishing Item 28 | Young shoots used to make arrow shafts. | Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 384 |
31227 | Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirbel) Franco 3199 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 107 | Other 3 | Hunting & Fishing Item 28 | Young saplings used to make dipnet hoops and handles. | 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 107 |
10344 | Cleome serrulata Pursh 1026 | Tewa 257 | rhf16 61 | 58 | Other 3 | Paint 26 | Young plants boiled, dried, soaked in hot water and used as black paint for pottery decorations. | Robbins, W.W., J.P. Harrington and B. Freire-Marreco, 1916, Ethnobotany of the Tewa Indians, SI-BAE Bulletin #55, page 58 |
40132 | Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don 3951 | Nitinaht 166 | ttco83 101 | 67 | Other 3 | Hunting & Fishing Item 28 | Young limbs twisted and used as basket traps for fish. | 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 67 |
32283 | Quercus macrocarpa Michx. 3273 | Dakota 61 | g19 17 | 116 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Young growths used to make popgun pistons. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 116 |
32296 | Quercus macrocarpa Michx. 3273 | Omaha 177 | g19 17 | 116 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Young growths used to make popgun pistons. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 116 |
32298 | Quercus macrocarpa Michx. 3273 | Pawnee 190 | g19 17 | 116 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Young growths used to make popgun pistons. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 116 |
32300 | Quercus macrocarpa Michx. 3273 | Ponca 205 | g19 17 | 116 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Young growths used to make popgun pistons. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 116 |
32302 | Quercus macrocarpa Michx. 3273 | Winnebago 280 | g19 17 | 116 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Young growths from this or another plant used to make popgun pistons. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 116 |
4226 | Arbutus menziesii Pursh 322 | Salish, Coast 217 | tb71 23 | 82 | Other 3 | Cooking Tools 33 | Young branches used to make spoons. | 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 82 |
4227 | Arbutus menziesii Pursh 322 | Salish, Coast 217 | tb71 23 | 82 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Young branches used to make gambling sticks. | 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 82 |
40021 | Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don 3951 | Hesquiat 92 | te82 41 | 35 | Other 3 | Hunting & Fishing Item 28 | Young branches used to make fish traps. | Turner, Nancy J. and Barbara S. Efrat, 1982, Ethnobotany of the Hesquiat Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 35 |
11258 | Corylus cornuta Marsh. 1111 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 190 | Other 3 | Hunting & Fishing Item 28 | Young branch softened with urine, twisted and used to make a dipnet hoop. | 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 190 |
21974 | Mahonia repens (Lindl.) G. Don 2376 | Hopi 95 | c74 82 | 294 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Yellow root and leaves used for ceremonial purposes in the Home Dance. The yellow root is the most important part. The leaf is sometimes used to represent a mountain lion's paw. | Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 294 |
38267 | Solanum elaeagnifolium Cav. 3720 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 90 | Other 3 | Jewelry 125 | Yellow fruits made into necklaces for clowns. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 90 |
39322 | Tanacetum vulgare L. 3892 | Ojibwa 173 | smith32 20 | 429 | Other 3 | Hunting & Fishing Item 28 | Yellow flowers used in the odorous hunting mixture smoked to attract deer. | Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 429 |
12054 | Dasiphora floribunda (Pursh) Kartesz 1234 | Jemez 102 | c30 28 | 22 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Yellow flowers used for the summer dances. | Cook, Sarah Louise, 1930, The Ethnobotany of Jemez Indians., University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 22 |
24335 | Oenothera rhombipetala Nutt. ex Torr. & Gray 2628 | Kiowa 111 | vs39 140 | 45 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Yellow flowers picked and brought into the house. | Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 45 |
24336 | Oenothera rhombipetala Nutt. ex Torr. & Gray 2628 | Kiowa 111 | vs39 140 | 45 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Yellow flowers picked and brought into the house. | Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 45 |
7756 | Calochortus nuttallii Torr. & Gray 677 | Hopi 95 | c74 82 | 295 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Yellow flower used ceremonially. In the spring, the flower is collected in quantity together with larkspur. Boys holding handfuls of these two plants above their heads are chased by the girls upon certain occasions. | Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 295 |
8115 | Carex sp. 752 | Paiute 183 | m53 98 | 52 | Other 3 | Cooking Tools 33 | Woven sedge used to make spoons. | Mahar, James Michael., 1953, Ethnobotany of the Oregon Paiutes of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, Reed College, B.A. Thesis, page 52 |
7421 | Bouteloua curtipendula (Michx.) Torr. 606 | Kiowa 111 | vs39 140 | 14 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Worn by those, who in battle, had killed an enemy with a lance, grass resembled the feathered lance. | Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 14 |
7426 | Bouteloua curtipendula var. curtipendula 607 | Kiowa 111 | vs39 140 | 14 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Worn by those, who in battle, had killed an enemy with a lance, grass resembled the feathered lance. | Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 14 |
7427 | Bouteloua curtipendula var. curtipendula 607 | Kiowa 111 | vs39 140 | 14 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Worn by those, who in battle, had killed an enemy with a lance, grass resembled the feathered lance. | Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 14 |
5348 | Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt. 399 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 24 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Worn around wrists and ankles by the Lodge dancers in the Okan (Holy Lodge) of the Sun dance. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 24 |
3344 | Anemone cylindrica Gray 249 | Ponca 205 | g19 17 | 82 | Other 3 | Good Luck Charm 147 | Wooly fruits used as good luck charms when playing cards. They rubbed their hands in the smoke that resulted from burning some of the wooly fruits for good luck. Some of the chewed fruit would work as well. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 82 |
8594 | Ceanothus americanus L. 807 | Dakota 61 | g19 17 | 102 | Other 3 | Fuel 37 | Woody roots used as fuel on the buffalo hunt during scarcities of timber. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 102 |
8619 | Ceanothus americanus L. 807 | Omaha 177 | g19 17 | 102 | Other 3 | Fuel 37 | Woody roots used as fuel on the buffalo hunt during scarcities of timber. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 102 |
8621 | Ceanothus americanus L. 807 | Pawnee 190 | g19 17 | 102 | Other 3 | Fuel 37 | Woody roots used as fuel on the buffalo hunt during scarcities of timber. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 102 |
8623 | Ceanothus americanus L. 807 | Ponca 205 | g19 17 | 102 | Other 3 | Fuel 37 | Woody roots used as fuel on the buffalo hunt during scarcities of timber. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 102 |
8625 | Ceanothus americanus L. 807 | Winnebago 280 | g19 17 | 102 | Other 3 | Fuel 37 | Woody roots used as fuel on the buffalo hunt during scarcities of timber. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 102 |
6733 | Atriplex sp. 517 | Pima 193 | r08 104 | 69 | Other 3 | Fuel 37 | Woody plants used for fuel. | Russell, Frank, 1908, The Pima Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #26:1-390, page 69 |
32118 | Quercus gambelii var. gambelii 3264 | Tewa 257 | rhf16 61 | 44 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Woods used to make digging sticks. | Robbins, W.W., J.P. Harrington and B. Freire-Marreco, 1916, Ethnobotany of the Tewa Indians, SI-BAE Bulletin #55, page 44 |
32119 | Quercus gambelii var. gambelii 3264 | Tewa 257 | rhf16 61 | 44 | Other 3 | Weapon 98 | Woods used to make bows and war clubs. | Robbins, W.W., J.P. Harrington and B. Freire-Marreco, 1916, Ethnobotany of the Tewa Indians, SI-BAE Bulletin #55, page 44 |
24362 | Olneya tesota Gray 2633 | Papago 188 | cu35 27 | 60 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Wooden stakes driven into the ground and used for weaving cotton. | 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 60 |
9083 | Chamaecyparis nootkatensis (D. Don) Spach 860 | Haisla and Hanaksiala 87 | c93 14 | 159 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Wooden pegs used to hold together bent boxes of red cedar. | 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 159 |
19124 | Juniperus sp. 2063 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 17 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Wood, struck by lightning, used as the two parts of the fire drill for the Night Chant. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 17 |
4358 | Arctostaphylos glandulosa Eastw. 335 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 40 | Other 3 | Fuel 37 | Wood, provided a hot fire and long lasting coals, used for firewood. | 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 40 |
4376 | Arctostaphylos glauca Lindl. 336 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 40 | Other 3 | Fuel 37 | Wood, provided a hot fire and long lasting coals, used for firewood. | 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 40 |
4466 | Arctostaphylos pungens Kunth 343 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 40 | Other 3 | Fuel 37 | Wood, provided a hot fire and long lasting coals, used for firewood. | 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 40 |
27800 | Pinus monophylla Torr. & Fr‚m. 2965 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 102 | Other 3 | Fuel 37 | Wood, high combustibility, used for firewood and kindling. | 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 102 |
28090 | Pinus quadrifolia Parl. ex Sudworth 2972 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 102 | Other 3 | Fuel 37 | Wood, high combustibility, used for firewood and kindling. | 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 102 |
27801 | Pinus monophylla Torr. & Fr‚m. 2965 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 102 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Wood, gave off a pleasant odor, used for firewood. | 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 102 |
28091 | Pinus quadrifolia Parl. ex Sudworth 2972 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 102 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Wood, gave off a pleasant odor, used for firewood. | 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 102 |
33811 | Robinia neomexicana Gray 3405 | Hualapai 97 | w82 127 | 34 | Other 3 | Hunting & Fishing Item 28 | Wood, cured for a year, used to make hunting bows. | Watahomigie, Lucille J., 1982, Hualapai Ethnobotany, Peach Springs, AZ. Hualapai Bilingual Program, Peach Springs School District #8, page 34 |
13634 | Ericameria nauseosa ssp. nauseosa var. latisquamea (Gray) Nesom & Baird 1453 | Isleta 101 | j31 76 | 26 | Other 3 | Lighting 145 | Wood, burned slowly and brightly, used as candles. | Jones, Volney H., 1931, The Ethnobotany of the Isleta Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 26 |
30992 | Prunus virginiana var. melanocarpa (A. Nels.) Sarg. 3183 | Keres, Western 107 | swank32 79 | 63 | Other 3 | Hunting & Fishing Item 28 | Wood, backed with sinew, made into bows. | Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 63 |
18816 | Juniperus occidentalis Hook. 2059 | Paiute 183 | m53 98 | 47 | Other 3 | Fuel 37 | Wood was one of the principal sources of fuel and material. | Mahar, James Michael., 1953, Ethnobotany of the Oregon Paiutes of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, Reed College, B.A. Thesis, page 47 |
31917 | Quercus alba L. 3253 | Ojibwa 173 | smith32 20 | 418 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Wood was of much value, especially for making awls to punch holes in birch bark. | Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 418 |
32464 | Quercus sp. 3289 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 40 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Wood used, because of it's hardness and great resisting power, in nearly all of the ceremonies. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 40 |
17333 | Holodiscus discolor (Pursh) Maxim. 1904 | Nitinaht 166 | ttco83 101 | 117 | Other 3 | Hunting & Fishing Item 28 | Wood used with a yew wood barb tied on the end as an octopus spear. | 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 117 |
29242 | Populus balsamifera L. 3095 | Tanana, Upper 255 | k85 36 | 4 | Other 3 | Preservative 356 | Wood used to smoke fish. | Kari, Priscilla Russe, 1985, Upper Tanana Ethnobotany, Anchorage. Alaska Historical Commission, page 4 |
8673 | Ceanothus sanguineus Pursh 816 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 119 | Other 3 | Preservative 282 | Wood used to smoke deer meat. | 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 119 |
5645 | Artemisia tridentata Nutt. 407 | Kawaiisu 106 | z81 60 | 13 | Other 3 | Fuel 37 | Wood used to roast pinyon seeds. | Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 13 |
5624 | Artemisia tridentata Nutt. 407 | Gosiute 79 | c11 38 | 363 | Other 3 | Fuel 37 | Wood used to produce fire by friction. | Chamberlin, Ralph V., 1911, The Ethno-Botany of the Gosiute Indians of Utah, Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association 2(5):331-405., page 363 |
14012 | Eriogonum fasciculatum var. polifolium (Benth.) Torr. & Gray 1507 | Kawaiisu 106 | z81 60 | 29 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Wood used to pierce ears. | Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 29 |
550 | Acer negundo L. 27 | Dakota 61 | g13i 91 | 366 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Wood used to obtain charcoal for tattooing. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1913, Some Native Nebraska Plants With Their Uses by the Dakota, Collections of the Nebraska State Historical Society 17:358-70, page 366 |
40288 | Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don 3951 | Tsimshian 267 | c93 14 | 315 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Wood used to make woodworking tools. | 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 315 |
7193 | Betula papyrifera Marsh. 580 | Cree, Woodlands 58 | l85 47 | 32 | Other 3 | Cooking Tools 33 | Wood used to make wooden spoons, stoppers for sturgeon skin jars and hammers to pound fish eggs. | Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 32 |
30036 | Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana (L. Benson) M.C. Johnston 3155 | Diegueno 65 | hedges86 85 | 32 | Other 3 | Cooking Tools 33 | Wood used to make wooden spoons and other utensils. | Hedges, Ken, 1986, Santa Ysabel Ethnobotany, San Diego Museum of Man Ethnic Technology Notes, No. 20, page 32 |
487 | Acer macrophyllum Pursh 26 | Haida 84 | g73 25 | 39 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Wood used to make wood carvings. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 39 |
535 | Acer macrophyllum Pursh 26 | Tlingit 265 | g73 25 | 39 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Wood used to make wood carvings. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 39 |
537 | Acer macrophyllum Pursh 26 | Tsimshian 267 | g73 25 | 39 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Wood used to make wood carvings. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 39 |
7300 | Betula papyrifera Marsh. 580 | Tanana, Upper 255 | k85 36 | 5 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Wood used to make wedges. | Kari, Priscilla Russe, 1985, Upper Tanana Ethnobotany, Anchorage. Alaska Historical Commission, page 5 |
7299 | Betula papyrifera Marsh. 580 | Tanana, Upper 255 | k85 36 | 5 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Wood used to make wedges and tool handles. | Kari, Priscilla Russe, 1985, Upper Tanana Ethnobotany, Anchorage. Alaska Historical Commission, page 5 |
15221 | Fraxinus cuspidata Torr. 1657 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 39 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Wood used to make weaving tools. | 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 39 |
14719 | Fendlera rupicola Gray 1605 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 51 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Wood used to make weaving forks, planting sticks and knitting needles. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 51 |
30529 | Prunus persica (L.) Batsch 3173 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 79 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Wood used to make weaving batons. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 79 |
39550 | Taxus brevifolia Nutt. 3902 | Salish, Coast 217 | tb71 23 | 72 | Other 3 | Weapon 98 | Wood used to make weapons. | 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 72 |
39465 | Taxus brevifolia Nutt. 3902 | Haisla and Hanaksiala 87 | c93 14 | 187 | Other 3 | Weapon 98 | Wood used to make war paddles and war clubs. | 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 187 |
37164 | Sarcobatus vermiculatus (Hook.) Torr. 3586 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 44 | Other 3 | Weapon 98 | Wood used to make war bows. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 44 |
36225 | Salix sp. 3551 | Montana Indian 151 | h92 30 | 67 | Other 3 | Walking Sticks 120 | Wood used to make walking sticks. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 67 |
36057 | Salix scouleriana Barratt ex Hook. 3547 | Haisla and Hanaksiala 87 | c93 14 | 288 | Other 3 | Walking Sticks 120 | Wood used to make walking sticks or canes. | 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 288 |
36090 | Salix sitchensis Sanson ex Bong. 3550 | Haisla and Hanaksiala 87 | c93 14 | 288 | Other 3 | Walking Sticks 120 | Wood used to make walking sticks or canes. | 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 288 |
21884 | Mahonia fremontii (Torr.) Fedde 2372 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 76 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Wood used to make various tools. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 76 |
39489 | Taxus brevifolia Nutt. 3902 | Karok 105 | b81 70 | 57 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Wood used to make various tools. | Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 57 |
558 | Acer negundo L. 27 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 62 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Wood used to make tubes for bellows. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 62 |
8787 | Celtis laevigata var. reticulata (Torr.) L. Benson 822 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 41 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Wood used to make tubes for bellows. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 41 |
40229 | Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don 3951 | Salish, Coast 217 | tb71 23 | 71 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Wood used to make totems, masks and ceremonial drums. | 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 71 |
40087 | Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don 3951 | Makah 133 | g83 3 | 228 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Wood used to make totem poles. | Gill, Steven J., 1983, Ethnobotany of the Makah and Ozette People, Olympic Peninsula, Washington (USA), Washington State University, Ph.D. Thesis, page 228 |
39998 | Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don 3951 | Haisla and Hanaksiala 87 | c93 14 | 162 | Other 3 | Designs 167 | Wood used to make totem poles and other carvings. | 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 162 |
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 |
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