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id ▼ | species | tribe | source | pageno | use_category | use_subcategory | notes | rawsource |
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1599 | Adiantum sp. 72 | Poliklah 199 | m66 109 | 170 | Fiber 4 | Basketry 43 | Stems used to make the designs on baskets. | Merriam, C. Hart, 1966, Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes, University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley, page 170 |
1600 | Adiantum sp. 72 | Wintoon 281 | m66 109 | 264 | Fiber 4 | Basketry 43 | Used to make designs on baskets. | Merriam, C. Hart, 1966, Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes, University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley, page 264 |
1626 | Aesculus flava Ait. 74 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 27 | 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 27 |
1627 | Aesculus flava Ait. 74 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 27 | Fiber 4 | Furniture 109 | Wood used to make baby cradles. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 27 |
1734 | Agave americana L. 89 | Papago 188 | cu35 27 | 51 | Fiber 4 | Brushes & Brooms 93 | Bundles of fibers used as combination brushes and combs for 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 |
1735 | Agave americana L. 89 | Papago 188 | cu35 27 | 53 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Leaves split and used for the weft of wrapped weaving in house frames. | 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 53 |
1755 | Agave deserti Engelm. 91 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 31 | Fiber 4 | Basketry 43 | Pounded leaves dried and made into cactus bags. | 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 31 |
1756 | Agave deserti Engelm. 91 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 31 | Fiber 4 | Clothing 73 | Pounded leaves dried and made into shoes, sandals and women's skirts. | 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 31 |
1757 | Agave deserti Engelm. 91 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 31 | Fiber 4 | Cordage 99 | Pounded leaves dried and made into nets used for baby cradles. | 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 31 |
1758 | Agave deserti Engelm. 91 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 31 | Fiber 4 | Cordage 99 | Pounded leaves dried and made into nets, slings and cordage. | 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 31 |
1759 | Agave deserti Engelm. 91 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 31 | Fiber 4 | Scouring Material 124 | Pounded leaves dried and made into cleaning brushes for cooking water. | 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 31 |
1776 | Agave deserti Engelm. 91 | Pima 193 | c49 11 | 48 | Fiber 4 | Cordage 99 | Dead leaves cut, beaten, and fibers twined into cords or rope. | Curtin, L. S. M., 1949, By the Prophet of the Earth, Sante Fe. San Vicente Foundation, page 48 |
1782 | Agave lechuguilla Torr. 92 | Papago 188 | cu35 27 | 61 | Fiber 4 | Cordage 99 | Leaves used to make rough cordage. | 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 61 |
1784 | Agave lechuguilla Torr. 92 | Pima 193 | bc41 58 | 50 | Fiber 4 | Brushes & Brooms 93 | Fiber used to make hair brushes. | 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 50 |
1785 | Agave palmeri Engelm. 93 | Apache, Western 14 | b86 87 | 169 | Fiber 4 | Sewing Material 102 | Thorn used as needle and thread. | Buskirk, Winfred, 1986, The Western Apache: Living With the Land Before 1950, Norman. University of Oklahoma Press, page 169 |
1807 | Agave parryi Engelm. 94 | Apache, Western 14 | b86 87 | 169 | Fiber 4 | Sewing Material 102 | Thorn used as needle and thread. | Buskirk, Winfred, 1986, The Western Apache: Living With the Land Before 1950, Norman. University of Oklahoma Press, page 169 |
1808 | Agave parryi Engelm. 94 | Apache, Western 14 | b86 87 | 169 | Fiber 4 | Sewing Material 102 | Thorn used as needle and thread. | Buskirk, Winfred, 1986, The Western Apache: Living With the Land Before 1950, Norman. University of Oklahoma Press, page 169 |
1846 | Agave sp. 96 | Hualapai 97 | w82 127 | 55 | Fiber 4 | Clothing 73 | Cut, split leaves used to make sandals. | Watahomigie, Lucille J., 1982, Hualapai Ethnobotany, Peach Springs, AZ. Hualapai Bilingual Program, Peach Springs School District #8, page 55 |
1847 | Agave sp. 96 | Hualapai 97 | w82 127 | 55 | Fiber 4 | Cordage 99 | Cut, split leaves used to make rope. | Watahomigie, Lucille J., 1982, Hualapai Ethnobotany, Peach Springs, AZ. Hualapai Bilingual Program, Peach Springs School District #8, page 55 |
1848 | Agave sp. 96 | Hualapai 97 | w82 127 | 55 | Fiber 4 | Mats, Rugs & Bedding 67 | Cut, split leaves used to make cradle mats. | Watahomigie, Lucille J., 1982, Hualapai Ethnobotany, Peach Springs, AZ. Hualapai Bilingual Program, Peach Springs School District #8, page 55 |
1853 | Agave sp. 96 | Navajo 157 | b65 195 | 94 | Fiber 4 | Cordage 99 | Plant fibers used to make rope. | Brugge, David M., 1965, Navajo Use of Agave, Kiva 31(2):88-98, page 94 |
1863 | Agave sp. 96 | Yavapai 284 | g36 48 | 259 | Fiber 4 | Brushes & Brooms 93 | Grass stem brush used to transfer excess mescal juice from dish to slab. | Gifford, E. W., 1936, Northeastern and Western Yavapai, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 34:247-345, page 259 |
1867 | Agave utahensis Engelm. 97 | Havasupai 89 | ws85 2 | 212 | Fiber 4 | Brushes & Brooms 93 | Used to make brushes for the hair and for cleaning grinding stones. To make the brushes, the dried matter of a dead and rotten leaf was knocked free from the fibers, which were then bent in two. The upper end of this brush was wrapped with a cord and the bent portion was covered with buckskin or cloth. The loose fibers were cut to the right length and hardened by burning the ends. | Weber, Steven A. and P. David Seaman, 1985, Havasupai Habitat: A. F. Whiting's Ethnography of a Traditional Indian Culture, Tucson. The University of Arizona Press, page 212 |
1870 | Agave utahensis Engelm. 97 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 37 | Fiber 4 | Mats, Rugs & Bedding 67 | Fibers used to make blankets. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 37 |
1944 | Alaria marginata Postels & Ruprecht 114 | Hesquiat 92 | te82 41 | 24 | Fiber 4 | Sporting Equipment 170 | Dried stipes use as 'pucks' and hitting sticks. The dried stipes were used to play a beach game, something like hockey. This game was played in winter on the beach in front of the village. Large quantities of this seaweed drift ashore at this time. | Turner, Nancy J. and Barbara S. Efrat, 1982, Ethnobotany of the Hesquiat Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 24 |
1958 | Alectoria sarmentosa (L.) Ach. 122 | Hanaksiala 88 | c93 14 | 144 | Fiber 4 | Mats, Rugs & Bedding 67 | Plant used as mattresses at seasonal camps. | 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 144 |
1960 | Alectoria sarmentosa (L.) Ach. 122 | Nitinaht 166 | ttco83 101 | 55 | Fiber 4 | Clothing 73 | Used for baby diapers and female sanitary napkins. | 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 55 |
2346 | Alnus incana (L.) Moench 168 | Cree, Woodlands 58 | l85 47 | 27 | Fiber 4 | Caulking Material 94 | Wood charcoal mixed with pitch and used for sealing canoe seams. | Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 27 |
2347 | Alnus incana (L.) Moench 168 | Cree, Woodlands 58 | l85 47 | 27 | Fiber 4 | Snow Gear 51 | Decoction of bark applied to toboggan boards to soften them for bending. | Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 27 |
2403 | Alnus incana ssp. rugosa (Du Roi) Clausen 169 | Cree, Woodlands 58 | l85 47 | 27 | Fiber 4 | Caulking Material 94 | Wood charcoal mixed with pitch and used for sealing canoe seams. | Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 27 |
2404 | Alnus incana ssp. rugosa (Du Roi) Clausen 169 | Cree, Woodlands 58 | l85 47 | 27 | Fiber 4 | Snow Gear 51 | Decoction of bark applied to toboggan boards to soften them for bending. | Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 27 |
2430 | Alnus incana ssp. tenuifolia (Nutt.) Breitung 170 | Cree, Woodlands 58 | l85 47 | 27 | Fiber 4 | Caulking Material 94 | Wood charcoal mixed with pitch and used for sealing canoe seams. | Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 27 |
2431 | Alnus incana ssp. tenuifolia (Nutt.) Breitung 170 | Cree, Woodlands 58 | l85 47 | 27 | Fiber 4 | Snow Gear 51 | Decoction of bark applied to toboggan boards to soften them for bending. | Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 27 |
2454 | Alnus incana ssp. tenuifolia (Nutt.) Breitung 170 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 188 | Fiber 4 | Snow Gear 51 | Wood used to make snowshoes. | 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 188 |
2460 | Alnus rhombifolia Nutt. 171 | Karok 105 | sg52 71 | 382 | Fiber 4 | Basketry 43 | Roots used to make baskets. | Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 382 |
2509 | Alnus rubra Bong. 172 | Hesquiat 92 | te82 41 | 62 | Fiber 4 | Canoe Material 70 | Wood used for carved dishes and canoe bailers. | Turner, Nancy J. and Barbara S. Efrat, 1982, Ethnobotany of the Hesquiat Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 62 |
2513 | Alnus rubra Bong. 172 | Karok 105 | sg52 71 | 382 | Fiber 4 | Basketry 43 | Roots used to make baskets. | Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 382 |
2514 | Alnus rubra Bong. 172 | Karok 105 | b81 70 | 16 | Fiber 4 | Basketry 43 | Stems used in basketry. | Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 16 |
2536 | Alnus rubra Bong. 172 | Makah 133 | g73 25 | 27 | Fiber 4 | Furniture 109 | Wood used to make baby cradles. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 27 |
2551 | Alnus rubra Bong. 172 | Nitinaht 166 | ttco83 101 | 98 | Fiber 4 | Canoe Material 70 | Wood used to make canoe bailers. | 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 98 |
2559 | Alnus rubra Bong. 172 | Oweekeno 181 | c93 14 | 86 | Fiber 4 | Canoe Material 70 | Wood used to make tool handles, canoe bailers, masks and rattles. | 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 86 |
2568 | Alnus rubra Bong. 172 | Quileute 209 | g73 25 | 27 | Fiber 4 | Canoe Material 70 | Green wood seasoned and used to make canoe paddles. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 27 |
2593 | Alnus rubra Bong. 172 | Tolowa 266 | b81 70 | 16 | Fiber 4 | Basketry 43 | Stems used in basketry. | Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 16 |
2596 | Alnus rubra Bong. 172 | Yurok 289 | b81 70 | 16 | Fiber 4 | Basketry 43 | Stems used in basketry. | Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 16 |
2665 | Alnus viridis ssp. crispa (Ait.) Turrill 176 | Tanana, Upper 255 | k85 36 | 5 | Fiber 4 | Mats, Rugs & Bedding 67 | Branches with leaves used for steambath switches and as a floor covering in the steambath. | Kari, Priscilla Russe, 1985, Upper Tanana Ethnobotany, Anchorage. Alaska Historical Commission, page 5 |
2945 | Amelanchier alnifolia (Nutt.) Nutt. ex M. Roemer 204 | Cree, Woodlands 58 | l85 47 | 28 | Fiber 4 | Basketry 43 | Stems used to make rims for birch bark baskets. | Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 28 |
2959 | Amelanchier alnifolia (Nutt.) Nutt. ex M. Roemer 204 | Gosiute 79 | c11 38 | 361 | Fiber 4 | Basketry 43 | Used for basketry. | Chamberlin, Ralph V., 1911, The Ethno-Botany of the Gosiute Indians of Utah, Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association 2(5):331-405., page 361 |
2960 | Amelanchier alnifolia (Nutt.) Nutt. ex M. Roemer 204 | Gosiute 79 | c11 38 | 361 | Fiber 4 | Furniture 109 | Used for cradle frameworks. | Chamberlin, Ralph V., 1911, The Ethno-Botany of the Gosiute Indians of Utah, Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association 2(5):331-405., page 361 |
2968 | Amelanchier alnifolia (Nutt.) Nutt. ex M. Roemer 204 | Karok 105 | sg52 71 | 385 | Fiber 4 | Basketry 43 | Twigs and stems used to reinforce the rims of basket hoppers for pounding acorns. | Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 385 |
2969 | Amelanchier alnifolia (Nutt.) Nutt. ex M. Roemer 204 | Karok 105 | sg52 71 | 385 | Fiber 4 | Basketry 43 | Wood used as stiffening for baskets or for making handles. | Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 385 |
2985 | Amelanchier alnifolia (Nutt.) Nutt. ex M. Roemer 204 | Maidu 132 | sk58 162 | 71 | Fiber 4 | Basketry 43 | Withes used to make basket rims. | Swartz, Jr., B. K., 1958, A Study of Material Aspects of Northeastern Maidu Basketry, Kroeber Anthropological Society Publications 19:67-84, page 71 |
3006 | Amelanchier alnifolia (Nutt.) Nutt. ex M. Roemer 204 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 120 | Fiber 4 | Cordage 99 | Young branches twisted into rope. | 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 120 |
3132 | Amelanchier pallida Greene 212 | Pomo, Kashaya 202 | gl80 40 | 104 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Stems and foliage used to thatch inland houses. | Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 104 |
3155 | Amelanchier utahensis Koehne 216 | Havasupai 89 | ws85 2 | 222 | Fiber 4 | Basketry 43 | Wood used to make basket rims. | Weber, Steven A. and P. David Seaman, 1985, Havasupai Habitat: A. F. Whiting's Ethnography of a Traditional Indian Culture, Tucson. The University of Arizona Press, page 222 |
3156 | Amelanchier utahensis Koehne 216 | Havasupai 89 | ws85 2 | 222 | Fiber 4 | Furniture 109 | Wood used to make cradle boards. | Weber, Steven A. and P. David Seaman, 1985, Havasupai Habitat: A. F. Whiting's Ethnography of a Traditional Indian Culture, Tucson. The University of Arizona Press, page 222 |
3194 | Amorpha fruticosa L. 222 | Kiowa 111 | vs39 140 | 31 | Fiber 4 | Mats, Rugs & Bedding 67 | Long stems used as a foundation for bedding material. | Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 31 |
3195 | Amorpha fruticosa L. 222 | Kiowa 111 | vs39 140 | 31 | Fiber 4 | Mats, Rugs & Bedding 67 | Long stems used as a foundation for bedding material. | Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 31 |
3196 | Amorpha fruticosa L. 222 | Kiowa 111 | vs39 140 | 31 | Fiber 4 | Mats, Rugs & Bedding 67 | Long stems used as a foundation for bedding material. | Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 31 |
3303 | Andropogon gerardii Vitman 240 | Omaha 177 | g19 17 | 68 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Grass used on poles to support earth coverings of lodges. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 68 |
3305 | Andropogon gerardii Vitman 240 | Ponca 205 | g19 17 | 68 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Grass used on poles to support earth coverings of lodges. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 68 |
3672 | Anthoxanthum odoratum L. 284 | Abnaki 1 | r47 84 | 175 | Fiber 4 | Basketry 43 | Used to make baskets. | Rousseau, Jacques, 1947, Ethnobotanique Abenakise, Archives de Folklore 11:145-182, page 175 |
3675 | Anthoxanthum odoratum L. 284 | Ojibwa 173 | smith32 20 | 419 | Fiber 4 | Basketry 43 | Grass used to make baskets. | Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 419 |
3677 | Anthoxanthum odoratum L. 284 | Potawatomi 206 | smith33 43 | 120 | Fiber 4 | Basketry 43 | Used to make baskets. | Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 120 |
3678 | Anthoxanthum odoratum L. 284 | Potawatomi 206 | smith33 43 | 120 | Fiber 4 | Sewing Material 102 | Used to sew buckskin when making moccasins and articles of clothing. | Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 120 |
3722 | Apocynum androsaemifolium L. 296 | Bella Coola 21 | t73 53 | 201 | Fiber 4 | Cordage 99 | Stems dried, pounded and used to make twine. | Turner, Nancy J., 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Bella Coola Indians of British Columbia, Syesis 6:193-220, page 201 |
3737 | Apocynum androsaemifolium L. 296 | Great Basin Indian 80 | n66 139 | 49 | Fiber 4 | Cordage 99 | Root and branch outer fiber used to make nets, cordage and thread. | Nickerson, Gifford S., 1966, Some Data on Plains and Great Basin Indian Uses of Certain Native Plants, Tebiwa 9(1):45-51, page 49 |
3744 | Apocynum androsaemifolium L. 296 | Menominee 138 | s23 51 | 73 | Fiber 4 | Cordage 99 | Three strands of outer bark plaited into a very strong cord and cord plaited into heavier ropes. | Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 73 |
3745 | Apocynum androsaemifolium L. 296 | Menominee 138 | s23 51 | 73 | Fiber 4 | Sewing Material 102 | Outer bark or rind used as the finest thread material. | Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 73 |
3750 | Apocynum androsaemifolium L. 296 | Meskwaki 139 | smith28 21 | 267 | Fiber 4 | Sewing Material 102 | Outer rind or bark used for thread. | Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 267 |
3755 | Apocynum androsaemifolium L. 296 | Montana Indian 151 | b05 73 | 6 | Fiber 4 | Cordage 99 | Bark used as a chief source for cordage. | Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, page 6 |
3763 | Apocynum androsaemifolium L. 296 | Ojibwa 173 | smith32 20 | 413 | Fiber 4 | Sewing Material 102 | Outer rind used for fine sewing. In the fall, when mature, this plant makes one of the strongest native fibers, stronger even than the cultivated hemp to which it is related. | Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 413 |
3765 | Apocynum androsaemifolium L. 296 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 72 | Fiber 4 | Cordage 99 | Stems used to make fiber, as a substitute for Indian hemp. | 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 72 |
3771 | Apocynum androsaemifolium L. 296 | Potawatomi 206 | smith33 43 | 111 | Fiber 4 | Sewing Material 102 | Fine divisions of bark were very strong and used as a thread for sewing on the fine beadwork. | Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 111 |
3774 | Apocynum androsaemifolium L. 296 | Thompson 259 | steed28 33 | 497 | Fiber 4 | Cordage 99 | Inner bark fiber used as thread and twine for binding and tying. | Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 497 |
3779 | Apocynum cannabinum L. 297 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 39 | Fiber 4 | Used for the medicinal properties and as a fibrous material. | 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 39 | |
3780 | Apocynum cannabinum L. 297 | California Indian 25 | m90 111 | 60 | Fiber 4 | Cordage 99 | Outer and inner bark used to make string. | Murphey, Edith Van Allen, 1990, Indian Uses of Native Plants, Glenwood, Ill. Meyerbooks. Originally published in 1959, page 60 |
3788 | Apocynum cannabinum L. 297 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 38 | Fiber 4 | Clothing 73 | Fibers used to weave grave cloth material. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 38 |
3789 | Apocynum cannabinum L. 297 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 38 | Fiber 4 | Cordage 99 | Used to make cords. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 38 |
3790 | Apocynum cannabinum L. 297 | Chippewa 38 | gil33 15 | 140 | Fiber 4 | Cordage 99 | Fiber considered the best available for making fine cordage. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1933, Some Chippewa Uses of Plants, Ann Arbor. University of Michigan Press, page 140 |
3809 | Apocynum cannabinum L. 297 | Kutenai 120 | h92 30 | 12 | Fiber 4 | Cordage 99 | Used to make twine and rope. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 12 |
3810 | Apocynum cannabinum L. 297 | Kutenai 120 | h92 30 | 12 | Fiber 4 | Sewing Material 102 | Stalks split, dried and used as thread for sewing tipi covers. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 12 |
3811 | Apocynum cannabinum L. 297 | Luiseno 128 | s08 24 | 202 | Fiber 4 | Clothing 73 | Bark fiber made into twine and used to make front aprons worn by women. | Sparkman, Philip S., 1908, The Culture of the Luiseno Indians, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 8(4):187-234, page 202 |
3812 | Apocynum cannabinum L. 297 | Luiseno 128 | s08 24 | 201 | Fiber 4 | Clothing 73 | Plant used to make aprons. | Sparkman, Philip S., 1908, The Culture of the Luiseno Indians, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 8(4):187-234, page 201 |
3813 | Apocynum cannabinum L. 297 | Luiseno 128 | s08 24 | 202 | Fiber 4 | Cordage 99 | Inner bark fiber soaked in boiling water and used to make twine. | Sparkman, Philip S., 1908, The Culture of the Luiseno Indians, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 8(4):187-234, page 202 |
3822 | Apocynum cannabinum L. 297 | Mendocino Indian 137 | c02 89 | 378 | Fiber 4 | Clothing 73 | Inner bark formerly used to make garments. | Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 378 |
3823 | Apocynum cannabinum L. 297 | Mendocino Indian 137 | c02 89 | 378 | Fiber 4 | Cordage 99 | Inner bark fiber used to make rope. | Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 378 |
3824 | Apocynum cannabinum L. 297 | Mendocino Indian 137 | c02 89 | 378 | Fiber 4 | Sewing Material 102 | Inner bark used for making thread. | Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 378 |
3830 | Apocynum cannabinum L. 297 | Meskwaki 139 | smith28 21 | 267 | Fiber 4 | Cordage 99 | Outer bast fiber plaited into heavy cord and two-ply cord. | Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 267 |
3831 | Apocynum cannabinum L. 297 | Meskwaki 139 | smith28 21 | 267 | Fiber 4 | Sewing Material 102 | Outer bast fiber used as thread. | Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 267 |
3833 | Apocynum cannabinum L. 297 | Modoc 146 | c97 66 | 103 | Fiber 4 | Used as a fiber. | Coville, Frederick V., 1897, Notes On The Plants Used By The Klamath Indians Of Oregon., Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 5(2):87-110, page 103 | |
3841 | Apocynum cannabinum L. 297 | Nez Perce 162 | h92 30 | 12 | Fiber 4 | Cordage 99 | Stalks dried, split into fibers and used to make rope. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 12 |
3844 | Apocynum cannabinum L. 297 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 72 | Fiber 4 | Cordage 99 | Stems twisted and rolled into twine. | 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 72 |
3845 | Apocynum cannabinum L. 297 | Okanagon 176 | p52 55 | 39 | Fiber 4 | Clothing 73 | Inner bark used for making garments. | Perry, F., 1952, Ethno-Botany of the Indians in the Interior of British Columbia, Museum and Art Notes 2(2):36-43., page 39 |
3846 | Apocynum cannabinum L. 297 | Okanagon 176 | p52 55 | 39 | Fiber 4 | Cordage 99 | Inner bark used for making rope and twine. | Perry, F., 1952, Ethno-Botany of the Indians in the Interior of British Columbia, Museum and Art Notes 2(2):36-43., page 39 |
3847 | Apocynum cannabinum L. 297 | Okanagon 176 | p52 55 | 39 | Fiber 4 | Sewing Material 102 | Inner bark used for making thread. | Perry, F., 1952, Ethno-Botany of the Indians in the Interior of British Columbia, Museum and Art Notes 2(2):36-43., page 39 |
3850 | Apocynum cannabinum L. 297 | Paiute, Northern 185 | f90 117 | 75 | Fiber 4 | Cordage 99 | Stem fibers twisted and plied into cordage and nets. | Fowler, Catherine S., 1990, Tule Technology: Northern Paiute Uses of Marsh Resources in Western Nevada, Washington, D.C. Smithsonian Institution Press, page 75 |
3851 | Apocynum cannabinum L. 297 | Paiute, Northern 185 | f90 117 | 89 | Fiber 4 | Mats, Rugs & Bedding 67 | Used as twined weft rows for mats. | Fowler, Catherine S., 1990, Tule Technology: Northern Paiute Uses of Marsh Resources in Western Nevada, Washington, D.C. Smithsonian Institution Press, page 89 |
3855 | Apocynum cannabinum L. 297 | Shuswap 233 | palmer75 92 | 57 | Fiber 4 | Cordage 99 | Stems used to make bridle ropes, bowstrings and thread for sewing baskets and buckskin. | Palmer, Gary, 1975, Shuswap Indian Ethnobotany, Syesis 8:29-51, page 57 |
3860 | Apocynum cannabinum L. 297 | Thompson 259 | p52 55 | 39 | Fiber 4 | Clothing 73 | Inner bark used for making garments. | Perry, F., 1952, Ethno-Botany of the Indians in the Interior of British Columbia, Museum and Art Notes 2(2):36-43., page 39 |
3861 | Apocynum cannabinum L. 297 | Thompson 259 | steed28 33 | 498 | Fiber 4 | Clothing 73 | Inner bark used for making garments. | 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) );