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id ▼ | species | tribe | source | pageno | use_category | use_subcategory | notes | rawsource |
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3862 | Apocynum cannabinum L. 297 | Thompson 259 | 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 |
3863 | Apocynum cannabinum L. 297 | Thompson 259 | steed28 33 | 498 | Fiber 4 | Cordage 99 | Inner bark used for making rope and twine. | Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 498 |
3864 | Apocynum cannabinum L. 297 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 159 | Fiber 4 | Cordage 99 | Plant made into rope and used to make fishnets. | 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 159 |
3865 | Apocynum cannabinum L. 297 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 159 | Fiber 4 | Cordage 99 | Stems used to make string. The stems were cut in the fall, usually in October, soaked and sometimes split in half. The fibrous outer skin was peeled off and the brittle inner stem discarded. The fibrous part was then dried for indefinite storage and used to make string. | 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 159 |
3866 | Apocynum cannabinum L. 297 | Thompson 259 | 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 |
3867 | Apocynum cannabinum L. 297 | Thompson 259 | steed28 33 | 498 | Fiber 4 | Sewing Material 102 | Inner bark used for making thread. | Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 498 |
3868 | Apocynum cannabinum L. 297 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 159 | Fiber 4 | Sewing Material 102 | Plant made into thread and used for sewing. | 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 159 |
3875 | Apocynum sp. 298 | Abnaki 1 | r47 84 | 156 | Fiber 4 | Basketry 43 | Used to make baskets. | Rousseau, Jacques, 1947, Ethnobotanique Abenakise, Archives de Folklore 11:145-182, page 156 |
3878 | Apocynum sp. 298 | Shoshoni 232 | m90 111 | 52 | Fiber 4 | Cordage 99 | Plant used to make string. | Murphey, Edith Van Allen, 1990, Indian Uses of Native Plants, Glenwood, Ill. Meyerbooks. Originally published in 1959, page 52 |
3879 | Apocynum sp. 298 | Wintoon 281 | m66 109 | 276 | Fiber 4 | Cordage 99 | Used to make the best string and thread. | Merriam, C. Hart, 1966, Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes, University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley, page 276 |
3881 | Apocynum ?floribundum Greene (pro sp.) [androsaemifolium ? cannabinum] 295 | Havasupai 89 | ws85 2 | 236 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Stems used for thatch on houses. | 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 236 |
3882 | Apocynum ?floribundum Greene (pro sp.) [androsaemifolium ? cannabinum] 295 | Havasupai 89 | ws85 2 | 236 | Fiber 4 | Clothing 73 | Bark strips braided and worn as a belt. | 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 236 |
3883 | Apocynum ?floribundum Greene (pro sp.) [androsaemifolium ? cannabinum] 295 | Havasupai 89 | ws85 2 | 236 | Fiber 4 | Cordage 99 | Vines, with leaves removed, twisted into a rope and used by children in play. | 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 236 |
4191 | Arbutus menziesii Pursh 322 | Karok 105 | b81 70 | 17 | Fiber 4 | Snow Gear 51 | Bark used by children as sleds. | Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 17 |
4192 | Arbutus menziesii Pursh 322 | Karok 105 | b81 70 | 17 | Fiber 4 | Wood used for carving, will not split when dry. | Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 17 | |
4200 | Arbutus menziesii Pursh 322 | Mendocino Indian 137 | c02 89 | 374 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Wood used for lodge poles. | Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 374 |
4232 | Arbutus menziesii Pursh 322 | Tolowa 266 | b81 70 | 17 | Fiber 4 | Clothing 73 | Inner bark sewn together to make an 'every day dress.' | Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 17 |
4233 | Arbutus menziesii Pursh 322 | Tolowa 266 | b81 70 | 17 | Fiber 4 | Snow Gear 51 | Bark used by children as sleds. | Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 17 |
4241 | Arbutus menziesii Pursh 322 | Yurok 289 | b81 70 | 17 | Fiber 4 | Snow Gear 51 | Bark used by children as sleds. | Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 17 |
4276 | Arctium minus Bernh. 328 | Chippewa 38 | d28 4 | 377 | Fiber 4 | Clothing 73 | Leaves used for head covering. | Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 377 |
4351 | Arctostaphylos glandulosa Eastw. 335 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 40 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Branches used in house construction. | 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 |
4370 | Arctostaphylos glauca Lindl. 336 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 40 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Branches used in house construction. | 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 |
4382 | Arctostaphylos glauca Lindl. 336 | Diegueno 65 | h75 122 | 219 | Fiber 4 | Brushes & Brooms 93 | Branches used to make a broom. | Hinton, Leanne, 1975, Notes on La Huerta Diegueno Ethnobotany, Journal of California Anthropology 2:214-222, page 219 |
4459 | Arctostaphylos pungens Kunth 343 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 40 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Branches used in house construction. | 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 |
4762 | Argentina anserina (L.) Rydb. 362 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 119 | Fiber 4 | Cordage 99 | Runners used by girls to tie blankets. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 119 |
4763 | Argentina anserina (L.) Rydb. 362 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 119 | Fiber 4 | Cordage 99 | Runners used to fix leggings in place. The leggings were tied above the knee and then folded over to the ankle, like a boot. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 119 |
4861 | Aristida purpurea var. longiseta (Steud.) Vasey 371 | Hopi 95 | c74 82 | 286 | Fiber 4 | Brushes & Brooms 93 | Plant used for broom material. | Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 286 |
4864 | Aristida purpurea var. longiseta (Steud.) Vasey 371 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 15 | Fiber 4 | Brushes & Brooms 93 | Stems used to make hair brushes. | 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 15 |
4865 | Aristida purpurea var. longiseta (Steud.) Vasey 371 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 15 | Fiber 4 | Brushes & Brooms 93 | Stems used to make hair brushes. | 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 15 |
5126 | Artemisia dracunculus L. 395 | Dakota 61 | g19 17 | 134 | Fiber 4 | Mats, Rugs & Bedding 67 | Plant bunches used as towels in old times. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 134 |
5145 | Artemisia dracunculus L. 395 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 76 | Fiber 4 | Mats, Rugs & Bedding 67 | Leaves used in a baby's board or cradle as padding and kept the baby cool on hot days. | 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 76 |
5157 | Artemisia dracunculus L. 395 | Omaha 177 | g19 17 | 134 | Fiber 4 | Mats, Rugs & Bedding 67 | Plant bunches used as towels in old times. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 134 |
5167 | Artemisia dracunculus L. 395 | Pawnee 190 | g19 17 | 134 | Fiber 4 | Brushes & Brooms 93 | Plant tops bound into bundles and made into brooms used for sweeping the lodge floor. The plant was used for this purpose because of its agreeable, wholesome odor. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 134 |
5168 | Artemisia dracunculus L. 395 | Pawnee 190 | g19 17 | 134 | Fiber 4 | Mats, Rugs & Bedding 67 | Plant bunches used as towels in old times. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 134 |
5171 | Artemisia dracunculus L. 395 | Ponca 205 | g19 17 | 134 | Fiber 4 | Mats, Rugs & Bedding 67 | Plant bunches used as towels in old times. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 134 |
5205 | Artemisia dracunculus L. 395 | Winnebago 280 | g19 17 | 134 | Fiber 4 | Mats, Rugs & Bedding 67 | Plant bunches used as towels in old times. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 134 |
5264 | Artemisia frigida Willd. 397 | Dakota 61 | g19 17 | 134 | Fiber 4 | Mats, Rugs & Bedding 67 | Plant bunches used as towels in old times. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 134 |
5288 | Artemisia frigida Willd. 397 | Omaha 177 | g19 17 | 134 | Fiber 4 | Mats, Rugs & Bedding 67 | Plant bunches used as towels in old times. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 134 |
5290 | Artemisia frigida Willd. 397 | Pawnee 190 | g19 17 | 134 | Fiber 4 | Mats, Rugs & Bedding 67 | Plant bunches used as towels in old times. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 134 |
5292 | Artemisia frigida Willd. 397 | Ponca 205 | g19 17 | 134 | Fiber 4 | Mats, Rugs & Bedding 67 | Plant bunches used as towels in old times. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 134 |
5308 | Artemisia frigida Willd. 397 | Winnebago 280 | g19 17 | 134 | Fiber 4 | Mats, Rugs & Bedding 67 | Plant bunches used as towels in old times. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 134 |
5336 | Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt. 399 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 17 | Fiber 4 | Mats, Rugs & Bedding 67 | Used to cover the floor of the sweat lodge. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 17 |
5411 | Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt. 399 | Pomo 200 | m66 109 | 282 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Used to thatch the sweat house. | Merriam, C. Hart, 1966, Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes, University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley, page 282 |
5436 | Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana 401 | Dakota 61 | g19 17 | 134 | Fiber 4 | Mats, Rugs & Bedding 67 | Plant bunches used as towels in old times. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 134 |
5447 | Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana 401 | Omaha 177 | g19 17 | 134 | Fiber 4 | Mats, Rugs & Bedding 67 | Plant bunches used as towels in old times. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 134 |
5471 | Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana 401 | Pawnee 190 | g19 17 | 134 | Fiber 4 | Mats, Rugs & Bedding 67 | Plant bunches used as towels in old times. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 134 |
5472 | Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana 401 | Ponca 205 | g19 17 | 134 | Fiber 4 | Mats, Rugs & Bedding 67 | Plant bunches used as towels in old times. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 134 |
5503 | Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana 401 | Winnebago 280 | g19 17 | 134 | Fiber 4 | Mats, Rugs & Bedding 67 | Plant bunches used as towels in old times. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 134 |
5601 | Artemisia tilesii Ledeb. 406 | Tanana, Upper 255 | k85 36 | 17 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Wood used as a floor covering in the steambath. | Kari, Priscilla Russe, 1985, Upper Tanana Ethnobotany, Anchorage. Alaska Historical Commission, page 17 |
5608 | Artemisia tridentata Nutt. 407 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 43 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Shoots laid across the rafters for roofing material or used in the construction of the walls. | 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 43 |
5631 | Artemisia tridentata Nutt. 407 | Havasupai 89 | ws85 2 | 246 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Plant used for thatch. | 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 246 |
5641 | Artemisia tridentata Nutt. 407 | Kawaiisu 106 | z81 60 | 13 | Fiber 4 | Clothing 73 | Pounded bark used as a lining or wrapper inside winter shoes. | Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 13 |
5670 | Artemisia tridentata Nutt. 407 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 82 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Used between the poles of the sweathouse to prevent the sand from sifting through. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 82 |
5680 | Artemisia tridentata Nutt. 407 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 48 | Fiber 4 | Brushes & Brooms 93 | Leafy stems tied together with wire and used for brooms. | 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 48 |
5725 | Artemisia tridentata Nutt. 407 | Paiute 183 | m53 98 | 119 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Wood used for drills, hearths and tinder in the creation of fire by friction. | Mahar, James Michael., 1953, Ethnobotany of the Oregon Paiutes of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, Reed College, B.A. Thesis, page 119 |
5726 | Artemisia tridentata Nutt. 407 | Paiute 183 | m53 98 | 119 | Fiber 4 | Clothing 73 | Bark frayed and stuffed into moccasins for added warmth. | Mahar, James Michael., 1953, Ethnobotany of the Oregon Paiutes of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, Reed College, B.A. Thesis, page 119 |
5727 | Artemisia tridentata Nutt. 407 | Paiute 183 | m53 98 | 119 | Fiber 4 | Clothing 73 | Bark used to make cloth and sandals. | Mahar, James Michael., 1953, Ethnobotany of the Oregon Paiutes of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, Reed College, B.A. Thesis, page 119 |
5728 | Artemisia tridentata Nutt. 407 | Paiute 183 | m53 98 | 119 | Fiber 4 | Cordage 99 | Bark used to make cordage. | Mahar, James Michael., 1953, Ethnobotany of the Oregon Paiutes of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, Reed College, B.A. Thesis, page 119 |
5804 | Artemisia tridentata Nutt. 407 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 172 | Fiber 4 | Clothing 73 | Fibrous bark used in weaving bags and clothing. | 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 172 |
5805 | Artemisia tridentata Nutt. 407 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 172 | Fiber 4 | Mats, Rugs & Bedding 67 | Fibrous bark used in weaving mats. | 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 172 |
5839 | Artemisia vulgaris L. 410 | Kiowa 111 | vs39 140 | 57 | Fiber 4 | Mats, Rugs & Bedding 67 | Used to make cushions for the worshippers 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 57 |
5914 | Arundinaria gigantea (Walt.) Muhl. 417 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 28 | Fiber 4 | Basketry 43 | Used to make baskets. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 28 |
5915 | Arundinaria gigantea (Walt.) Muhl. 417 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 21 | Fiber 4 | Basketry 43 | Used to make burden baskets. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 21 |
5916 | Arundinaria gigantea (Walt.) Muhl. 417 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 21 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Used to make cane webbing, plastered with mud, supported with wood and used as a dwelling. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 21 |
5922 | Arundinaria gigantea (Walt.) Muhl. 417 | Choctaw 39 | bd09 118 | 13 | Fiber 4 | Basketry 43 | Plant used in basketry. | Bushnell, Jr., David I., 1909, The Choctaw of Bayou Lacomb, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, SI-BAE Bulletin #48, page 13 |
6049 | Asarum caudatum Lindl. 422 | Okanagon 176 | p52 55 | 39 | Fiber 4 | Mats, Rugs & Bedding 67 | Plants mixed with sphagnum and used as bedding for infants. | Perry, F., 1952, Ethno-Botany of the Indians in the Interior of British Columbia, Museum and Art Notes 2(2):36-43., page 39 |
6064 | Asarum caudatum Lindl. 422 | Thompson 259 | steed28 33 | 496 | Fiber 4 | Mats, Rugs & Bedding 67 | Plant used as a bedding for infants. | Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 496 |
6065 | Asarum caudatum Lindl. 422 | Thompson 259 | p52 55 | 39 | Fiber 4 | Mats, Rugs & Bedding 67 | Plants mixed with sphagnum and used as bedding for infants. | Perry, F., 1952, Ethno-Botany of the Indians in the Interior of British Columbia, Museum and Art Notes 2(2):36-43., page 39 |
6090 | Asclepias eriocarpa Benth. 429 | Concow 49 | c02 89 | 379 | Fiber 4 | Cordage 99 | Used to make ropes and string. | Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 379 |
6096 | Asclepias eriocarpa Benth. 429 | 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 |
6097 | Asclepias eriocarpa Benth. 429 | Luiseno 128 | s08 24 | 202 | Fiber 4 | Clothing 73 | Stem 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 |
6098 | Asclepias eriocarpa Benth. 429 | Luiseno 128 | s08 24 | 202 | Fiber 4 | Cordage 99 | Stem fiber or decayed stem fiber used to make twine. The stems were soaked in boiling water or the decayed stems were basted with boiling water to separate the fiber. The fiber was then formed into a ball and made into 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 |
6109 | Asclepias eriocarpa Benth. 429 | Pomo, Kashaya 202 | gl80 40 | 70 | Fiber 4 | Clothing 73 | Stem fibers shredded to make a woman's skirt. | Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 70 |
6110 | Asclepias eriocarpa Benth. 429 | Pomo, Kashaya 202 | gl80 40 | 70 | Fiber 4 | Cordage 99 | Stem fibers used to make two ply string. | Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 70 |
6116 | Asclepias fascicularis Dcne. 432 | Costanoan 50 | b84 16 | 252 | Fiber 4 | Cordage 99 | Stem fiber used as cordage. | Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 252 |
6117 | Asclepias fascicularis Dcne. 432 | Kawaiisu 106 | z81 60 | 14 | Fiber 4 | Cordage 99 | Stems used as the principal source of cordage. | Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 14 |
6127 | Asclepias incarnata L. 434 | Chippewa 38 | gil33 15 | 140 | Fiber 4 | Cordage 99 | Fiber used to make good twine. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1933, Some Chippewa Uses of Plants, Ann Arbor. University of Michigan Press, page 140 |
6172 | Asclepias sp. 441 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 43 | Fiber 4 | Cordage 99 | Stem cordage used to make nets, slings and snares to capture small game. The stem was pounded to loosen the fiber, which then was extracted by rubbing the stem between the palms of the hands. The fiber was rolled on the thigh to produce cordage; its many uses testified to its natural strength and durability. | 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 43 |
6183 | Asclepias sp. 441 | Modesse 145 | m66 109 | 224 | Fiber 4 | Cordage 99 | Stems used for making string and cord. | Merriam, C. Hart, 1966, Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes, University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley, page 224 |
6190 | Asclepias sp. 441 | Neeshenam 160 | p74 81 | 378 | Fiber 4 | Cordage 99 | Inner bark used to make strings and cords. | Powers, Stephen, 1874, Aboriginal Botany, Proceedings of the California Academy of Science 5:373-9., page 378 |
6193 | Asclepias sp. 441 | Tewa 257 | rhf16 61 | 54 | Fiber 4 | Cordage 99 | Mature plants used to make string and rope. | Robbins, W.W., J.P. Harrington and B. Freire-Marreco, 1916, Ethnobotany of the Tewa Indians, SI-BAE Bulletin #55, page 54 |
6195 | Asclepias sp. 441 | Wintoon 281 | m66 109 | 264 | Fiber 4 | Cordage 99 | Used to make string and ropes. | Merriam, C. Hart, 1966, Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes, University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley, page 264 |
6231 | Asclepias speciosa Torr. 442 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 74 | Fiber 4 | Cordage 99 | Stems used as a poor 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 74 |
6241 | Asclepias speciosa Torr. 442 | Pomo, Kashaya 202 | gl80 40 | 70 | Fiber 4 | Clothing 73 | Stem fibers shredded to make a woman's skirt. | Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 70 |
6242 | Asclepias speciosa Torr. 442 | Pomo, Kashaya 202 | gl80 40 | 70 | Fiber 4 | Cordage 99 | Stem fibers used to make two ply string. | Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 70 |
6254 | Asclepias speciosa Torr. 442 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 165 | Fiber 4 | Clothing 73 | Cottony seed pappus formerly used for infant diapers. | 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 165 |
6255 | Asclepias speciosa Torr. 442 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 165 | Fiber 4 | Cordage 99 | Inner bark used as a substitute for Indian hemp in making thread used for tying and binding. | 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 165 |
6271 | Asclepias subverticillata (Gray) Vail 445 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 39 | Fiber 4 | Cordage 99 | Spun seed hair made into string used in prayer sticks. | 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 |
6272 | Asclepias subverticillata (Gray) Vail 445 | Zuni 291 | s15 6 | 77 | Fiber 4 | Clothing 73 | Pods gathered when two thirds ripe and the cotton used for weaving clothing. The cotton was used for weaving beautiful white dance kilts, women's belts and other articles of clothing. | Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 77 |
6273 | Asclepias subverticillata (Gray) Vail 445 | Zuni 291 | s15 6 | 88 | Fiber 4 | Cordage 99 | Coma made into cords and used for fastening plumes to the prayer sticks. The sticks were used as offerings and were planted in the fields and in sacred springs. An excavation was made in the bed of the spring in which the offerings were deposited with a stone attached and covered with soil from the bottom. | Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 88 |
6302 | Asclepias syriaca L. 446 | Menominee 138 | s23 51 | 74 | Fiber 4 | Cordage 99 | Outer bark used for making cords. | Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 74 |
6303 | Asclepias syriaca L. 446 | Menominee 138 | s23 51 | 74 | Fiber 4 | Sewing Material 102 | Outer bark used for sewing thread. | Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 74 |
6305 | Asclepias syriaca L. 446 | Meskwaki 139 | smith28 21 | 267 | Fiber 4 | Cordage 99 | 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 |
6326 | Asclepias syriaca L. 446 | Potawatomi 206 | smith33 43 | 111 | Fiber 4 | Sewing Material 102 | This and other species of the milkweed used for thread materials. | 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 |
6338 | Asclepias tuberosa L. 447 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 27 | Fiber 4 | Clothing 73 | Stems used to make belts. | 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 |
6384 | Asimina triloba (L.) Dunal 450 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 47 | Fiber 4 | Cordage 99 | Inner bark used to make strong ropes and string. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 47 |
6743 | Aulacomnium sp. 521 | Shuswap 233 | palmer75 92 | 49 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Moss mixed with clay and used between the logs of a log house. | Palmer, Gary, 1975, Shuswap Indian Ethnobotany, Syesis 8:29-51, page 49 |
6780 | Baccharis emoryi Gray 532 | Havasupai 89 | ws85 2 | 246 | Fiber 4 | Basketry 43 | Used in coil basketry. | 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 246 |
6781 | Baccharis emoryi Gray 532 | Havasupai 89 | ws85 2 | 246 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Used to make fence posts and in brush house construction. | 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 246 |
6792 | Baccharis salicifolia (Ruiz & Pav¢n) Pers. 535 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 46 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Limbs and branches used in house construction. | 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 46 |
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