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id ▲ | species | tribe | source | pageno | use_category | use_subcategory | notes | rawsource |
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43897 | Yucca baccata Torr. 4225 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 21 | Fiber 4 | Brushes & Brooms 93 | Leaves made into brushes used for cleaning baskets. | 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 |
43896 | Yucca baccata Torr. 4225 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 21 | Fiber 4 | Brushes & Brooms 93 | Leaf slivers made into paint 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 21 |
43895 | Yucca baccata Torr. 4225 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 21 | Fiber 4 | Basketry 43 | Leaves used to make ceremonial and utilitarian baskets. | 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 |
43849 | Yucca baccata Torr. 4225 | Keres, Western 107 | swank32 79 | 74 | Fiber 4 | Cordage 99 | Leaf fibers used to make ropes. Leaves were pounded between stones to separate the fibers which were used for ropes. | Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 74 |
43847 | Yucca baccata Torr. 4225 | Jemez 102 | bc41 58 | 34 | Fiber 4 | Basketry 43 | Leaves used to make 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 34 |
43841 | Yucca baccata Torr. 4225 | Isleta 101 | j31 76 | 45 | Fiber 4 | Cordage 99 | Fibers used to make cords and ropes. | Jones, Volney H., 1931, The Ethnobotany of the Isleta Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 45 |
43840 | Yucca baccata Torr. 4225 | Isleta 101 | j31 76 | 45 | Fiber 4 | Brushes & Brooms 93 | Fibers used to make small brushes for pottery decoration. | Jones, Volney H., 1931, The Ethnobotany of the Isleta Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 45 |
43839 | Yucca baccata Torr. 4225 | Isleta 101 | j31 76 | 45 | Fiber 4 | Basketry 43 | Fibers used to make baskets. | Jones, Volney H., 1931, The Ethnobotany of the Isleta Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 45 |
43833 | Yucca baccata Torr. 4225 | Hualapai 97 | w82 127 | 39 | Fiber 4 | Cordage 99 | Stems used to make rope. | Watahomigie, Lucille J., 1982, Hualapai Ethnobotany, Peach Springs, AZ. Hualapai Bilingual Program, Peach Springs School District #8, page 39 |
43832 | Yucca baccata Torr. 4225 | Hualapai 97 | w82 127 | 39 | Fiber 4 | Clothing 73 | Stems used to make shoes. | Watahomigie, Lucille J., 1982, Hualapai Ethnobotany, Peach Springs, AZ. Hualapai Bilingual Program, Peach Springs School District #8, page 39 |
43823 | Yucca baccata Torr. 4225 | Hopi 95 | f96 72 | 17 | Fiber 4 | Basketry 43 | Used for basketry. | Fewkes, J. Walter, 1896, A Contribution to Ethnobotany, American Anthropologist 9:14-21, page 17 |
43822 | Yucca baccata Torr. 4225 | Hopi 95 | c74 82 | 371 | Fiber 4 | Basketry 43 | Leaves used in basketry. | Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 371 |
43821 | Yucca baccata Torr. 4225 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 71 | Fiber 4 | Basketry 43 | Leaves occasionally used in basketry. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 71 |
43813 | Yucca baccata Torr. 4225 | Havasupai 89 | ws85 2 | 212 | Fiber 4 | Cordage 99 | Leaf fiber braided into ropes. The leaves contained a good fiber. The terminal spine and a section of the back of the leaf were removed and pounded to free this fiber from the fleshy portion of the leaf. The fiber was often braided into rope, three to six ply, from twelve to thirty feet long that were used for many purposes, including handling horses. | 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 |
43808 | Yucca baccata Torr. 4225 | Apache, White Mountain 15 | r29 45 | 147 | Fiber 4 | Cordage 99 | Leaves used to make string. | Reagan, Albert B., 1929, Plants Used by the White Mountain Apache Indians of Arizona, Wisconsin Archeologist 8:143-61., page 147 |
43807 | Yucca baccata Torr. 4225 | Apache, White Mountain 15 | r29 45 | 147 | Fiber 4 | Clothing 73 | Leaves reduced to fiber and made into cloth. | Reagan, Albert B., 1929, Plants Used by the White Mountain Apache Indians of Arizona, Wisconsin Archeologist 8:143-61., page 147 |
43803 | Yucca baccata Torr. 4225 | Apache, Western 14 | b86 87 | 182 | Fiber 4 | Cordage 99 | Leaves split and sections tied together by square knots to make cordage. | Buskirk, Winfred, 1986, The Western Apache: Living With the Land Before 1950, Norman. University of Oklahoma Press, page 182 |
43798 | Yucca baccata Torr. 4225 | Apache, Mescalero 12 | b74 52 | 33 | Fiber 4 | Cordage 99 | Leaves used to make twine or rope. | Basehart, Harry W., 1974, Apache Indians XII. Mescalero Apache Subsistence Patterns and Socio-Political Organization, New York. Garland Publishing Inc., page 33 |
43797 | Yucca baccata Torr. 4225 | Apache, Mescalero 12 | b74 52 | 33 | Fiber 4 | Basketry 43 | Small roots used for basket work. | Basehart, Harry W., 1974, Apache Indians XII. Mescalero Apache Subsistence Patterns and Socio-Political Organization, New York. Garland Publishing Inc., page 33 |
43781 | Yucca baccata Torr. 4225 | Apache 10 | bc41 58 | 40 | Fiber 4 | Cordage 99 | Leaves split and used as string. | 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 40 |
43780 | Yucca baccata Torr. 4225 | Apache 10 | bc41 58 | 35 | Fiber 4 | Basketry 43 | Leaves used for the main portion of the 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 |
43770 | Yucca angustissima Engelm. ex Trel. 4224 | Southwest Indians 248 | bc41 58 | 37 | Fiber 4 | Cordage 99 | Leaves used to make strings. | 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 37 |
43762 | Yucca angustissima Engelm. ex Trel. 4224 | Hopi 95 | bc41 58 | 33 | Fiber 4 | Sewing Material 102 | Narrow, split leaf strips used as sewing material for coiled plaques. | 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 33 |
43761 | Yucca angustissima Engelm. ex Trel. 4224 | Hopi 95 | bc41 58 | 50 | Fiber 4 | Brushes & Brooms 93 | Leaf splints used as brushes to apply color to pottery. | 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 |
43760 | Yucca angustissima Engelm. ex Trel. 4224 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 71 | Fiber 4 | Basketry 43 | Leaves used in many types of basketry. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 71 |
43752 | Yucca angustissima Engelm. ex Trel. 4224 | Apache 10 | bc41 58 | 40 | Fiber 4 | Cordage 99 | Leaves split and used as string. | 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 40 |
43733 | Xerophyllum tenax (Pursh) Nutt. 4217 | Yurok 289 | b81 70 | 63 | Fiber 4 | Clothing 73 | Small leaves used to make dresses. Plants were burned every year. Leaves were harvested in the spring when they first began to grow out from their charred rhizome. Prior to use, the leaves were soaked in water to make them pliable, but if left too long they turned green. | Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 63 |
43732 | Xerophyllum tenax (Pursh) Nutt. 4217 | Yana 282 | ss43 181 | 253 | Fiber 4 | Clothing 73 | Grass wrapped around the ties of the women's belts. | Sapir, Edward and Leslie Spier, 1943, Notes on the Culture of the Yana, Anthropological Records 3(3):252-253, page 253 |
43731 | Xerophyllum tenax (Pursh) Nutt. 4217 | Quinault 210 | g73 25 | 23 | Fiber 4 | Basketry 43 | Plant used to decorate baskets. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 23 |
43730 | Xerophyllum tenax (Pursh) Nutt. 4217 | Quileute 209 | r36 77 | 60 | Fiber 4 | Basketry 43 | Grass used to make baskets. | Reagan, Albert B., 1936, Plants Used by the Hoh and Quileute Indians, Kansas Academy of Science 37:55-70, page 60 |
43728 | Xerophyllum tenax (Pursh) Nutt. 4217 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 50 | Fiber 4 | Basketry 43 | Used to decorate baskets. | 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 |
43726 | Xerophyllum tenax (Pursh) Nutt. 4217 | Nitinaht 166 | ttco83 101 | 87 | Fiber 4 | Basketry 43 | Grass used as twining material for wrapped and twined baskets. | 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 87 |
43725 | Xerophyllum tenax (Pursh) Nutt. 4217 | Montana Indian 151 | b05 73 | 27 | Fiber 4 | Basketry 43 | Leaves woven into water tight baskets used for cooking. | Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, page 27 |
43723 | Xerophyllum tenax (Pursh) Nutt. 4217 | Makah 133 | g83 3 | 343 | Fiber 4 | Basketry 43 | Leaves used for basketry. | Gill, Steven J., 1983, Ethnobotany of the Makah and Ozette People, Olympic Peninsula, Washington (USA), Washington State University, Ph.D. Thesis, page 343 |
43722 | Xerophyllum tenax (Pursh) Nutt. 4217 | Maidu 132 | sk58 162 | 71 | Fiber 4 | Basketry 43 | Blades used as overlay twine in the manufacture of baskets. | Swartz, Jr., B. K., 1958, A Study of Material Aspects of Northeastern Maidu Basketry, Kroeber Anthropological Society Publications 19:67-84, page 71 |
43721 | Xerophyllum tenax (Pursh) Nutt. 4217 | Klallam 114 | g73 25 | 23 | Fiber 4 | Basketry 43 | Plant used to decorate baskets. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 23 |
43719 | Xerophyllum tenax (Pursh) Nutt. 4217 | Karok 105 | b81 70 | 63 | Fiber 4 | Basketry 43 | New sprouts used to make baskets, especially for designs. | Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 63 |
43718 | Xerophyllum tenax (Pursh) Nutt. 4217 | Karok 105 | sg52 71 | 380 | Fiber 4 | Basketry 43 | Leaves used to make baskets. | Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 380 |
43716 | Xerophyllum tenax (Pursh) Nutt. 4217 | Hupa 98 | sg52 71 | 380 | Fiber 4 | Basketry 43 | Leaves used to make baskets. | Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 380 |
43715 | Xerophyllum tenax (Pursh) Nutt. 4217 | Hupa 98 | m90 111 | 2 | Fiber 4 | Basketry 43 | Grass used as a border pattern in baskets. | Murphey, Edith Van Allen, 1990, Indian Uses of Native Plants, Glenwood, Ill. Meyerbooks. Originally published in 1959, page 2 |
43714 | Xerophyllum tenax (Pursh) Nutt. 4217 | Hoh 94 | r36 77 | 60 | Fiber 4 | Basketry 43 | Grass used to make baskets. | Reagan, Albert B., 1936, Plants Used by the Hoh and Quileute Indians, Kansas Academy of Science 37:55-70, page 60 |
43713 | Xerophyllum tenax (Pursh) Nutt. 4217 | Hesquiat 92 | te82 41 | 56 | Fiber 4 | Basketry 43 | Purchased grass shaved and dyed to make baskets and edging for mats and baskets. | Turner, Nancy J. and Barbara S. Efrat, 1982, Ethnobotany of the Hesquiat Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 56 |
43712 | Xerophyllum tenax (Pursh) Nutt. 4217 | Cowlitz 53 | g73 25 | 23 | Fiber 4 | Basketry 43 | Plant used to decorate baskets. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 23 |
43711 | Xerophyllum tenax (Pursh) Nutt. 4217 | Chehalis 31 | g73 25 | 23 | Fiber 4 | Basketry 43 | Plant used to decorate baskets. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 23 |
43707 | Xerophyllum sp. 4216 | Wintoon 281 | m66 109 | 264 | Fiber 4 | Basketry 43 | Plant purchased and used extensively in basket overlay and designs. | Merriam, C. Hart, 1966, Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes, University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley, page 264 |
43705 | Xerophyllum sp. 4216 | Poliklah 199 | m66 109 | 170 | Fiber 4 | Basketry 43 | Used to make baskets. | Merriam, C. Hart, 1966, Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes, University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley, page 170 |
43704 | Xerophyllum sp. 4216 | Konomeho 117 | m66 109 | 234 | Fiber 4 | Basketry 43 | Plant used to make the design on baskets. | Merriam, C. Hart, 1966, Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes, University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley, page 234 |
43703 | Xerophyllum sp. 4216 | Karok 105 | m66 109 | 211 | Fiber 4 | Clothing 73 | Used to make basket hats for men and women. | Merriam, C. Hart, 1966, Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes, University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley, page 211 |
43702 | Xerophyllum sp. 4216 | Karok 105 | m66 109 | 211 | Fiber 4 | Basketry 43 | Used to make baskets. | Merriam, C. Hart, 1966, Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes, University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley, page 211 |
43700 | Xerophyllum sp. 4216 | Hahwunkwut 83 | m66 109 | 183 | Fiber 4 | Basketry 43 | Plant used to make cooking bowls, mush baskets and other small baskets. | Merriam, C. Hart, 1966, Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes, University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley, page 183 |
43577 | Woodwardia sp. 4197 | 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 |
43574 | Woodwardia radicans (L.) J. Sm. 4196 | Karok 105 | sg52 71 | 378 | Fiber 4 | Basketry 43 | Stems used in basketmaking. | Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 378 |
43573 | Woodwardia radicans (L.) J. Sm. 4196 | Hupa 98 | m90 111 | 4 | Fiber 4 | Basketry 43 | Dyed fronds used in basketry. | Murphey, Edith Van Allen, 1990, Indian Uses of Native Plants, Glenwood, Ill. Meyerbooks. Originally published in 1959, page 4 |
43572 | Woodwardia fimbriata Sm. 4195 | Yurok 289 | b81 70 | 63 | Fiber 4 | Leaves used to obtain fiber. Fibers were harvested when leaves were fully grown and then dyed with alder bark. The strands could be dyed by chewing in Alnus bark and running the fibers through the mouth or by pounding the bark in a mortar and pestle. | Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 63 | |
43571 | Woodwardia fimbriata Sm. 4195 | Tolowa 266 | b81 70 | 63 | Fiber 4 | Leaves used to obtain fiber. The two fibers of each leaf were collected at the end of June or the first part of July. The rachis was pounded and fibers fell out. For designs, the fibers were dyed with Alnus bark. | Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 63 | |
43569 | Woodwardia fimbriata Sm. 4195 | Karok 105 | b81 70 | 63 | Fiber 4 | Basketry 43 | Leaf fiber used to make baskets. Fibers were pounded from the rachis and dyed with Alnus bark for use in basketry. The fibers were then dried and coiled for storage. They were soaked to unroll and used. | Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 63 |
43547 | Washingtonia filifera (L. Linden) H. Wendl. 4190 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 145 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Long fronds used to make the sides and roofs of waterproof and windproof houses. | 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 145 |
43546 | Washingtonia filifera (L. Linden) H. Wendl. 4190 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 145 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Long fronds used to make ramadas. | 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 145 |
43392 | Vitis californica Benth. 4172 | Pomo, Kashaya 202 | gl80 40 | 51 | Fiber 4 | Furniture 109 | Vine used to make the hoop on a baby basket. | Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 51 |
43391 | Vitis californica Benth. 4172 | Pomo, Kashaya 202 | gl80 40 | 51 | Fiber 4 | Cordage 99 | Vine made a very strong cord used to tie bundles and for lashing. | Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 51 |
43388 | Vitis californica Benth. 4172 | Pomo 200 | c02 89 | 369 | Fiber 4 | Sewing Material 102 | Vines soaked in water and hot ashes, bark removed, wood split into strands and used as 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 369 |
43387 | Vitis californica Benth. 4172 | Pomo 200 | g67 80 | 14 | Fiber 4 | Cordage 99 | Vines used to tie western service berry thatch in place on the winter house. | Gifford, E. W., 1967, Ethnographic Notes on the Southwestern Pomo, Anthropological Records 25:10-15, page 14 |
43386 | Vitis californica Benth. 4172 | Pomo 200 | g67 80 | 14 | Fiber 4 | Cordage 99 | Vines used to make withes to tie things when hunting or traveling. | Gifford, E. W., 1967, Ethnographic Notes on the Southwestern Pomo, Anthropological Records 25:10-15, page 14 |
43385 | Vitis californica Benth. 4172 | Pomo 200 | c02 89 | 369 | Fiber 4 | Basketry 43 | Woody parts of vines used for the rims of large, cone-shaped carrying baskets. | Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 369 |
43384 | Vitis californica Benth. 4172 | Pomo 200 | b08 179 | 139 | Fiber 4 | Basketry 43 | Sap wood used as binding material in basketry. | Barrett, S. A., 1908, Pomo Indian Basketry, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 7:134-308, page 139 |
43378 | Vitis californica Benth. 4172 | Karok 105 | sg52 71 | 386 | Fiber 4 | Cordage 99 | Vines used to moor a boat and smaller vines twisted to make ropes. | Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 386 |
43377 | Vitis californica Benth. 4172 | Karok 105 | sg52 71 | 386 | 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 386 |
43376 | Vitis californica Benth. 4172 | Karok 105 | b81 70 | 62 | Fiber 4 | Basketry 43 | Roots used as basketry material for the basket bottoms. | Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 62 |
43361 | Vitis aestivalis var. aestivalis 4170 | Seminole 228 | s54 88 | 475 | Fiber 4 | Cordage 99 | Plant used for coffin lashing. | Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 475 |
43360 | Vitis aestivalis var. aestivalis 4170 | Seminole 228 | s54 88 | 475 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Plant used to make houses. | Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 475 |
43199 | Vicia americana Muhl. ex Willd. 4139 | Yuki 287 | c02 89 | 362 | Fiber 4 | Cordage 99 | Stout roots used for tying. | Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 362 |
43072 | Viburnum edule (Michx.) Raf. 4130 | Tanana, Upper 255 | k85 36 | 11 | Fiber 4 | Basketry 43 | Stems used for birch bark basket rims. | Kari, Priscilla Russe, 1985, Upper Tanana Ethnobotany, Anchorage. Alaska Historical Commission, page 11 |
43060 | Viburnum edule (Michx.) Raf. 4130 | Koyukon 118 | n83 158 | 55 | Fiber 4 | Basketry 43 | Stems used to reinforce birchbark basket rims. | Nelson, Richard K., 1983, Make Prayers to the Raven--A Koyukon View of the Northern Forest, Chicago. The University of Chicago Press, page 55 |
42941 | Vernonia missurica Raf. 4120 | Kiowa 111 | vs39 140 | 62 | Fiber 4 | Mats, Rugs & Bedding 67 | Tall stems used as an overnight bed. Tall stems gathered, piled six inches thick on the ground and arranged in a rectangular form. Used when traveling. | Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 62 |
42688 | Veratrum viride Ait. 4105 | Hanaksiala 88 | c93 14 | 201 | Fiber 4 | Mats, Rugs & Bedding 67 | Leaves used to wipe the body off after bathing in water. | 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 201 |
42374 | Vaccinium scoparium Leib. ex Coville 4086 | Yurok 289 | b81 70 | 61 | Fiber 4 | Brushes & Brooms 93 | Branches used as brooms. | Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 61 |
42361 | Vaccinium parvifolium Sm. 4085 | Yurok 289 | b81 70 | 61 | Fiber 4 | Brushes & Brooms 93 | Branches used as brooms. | Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 61 |
42358 | Vaccinium parvifolium Sm. 4085 | Tolowa 266 | b81 70 | 61 | Fiber 4 | Brushes & Brooms 93 | Branches used as a broom. | Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 61 |
42336 | Vaccinium parvifolium Sm. 4085 | Poliklah 199 | m66 109 | 173 | Fiber 4 | Brushes & Brooms 93 | Long, straight, green branches used for brooms. | Merriam, C. Hart, 1966, Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes, University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley, page 173 |
42318 | Vaccinium parvifolium Sm. 4085 | Karok 105 | sg52 71 | 388 | Fiber 4 | Brushes & Brooms 93 | Stems and twigs used to make brooms. | Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 388 |
41927 | Usnea sp. 4064 | Nitinaht 166 | g83 3 | 211 | Fiber 4 | Clothing 73 | Used to diaper babies and for women's sanitary napkins. | Gill, Steven J., 1983, Ethnobotany of the Makah and Ozette People, Olympic Peninsula, Washington (USA), Washington State University, Ph.D. Thesis, page 211 |
41925 | Usnea sp. 4064 | Makah 133 | g83 3 | 211 | Fiber 4 | Mats, Rugs & Bedding 67 | Used in bags as pillows when feathers unavailable. | Gill, Steven J., 1983, Ethnobotany of the Makah and Ozette People, Olympic Peninsula, Washington (USA), Washington State University, Ph.D. Thesis, page 211 |
41921 | Usnea sp. 4064 | 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 |
41917 | Usnea longissima (L.) Ach. 4063 | 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 |
41915 | Usnea longissima (L.) Ach. 4063 | 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 |
41892 | Urtica dioica ssp. holosericea (Nutt.) Thorne 4060 | Luiseno 128 | s08 24 | 202 | Fiber 4 | Plant sometimes used for fiber. | 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 | |
41891 | Urtica dioica ssp. holosericea (Nutt.) Thorne 4060 | Luiseno 128 | s08 24 | 202 | Fiber 4 | Clothing 73 | Plant 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 |
41889 | Urtica dioica ssp. holosericea (Nutt.) Thorne 4060 | Klamath 115 | c97 66 | 94 | Fiber 4 | Snow Gear 51 | Stems used for mesh on snowshoes. | 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 94 |
41888 | Urtica dioica ssp. holosericea (Nutt.) Thorne 4060 | Klamath 115 | c97 66 | 95 | Fiber 4 | Cordage 99 | Stems used in the manufacture of cords and nets. | 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 95 |
41885 | Urtica dioica ssp. holosericea (Nutt.) Thorne 4060 | Kawaiisu 106 | z81 60 | 68 | Fiber 4 | Cordage 99 | Outer stem layers separated into long strands and two or three twisted into a cord. | Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 68 |
41870 | Urtica dioica ssp. holosericea (Nutt.) Thorne 4060 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 143 | Fiber 4 | Cordage 99 | Fibers used to make bowstrings 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 143 |
41869 | Urtica dioica ssp. holosericea (Nutt.) Thorne 4060 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 143 | Fiber 4 | Basketry 43 | Fibers used in basketmaking. | 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 143 |
41863 | Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis (Ait.) Seland. 4059 | Winnebago 280 | g19 17 | 77 | Fiber 4 | Cordage 99 | Dried stalk fiber used to make twine and cordage. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 77 |
41862 | Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis (Ait.) Seland. 4059 | Winnebago 280 | g19 17 | 77 | Fiber 4 | Clothing 73 | Dried stalk fiber used to make cloth. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 77 |
41847 | Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis (Ait.) Seland. 4059 | Skagit, Upper 242 | t89 131 | 42 | Fiber 4 | Cordage 99 | Mature shoot fibers used to make cordage. | Theodoratus, Robert J., 1989, Loss, Transfer, and Reintroduction in the Use of Wild Plant Foods in the Upper Skagit Valley, Northwest Anthropological Research Notes 23(1):35-52, page 42 |
41832 | Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis (Ait.) Seland. 4059 | Quileute 209 | r36 77 | 61 | Fiber 4 | Cordage 99 | Roots formerly twisted and made into ropes. | Reagan, Albert B., 1936, Plants Used by the Hoh and Quileute Indians, Kansas Academy of Science 37:55-70, page 61 |
41829 | Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis (Ait.) Seland. 4059 | Potawatomi 206 | smith33 43 | 115 | Fiber 4 | Cordage 99 | Outer rind twisted into a two-strand cord and used for sewing cattail mats and 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 115 |
41823 | Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis (Ait.) Seland. 4059 | Ponca 205 | g19 17 | 77 | Fiber 4 | Cordage 99 | Dried stalk fiber used to make twine and cordage. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 77 |
41822 | Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis (Ait.) Seland. 4059 | Ponca 205 | g19 17 | 77 | Fiber 4 | Clothing 73 | Dried stalk fiber used to make cloth. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 77 |
41816 | Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis (Ait.) Seland. 4059 | Pawnee 190 | g19 17 | 77 | Fiber 4 | Cordage 99 | Dried stalk fiber used to make twine and cordage. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 77 |
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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) );