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id | species | tribe | source | pageno | use_category | use_subcategory | notes ▲ | rawsource |
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44240 | Yucca sp. 4236 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 34 | Fiber 4 | Clothing 73 | Yucca fiber and grass fiber used to make the earliest costume. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 34 |
36020 | Salix prolixa Anderss. 3544 | Montana Indian 151 | b05 73 | 23 | Fiber 4 | Sporting Equipment 170 | Younger stems used extensively for making walking sticks. | Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, page 23 |
40224 | Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don 3951 | Salish, Coast 217 | tb71 23 | 71 | Fiber 4 | Cordage 99 | Young, slender branches used to make ropes. | Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1971, The Ethnobotany of the Coast Salish Indians of Vancouver Island, I and II, Economic Botany 25(1):63-104, 335-339, page 71 |
31215 | Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirbel) Franco 3199 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 107 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Young, second growth boughs used to make early summer lodges. | Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, page 107 |
35691 | Salix bonplandiana Kunth 3521 | Kawaiisu 106 | z81 60 | 61 | Fiber 4 | Basketry 43 | Young, green stems used to make baskets. | Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 61 |
8653 | Ceanothus integerrimus Hook. & Arn. 813 | Concow 49 | c02 89 | 368 | Fiber 4 | Basketry 43 | Young, flexible shoots used for the circular withes of 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 368 |
27053 | Picea mariana (P. Mill.) B.S.P. 2935 | Carrier 27 | c73 134 | 69 | Fiber 4 | Snow Gear 51 | Young wood used to make snowshoes. | Carrier Linguistic Committee, 1973, Plants of Carrier Country, Fort St. James, BC. Carrier Linguistic Committee, page 69 |
35646 | Salix amygdaloides Anderss. 3518 | Cheyenne 33 | h81 57 | 37 | Fiber 4 | Furniture 109 | Young twigs made into cages and used to carry children on travois. | Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 37 |
27531 | Pinus edulis Engelm. 2959 | Apache, Mescalero 12 | b74 52 | 35 | Fiber 4 | Furniture 109 | Young trees used for the main hoop of infant cradleboards. | Basehart, Harry W., 1974, Apache Indians XII. Mescalero Apache Subsistence Patterns and Socio-Political Organization, New York. Garland Publishing Inc., page 35 |
29651 | Populus tremuloides Michx. 3106 | Paiute 183 | m53 98 | 61 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Young trees used for tent and tipi poles. | Mahar, James Michael., 1953, Ethnobotany of the Oregon Paiutes of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, Reed College, B.A. Thesis, page 61 |
41069 | Tsuga heterophylla (Raf.) Sarg. 4043 | Quinault 210 | g73 25 | 17 | Fiber 4 | Canoe Material 70 | Young trees used for poling canoes upstream. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 17 |
41079 | Tsuga heterophylla (Raf.) Sarg. 4043 | Skagit 241 | g73 25 | 17 | Fiber 4 | Canoe Material 70 | Young trees used for poling canoes upstream. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 17 |
41082 | Tsuga heterophylla (Raf.) Sarg. 4043 | Snohomish 245 | g73 25 | 17 | Fiber 4 | Canoe Material 70 | Young trees used for poling canoes upstream. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 17 |
29337 | Populus balsamifera ssp. trichocarpa (Torr. & Gray ex Hook.) Brayshaw 3097 | Squaxin 251 | g73 25 | 26 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Young shoots used to make sweat lodges. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 26 |
8657 | Ceanothus integerrimus Hook. & Arn. 813 | Karok 105 | sg52 71 | 386 | Fiber 4 | Basketry 43 | Young shoots used to make baskets. | Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 386 |
11303 | Corylus cornuta var. cornuta 1113 | Karok 105 | sg52 71 | 382 | Fiber 4 | Basketry 43 | Young shoots used to make baby baskets and carrying baskets. | Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 382 |
35684 | Salix bonplandiana Kunth 3521 | Havasupai 89 | ws85 2 | 214 | Fiber 4 | Basketry 43 | Young shoots used for 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 214 |
35792 | Salix exigua Nutt. 3527 | Havasupai 89 | ws85 2 | 215 | Fiber 4 | Basketry 43 | Young shoots used for 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 215 |
29338 | Populus balsamifera ssp. trichocarpa (Torr. & Gray ex Hook.) Brayshaw 3097 | Squaxin 251 | g73 25 | 26 | Fiber 4 | Cordage 99 | Young shoots used as lashings or tying thongs. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 26 |
36251 | Salix sp. 3551 | Omaha 177 | g13ii 154 | 324 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Young poles used for the framework of the vapor bath lodges. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1913, A Study in the Ethnobotany of the Omaha Indians, Nebraska State Historical Society Collections 17:314-57., page 324 |
40114 | Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don 3951 | Nitinaht 166 | ttco83 101 | 67 | Fiber 4 | Basketry 43 | Young limbs twisted and used to make basket frames and ribs. | Turner, Nancy J., John Thomas, Barry F. Carlson and Robert T. Ogilvie, 1983, Ethnobotany of the Nitinaht Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 67 |
40121 | Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don 3951 | Nitinaht 166 | ttco83 101 | 67 | Fiber 4 | Cordage 99 | Young limbs twisted and used for rope material. | Turner, Nancy J., John Thomas, Barry F. Carlson and Robert T. Ogilvie, 1983, Ethnobotany of the Nitinaht Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 67 |
28139 | Pinus sabiniana Dougl. ex Dougl. 2975 | Pomo 200 | m66 109 | 296 | Fiber 4 | Basketry 43 | Young growth split into ribbon like strands and used for basket body material. | Merriam, C. Hart, 1966, Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes, University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley, page 296 |
35807 | Salix exigua Nutt. 3527 | Keres, Western 107 | swank32 79 | 67 | Fiber 4 | Mats, Rugs & Bedding 67 | Young branches used to make mats. | Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 67 |
35806 | Salix exigua Nutt. 3527 | Keres, Western 107 | swank32 79 | 67 | Fiber 4 | Basketry 43 | Young branches used to make baskets. | Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 67 |
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 |
27507 | Pinus contorta var. murrayana (Grev. & Balf.) Engelm. 2956 | Montana Indian 151 | b05 73 | 18 | Fiber 4 | Basketry 43 | Young bark used to make baskets. | Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, page 18 |
36271 | Salix sp. 3551 | Paiute 183 | m53 98 | 61 | Fiber 4 | Cordage 99 | Woven willow bark made into string and used to make salmon traps. | Mahar, James Michael., 1953, Ethnobotany of the Oregon Paiutes of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, Reed College, B.A. Thesis, page 61 |
41171 | Typha latifolia L. 4049 | Algonquin, Tete-de-Boule 8 | ray45 113 | 132 | Fiber 4 | Mats, Rugs & Bedding 67 | Wool used to stuff mattresses. | Raymond, Marcel., 1945, Notes Ethnobotaniques Sur Les Tete-De-Boule De Manouan, Contributions de l'Institut botanique l'Universite de Montreal 55:113-134, page 132 |
8061 | Carex barbarae Dewey 737 | Pomo 200 | b08 179 | 137 | Fiber 4 | Basketry 43 | Woody root fibers used as the white background in baskets. | Barrett, S. A., 1908, Pomo Indian Basketry, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 7:134-308, page 137 |
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 |
11361 | Crataegus douglasii Lindl. 1123 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 124 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Wooden withes used to repair barbed wire fences. | 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 124 |
8890 | Cercis canadensis var. texensis (S. Wats.) M. Hopkins 838 | Yuki 287 | k30 199 | 423 | Fiber 4 | Sewing Material 102 | Wood, sapwood and roots used for sewing material. | Kelly, Isabel T., 1930, Yuki Basketry, University of Calfornia Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 24:421-444, page 423 |
27283 | Picea sp. 2939 | Eskimo, Alaska 67 | aa80 152 | 34 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Wood used to support buildings and to build the framework for sod-covered buildings. | Ager, Thomas A. and Lynn Price Ager, 1980, Ethnobotany of The Eskimos of Nelson Island, Alaska, Arctic Anthropology 27:26-48, page 34 |
27610 | Pinus edulis Engelm. 2959 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 21 | Fiber 4 | Furniture 109 | Wood used to make various parts of the cradle. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 21 |
27390 | Pinus contorta Dougl. ex Loud. 2953 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 116 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Wood used to make travois and tipi poles. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 116 |
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 |
7159 | Betula papyrifera Marsh. 580 | Carrier 27 | c73 134 | 67 | Fiber 4 | Snow Gear 51 | Wood used to make toboggans. | Carrier Linguistic Committee, 1973, Plants of Carrier Country, Fort St. James, BC. Carrier Linguistic Committee, page 67 |
19495 | Larix laricina (Du Roi) K. Koch 2099 | Cree, Woodlands 58 | l85 47 | 41 | Fiber 4 | Snow Gear 51 | Wood used to make toboggans. | Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 41 |
39858 | Thuja occidentalis L. 3950 | Chippewa 38 | gil33 15 | 123 | Fiber 4 | Snow Gear 51 | Wood used to make toboggans. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1933, Some Chippewa Uses of Plants, Ann Arbor. University of Michigan Press, page 123 |
7184 | Betula papyrifera Marsh. 580 | Cree, Woodlands 58 | l85 47 | 32 | Fiber 4 | Snow Gear 51 | Wood used to make toboggans and snowshoes. | Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 32 |
27500 | Pinus contorta var. latifolia Engelm. ex S. Wats. 2955 | Blackfoot 23 | j87 146 | 18 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Wood used to make tipi frames. | Johnston, Alex, 1987, Plants and the Blackfoot, Lethbridge, Alberta. Lethbridge Historical Society, page 18 |
20485 | Liriodendron tulipifera L. 2211 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 50 | Fiber 4 | Canoe Material 70 | Wood used to make thirty to forty foot long canoes. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 50 |
27518 | Pinus echinata P. Mill. 2958 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 49 | Fiber 4 | Canoe Material 70 | Wood used to make thirty to forty foot long canoes. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 49 |
28079 | Pinus pungens Lamb. 2971 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 49 | Fiber 4 | Canoe Material 70 | Wood used to make thirty to forty foot long canoes. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 49 |
28105 | Pinus rigida P. Mill. 2974 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 49 | Fiber 4 | Canoe Material 70 | Wood used to make thirty to forty foot long canoes. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 49 |
28177 | Pinus strobus L. 2977 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 49 | Fiber 4 | Canoe Material 70 | Wood used to make thirty to forty foot long canoes. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 49 |
28265 | Pinus taeda L. 2978 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 49 | Fiber 4 | Canoe Material 70 | Wood used to make thirty to forty foot long canoes. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 49 |
15282 | Fraxinus pennsylvanica Marsh. 1660 | Havasupai 89 | ws85 2 | 235 | Fiber 4 | Furniture 109 | Wood used to make the oval frame for the cradleboard. | 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 235 |
8951 | Cercocarpus montanus Raf. 842 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 53 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Wood used to make the handle of the weaving distaff, dice and the sweathouse for ceremonies. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 53 |
15181 | Fraxinus americana L. 1655 | Abnaki 1 | r47 84 | 160 | Fiber 4 | Snow Gear 51 | Wood used to make the frames of snowshoes. | Rousseau, Jacques, 1947, Ethnobotanique Abenakise, Archives de Folklore 11:145-182, page 160 |
446 | Acer glabrum Torr. 23 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 59 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Wood used to make the frame of a woman's sweathouse. | 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 59 |
36128 | Salix sp. 3551 | Blackfoot 23 | j87 146 | 32 | Fiber 4 | Canoe Material 70 | Wood used to make the circular frames for bull boats. | Johnston, Alex, 1987, Plants and the Blackfoot, Lethbridge, Alberta. Lethbridge Historical Society, page 32 |
29974 | Prosopis glandulosa var. glandulosa 3154 | Havasupai 89 | ws85 2 | 228 | Fiber 4 | Furniture 109 | Wood used to make the base frame of the cradleboard. | 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 228 |
15273 | Fraxinus pennsylvanica Marsh. 1660 | Cheyenne 33 | h81 57 | 31 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Wood used to make tent poles, pegs and tipi pins. | Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 31 |
31237 | Pseudotsuga menziesii var. glauca (Beissn.) Franco 3200 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 34 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Wood used to make teepee poles and spear shafts. | 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 34 |
27657 | Pinus edulis Engelm. 2959 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 12 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Wood used to make summer shade houses. | 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 12 |
39510 | Taxus brevifolia Nutt. 3902 | Nitinaht 166 | ttco83 101 | 75 | Fiber 4 | Canoe Material 70 | Wood used to make steering paddles and oarlock holders. | 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 75 |
434 | Acer circinatum Pursh 22 | Thompson 259 | steed28 33 | 498 | Fiber 4 | Snow Gear 51 | Wood used to make snowshoes. | Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 498 |
447 | Acer glabrum Torr. 23 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 59 | Fiber 4 | Snow Gear 51 | Wood used to make snowshoes. | 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 59 |
468 | Acer glabrum var. douglasii (Hook.) Dippel 24 | Haisla and Hanaksiala 87 | c93 14 | 209 | Fiber 4 | Snow Gear 51 | Wood used to make snowshoes. | 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 209 |
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 |
7328 | Betula sp. 585 | Eskimo, Inuktitut 71 | w78 64 | 192 | Fiber 4 | Snow Gear 51 | Wood used to make snowshoes. | Wilson, Michael R., 1978, Notes on Ethnobotany in Inuktitut, The Western Canadian Journal of Anthropology 8:180-196, page 192 |
11043 | Cornus sericea ssp. sericea 1102 | Gosiute 79 | c11 38 | 366 | Fiber 4 | Snow Gear 51 | Wood used to make snowshoes. | Chamberlin, Ralph V., 1911, The Ethno-Botany of the Gosiute Indians of Utah, Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association 2(5):331-405., page 366 |
15180 | Fraxinus americana L. 1655 | Abnaki 1 | r47 84 | 172 | Fiber 4 | Snow Gear 51 | Wood used to make snowshoes. | Rousseau, Jacques, 1947, Ethnobotanique Abenakise, Archives de Folklore 11:145-182, page 172 |
26387 | Philadelphus lewisii Pursh 2875 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 108 | Fiber 4 | Snow Gear 51 | Wood used to make snowshoes. | 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 108 |
36217 | Salix sp. 3551 | Montana Indian 151 | h92 30 | 67 | Fiber 4 | Snow Gear 51 | Wood used to make snowshoes. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 67 |
7282 | Betula papyrifera Marsh. 580 | Tanana, Upper 255 | k85 36 | 5 | Fiber 4 | Snow Gear 51 | Wood used to make snowshoes, toboggans, drums, bowls, spoons and wedges. | Kari, Priscilla Russe, 1985, Upper Tanana Ethnobotany, Anchorage. Alaska Historical Commission, page 5 |
38550 | Sorbus americana Marsh. 3758 | Ojibwa 173 | r28 8 | 236 | Fiber 4 | Snow Gear 51 | Wood used to make snowshoe frames. | Reagan, Albert B., 1928, Plants Used by the Bois Fort Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indians of Minnesota, Wisconsin Archeologist 7(4):230-248, page 236 |
7209 | Betula papyrifera Marsh. 580 | Koyukon 118 | n83 158 | 53 | Fiber 4 | Snow Gear 51 | Wood used to make sleds and snowshoe frames. | Nelson, Richard K., 1983, Make Prayers to the Raven--A Koyukon View of the Northern Forest, Chicago. The University of Chicago Press, page 53 |
25216 | Oxydendrum arboreum (L.) DC. 2713 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 56 | Fiber 4 | Snow Gear 51 | Wood used to make sled runners. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 56 |
327 | Abies sp. 8 | Carrier 27 | c73 134 | 70 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Wood used to make shingles for roofs. | Carrier Linguistic Committee, 1973, Plants of Carrier Country, Fort St. James, BC. Carrier Linguistic Committee, page 70 |
26942 | Picea glauca (Moench) Voss 2934 | Iroquois 100 | r45i 116 | 83 | Fiber 4 | Brushes & Brooms 93 | Wood used to make scrub brushes. | Rousseau, Jacques, 1945, Le Folklore Botanique De L'ile Aux Coudres, Contributions de l'Institut botanique l'Universite de Montreal 55:75-111, page 83 |
27091 | Picea mariana (P. Mill.) B.S.P. 2935 | Iroquois 100 | r45i 116 | 83 | Fiber 4 | Brushes & Brooms 93 | Wood used to make scrub brushes. | Rousseau, Jacques, 1945, Le Folklore Botanique De L'ile Aux Coudres, Contributions de l'Institut botanique l'Universite de Montreal 55:75-111, page 83 |
36214 | Salix sp. 3551 | Montana Indian 151 | h92 30 | 67 | Fiber 4 | Cordage 99 | Wood used to make ropes. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 67 |
38549 | Sorbus americana Marsh. 3758 | Ojibwa 173 | r28 8 | 236 | Fiber 4 | Canoe Material 70 | Wood used to make ribs for canoes. | Reagan, Albert B., 1928, Plants Used by the Bois Fort Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indians of Minnesota, Wisconsin Archeologist 7(4):230-248, page 236 |
26905 | Picea glauca (Moench) Voss 2934 | Cree, Woodlands 58 | l85 47 | 48 | Fiber 4 | Canoe Material 70 | Wood used to make ribs and gunwales for birch bark canoes. | Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 48 |
9079 | Chamaecyparis nootkatensis (D. Don) Spach 860 | Haisla and Hanaksiala 87 | c93 14 | 159 | Fiber 4 | Canoe Material 70 | Wood used to make regular and racing paddles for canoes. | Compton, Brian Douglas, 1993, Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants..., Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia, page 159 |
32337 | Quercus prinus L. 3282 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 46 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Wood used to make railroad ties. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 46 |
15272 | Fraxinus pennsylvanica Marsh. 1660 | Cheyenne 33 | h81 57 | 31 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Wood used to make posts for the Sun Dance lodge. | Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 31 |
27100 | Picea mariana (P. Mill.) B.S.P. 2935 | Koyukon 118 | n83 158 | 49 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Wood used to make poles for tent frames. | Nelson, Richard K., 1983, Make Prayers to the Raven--A Koyukon View of the Northern Forest, Chicago. The University of Chicago Press, page 49 |
31272 | Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii 3201 | Karok 105 | sg52 71 | 379 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Wood used to make planks. | Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 379 |
28152 | Pinus sabiniana Dougl. ex Dougl. 2975 | Wintoon 281 | m66 109 | 273 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Wood used to make planks for houses. | Merriam, C. Hart, 1966, Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes, University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley, page 273 |
9071 | Chamaecyparis lawsoniana (A. Murr.) Parl. 859 | Karok 105 | sg52 71 | 379 | Fiber 4 | Mats, Rugs & Bedding 67 | Wood used to make pillows for the sweathouse. | Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 379 |
58 | Abies balsamea (L.) P. Mill. 2 | Cree, Woodlands 58 | l85 47 | 21 | Fiber 4 | Canoe Material 70 | Wood used to make paddles. | Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 21 |
39546 | Taxus brevifolia Nutt. 3902 | Salish, Coast 217 | tb71 23 | 72 | Fiber 4 | Canoe Material 70 | Wood used to make paddles. | Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1971, The Ethnobotany of the Coast Salish Indians of Vancouver Island, I and II, Economic Botany 25(1):63-104, 335-339, page 72 |
690 | Acer saccharum Marsh. 35 | Malecite 134 | sd52 78 | 6 | Fiber 4 | Canoe Material 70 | Wood used to make paddles and oars. | Speck, Frank G. and R.W. Dexter, 1952, Utilization of Animals and Plants by the Malecite Indians of New Brunswick, Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 42:1-7, page 6 |
36216 | Salix sp. 3551 | Montana Indian 151 | h92 30 | 67 | Fiber 4 | Mats, Rugs & Bedding 67 | Wood used to make mattresses for tipis. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 67 |
39511 | Taxus brevifolia Nutt. 3902 | Nitinaht 166 | ttco83 101 | 75 | Fiber 4 | Sewing Material 102 | Wood used to make mat making needles. | 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 75 |
9119 | Chamaecyparis nootkatensis (D. Don) Spach 860 | Nitinaht 166 | ttco83 101 | 65 | Fiber 4 | Canoe Material 70 | Wood used to make light paddles and canoes. | 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 65 |
17359 | Holodiscus discolor (Pursh) Maxim. 1904 | Salish, Cowichan 218 | ttco83 101 | 117 | Fiber 4 | Sewing Material 102 | Wood used to make knitting needles. | Turner, Nancy J., John Thomas, Barry F. Carlson and Robert T. Ogilvie, 1983, Ethnobotany of the Nitinaht Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 117 |
17330 | Holodiscus discolor (Pursh) Maxim. 1904 | Nitinaht 166 | ttco83 101 | 117 | Fiber 4 | Sewing Material 102 | Wood used to make knitting needles and long needles for mat making. | Turner, Nancy J., John Thomas, Barry F. Carlson and Robert T. Ogilvie, 1983, Ethnobotany of the Nitinaht Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 117 |
40220 | Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don 3951 | Salish, Coast 217 | tb71 23 | 71 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Wood used to make houses. | Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1971, The Ethnobotany of the Coast Salish Indians of Vancouver Island, I and II, Economic Botany 25(1):63-104, 335-339, page 71 |
9568 | Chilopsis linearis (Cav.) Sweet 912 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 53 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Wood used to make house frames and granaries. | 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 53 |
40169 | Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don 3951 | Oweekeno 181 | c93 14 | 66 | Fiber 4 | Clothing 73 | Wood used to make hoops worn by dancers as part of their costumes. | 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 66 |
15266 | Fraxinus pennsylvanica Marsh. 1660 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 23 | Fiber 4 | Sporting Equipment 170 | Wood used to make handles, ball bats and butter paddles. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 23 |
615 | Acer rubrum L. 32 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 44 | Fiber 4 | Furniture 109 | Wood used to make furniture. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 44 |
643 | Acer saccharinum L. 34 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 44 | Fiber 4 | Furniture 109 | Wood used to make furniture. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 44 |
671 | Acer saccharum Marsh. 35 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 44 | Fiber 4 | Furniture 109 | Wood used to make furniture. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 44 |
18251 | Juglans nigra L. 2034 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 61 | Fiber 4 | Furniture 109 | Wood used to make furniture. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 61 |
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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) );