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id | species | tribe | source | pageno | use_category | use_subcategory ▲ | notes | rawsource |
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13055 | Elymus sp. 1391 | Aleut 5 | bt51 194 | 29 | Fiber 4 | Other 372 | Used for weaving. | Bank, II, Theodore P., 1951, Botanical and Ethnobotanical Studies in the Aleutian Islands I. Aleutian Vegetation and Aleut Culture, Botanical and Ethnobotanical Studies Papers, Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters, page 29 |
19727 | Lathyrus sp. 2115 | Aleut 5 | bt51 194 | 29 | Fiber 4 | Other 371 | Used for weaving. | Bank, II, Theodore P., 1951, Botanical and Ethnobotanical Studies in the Aleutian Islands I. Aleutian Vegetation and Aleut Culture, Botanical and Ethnobotanical Studies Papers, Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters, page 29 |
18328 | Juncus balticus Willd. 2038 | Cheyenne 33 | h81 57 | 46 | Fiber 4 | Other 368 | Used in weaving. | Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 46 |
12489 | Dicranum bonjeanii De Not 1296 | Chippewa 38 | d28 4 | 377 | Fiber 4 | Other 350 | Used as an absorbent. | Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 377 |
40200 | Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don 3951 | Quileute 209 | r36 77 | 57 | Fiber 4 | Other 342 | Twigs used for drying the body after a bath. | Reagan, Albert B., 1936, Plants Used by the Hoh and Quileute Indians, Kansas Academy of Science 37:55-70, page 57 |
382 | Acacia greggii Gray 15 | Papago 188 | cu35 27 | 53 | Fiber 4 | Other 319 | Twigs used for curved structures in wrapped weaving. | Castetter, Edward F. and Ruth M. Underhill, 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest II. The Ethnobiology of the Papago Indians, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(3):1-84, page 53 |
36017 | Salix nigra Marsh. 3542 | Papago 188 | cu35 27 | 53 | Fiber 4 | Other 310 | Twigs used for curved structures in wrapped weaving. | Castetter, Edward F. and Ruth M. Underhill, 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest II. The Ethnobiology of the Papago Indians, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(3):1-84, page 53 |
40067 | Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don 3951 | Kwakiutl, Southern 122 | tb73 63 | 266 | Fiber 4 | Other 298 | Shredded bark used for napkins, towels and bandages. | Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Southern Kwakiutl Indians of British Columbia, Economic Botany 27:257-310, page 266 |
30105 | Prosopis velutina Woot. 3158 | Papago 188 | cu35 27 | 53 | Fiber 4 | Other 271 | Roots used for curved structures in wrapped weaving. | Castetter, Edward F. and Ruth M. Underhill, 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest II. The Ethnobiology of the Papago Indians, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(3):1-84, page 53 |
40033 | Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don 3951 | Hoh 94 | r36 77 | 57 | Fiber 4 | Other 250 | Twigs used for drying the body after a bath. | Reagan, Albert B., 1936, Plants Used by the Hoh and Quileute Indians, Kansas Academy of Science 37:55-70, page 57 |
38696 | Sphagnum sp. 3783 | Chippewa 38 | d28 4 | 378 | Fiber 4 | Other 249 | Used as an absorbent. | Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 378 |
13024 | Eleocharis sp. 1380 | Cheyenne 33 | h81 57 | 46 | Fiber 4 | Other 174 | Used in weaving. | Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 46 |
1944 | Alaria marginata Postels & Ruprecht 114 | Hesquiat 92 | te82 41 | 24 | Fiber 4 | Sporting Equipment 170 | Dried stipes use as 'pucks' and hitting sticks. The dried stipes were used to play a beach game, something like hockey. This game was played in winter on the beach in front of the village. Large quantities of this seaweed drift ashore at this time. | Turner, Nancy J. and Barbara S. Efrat, 1982, Ethnobotany of the Hesquiat Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 24 |
11325 | Costaria costata (Turner) Saunders 1118 | Hesquiat 92 | te82 41 | 24 | Fiber 4 | Sporting Equipment 170 | Dried stipes use as 'pucks' and hitting sticks. The dried stipes were used to play a beach game, something like hockey. This game was played in winter on the beach in front of the village. Large quantities of this seaweed drift ashore at this time. | Turner, Nancy J. and Barbara S. Efrat, 1982, Ethnobotany of the Hesquiat Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 24 |
11446 | Crataegus spathulata Michx. 1132 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 37 | Fiber 4 | Sporting Equipment 170 | Bark tea taken or bathed in by ball players to ward off tacklers. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 37 |
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 |
18365 | Juncus effusus L. 2042 | Pomo 200 | c02 89 | 318 | Fiber 4 | Sporting Equipment 170 | Formerly used to make a device for trapping and catching salmon and trout as a sport. | Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 318 |
19982 | Lessoniopsis littoralis (Farlow & Setchell) Reinke 2152 | Hesquiat 92 | te82 41 | 24 | Fiber 4 | Sporting Equipment 170 | Dried stipes use as 'pucks' and hitting sticks. The dried stipes were used to play a beach game, something like hockey. This game was played in winter on the beach in front of the village. Large quantities of this seaweed drift ashore at this time. | Turner, Nancy J. and Barbara S. Efrat, 1982, Ethnobotany of the Hesquiat Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 24 |
29799 | Postelsia palmaeformis Ruprecht 3118 | Hesquiat 92 | te82 41 | 24 | Fiber 4 | Sporting Equipment 170 | Dried stipes use as 'pucks' and hitting sticks. The dried stipes were used to play a beach game, something like hockey. This game was played in winter on the beach in front of the village. Large quantities of this seaweed drift ashore at this time. | Turner, Nancy J. and Barbara S. Efrat, 1982, Ethnobotany of the Hesquiat Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 24 |
29811 | Postelsia sp. 3119 | Hesquiat 92 | te82 41 | 18 | Fiber 4 | Sporting Equipment 170 | Dried stems used as 'pucks' and sticks for 'beach hockey.' | Turner, Nancy J. and Barbara S. Efrat, 1982, Ethnobotany of the Hesquiat Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 18 |
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 |
38551 | Sorbus americana Marsh. 3758 | Ojibwa 173 | r28 8 | 236 | Fiber 4 | Sporting Equipment 170 | Wood used to lacrosse clubs. | Reagan, Albert B., 1928, Plants Used by the Bois Fort Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indians of Minnesota, Wisconsin Archeologist 7(4):230-248, page 236 |
41504 | Ulmus rubra Muhl. 4052 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 33 | Fiber 4 | Sporting Equipment 170 | Inner bark chewed and spat onto baseball glove to make the ball stick to the glove. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 33 |
43900 | Yucca baccata Torr. 4225 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 21 | Fiber 4 | Sporting Equipment 170 | Leaves made into a ball thrown into the air for archery target practice. | 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 |
43901 | Yucca baccata Torr. 4225 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 21 | Fiber 4 | Sporting Equipment 170 | Roots made into ball for shinny game, played at night. | 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 |
526 | Acer macrophyllum Pursh 26 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 147 | Fiber 4 | Scouring Material 124 | Inner bark used to make scouring pads and sometimes for weaving bags and for temporary baskets. | 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 147 |
1759 | Agave deserti Engelm. 91 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 31 | Fiber 4 | Scouring Material 124 | Pounded leaves dried and made into cleaning brushes for cooking water. | Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel, 1972, Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants, Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press, page 31 |
11787 | Cuscuta californica Hook. & Arn. 1173 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 59 | Fiber 4 | Scouring Material 124 | Handfuls of plant used as scouring pads for cleaning. | 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 59 |
12627 | Distichlis spicata (L.) Greene 1319 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 66 | Fiber 4 | Scouring Material 124 | Leaves used as a brushing material for cleaning implements or removing cactus thorns from objects. | 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 66 |
13310 | Equisetum arvense L. 1421 | Kwakiutl, Southern 122 | tb73 63 | 264 | Fiber 4 | Scouring Material 124 | Rough leaves and stems used for polishing canoes and other wooden articles. | Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Southern Kwakiutl Indians of British Columbia, Economic Botany 27:257-310, page 264 |
13321 | Equisetum arvense L. 1421 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 17 | Fiber 4 | Scouring Material 124 | Stems used as sandpaper to polish bone tools and soapstone pipes. | 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 17 |
13322 | Equisetum arvense L. 1421 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 17 | Fiber 4 | Scouring Material 124 | Used to polish fingernails. | 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 17 |
13338 | Equisetum hyemale L. 1422 | Bella Coola 21 | t73 53 | 196 | Fiber 4 | Scouring Material 124 | Stems formerly used for sandpaper to smooth wooden objects. | Turner, Nancy J., 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Bella Coola Indians of British Columbia, Syesis 6:193-220, page 196 |
13349 | Equisetum hyemale L. 1422 | Chippewa 38 | d28 4 | 377 | Fiber 4 | Scouring Material 124 | Used for scouring. | Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 377 |
13351 | Equisetum hyemale L. 1422 | Cowlitz 53 | g73 25 | 15 | Fiber 4 | Scouring Material 124 | Used to polish arrow shafts. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 15 |
13368 | Equisetum hyemale L. 1422 | Klamath 115 | c97 66 | 88 | Fiber 4 | Scouring Material 124 | Used to smooth arrow shafts. | 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 88 |
13374 | Equisetum hyemale L. 1422 | Menominee 138 | s23 51 | 75 | Fiber 4 | Scouring Material 124 | Used as a scouring rush for pots and pans. | Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 75 |
13376 | Equisetum hyemale L. 1422 | Meskwaki 139 | smith28 21 | 268 | Fiber 4 | Scouring Material 124 | Used to scour pots and pans. | Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 268 |
13379 | Equisetum hyemale L. 1422 | Montana Indian 151 | h92 30 | 58 | Fiber 4 | Scouring Material 124 | Abrasive stems used to polish pipes, bows and arrows and formerly used to scrub tins and floors. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 58 |
13381 | Equisetum hyemale L. 1422 | Ojibwa 173 | smith32 20 | 418 | Fiber 4 | Scouring Material 124 | Handful of stems used to scour the kettles and pans. | Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 418 |
13392 | Equisetum hyemale L. 1422 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 17 | Fiber 4 | Scouring Material 124 | Stems used as sandpaper to polish bone tools and soapstone pipes. | 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 17 |
13393 | Equisetum hyemale L. 1422 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 17 | Fiber 4 | Scouring Material 124 | Used to polish fingernails. | 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 17 |
13403 | Equisetum hyemale L. 1422 | Quinault 210 | g73 25 | 15 | Fiber 4 | Scouring Material 124 | Used to polish arrow shafts. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 15 |
13412 | Equisetum hyemale L. 1422 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 86 | Fiber 4 | Scouring Material 124 | Rough, silicon impregnated stems used to smooth and polish implements of wood, bone and steatite. The stems were used to do the final polishing of wooden spoons and to polish the soft rock used for pipe bowls. | 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 86 |
13421 | Equisetum hyemale var. affine (Engelm.) A.A. Eat. 1423 | Karok 105 | sg52 71 | 378 | Fiber 4 | Scouring Material 124 | Dried stalks used to sharpen mussel shell scrapers and for polishing arrows. | Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 378 |
13434 | Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun 1424 | Karok 105 | b81 70 | 29 | Fiber 4 | Scouring Material 124 | Stems used to sandpaper madrone spoons. | Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 29 |
13448 | Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun 1424 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 17 | Fiber 4 | Scouring Material 124 | Stems used as sandpaper to polish bone tools and soapstone pipes. | 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 17 |
13449 | Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun 1424 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 17 | Fiber 4 | Scouring Material 124 | Used to polish fingernails. | 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 17 |
13454 | Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun 1424 | Okanagon 176 | p52 55 | 39 | Fiber 4 | Scouring Material 124 | Used for sharpening and polishing bone tools. | Perry, F., 1952, Ethno-Botany of the Indians in the Interior of British Columbia, Museum and Art Notes 2(2):36-43., page 39 |
13466 | Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun 1424 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 86 | Fiber 4 | Scouring Material 124 | Rough, silicon impregnated stems used to smooth and polish implements of wood, bone and steatite. The stems were used to do the final polishing of wooden spoons and to polish the soft rock used for pipe bowls. | 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 86 |
13467 | Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun 1424 | Thompson 259 | p52 55 | 39 | Fiber 4 | Scouring Material 124 | Used for sharpening and polishing bone tools. | Perry, F., 1952, Ethno-Botany of the Indians in the Interior of British Columbia, Museum and Art Notes 2(2):36-43., page 39 |
13476 | Equisetum sp. 1428 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 70 | Fiber 4 | Scouring Material 124 | Used for a cleaning pad as a cleansing agent. | 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 70 |
13485 | Equisetum sp. 1428 | Modesse 145 | m66 109 | 224 | Fiber 4 | Scouring Material 124 | Used to polish arrows. | Merriam, C. Hart, 1966, Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes, University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley, page 224 |
13486 | Equisetum sp. 1428 | Omaha 177 | g19 17 | 63 | Fiber 4 | Scouring Material 124 | Plant used like sandpaper for polishing. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 63 |
13488 | Equisetum sp. 1428 | Pawnee 190 | g19 17 | 63 | Fiber 4 | Scouring Material 124 | Plant used like sandpaper for polishing. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 63 |
13489 | Equisetum sp. 1428 | Ponca 205 | g19 17 | 63 | Fiber 4 | Scouring Material 124 | Plant used like sandpaper for polishing. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 63 |
13496 | Equisetum sp. 1428 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 86 | Fiber 4 | Scouring Material 124 | Rough, silicon impregnated stems used to smooth and polish implements of wood, bone and steatite. The stems were used to do the final polishing of wooden spoons and to polish the soft rock used for pipe bowls. | 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 86 |
13497 | Equisetum sp. 1428 | Thompson 259 | steed28 33 | 497 | Fiber 4 | Scouring Material 124 | Used to smooth and finish soapstone pipes. | Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 497 |
13512 | Equisetum telmateia Ehrh. 1430 | Kwakiutl, Southern 122 | tb73 63 | 264 | Fiber 4 | Scouring Material 124 | Rough leaves and stems used for polishing canoes and other wooden articles. | Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Southern Kwakiutl Indians of British Columbia, Economic Botany 27:257-310, page 264 |
13525 | Equisetum telmateia Ehrh. 1430 | Skokomish 243 | g73 25 | 15 | Fiber 4 | Scouring Material 124 | Used with dogfish as sandpaper. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 15 |
13527 | Equisetum telmateia Ehrh. 1430 | Swinomish 253 | g73 25 | 15 | Fiber 4 | Scouring Material 124 | Used to polish arrow shafts. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 15 |
13531 | Equisetum telmateia Ehrh. 1430 | Yuki 287 | c57ii 69 | 92 | Fiber 4 | Scouring Material 124 | Stalks used to smooth Indian hemp stems and to polish arrows. | Curtin, L. S. M., 1957, Some Plants Used by the Yuki Indians ... II. Food Plants, The Masterkey 31:85-94, page 92 |
13542 | Equisetum variegatum Schleich. ex F. Weber & D.M.H. Mohr 1432 | Mendocino Indian 137 | c02 89 | 304 | Fiber 4 | Scouring Material 124 | Silicious stems used as a substitute for sandpaper in finishing off arrows and other woodwork. | Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 304 |
14752 | Festuca idahoensis Elmer 1613 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 16 | Fiber 4 | Scouring Material 124 | Bunch about a foot long, tied with string or yucca fiber, used as a brush for cleaning metates. | 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 16 |
19310 | Koeleria macrantha (Ledeb.) J.A. Schultes 2077 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 16 | Fiber 4 | Scouring Material 124 | Bunch about a foot long, tied with string or yucca fiber, used as a brush for cleaning metates. | 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 16 |
27513 | Pinus contorta var. murrayana (Grev. & Balf.) Engelm. 2956 | Thompson 259 | steed28 33 | 496 | Fiber 4 | Scouring Material 124 | Pitch mixed with grease and used for smoothing and polishing steatite pipes. | Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 496 |
29347 | Populus balsamifera ssp. trichocarpa (Torr. & Gray ex Hook.) Brayshaw 3097 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 276 | Fiber 4 | Scouring Material 124 | Inner bark used as a scouring pad. | 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 276 |
38789 | Sporobolus cryptandrus (Torr.) Gray 3806 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 17 | Fiber 4 | Scouring Material 124 | Bunch about a foot long, tied with string or yucca fiber, used as a brush for cleaning metates. | 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 17 |
39941 | Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don 3951 | Bella Coola 21 | t73 53 | 197 | Fiber 4 | Scouring Material 124 | Inner bark used for sponges. | Turner, Nancy J., 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Bella Coola Indians of British Columbia, Syesis 6:193-220, page 197 |
40016 | Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don 3951 | Hesquiat 92 | te82 41 | 35 | Fiber 4 | Scouring Material 124 | Finely beaten bark used as a sponge. Young boys, when they were starting to walk, were rubbed with this bark dipped in cold octopus broth to make them tough. Girls were told to rub the same liquid on their hands to make them strong. | Turner, Nancy J. and Barbara S. Efrat, 1982, Ethnobotany of the Hesquiat Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 35 |
40269 | Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don 3951 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 94 | Fiber 4 | Scouring Material 124 | Inner bark, maple or cottonwood inner bark used to make scouring pads. | 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 94 |
269 | Abies lasiocarpa (Hook.) Nutt. 6 | Hanaksiala 88 | c93 14 | 174 | Fiber 4 | Furniture 109 | Wood used to make chairs and insect proof storage boxes for dancing regalia. | 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 174 |
389 | Acacia greggii Gray 15 | Pima 193 | c49 11 | 90 | Fiber 4 | Furniture 109 | Branches used to make cradle frames. | Curtin, L. S. M., 1949, By the Prophet of the Earth, Sante Fe. San Vicente Foundation, page 90 |
401 | Acacia sp. 17 | Hualapai 97 | w82 127 | 14 | Fiber 4 | Furniture 109 | Limbs used for cradleboard spudi. | Watahomigie, Lucille J., 1982, Hualapai Ethnobotany, Peach Springs, AZ. Hualapai Bilingual Program, Peach Springs School District #8, page 14 |
402 | Acacia sp. 17 | Hualapai 97 | w82 127 | 14 | Fiber 4 | Furniture 109 | Roots used to make the cradleboard frame. | Watahomigie, Lucille J., 1982, Hualapai Ethnobotany, Peach Springs, AZ. Hualapai Bilingual Program, Peach Springs School District #8, page 14 |
403 | Acacia sp. 17 | Walapai 274 | bc41 58 | 49 | Fiber 4 | Furniture 109 | Used for cradle frames. | 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 49 |
428 | Acer circinatum Pursh 22 | Skagit 241 | g73 25 | 40 | Fiber 4 | Furniture 109 | Saplings used as swings for baby cradles. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 40 |
432 | Acer circinatum Pursh 22 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 145 | Fiber 4 | Furniture 109 | Wood used in making baby basket frames. | 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 145 |
459 | Acer glabrum Torr. 23 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 146 | Fiber 4 | Furniture 109 | Wood used for cradle frames. | 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 146 |
499 | Acer macrophyllum Pursh 26 | Lummi 129 | g73 25 | 39 | Fiber 4 | Furniture 109 | Wood used to make cradle boards. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 39 |
521 | Acer macrophyllum Pursh 26 | Swinomish 253 | g73 25 | 39 | Fiber 4 | Furniture 109 | Wood used to make cradle boards. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 39 |
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 |
1627 | Aesculus flava Ait. 74 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 27 | Fiber 4 | Furniture 109 | Wood used to make baby cradles. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 27 |
2536 | Alnus rubra Bong. 172 | Makah 133 | g73 25 | 27 | Fiber 4 | Furniture 109 | Wood used to make baby cradles. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 27 |
2960 | Amelanchier alnifolia (Nutt.) Nutt. ex M. Roemer 204 | Gosiute 79 | c11 38 | 361 | Fiber 4 | Furniture 109 | Used for cradle frameworks. | Chamberlin, Ralph V., 1911, The Ethno-Botany of the Gosiute Indians of Utah, Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association 2(5):331-405., page 361 |
3156 | Amelanchier utahensis Koehne 216 | Havasupai 89 | ws85 2 | 222 | Fiber 4 | Furniture 109 | Wood used to make cradle boards. | Weber, Steven A. and P. David Seaman, 1985, Havasupai Habitat: A. F. Whiting's Ethnography of a Traditional Indian Culture, Tucson. The University of Arizona Press, page 222 |
7138 | Betula occidentalis Hook. 579 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 89 | Fiber 4 | Furniture 109 | Bark used to make cradles. | 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 89 |
7264 | Betula papyrifera Marsh. 580 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 89 | Fiber 4 | Furniture 109 | Bark used to make cradles. | 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 89 |
7280 | Betula papyrifera Marsh. 580 | Tanana, Upper 255 | k85 36 | 5 | Fiber 4 | Furniture 109 | Bark used to make baby cradles. | Kari, Priscilla Russe, 1985, Upper Tanana Ethnobotany, Anchorage. Alaska Historical Commission, page 5 |
7307 | Betula papyrifera Marsh. 580 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 189 | Fiber 4 | Furniture 109 | Tough, waterproof bark used as material for cradles. | 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 189 |
8273 | Carya alba (L.) Nutt. ex Ell. 762 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 38 | Fiber 4 | Furniture 109 | Inner bark used to make chair bottoms. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 38 |
8285 | Carya cordiformis (Wangenh.) K. Koch 763 | Iroquois 100 | r45ii 59 | 39 | Fiber 4 | Furniture 109 | Bark used to make chairs. | Rousseau, Jacques, 1945, Le Folklore Botanique De Caughnawaga, Contributions de l'Institut botanique l'Universite de Montreal 55:7-72, page 39 |
8319 | Carya laciniosa (Michx. f.) G. Don 766 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 38 | Fiber 4 | Furniture 109 | Inner bark used to make chair bottoms. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 38 |
8388 | Carya pallida (Ashe) Engl. & Graebn. 768 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 38 | Fiber 4 | Furniture 109 | Inner bark used to make chair bottoms. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 38 |
9070 | Chamaecyparis lawsoniana (A. Murr.) Parl. 859 | Karok 105 | sg52 71 | 379 | Fiber 4 | Furniture 109 | Wood used to make circular stools and headrests for the sweathouse. | Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 379 |
9115 | Chamaecyparis nootkatensis (D. Don) Spach 860 | Kwakiutl, Southern 122 | tb73 63 | 266 | Fiber 4 | Furniture 109 | Wood used to make chests. | Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Southern Kwakiutl Indians of British Columbia, Economic Botany 27:257-310, page 266 |
9576 | Chilopsis linearis (Cav.) Sweet 912 | Hualapai 97 | w82 127 | 8 | Fiber 4 | Furniture 109 | Used to make the bed of the cradleboards. | Watahomigie, Lucille J., 1982, Hualapai Ethnobotany, Peach Springs, AZ. Hualapai Bilingual Program, Peach Springs School District #8, page 8 |
10912 | Cornus nuttallii Audubon ex Torr. & Gray 1096 | Pomo, Kashaya 202 | gl80 40 | 42 | Fiber 4 | Furniture 109 | Long, slender branches used in making baby baskets. | Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 42 |
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