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id ▼ | species | tribe | source | pageno | use_category | use_subcategory | notes | rawsource |
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2737 | Amaranthus cruentus L. 188 | Hopi 95 | vest40 126 | 162 | Dye 5 | Red 136 | Flowers used to color bread red for certain dances. | Vestal, Paul A, 1940, Notes on a Collection of Plants from the Hopi Indian Region of Arizona Made by J. G. Owens in 1891, Botanical Museum Leaflets (Harvard University) 8(8):153-168, page 162 |
2738 | Amaranthus cruentus L. 188 | Hopi 95 | vest40 126 | 162 | Dye 5 | Red 136 | Flowers used to color bread red for certain dances. | Vestal, Paul A, 1940, Notes on a Collection of Plants from the Hopi Indian Region of Arizona Made by J. G. Owens in 1891, Botanical Museum Leaflets (Harvard University) 8(8):153-168, page 162 |
2739 | Amaranthus cruentus L. 188 | Hopi 95 | c74 82 | 283 | Dye 5 | Flowers used to color piki. | Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 283 | |
3316 | Andropogon virginicus L. 243 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 27 | Dye 5 | Yellow 72 | Stems, alone or with onion peels, used to make a yellow dye. | 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 |
4580 | Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (L.) Spreng. 347 | Great Basin Indian 80 | n66 139 | 49 | Dye 5 | Brown 150 | Berries used to make a gray-brown dye. | Nickerson, Gifford S., 1966, Some Data on Plains and Great Basin Indian Uses of Certain Native Plants, Tebiwa 9(1):45-51, page 49 |
4743 | Argemone polyanthemos (Fedde) G.B. Ownbey 361 | Kiowa 111 | vs39 140 | 29 | Dye 5 | Leaf ash used under the skin for tattooing. | Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 29 | |
4744 | Argemone polyanthemos (Fedde) G.B. Ownbey 361 | Lakota 125 | r80 108 | 53 | Dye 5 | Yellow 72 | Used as a yellow dye for arrows. | Rogers, Dilwyn J, 1980, Lakota Names and Traditional Uses of Native Plants by Sicangu (Brule) People in the Rosebud Area, South Dakota, St. Francis, SD. Rosebud Educational Scoiety, page 53 |
5267 | Artemisia frigida Willd. 397 | Great Basin Indian 80 | n66 139 | 50 | Dye 5 | Green 121 | Leaves used to make a green dye. | Nickerson, Gifford S., 1966, Some Data on Plains and Great Basin Indian Uses of Certain Native Plants, Tebiwa 9(1):45-51, page 50 |
5543 | Artemisia sp. 404 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 81 | Dye 5 | Yellow 72 | Leaves used to make a soft yellow dye. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 81 |
5903 | Aruncus dioicus var. vulgaris (Maxim.) Hara 416 | Makah 133 | g83 3 | 261 | Dye 5 | Roots used to make dye. | Gill, Steven J., 1983, Ethnobotany of the Makah and Ozette People, Olympic Peninsula, Washington (USA), Washington State University, Ph.D. Thesis, page 261 | |
5946 | Arundo donax L. 420 | Papago 188 | cu35 27 | 51 | Dye 5 | Yellow 72 | Pollen used as a yellow dye. | Castetter, Edward F. and Ruth M. Underhill, 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest II. The Ethnobiology of the Papago Indians, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(3):1-84, page 51 |
6401 | Asplenium horridum Kaulfuss 452 | Hawaiian 90 | a22 68 | 14 | Dye 5 | Red 136 | Juice used as a red dye. | Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 14 |
6432 | Aster sp. 459 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 109 | Dye 5 | Flowers rubbed by children on bouncing arrows for color. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 109 | |
6616 | Atriplex canescens (Pursh) Nutt. 503 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 73 | Dye 5 | Blue 55 | Ashes used to maintain the blue coloring in blue corn meal. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 73 |
6617 | Atriplex canescens (Pursh) Nutt. 503 | Hopi 95 | c74 82 | 292 | Dye 5 | Mordant 105 | Ashes used as alkali to maintain blue coloring of piki. | Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 292 |
6627 | Atriplex canescens (Pursh) Nutt. 503 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 43 | Dye 5 | Yellow 72 | Leaves and twigs used in coloring wool yellow. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 43 |
6643 | Atriplex canescens (Pursh) Nutt. 503 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 24 | Dye 5 | Red 136 | Leaf and twig ash used to intensify red color of buckskin dye. | 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 24 |
6644 | Atriplex canescens (Pursh) Nutt. 503 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 24 | Dye 5 | Yellow 72 | Young leaves and twigs used to dye wool yellow. | 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 24 |
6648 | Atriplex canescens (Pursh) Nutt. 503 | Tewa 257 | c74 82 | 292 | Dye 5 | Mordant 105 | Ashes used as alkali to maintain blue coloring of piki. | Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 292 |
6675 | Atriplex garrettii Rydb. 507 | Great Basin Indian 80 | n66 139 | 47 | Dye 5 | Yellow 72 | Whole plant used to make a yellow dye and set with bitter alum. | Nickerson, Gifford S., 1966, Some Data on Plains and Great Basin Indian Uses of Certain Native Plants, Tebiwa 9(1):45-51, page 47 |
6715 | Atriplex rosea L. 513 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 24 | Dye 5 | Black 108 | Used as a black dye. | 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 24 |
6978 | Baptisia australis (L.) R. Br. ex Ait. f. 553 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 40 | Dye 5 | Blue 55 | Used to make a blue dye. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 40 |
6991 | Baptisia tinctoria (L.) R. Br. ex Ait. f. 556 | Cherokee 32 | w47 105 | 74 | Dye 5 | Blue 55 | Used as a blue dye. | Witthoft, John, 1947, An Early Cherokee Ethnobotanical Note, Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 37(3):73-75, page 74 |
6992 | Baptisia tinctoria (L.) R. Br. ex Ait. f. 556 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 40 | Dye 5 | Blue 55 | Used to make a blue dye. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 40 |
7008 | Baptisia tinctoria (L.) R. Br. ex Ait. f. 556 | Ojibwa 173 | r28 8 | 235 | Dye 5 | Plant used in the native coloring. | Reagan, Albert B., 1928, Plants Used by the Bois Fort Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indians of Minnesota, Wisconsin Archeologist 7(4):230-248, page 235 | |
7028 | Bazzania trilobata (L.) S. F. Gray. 562 | Montana Indian 151 | b05 73 | 8 | Dye 5 | Yellow 72 | Used as a yellow dye. | Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, page 8 |
7133 | Betula occidentalis Hook. 579 | Jemez 102 | c30 28 | 21 | Dye 5 | Red 136 | Bark, mountain mahogany bark and alder bark boiled together and used as red dye to paint moccasins. | Cook, Sarah Louise, 1930, The Ethnobotany of Jemez Indians., University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 21 |
7135 | Betula occidentalis Hook. 579 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 89 | Dye 5 | Brown 150 | Inner bark used to make a brown dye. | 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 |
7162 | Betula papyrifera Marsh. 580 | Chippewa 38 | d28 4 | 370 | Dye 5 | Red 136 | Inner bark boiled, cedar ashes added and used to make a red dye. | Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 370 |
7231 | Betula papyrifera Marsh. 580 | Ojibwa 173 | smith32 20 | 425 | Dye 5 | Red 136 | Innermost bark boiled to extract a reddish dye. | Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 425 |
7261 | Betula papyrifera Marsh. 580 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 89 | Dye 5 | Brown 150 | Inner bark used to make a brown dye. | 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 |
8067 | Carex exsiccata Bailey 741 | Shoshoni 232 | m90 111 | 8 | Dye 5 | Black 108 | Roots used as black dye in basketry. | Murphey, Edith Van Allen, 1990, Indian Uses of Native Plants, Glenwood, Ill. Meyerbooks. Originally published in 1959, page 8 |
8250 | Carthamus tinctorius L. 760 | Hopi 95 | vest40 126 | 167 | Dye 5 | Yellow 72 | Flowers used to color bread yellow for certain dances. | Vestal, Paul A, 1940, Notes on a Collection of Plants from the Hopi Indian Region of Arizona Made by J. G. Owens in 1891, Botanical Museum Leaflets (Harvard University) 8(8):153-168, page 167 |
8415 | Castanea dentata (Marsh.) Borkh. 774 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 29 | Dye 5 | Brown 150 | Bark used to make a brown dye. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 29 |
8467 | Castilleja integra Gray 787 | Apache, White Mountain 15 | r29 45 | 156 | Dye 5 | Root bark used with other substances to color various kinds of skins, especially deer skin. | Reagan, Albert B., 1929, Plants Used by the White Mountain Apache Indians of Arizona, Wisconsin Archeologist 8:143-61., page 156 | |
8475 | Castilleja integra Gray 787 | Zuni 291 | s15 6 | 80 | Dye 5 | Black 108 | Root bark used with minerals to color deerskin black. | Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 80 |
8500 | Castilleja miniata Dougl. ex Hook. 790 | Apache, White Mountain 15 | r29 45 | 156 | Dye 5 | Root bark used with other substances to color various kinds of skins, especially deer skin. | Reagan, Albert B., 1929, Plants Used by the White Mountain Apache Indians of Arizona, Wisconsin Archeologist 8:143-61., page 156 | |
8520 | Castilleja minor (Gray) Gray 792 | Apache, White Mountain 15 | r29 45 | 156 | Dye 5 | Root bark used with other substances to color various kinds of skins, especially deer skin. | Reagan, Albert B., 1929, Plants Used by the White Mountain Apache Indians of Arizona, Wisconsin Archeologist 8:143-61., page 156 | |
8522 | Castilleja parviflora Bong. 794 | Apache, White Mountain 15 | r29 45 | 156 | Dye 5 | Root bark used with other substances to color various kinds of skins, especially deer skin. | Reagan, Albert B., 1929, Plants Used by the White Mountain Apache Indians of Arizona, Wisconsin Archeologist 8:143-61., page 156 | |
8532 | Castilleja sp. 797 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 111 | Dye 5 | Flowers rubbed by children on bouncing arrows for color and shine. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 111 | |
8533 | Castilleja sp. 797 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 111 | Dye 5 | Yellow 72 | Flowers used as a yellow dye for arrow feathers. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 111 |
8535 | Castilleja sp. 797 | Great Basin Indian 80 | n66 139 | 50 | Dye 5 | Red-Brown 127 | Blossoms used to make a red-tan dye. | Nickerson, Gifford S., 1966, Some Data on Plains and Great Basin Indian Uses of Certain Native Plants, Tebiwa 9(1):45-51, page 50 |
8785 | Celtis laevigata var. reticulata (Torr.) L. Benson 822 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 41 | Dye 5 | Red-Brown 127 | Leaves and branches boiled into a dark brown or red dye for wool. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 41 |
8857 | Cerasus crenulata Greene. 836 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 52 | Dye 5 | Purple 161 | Roots used to color wool purple. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 52 |
8897 | Cercocarpus ledifolius Nutt. 841 | Havasupai 89 | ws85 2 | 222 | Dye 5 | Red 136 | Inner bark used as a red dye for buckskin. | 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 |
8940 | Cercocarpus montanus Raf. 842 | Isleta 101 | j31 76 | 25 | Dye 5 | Red 136 | Root bark, alder root bark and wild plum root bark used to make a red dye for buckskin. | Jones, Volney H., 1931, The Ethnobotany of the Isleta Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 25 |
8941 | Cercocarpus montanus Raf. 842 | Jemez 102 | c30 28 | 20 | Dye 5 | Red 136 | Bark, alder bark and birch bark boiled together and used as red dye to paint moccasins. | Cook, Sarah Louise, 1930, The Ethnobotany of Jemez Indians., University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 20 |
8943 | Cercocarpus montanus Raf. 842 | Keres, Western 107 | swank32 79 | 35 | Dye 5 | Red 136 | Roots used as a red dye for buckskin. | Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 35 |
8960 | Cercocarpus montanus Raf. 842 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 30 | Dye 5 | Brown 150 | Decoction of root bark used as a brown dye for buckskin and wool. | 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 30 |
8961 | Cercocarpus montanus Raf. 842 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 30 | Dye 5 | Red 136 | Used as a red dye for 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 30 |
8986 | Cercocarpus sp. 844 | Keresan 108 | w45 90 | 562 | Dye 5 | Red 136 | Used to make a red dye for staining moccasins. | White, Leslie A, 1945, Notes on the Ethnobotany of the Keres, Papers of the Michigan Academy of Arts, Sciences and Letters 30:557-568, page 562 |
9483 | Chenopodium capitatum (L.) Ambrosi 898 | Potawatomi 206 | smith33 43 | 117 | Dye 5 | Red 136 | Fruit heads used as rouge to paint on clan marks or to heighten the color of cheeks and lips. | Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 117 |
9485 | Chenopodium capitatum (L.) Ambrosi 898 | Thompson 259 | steed28 33 | 502 | Dye 5 | Red 136 | Calyx crushed and red stain used on the face, body, clothes, wood and skins. | Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 502 |
9797 | Chrysothamnus sp. 934 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 83 | Dye 5 | Yellow 72 | Used as a yellow dye. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 83 |
9800 | Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus (Hook.) Nutt. 935 | Hopi 95 | c74 82 | 302 | Dye 5 | Yellow 72 | Blossoms used as a yellow dye for wools and cotton yarn. | Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 302 |
9805 | Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus (Hook.) Nutt. 935 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 84 | Dye 5 | Orange 193 | Flowers boiled with roasted alum and used as a light-orange dye for leather, wool and basketry. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 84 |
9806 | Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus (Hook.) Nutt. 935 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 84 | Dye 5 | Yellow 72 | Flowers boiled with roasted alum and used as a yellow dye for leather, wool and basketry. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 84 |
10301 | Cleome serrulata Pursh 1026 | Isleta 101 | j31 76 | 26 | Dye 5 | Roots formerly used to make a dye. | Jones, Volney H., 1931, The Ethnobotany of the Isleta Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 26 | |
10419 | Clintonia uniflora (Menzies ex J.A. & J.H. Schultes) Kunth 1033 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 121 | Dye 5 | Mashed, blue, berry like fruits used as a dye or stain. Large quantities of the fruits had to be used in order for the dye or stain to be effective. | 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 121 | |
10487 | Comandra umbellata ssp. pallida (A. DC.) Piehl 1051 | Arapaho 17 | n66 139 | 50 | Dye 5 | Blue 55 | Area next to the root bark used as a blue dye. | Nickerson, Gifford S., 1966, Some Data on Plains and Great Basin Indian Uses of Certain Native Plants, Tebiwa 9(1):45-51, page 50 |
10579 | Conocarpus erectus L. 1063 | Seminole 228 | s54 88 | 468 | Dye 5 | Plant used as a buckskin dye. | Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 468 | |
10641 | Coptis trifolia (L.) Salisb. 1072 | Chippewa 38 | d28 4 | 374 | Dye 5 | Yellow 72 | Long, slender roots used to make a bright yellow dye. | Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 374 |
10642 | Coptis trifolia (L.) Salisb. 1072 | Chippewa 38 | gil33 15 | 130 | Dye 5 | Yellow 72 | Roots used to make a yellow dye. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1933, Some Chippewa Uses of Plants, Ann Arbor. University of Michigan Press, page 130 |
10675 | Coptis trifolia (L.) Salisb. 1072 | Ojibwa 173 | smith32 20 | 426 | Dye 5 | Yellow 72 | Golden-colored roots added to other plant dyes to emphasize the yellow color. | Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 426 |
10676 | Coptis trifolia (L.) Salisb. 1072 | Ojibwa 173 | j35 170 | 114 | Dye 5 | Yellow 72 | Roots boiled to obtain a yellow dye. | Jenness, Diamond, 1935, The Ojibwa Indians of Parry Island, Their Social and Religious Life, National Museums of Canada Bulletin #78, Anthropological Series #17, page 114 |
10681 | Coptis trifolia (L.) Salisb. 1072 | Potawatomi 206 | smith33 43 | 122 | Dye 5 | Yellow 72 | Roots cooked with the cloth to dye an indelible yellow. | Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 122 |
10723 | Coreopsis sp. 1081 | Cherokee 32 | w47 105 | 74 | Dye 5 | Red 136 | Whole plant used to give a red coloring. | Witthoft, John, 1947, An Early Cherokee Ethnobotanical Note, Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 37(3):73-75, page 74 |
10725 | Coreopsis tinctoria Nutt. 1082 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 59 | Dye 5 | Red 136 | Used to make a red dye. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 59 |
10727 | Coreopsis tinctoria var. tinctoria 1083 | Apache, White Mountain 15 | r29 45 | 156 | Dye 5 | Red 136 | Used as a dark, rich red dye. | Reagan, Albert B., 1929, Plants Used by the White Mountain Apache Indians of Arizona, Wisconsin Archeologist 8:143-61., page 156 |
10733 | Coreopsis tinctoria var. tinctoria 1083 | Zuni 291 | s15 6 | 80 | Dye 5 | Red 136 | Blossoms used with other flowers as a mahogany red dye for yarn. | Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 80 |
10928 | Cornus nuttallii Audubon ex Torr. & Gray 1096 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 204 | Dye 5 | Black 108 | Bark & fir bark boiled into a black dye & used to dye bitter cherry bark for imbricating 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 204 |
10929 | Cornus nuttallii Audubon ex Torr. & Gray 1096 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 204 | Dye 5 | Brown 150 | Bark boiled to make an intense brown dye & used to color bitter cherry bark for imbricating 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 204 |
11023 | Cornus sericea ssp. sericea 1102 | Chippewa 38 | d28 4 | 372 | Dye 5 | Black 108 | Used with grindstone dust or black earth to make a black dye. | Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 372 |
11024 | Cornus sericea ssp. sericea 1102 | Chippewa 38 | d28 4 | 370 | Dye 5 | Red 136 | Inner bark boiled, cedar ashes added and used to make a red dye. | Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 370 |
11025 | Cornus sericea ssp. sericea 1102 | Chippewa 38 | d28 4 | 370 | Dye 5 | Red 136 | Outer bark boiled, cedar ashes added and used to make a red dye. | Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 370 |
11026 | Cornus sericea ssp. sericea 1102 | Chippewa 38 | d28 4 | 374 | Dye 5 | Yellow 72 | Used with bloodroot and wild plum to make a yellow dye. | Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 374 |
11027 | Cornus sericea ssp. sericea 1102 | Costanoan 50 | b84 16 | 252 | Dye 5 | Decoction of inner bark used as a dye. | Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 252 | |
11032 | Cornus sericea ssp. sericea 1102 | Cree, Woodlands 58 | l85 47 | 36 | Dye 5 | Brown 150 | Infusion of outer bark used to color leather from tan to brown. | Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 36 |
11185 | Corylus americana Walt. 1110 | Chippewa 38 | d28 4 | 372 | Dye 5 | Black 108 | Boiled with butternut to make a black dye. | Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 372 |
11186 | Corylus americana Walt. 1110 | Chippewa 38 | d28 4 | 372 | Dye 5 | Black 108 | Burs boiled with inner bark of bur oak, added to black earth and butternut and used as a black dye. | Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 372 |
11222 | Corylus americana Walt. 1110 | Ojibwa 173 | smith32 20 | 425 | Dye 5 | Mordant 105 | Seed hulls and butternut boiled together and the hull tannic acid sat the black butternut color. | Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 425 |
11293 | Corylus cornuta var. californica (A. DC.) Sharp 1112 | Thompson 259 | steed28 33 | 501 | Dye 5 | Blue 55 | Roots used to make a bluish dye. | Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 501 |
11594 | Cucurbita foetidissima Kunth 1161 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 57 | Dye 5 | Yellow blossoms used as a dye. | 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 57 | |
11791 | Cuscuta compacta Juss. ex Choisy 1174 | Pawnee 190 | g19 17 | 110 | Dye 5 | Orange 193 | Boiled vines used as an orange dye. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 110 |
11802 | Cycloloma atriplicifolium (Spreng.) Coult. 1178 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 74 | Dye 5 | Red 136 | Seeds used to produce a pink dye. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 74 |
11963 | Dahlia pinnata Cav. 1214 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 85 | Dye 5 | Orange-Yellow 172 | Roots and flowers used as a yellow-orange dye. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 85 |
12084 | Datisca glomerata (K. Presl) Baill. 1239 | Costanoan 50 | b84 16 | 250 | Dye 5 | Red 136 | Roots used as a red dye. | Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 250 |
12085 | Datisca glomerata (K. Presl) Baill. 1239 | Costanoan 50 | b84 16 | 250 | Dye 5 | Yellow 72 | Roots used as a yellow dye. | Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 250 |
12086 | Datisca glomerata (K. Presl) Baill. 1239 | Karok 105 | sg52 71 | 386 | Dye 5 | Yellow 72 | Roots used as a yellow dye. | Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 386 |
12090 | Datisca glomerata (K. Presl) Baill. 1239 | Wintoon 281 | m66 109 | 264 | Dye 5 | Yellow 72 | Used as a yellow dye. | Merriam, C. Hart, 1966, Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes, University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley, page 264 |
12282 | Delphinium bicolor Nutt. 1247 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 112 | Dye 5 | Blue 55 | Flowers used as a light blue dye for quills. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 112 |
12296 | Delphinium menziesii DC. 1252 | Thompson 259 | steed28 33 | 502 | Dye 5 | Blue 55 | Flowers used as a blue dye for clothing. | Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 502 |
12299 | Delphinium nuttallianum Pritz ex Walp. 1254 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 119 | Dye 5 | Blue 55 | Flowers used to make a blue stain for coloring arrows and other items. | 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 119 |
12312 | Delphinium scaposum Greene 1257 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 47 | Dye 5 | Blue 55 | Petals used to make blue dye. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 47 |
12320 | Delphinium sp. 1259 | Great Basin Indian 80 | n66 139 | 47 | Dye 5 | Blue 55 | Flower blossoms used to make a blue dye. | Nickerson, Gifford S., 1966, Some Data on Plains and Great Basin Indian Uses of Certain Native Plants, Tebiwa 9(1):45-51, page 47 |
12648 | Dodecatheon pulchellum ssp. pulchellum 1323 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 117 | Dye 5 | Red 136 | Flowers mashed and smeared on arrows to color them pink. | 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 117 |
13194 | Ephedra viridis Coville 1407 | Navajo 157 | l86 121 | 19 | Dye 5 | Brown 150 | Twigs and leaves boiled with alum and used as a light tan dye. | Lynch, Regina H., 1986, Cookbook, Chinle, AZ. Navajo Curriculum Center, Rough Rock Demonstration School, page 19 |
13290 | Equisetum arvense L. 1421 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 112 | Dye 5 | Red 136 | Crushed stems used as a light pink dye for porcupine quills. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 112 |
13596 | Ericameria nauseosa ssp. consimilis var. oreophila (A. Nels.) Nesom & Baird 1449 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 95 | Dye 5 | Green 121 | Bark used to obtain a green dye. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 95 |
13597 | Ericameria nauseosa ssp. consimilis var. oreophila (A. Nels.) Nesom & Baird 1449 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 95 | Dye 5 | Yellow 72 | Yellow flowers used to make a yellow dye. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 95 |
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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) );