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id | species | tribe ▼ | source | pageno | use_category | use_subcategory | notes | rawsource |
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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 |
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 |
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 |
15241 | Fraxinus nigra Marsh. 1659 | Chippewa 38 | gil33 15 | 139 | Dye 5 | Blue 55 | Bark used to make a blue dye in a manner similar to that of blue ash. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1933, Some Chippewa Uses of Plants, Ann Arbor. University of Michigan Press, page 139 |
18181 | Juglans cinerea L. 2031 | Chippewa 38 | d28 4 | 372 | Dye 5 | Black 108 | Boiled with hazel to make a black dye. | Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 372 |
18182 | Juglans cinerea L. 2031 | Chippewa 38 | d28 4 | 372 | Dye 5 | Black 108 | Inner bark and a little of the root boiled with black earth and ochre to make a black dye. | Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 372 |
18183 | Juglans cinerea L. 2031 | Chippewa 38 | d28 4 | 372 | Dye 5 | Black 108 | Used with 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 |
18184 | Juglans cinerea L. 2031 | Chippewa 38 | gil33 15 | 127 | Dye 5 | Brown 150 | Root bark used to make a brown dye which did not need a mordant. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1933, Some Chippewa Uses of Plants, Ann Arbor. University of Michigan Press, page 127 |
18257 | Juglans nigra L. 2034 | Chippewa 38 | gil33 15 | 127 | Dye 5 | Black 108 | Bark used to make a black dye. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1933, Some Chippewa Uses of Plants, Ann Arbor. University of Michigan Press, page 127 |
18258 | Juglans nigra L. 2034 | Chippewa 38 | gil33 15 | 127 | Dye 5 | Brown 150 | Bark used to make a dark brown dye. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1933, Some Chippewa Uses of Plants, Ann Arbor. University of Michigan Press, page 127 |
19145 | Juniperus virginiana L. 2064 | Chippewa 38 | d28 4 | 371 | Dye 5 | Red-Brown 127 | Bark used to make a mahogany colored dye for coloring cedar strips in mats. | Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 371 |
20555 | Lithospermum caroliniense (Walt. ex J.F. Gmel.) MacM. 2215 | Chippewa 38 | d28 4 | 371 | Dye 5 | Red 136 | Dried or pulverized roots boiled 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 371 |
30238 | Prunus americana Marsh. 3160 | Chippewa 38 | d28 4 | 374 | Dye 5 | Mordant 105 | Inner bark scraped and used to set the color of a yellow dye. | Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 374 |
30239 | Prunus americana Marsh. 3160 | Chippewa 38 | d28 4 | 371 | Dye 5 | Red 136 | Inner bark boiled with other inter barks and bloodroot 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 371 |
30240 | Prunus americana Marsh. 3160 | Chippewa 38 | d28 4 | 374 | Dye 5 | Yellow 72 | Single handful of shredded roots boiled with bloodroot to make a dark yellow dye. | Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 374 |
32278 | Quercus macrocarpa Michx. 3273 | Chippewa 38 | d28 4 | 372 | Dye 5 | Black 108 | Boiled with black earth and ocher to make a black dye. | Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 372 |
32279 | Quercus macrocarpa Michx. 3273 | Chippewa 38 | d28 4 | 372 | Dye 5 | Black 108 | Inner bark boiled with green hazel burs, 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 |
32426 | Quercus sp. 3289 | 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 |
32427 | Quercus sp. 3289 | 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 |
32923 | Rhus glabra L. 3347 | Chippewa 38 | gil33 15 | 135 | Dye 5 | Red 136 | Fruit used to make a dull, red dye. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1933, Some Chippewa Uses of Plants, Ann Arbor. University of Michigan Press, page 135 |
32924 | Rhus glabra L. 3347 | Chippewa 38 | d28 4 | 374 | Dye 5 | Yellow 72 | Inner bark, bloodroot and wild plum inner bark used to make a yellow dye. | Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 374 |
32925 | Rhus glabra L. 3347 | Chippewa 38 | d28 4 | 373 | Dye 5 | Yellow 72 | Stalk pulp used to make a light yellow dye. | Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 373 |
36945 | Sanguinaria canadensis L. 3572 | Chippewa 38 | d28 4 | 371 | Dye 5 | Red 136 | Roots boiled with the inner barks of other trees 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 371 |
36946 | Sanguinaria canadensis L. 3572 | Chippewa 38 | gil33 15 | 131 | Dye 5 | Red 136 | Roots dug in the fall and used to make a red dye. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1933, Some Chippewa Uses of Plants, Ann Arbor. University of Michigan Press, page 131 |
36947 | Sanguinaria canadensis L. 3572 | Chippewa 38 | d28 4 | 374 | Dye 5 | Yellow 72 | Double handful of shredded roots boiled with wild plum roots to make a dark yellow dye. | Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 374 |
36948 | Sanguinaria canadensis L. 3572 | Chippewa 38 | d28 4 | 373 | Dye 5 | Yellow 72 | Green or dried roots pounded and steeped to make a dark yellow dye. | Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 373 |
40859 | Tsuga canadensis (L.) Carr. 4041 | Chippewa 38 | d28 4 | 371 | Dye 5 | Red-Brown 127 | Bark used to make a mahogany colored dye. | Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 371 |
24179 | Nyssa aquatica L. 2602 | Choctaw 39 | bd09 118 | 14 | Dye 5 | Red 136 | Burned bark and red oak ash added to water and used as a red dye. | Bushnell, Jr., David I., 1909, The Choctaw of Bayou Lacomb, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, SI-BAE Bulletin #48, page 14 |
32519 | Quercus texana Buckl. 3291 | Choctaw 39 | bd09 118 | 14 | Dye 5 | Red 136 | Burned bark and black gum ash added to water and used as a red dye. | Bushnell, Jr., David I., 1909, The Choctaw of Bayou Lacomb, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, SI-BAE Bulletin #48, page 14 |
35250 | Rumex crispus L. 3485 | Choctaw 39 | bd09 118 | 14 | Dye 5 | Yellow 72 | Pounded, dry roots boiled and used as a yellow dye. | Bushnell, Jr., David I., 1909, The Choctaw of Bayou Lacomb, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, SI-BAE Bulletin #48, page 14 |
40948 | Tsuga heterophylla (Raf.) Sarg. 4043 | Clallam 41 | f80 99 | 195 | Dye 5 | Red-Brown 127 | Bark boiled and used to make a reddish-brown dye. | Fleisher, Mark S., 1980, The Ethnobotany of the Clallam Indians of Western Washington, Northwest Anthropological Research Notes 14(2):192-210, page 195 |
32243 | Quercus lobata N‚e 3272 | Concow 49 | c02 89 | 343 | Dye 5 | Black 108 | Bark used to blacken strands of red buds for basket making. | Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 343 |
2457 | Alnus rhombifolia Nutt. 171 | Costanoan 50 | b84 16 | 248 | Dye 5 | Juice 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 248 | |
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 | |
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 |
20494 | Lithocarpus densiflorus (Hook. & Arn.) Rehd. 2212 | Costanoan 50 | b84 16 | 248 | Dye 5 | Bark used to prepare dye. | Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 248 | |
38332 | Solanum sp. 3727 | Costanoan 50 | b84 16 | 253 | Dye 5 | Blue 55 | Fruits used to prepare a permanent blue dye for tattooing. | Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 253 |
22022 | Mahonia sp. 2377 | Cowlitz 53 | g73 25 | 30 | Dye 5 | Roots used to make a dye. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 30 | |
15489 | Galium boreale L. 1684 | Cree 54 | j87 146 | 53 | Dye 5 | Red 136 | Decoction of roots used as a red dye for porcupine quills. | Johnston, Alex, 1987, Plants and the Blackfoot, Lethbridge, Alberta. Lethbridge Historical Society, page 53 |
2340 | Alnus incana (L.) Moench 168 | Cree, Woodlands 58 | l85 47 | 27 | Dye 5 | Brown 150 | Decoction or infusion of inner bark used to wash and restore the brown color of old moccasins. | Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 27 |
2341 | Alnus incana (L.) Moench 168 | Cree, Woodlands 58 | l85 47 | 27 | Dye 5 | Orange-Red 176 | Decoction of inner bark used as a reddish orange dye for quills. | Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 27 |
2342 | Alnus incana (L.) Moench 168 | Cree, Woodlands 58 | l85 47 | 27 | Dye 5 | Red-Brown 127 | Infusion of inner bark used as a reddish brown dye for hides. | Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 27 |
2343 | Alnus incana (L.) Moench 168 | Cree, Woodlands 58 | l85 47 | 27 | Dye 5 | Decoction of inner bark used to darken hides. | Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 27 | |
2344 | Alnus incana (L.) Moench 168 | Cree, Woodlands 58 | l85 47 | 27 | Dye 5 | Infusion of bark applied to darken birch bark used to make baskets. | Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 27 | |
2345 | Alnus incana (L.) Moench 168 | Cree, Woodlands 58 | l85 47 | 27 | Dye 5 | Yellow 72 | Decoction of catkins used as a yellow dye for quills. | Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 27 |
2397 | Alnus incana ssp. rugosa (Du Roi) Clausen 169 | Cree, Woodlands 58 | l85 47 | 27 | Dye 5 | Brown 150 | Decoction or infusion of inner bark used to wash and restore the brown color of old moccasins. | Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 27 |
2398 | Alnus incana ssp. rugosa (Du Roi) Clausen 169 | Cree, Woodlands 58 | l85 47 | 27 | Dye 5 | Orange-Red 176 | Decoction of inner bark used as a reddish orange dye for quills. | Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 27 |
2399 | Alnus incana ssp. rugosa (Du Roi) Clausen 169 | Cree, Woodlands 58 | l85 47 | 27 | Dye 5 | Red-Brown 127 | Infusion of inner bark used as a reddish brown dye for hides. | Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 27 |
2400 | Alnus incana ssp. rugosa (Du Roi) Clausen 169 | Cree, Woodlands 58 | l85 47 | 27 | Dye 5 | Decoction of inner bark used to darken hides. | Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 27 | |
2401 | Alnus incana ssp. rugosa (Du Roi) Clausen 169 | Cree, Woodlands 58 | l85 47 | 27 | Dye 5 | Infusion of bark applied to darken birch bark used to make baskets. | Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 27 | |
2402 | Alnus incana ssp. rugosa (Du Roi) Clausen 169 | Cree, Woodlands 58 | l85 47 | 27 | Dye 5 | Yellow 72 | Decoction of catkins used as a yellow dye for quills. | Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 27 |
2424 | Alnus incana ssp. tenuifolia (Nutt.) Breitung 170 | Cree, Woodlands 58 | l85 47 | 27 | Dye 5 | Brown 150 | Decoction or infusion of inner bark used to wash and restore the brown color of old moccasins. | Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 27 |
2425 | Alnus incana ssp. tenuifolia (Nutt.) Breitung 170 | Cree, Woodlands 58 | l85 47 | 27 | Dye 5 | Orange-Red 176 | Decoction of inner bark used as a reddish orange dye for quills. | Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 27 |
2426 | Alnus incana ssp. tenuifolia (Nutt.) Breitung 170 | Cree, Woodlands 58 | l85 47 | 27 | Dye 5 | Red-Brown 127 | Infusion of inner bark used as a reddish brown dye for hides. | Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 27 |
2427 | Alnus incana ssp. tenuifolia (Nutt.) Breitung 170 | Cree, Woodlands 58 | l85 47 | 27 | Dye 5 | Decoction of inner bark used to darken hides. | Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 27 | |
2428 | Alnus incana ssp. tenuifolia (Nutt.) Breitung 170 | Cree, Woodlands 58 | l85 47 | 27 | Dye 5 | Infusion of bark applied to darken birch bark used to make baskets. | Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 27 | |
2429 | Alnus incana ssp. tenuifolia (Nutt.) Breitung 170 | Cree, Woodlands 58 | l85 47 | 27 | Dye 5 | Yellow 72 | Decoction of catkins used as a yellow dye for quills. | Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 27 |
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 |
26901 | Picea glauca (Moench) Voss 2934 | Cree, Woodlands 58 | l85 47 | 48 | Dye 5 | Yellow-Brown 182 | Rotten wood used as a yellow brown dye for white goods. | 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 |
42115 | Vaccinium myrtilloides Michx. 4079 | Cree, Woodlands 58 | l85 47 | 63 | Dye 5 | Berries used to dye porcupine quills. | Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 63 | |
42465 | Vaccinium vitis-idaea ssp. minus (Lodd.) Hult‚n 4090 | Cree, Woodlands 58 | l85 47 | 64 | Dye 5 | Berries used to color porcupine quills. | Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 64 | |
24746 | Opuntia polyacantha Haw. 2667 | Crow 60 | h92 30 | 39 | Dye 5 | Mordant 105 | Stems peeled and used to fix color on hides. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 39 |
16369 | Gymnocladus dioicus (L.) K. Koch 1791 | Dakota 61 | g19 17 | 89 | Dye 5 | Black 108 | Root sometimes used with another component to make a black dye. The root was not very highly esteemed for making a dye and alone was considered useless, but was occasionally used with another component to make a black dye. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 89 |
18262 | Juglans nigra L. 2034 | Dakota 61 | g19 17 | 74 | Dye 5 | Black 108 | Nuts used to make a black dye. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 74 |
18263 | Juglans nigra L. 2034 | Dakota 61 | g13i 91 | 367 | Dye 5 | Black 108 | Roots used to make a black dye. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1913, Some Native Nebraska Plants With Their Uses by the Dakota, Collections of the Nebraska State Historical Society 17:358-70, page 367 |
24669 | Opuntia humifusa (Raf.) Raf. 2661 | Dakota 61 | g19 17 | 104 | Dye 5 | Mordant 105 | Mucilaginous stem juice used to fix the colors painted on hides or receptacles made from hides. Freshly peeled stems were rubbed over the painted object to fix the color. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 104 |
29399 | Populus deltoides ssp. monilifera (Ait.) Eckenwalder 3100 | Dakota 61 | g19 17 | 72 | Dye 5 | Yellow 72 | Seed vessels boiled to make a yellow dye for pluming arrow feathers. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 72 |
29400 | Populus deltoides ssp. monilifera (Ait.) Eckenwalder 3100 | Dakota 61 | g19 17 | 72 | Dye 5 | Yellow 72 | Waxy leaf buds boiled to make a yellow dye. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 72 |
33105 | Rhus trilobata Nutt. 3352 | Dakota 61 | g13i 91 | 367 | Dye 5 | Mordant 105 | Fruits used for the mordant effect. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1913, Some Native Nebraska Plants With Their Uses by the Dakota, Collections of the Nebraska State Historical Society 17:358-70, page 367 |
33106 | Rhus trilobata Nutt. 3352 | Dakota 61 | g13i 91 | 367 | Dye 5 | Red 136 | Ripe, red fruits boiled with another plant to make a red dye. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1913, Some Native Nebraska Plants With Their Uses by the Dakota, Collections of the Nebraska State Historical Society 17:358-70, page 367 |
28337 | Plagiobothrys arizonicus (Gray) Greene ex Gray 2990 | Diegueno 65 | hedges86 85 | 30 | Dye 5 | Red 136 | Red coating on outside leaves and lower stems used as a red pigment to paint the body and face. | Hedges, Ken, 1986, Santa Ysabel Ethnobotany, San Diego Museum of Man Ethnic Technology Notes, No. 20, page 30 |
31941 | Quercus chrysolepis Liebm. 3255 | Diegueno 65 | hedges86 85 | 33 | Dye 5 | Black 108 | Acorn cups soaked in water containing iron and used as a black dye to color basket materials. | Hedges, Ken, 1986, Santa Ysabel Ethnobotany, San Diego Museum of Man Ethnic Technology Notes, No. 20, page 33 |
2647 | Alnus viridis ssp. crispa (Ait.) Turrill 176 | Eskimo, Alaska 67 | aa80 152 | 35 | Dye 5 | Orange 193 | Bark soaked in water to make a rusty orange dye used to color tanned skins. | Ager, Thomas A. and Lynn Price Ager, 1980, Ethnobotany of The Eskimos of Nelson Island, Alaska, Arctic Anthropology 27:26-48, page 35 |
2673 | Alnus viridis ssp. sinuata (Regel) A.& D. L”ve 177 | Eskimo, Alaska 67 | a39 167 | 715 | Dye 5 | Bark used for dying reindeer skins. | Anderson, J. P., 1939, Plants Used by the Eskimo of the Northern Bering Sea and Arctic Regions of Alaska, American Journal of Botany 26:714-16, page 715 | |
18053 | Iris setosa Pallas ex Link 2012 | Eskimo, Alaska 67 | aa80 152 | 34 | Dye 5 | Petals made into a dye & used for staining strands of grass for weaving colored patterns on baskets. | Ager, Thomas A. and Lynn Price Ager, 1980, Ethnobotany of The Eskimos of Nelson Island, Alaska, Arctic Anthropology 27:26-48, page 34 | |
2651 | Alnus viridis ssp. crispa (Ait.) Turrill 176 | Eskimo, Inuktitut 71 | w78 64 | 188 | Dye 5 | Red-Brown 127 | Bark used to make a red tan dye. | Wilson, Michael R., 1978, Notes on Ethnobotany in Inuktitut, The Western Canadian Journal of Anthropology 8:180-196, page 188 |
2348 | Alnus incana (L.) Moench 168 | Flathead 76 | h92 30 | 5 | Dye 5 | Orange 193 | Bark boiled and used as an orange dye. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 5 |
2349 | Alnus incana (L.) Moench 168 | Flathead 76 | h92 30 | 5 | Dye 5 | Red 136 | Bark used to make a flaming red hair dye. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 5 |
2350 | Alnus incana (L.) Moench 168 | Flathead 76 | h92 30 | 5 | Dye 5 | Red-Brown 127 | Bark boiled and used as a reddish brown dye. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 5 |
1018 | Achillea millefolium var. occidentalis DC. 42 | 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 |
2238 | Allium schoenoprasum var. sibiricum (L.) Hartman 159 | Great Basin Indian 80 | n66 139 | 46 | Dye 5 | Brown 150 | Bulb skin used as a golden-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 46 |
2621 | Alnus sp. 174 | Great Basin Indian 80 | n66 139 | 47 | Dye 5 | Orange 193 | Bark used to make an orange 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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
15491 | Galium boreale L. 1684 | Great Basin Indian 80 | n66 139 | 50 | Dye 5 | Red 136 | Root used as a red dye and set with alum. | Nickerson, Gifford S., 1966, Some Data on Plains and Great Basin Indian Uses of Certain Native Plants, Tebiwa 9(1):45-51, page 50 |
18618 | Juniperus monosperma (Engelm.) Sarg. 2058 | Great Basin Indian 80 | n66 139 | 46 | Dye 5 | Mordant 105 | Whole plant ash added to various dye baths as a mordant. | Nickerson, Gifford S., 1966, Some Data on Plains and Great Basin Indian Uses of Certain Native Plants, Tebiwa 9(1):45-51, page 46 |
18619 | Juniperus monosperma (Engelm.) Sarg. 2058 | Great Basin Indian 80 | n66 139 | 46 | Dye 5 | Yellow 72 | Whole plant used to make a yellow dye. | Nickerson, Gifford S., 1966, Some Data on Plains and Great Basin Indian Uses of Certain Native Plants, Tebiwa 9(1):45-51, page 46 |
20572 | Lithospermum incisum Lehm. 2216 | Great Basin Indian 80 | n66 139 | 50 | Dye 5 | Blue 55 | Roots 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 50 |
21966 | Mahonia repens (Lindl.) G. Don 2376 | Great Basin Indian 80 | n66 139 | 47 | Dye 5 | Orange 193 | Plant used to make an orange 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 |
24923 | Orthocarpus luteus Nutt. 2688 | Great Basin Indian 80 | n66 139 | 50 | Dye 5 | Yellow 72 | Whole plant used to make a yellow 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 |
30985 | Prunus virginiana var. melanocarpa (A. Nels.) Sarg. 3183 | Great Basin Indian 80 | n66 139 | 48 | Dye 5 | Red 136 | Fruit used to make a dark red dye. | Nickerson, Gifford S., 1966, Some Data on Plains and Great Basin Indian Uses of Certain Native Plants, Tebiwa 9(1):45-51, page 48 |
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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) );