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18239 | Juglans major (Torr.) Heller 2033 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 39 | Dye 5 | Brown 150 | Young twigs used as a light brown dye. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 39 |
18175 | Juglans cinerea L. 2031 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 61 | Dye 5 | Black 108 | Young roots used to make a black 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 61 |
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 |
39822 | Thermopsis rhombifolia (Nutt. ex Pursh) Nutt. ex Richards. 3945 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 123 | Dye 5 | Yellow 72 | Yellow petals rubbed on arrow shafts for coloring. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 123 |
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 |
13625 | Ericameria nauseosa ssp. nauseosa var. glabrata (Gray) Nesom & Baird 1451 | 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 |
13631 | Ericameria nauseosa ssp. nauseosa var. hololeuca (Gray) Nesom & Baird 1452 | 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 |
13699 | Ericameria parryi var. howardii (Parry ex Gray) Nesom & Baird 1459 | 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 |
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 | |
18773 | Juniperus occidentalis Hook. 2059 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 19 | Dye 5 | Red 136 | Wood ash, mountain mahogany and black alder used as a red dye for buckskin. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 19 |
18302 | Juglans nigra L. 2034 | Meskwaki 139 | smith28 21 | 271 | Dye 5 | Black 108 | Wood and bark charred to make the best black dye. | Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 271 |
35914 | Salix interior Rowlee 3534 | Potawatomi 206 | smith33 43 | 123 | Dye 5 | Red 136 | Willow and some other species of willow used for a scarlet dye. | Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 123 |
24922 | Orthocarpus luteus Nutt. 2688 | Blackfoot 23 | j87 146 | 53 | Dye 5 | Red-Brown 127 | Whole, blooming plant pressed firmly into skins, horsehair and feathers as a reddish tan dye. | Johnston, Alex, 1987, Plants and the Blackfoot, Lethbridge, Alberta. Lethbridge Historical Society, page 53 |
17755 | Impatiens capensis Meerb. 1981 | Menominee 138 | s23 51 | 78 | Dye 5 | Orange-Yellow 172 | Whole plant used to make an orange yellow dye. | Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 78 |
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 |
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 |
17770 | Impatiens capensis Meerb. 1981 | Ojibwa 173 | smith32 20 | 425 | Dye 5 | Yellow 72 | Whole plant used to make a yellow dye, the material boiled in the mixture with rusty nails. | Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 425 |
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 |
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 |
21503 | Lycopodium complanatum L. 2322 | Blackfoot 23 | j87 146 | 16 | Dye 5 | Mordant 105 | Whole plant used as a mordant to set certain dyes. | Johnston, Alex, 1987, Plants and the Blackfoot, Lethbridge, Alberta. Lethbridge Historical Society, page 16 |
25176 | Oxalis stricta L. 2711 | Meskwaki 139 | smith28 21 | 271 | Dye 5 | Orange 193 | Whole plant boiled to obtain an orange dye. | Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 271 |
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 |
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 |
29424 | Populus deltoides ssp. monilifera (Ait.) Eckenwalder 3100 | Pawnee 190 | 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 |
2334 | Alnus incana (L.) Moench 168 | 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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
25609 | Pectis angustifolia Torr. 2766 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 97 | Dye 5 | Used to make an inferior dye. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 97 | |
22034 | Mahonia sp. 2377 | Wintoon 281 | m66 109 | 264 | Dye 5 | Yellow 72 | Used to make a yellow dye. | Merriam, C. Hart, 1966, Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes, University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley, page 264 |
37942 | Sherardia arvensis L. 3661 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 44 | Dye 5 | Red 136 | Used to make a red or rose 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 44 |
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 |
36941 | Sanguinaria canadensis L. 3572 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 26 | 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 26 |
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 |
18056 | Iris sp. 2013 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 37 | Dye 5 | Green 121 | Used to make a green dye. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 37 |
21333 | Lupinus lyallii Gray 2295 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 57 | Dye 5 | Green 121 | Used to make a green dye. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 57 |
39780 | Thelesperma megapotamicum (Spreng.) Kuntze 3934 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 98 | Dye 5 | Red-Brown 127 | Used to make a fine reddish-brown basketry and textile dye. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 98 |
39794 | Thelesperma subnudum Gray 3935 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 98 | Dye 5 | Red-Brown 127 | Used to make a fine reddish-brown basketry and textile dye. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 98 |
17508 | Hydrastis canadensis L. 1928 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 36 | Dye 5 | Used to make a 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 36 | |
20070 | Leymus cinereus (Scribn. & Merr.) A. L”ve 2160 | Cheyenne 33 | h81 57 | 46 | Dye 5 | Used to make a dye. | Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 46 | |
27935 | Pinus ponderosa P.& C. Lawson 2968 | Cheyenne 33 | h81 57 | 46 | Dye 5 | Used to make a dye. | Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 46 | |
29359 | Populus deltoides Bartr. ex Marsh. 3098 | Cheyenne 33 | h81 57 | 46 | Dye 5 | Used to make a dye. | Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 46 | |
35245 | Rumex crispus L. 3485 | Cheyenne 33 | h81 57 | 46 | Dye 5 | Used to make a dye. | Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 46 | |
35492 | Rumex venosus Pursh 3496 | Cheyenne 33 | h81 57 | 46 | Dye 5 | Used to make a dye. | Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 46 | |
14653 | Evernia vulpina (L.) Acharius 1599 | Thompson 259 | steed28 33 | 501 | Dye 5 | Yellow 72 | Used to make a bright yellow dye. | Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 501 |
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 |
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 |
33180 | Rhus trilobata Nutt. 3352 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 60 | Dye 5 | Blue 55 | Used to make a blue dye. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 60 |
15562 | Gaultheria humifusa (Graham) Rydb. 1700 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 68 | Dye 5 | Black 108 | Used to make a black dye. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 68 |
19314 | Krameria erecta Willd. ex J.A. Schultes 2078 | Papago 188 | cu35 27 | 60 | Dye 5 | Red 136 | Used to dye cotton red. | 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 60 |
14649 | Evernia vulpina (L.) Acharius 1599 | Montana Indian 151 | b05 73 | 12 | Dye 5 | Yellow 72 | Used for making clothing, bedding, yellow dye and yellow paint. | Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, page 12 |
17580 | Hymenopappus filifolius var. pauciflorus (I.M. Johnston) B.L. Turner 1945 | Hopi 95 | c74 82 | 326 | Dye 5 | Used for dye. | Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 326 | |
2383 | Alnus incana (L.) Moench 168 | Shuswap 233 | palmer75 92 | 59 | Dye 5 | Used for buckskin dye. | Palmer, Gary, 1975, Shuswap Indian Ethnobotany, Syesis 8:29-51, page 59 | |
2270 | Allium sp. 160 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 32 | Dye 5 | Green 121 | Used for a green dye. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 32 |
17594 | Hymenoxys cooperi (Gray) Cockerell 1950 | Hopi 95 | c74 82 | 329 | Dye 5 | Used for a dye. | Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 329 | |
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 |
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 |
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 |
25338 | Palafoxia arida B.L. Turner & Morris 2732 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 98 | Dye 5 | Yellow 72 | Used as a yellow 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 98 |
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 |
41924 | Usnea sp. 4064 | Makah 133 | g83 3 | 211 | Dye 5 | Yellow 72 | Used as a source of yellow dye. | Gill, Steven J., 1983, Ethnobotany of the Makah and Ozette People, Olympic Peninsula, Washington (USA), Washington State University, Ph.D. Thesis, page 211 |
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 |
19987 | Letharia vulpina 2153 | Karok 105 | b81 70 | 34 | Dye 5 | Used as a dye for porcupine quills. | Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 34 | |
19989 | Letharia vulpina 2153 | Yurok 289 | b81 70 | 34 | Dye 5 | Used as a dye for porcupine quills. | Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 34 | |
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 |
2654 | Alnus viridis ssp. crispa (Ait.) Turrill 176 | Iroquois 100 | r45i 116 | 84 | Dye 5 | Brown 150 | Used as a brown dye for wool. | Rousseau, Jacques, 1945, Le Folklore Botanique De L'ile Aux Coudres, Contributions de l'Institut botanique l'Universite de Montreal 55:75-111, page 84 |
2655 | Alnus viridis ssp. crispa (Ait.) Turrill 176 | Iroquois 100 | r45i 116 | 84 | Dye 5 | Brown 150 | Used as a brown dye for wool. | Rousseau, Jacques, 1945, Le Folklore Botanique De L'ile Aux Coudres, Contributions de l'Institut botanique l'Universite de Montreal 55:75-111, page 84 |
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 |
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 |
2619 | Alnus sp. 174 | Carrier 27 | c73 134 | 72 | Dye 5 | Black 108 | Used as a black dye for fish nets. | Carrier Linguistic Committee, 1973, Plants of Carrier Country, Fort St. James, BC. Carrier Linguistic Committee, page 72 |
39714 | Thalictrum fendleri Engelm. ex Gray 3923 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 28 | Dye 5 | Black 108 | Upper branch ash used an Enemyway blackening. | 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 28 |
33108 | Rhus trilobata Nutt. 3352 | Great Basin Indian 80 | n66 139 | 48 | Dye 5 | Black 108 | Twigs and pine gum used to make a black 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 |
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 |
13636 | Ericameria nauseosa ssp. nauseosa var. latisquamea (Gray) Nesom & Baird 1453 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 83 | Dye 5 | Yellow 72 | Twigs and flowers used as a yellow dye for wool. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 83 |
666 | Acer saccharinum L. 34 | Winnebago 280 | g19 17 | 100 | Dye 5 | Black 108 | Twigs and bark made into a black dye and used to color tanned hides. The twigs and bark of new growth were boiled with water. A clay which contained iron was mixed with grease and then roasted; then it was mixed with the boiled twig and bark water. Tanned hides were soaked in this solution for two or three days to get the right color; treatment for a shorter period of time resulted in a brownish color and for a longer time resulted in black. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 100 |
662 | Acer saccharinum L. 34 | Omaha 177 | g19 17 | 100 | Dye 5 | Black 108 | Twigs and bark made into a black dye and used to color tanned hides. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 100 |
661 | Acer saccharinum L. 34 | Omaha 177 | g13ii 154 | 324 | Dye 5 | Black 108 | Twigs and bark made into a black dye and used in tanning leather. The twigs and bark of new growth were boiled with water. A clay which contained iron was mixed with grease and then roasted; then it was mixed with the boiled twig and bark water. Tanned hides were soaked in this solution for two or three days to get the right color; treatment for a shorter period of time resulted in a brownish color and for a longer time resulted in black. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1913, A Study in the Ethnobotany of the Omaha Indians, Nebraska State Historical Society Collections 17:314-57., page 324 |
16312 | Gutierrezia sarothrae (Pursh) Britt. & Rusby 1786 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 86 | Dye 5 | Yellow 72 | Tops used to make a yellow dye. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 86 |
19988 | Letharia vulpina 2153 | Oweekeno 181 | c93 14 | 49 | Dye 5 | Yellow 72 | Thalli used to make a yellow dye. | 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 49 |
33073 | Rhus sp. 3351 | Rappahannock 211 | shc42 102 | 30 | Dye 5 | Stems, leaves or berries used to make a dark dye. | Speck, Frank G., R.B. Hassrick and E.S. Carpenter, 1942, Rappahannock Herbals, Folk-Lore and Science of Cures, Proceedings of the Delaware County Institute of Science 10:7-55., page 30 | |
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 |
36638 | Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis (L.) R. Bolli 3566 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 138 | Dye 5 | Yellow 72 | Stems used to make a yellow 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 138 |
17047 | Heuchera bracteata (Torr.) Ser. 1867 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 52 | Dye 5 | Red-Brown 127 | Stems used to make a pinkish tan dye. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 52 |
36636 | Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis (L.) R. Bolli 3566 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 138 | Dye 5 | Orange 193 | Stems used to make a orange 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 138 |
21113 | Lonicera ciliosa (Pursh) Poir. ex DC. 2259 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 196 | Dye 5 | Black 108 | Stems used as a black dye for bitter cherry. | 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 196 |
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 |
24776 | Opuntia polyacantha Haw. 2667 | Sioux 238 | 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 |
24994 | Osmorhiza occidentalis (Nutt. ex Torr. & Gray) Torr. 2697 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 115 | Dye 5 | Stems mixed with ochre and applied to robes. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 115 | |
21845 | Mahonia aquifolium (Pursh) Nutt. 2370 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 85 | Dye 5 | Yellow 72 | Stem and root inner bark used as bright yellow dye for basket materials, wool and porcupine quills. | 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 85 |
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 |
32945 | Rhus glabra L. 3347 | Kiowa 111 | vs39 140 | 37 | Dye 5 | Orange-Yellow 172 | Spring roots used as a yellow, orange dye. | Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 37 |
32946 | Rhus glabra L. 3347 | Kiowa 111 | vs39 140 | 37 | Dye 5 | Orange-Yellow 172 | Spring roots used as a yellow, orange dye. | Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 37 |
35763 | Salix discolor Muhl. 3525 | Blackfoot 23 | j87 146 | 32 | Dye 5 | Red 136 | Spring buds used to make a red dye. | Johnston, Alex, 1987, Plants and the Blackfoot, Lethbridge, Alberta. Lethbridge Historical Society, page 32 |
2439 | Alnus incana ssp. tenuifolia (Nutt.) Breitung 170 | Keres, Western 107 | swank32 79 | 25 | Dye 5 | Red 136 | Soaked bark rubbed on buckskin as a red dye. | Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 25 |
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 |
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 |
16685 | Helianthus sp. 1833 | Hualapai 97 | w82 127 | 2 | Dye 5 | Purple 161 | Seeds used to make a purple dye. | Watahomigie, Lucille J., 1982, Hualapai Ethnobotany, Peach Springs, AZ. Hualapai Bilingual Program, Peach Springs School District #8, page 2 |
16681 | Helianthus sp. 1833 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 97 | Dye 5 | Purple 161 | Seeds used to make a purple dye for basketry and textiles. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 97 |
16680 | Helianthus sp. 1833 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 97 | Dye 5 | Black 108 | Seeds used to make a black textile and basketry dye. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 97 |
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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) );