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127 rows where use_subcategory = 106
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id ▼ | species | tribe | source | pageno | use_category | use_subcategory | notes | rawsource |
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44081 | Yucca glauca Nutt. 4230 | Blackfoot 23 | j87 146 | 25 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Roots used as a soap substitute and hair wash. | Johnston, Alex, 1987, Plants and the Blackfoot, Lethbridge, Alberta. Lethbridge Historical Society, page 25 |
44092 | Yucca glauca Nutt. 4230 | Dakota 61 | g13i 91 | 358 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Root used like soap to wash the scalp. | 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 358 |
44093 | Yucca glauca Nutt. 4230 | Dakota 61 | g19 17 | 71 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Root used like soap, especially for washing the hair. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 71 |
44105 | Yucca glauca Nutt. 4230 | Isleta 101 | j31 76 | 45 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Roots pounded until soft, soaked in water and used as a soap for bathing, washing hair & blankets. | Jones, Volney H., 1931, The Ethnobotany of the Isleta Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 45 |
44121 | Yucca glauca Nutt. 4230 | Keres, Western 107 | swank32 79 | 76 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Crushed roots rubbed on hair or clothes for soap or crushed, roasted roots soaked in water for soap. This soap caused more itching than that from wild leafed yucca, but was considered better to keep the natural color of the hair. | Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 76 |
44124 | Yucca glauca Nutt. 4230 | Kiowa 111 | vs39 140 | 18 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Root used to wash clothes and hair. | Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 18 |
44133 | Yucca glauca Nutt. 4230 | Lakota 125 | k90 156 | 51 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Roots boiled and used as shampoo or as a substitute for soap. | Kraft, Shelly Katheren, 1990, Recent Changes in the Ethnobotany of Standing Rock Indian Reservation, University of North Dakota, M.A. Thesis, page 51 |
44134 | Yucca glauca Nutt. 4230 | Lakota 125 | r80 108 | 28 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Roots used to make soap. | 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 28 |
44141 | Yucca glauca Nutt. 4230 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 33 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Roots used for soap. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 33 |
44151 | Yucca glauca Nutt. 4230 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 21 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Root used for soap. | 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 |
44155 | Yucca glauca Nutt. 4230 | Omaha 177 | g19 17 | 71 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Root used like soap, especially for washing the hair. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 71 |
44163 | Yucca glauca Nutt. 4230 | Papago 188 | cu35 27 | 51 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Roots dried, pulverized, mixed with water and the suds used for washing the hair. | 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 |
44167 | Yucca glauca Nutt. 4230 | Pawnee 190 | g19 17 | 71 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Root used like soap, especially for washing the hair. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 71 |
44170 | Yucca glauca Nutt. 4230 | Ponca 205 | g19 17 | 71 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Root used like soap, especially for washing the hair. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 71 |
44182 | Yucca glauca Nutt. 4230 | Southwest Indians 248 | bc41 58 | 55 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Leaves pounded and used in washing. | 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 55 |
44183 | Yucca glauca Nutt. 4230 | Southwest Indians 248 | bc41 58 | 54 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Roots roasted, soaked in water, removed and soapy liquid used to wash hair and cloth. | 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 54 |
44190 | Yucca glauca Nutt. 4230 | Tewa 257 | rhf16 61 | 52 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Roots used to make lather. | Robbins, W.W., J.P. Harrington and B. Freire-Marreco, 1916, Ethnobotany of the Tewa Indians, SI-BAE Bulletin #55, page 52 |
44197 | Yucca glauca Nutt. 4230 | Zuni 291 | s15 6 | 83 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Peeled roots pounded, made into suds and used for washing the head, wool garments and blankets. | Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 83 |
44199 | Yucca glauca var. glauca 4231 | Hopi 95 | f96 72 | 17 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Root used for soap. | Fewkes, J. Walter, 1896, A Contribution to Ethnobotany, American Anthropologist 9:14-21, page 17 |
44202 | Yucca louisianensis Trel. 4233 | Comanche 48 | cj40 147 | 524 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Roots used as soap. | Carlson, Gustav G. and Volney H. Jones, 1940, Some Notes on Uses of Plants by the Comanche Indians, Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters 25:517-542, page 524 |
44207 | Yucca schidigera Roezl ex Ortgies 4234 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 150 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Scraped, mashed roots and water used as soap. | 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 150 |
44230 | Yucca sp. 4236 | Great Basin Indian 80 | n66 139 | 47 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Root suds used to wash wool. | Nickerson, Gifford S., 1966, Some Data on Plains and Great Basin Indian Uses of Certain Native Plants, Tebiwa 9(1):45-51, page 47 |
44231 | Yucca sp. 4236 | Jemez 102 | c30 28 | 28 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Roots boiled, fibrous part removed, water rubbed into lather & used to wash hair & woolen blankets. | Cook, Sarah Louise, 1930, The Ethnobotany of Jemez Indians., University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 28 |
44255 | Yucca sp. 4236 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 34 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Roots used to wash wool and hides. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 34 |
44256 | Yucca sp. 4236 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 34 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Suds and ashes used to wash new born babies. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 34 |
44257 | Yucca sp. 4236 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 32 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Used for cleansing purposes. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 32 |
44663 | Ziziphus obtusifolia var. canescens (Gray) M.C. Johnston 4258 | Apache 10 | c49 11 | 50 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Root used for washing the hair. | Curtin, L. S. M., 1949, By the Prophet of the Earth, Sante Fe. San Vicente Foundation, page 50 |
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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) );