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id | species | tribe | source | pageno | use_category | use_subcategory | notes ▼ | rawsource |
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34789 | Rubus parviflorus Nutt. 3463 | Cowlitz 53 | g73 25 | 34 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Bark boiled and used for soap. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 34 |
26400 | Philadelphus lewisii Pursh 2875 | Shuswap 233 | palmer75 92 | 63 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Bark soaked in warm water and used for washing the face. | Palmer, Gary, 1975, Shuswap Indian Ethnobotany, Syesis 8:29-51, page 63 |
12972 | Elaeagnus commutata Bernh. ex Rydb. 1374 | Blackfoot 23 | m09 42 | 277 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Berries used to make soap. | McClintock, Walter, 1909, Medizinal- Und Nutzpflanzen Der Schwarzfuss Indianer, Zeitschriff fur Ethnologie 41:273-9, page 277 |
31244 | Pseudotsuga menziesii var. glauca (Beissn.) Franco 3200 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 34 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Boughs used to scrub the body during a sweatbath to impart a nice smell and make the skin clean. | 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 34 |
26879 | Picea engelmannii Parry ex Engelm. 2933 | Thompson 259 | steed28 33 | 505 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Branch tips and needles boiled and used as a wash by hunters, warriors and boys at puberty. | Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 505 |
9739 | Chlorogalum pomeridianum (DC.) Kunth 922 | Pomo, Kashaya 202 | gl80 40 | 107 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Bulb used as soap for washing body, hair and utensils. | Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 107 |
2259 | Allium sp. 160 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 107 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Bulbs and water used to shine arrows. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 107 |
9696 | Chlorogalum angustifolium Kellogg 920 | Karok 105 | sg52 71 | 380 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Bulbs pounded, mixed with water and used as a detergent for washing clothes and buckskin blankets. | Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 380 |
9712 | Chlorogalum pomeridianum (DC.) Kunth 922 | Karok 105 | sg52 71 | 380 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Bulbs pounded, mixed with water and used as a detergent for washing clothes and buckskin blankets. | Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 380 |
9751 | Chlorogalum pomeridianum (DC.) Kunth 922 | Yuki 287 | c57ii 69 | 93 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Bulbs pounded, rubbed between the hands and used as hair shampoo. | Curtin, L. S. M., 1957, Some Plants Used by the Yuki Indians ... II. Food Plants, The Masterkey 31:85-94, page 93 |
9709 | Chlorogalum pomeridianum (DC.) Kunth 922 | Costanoan 50 | b84 16 | 255 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Bulbs produced a detergent foam used in washing. | Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 255 |
24044 | Nolina sp. 2592 | Apache, Western 14 | b86 87 | 183 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Crowns and bases of leaves pounded together and mixed with water to make soap. | Buskirk, Winfred, 1986, The Western Apache: Living With the Land Before 1950, Norman. University of Oklahoma Press, page 183 |
9703 | Chlorogalum pomeridianum (DC.) Kunth 922 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 54 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Crushed bulb 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 54 |
6680 | Atriplex lentiformis (Torr.) S. Wats. 508 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 45 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Crushed leaves and roots used as a soap and rubbed into articles for cleaning. | Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel, 1972, Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants, Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press, page 45 |
43855 | Yucca baccata Torr. 4225 | Keres, Western 107 | swank32 79 | 74 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Crushed leaves mixed with water for soap. | Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 74 |
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 |
44003 | Yucca baileyi var. navajoa (J.M. Webber) J.M. Webber 4226 | Hopi 95 | c74 82 | 370 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Crushed roots used for soap. | Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 370 |
24478 | Oplopanax horridus Miq. 2640 | Haisla and Hanaksiala 87 | c93 14 | 217 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Decoction or infusion of bark used to wipe one's body after bathing. | 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 217 |
8682 | Ceanothus sp. 817 | Costanoan 50 | b84 16 | 250 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Decoction used as a detergent. | Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 250 |
5296 | Artemisia frigida Willd. 397 | Sioux 238 | h92 30 | 45 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Decoction used for bathing. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 45 |
29350 | Populus balsamifera ssp. trichocarpa (Torr. & Gray ex Hook.) Brayshaw 3097 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 276 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Dried inner bark packaged into small, fist sized bundles and used as a soap substitute. Each person carried his own package with him. Men's and women's were packaged differently. The soap was also used as a laundry soap. | Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, page 276 |
9718 | Chlorogalum pomeridianum (DC.) Kunth 922 | Mahuna 131 | r54 5 | 39 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Fibrous bulbs used as soap bars for washing clothes. | Romero, John Bruno, 1954, The Botanical Lore of the California Indians, New York. Vantage Press, Inc., page 39 |
8676 | Ceanothus sp. 817 | California Indian 25 | m90 111 | 57 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Flowers used to make soap suds. | Murphey, Edith Van Allen, 1990, Indian Uses of Native Plants, Glenwood, Ill. Meyerbooks. Originally published in 1959, page 57 |
20434 | Linum lewisii Pursh 2205 | Thompson 259 | steed28 33 | 504 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Flowers, leaves and stems soaked in cold water and used by girls at puberty as a head and face wash. | Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 504 |
8650 | Ceanothus griseus (Trel. ex B.L. Robins.) McMinn 811 | Pomo, Kashaya 202 | gl80 40 | 23 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Fresh or dried flowers mixed with water and used as a soap for washing hands, face and body. | Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 23 |
8687 | Ceanothus thyrsiflorus Eschsch. 818 | Pomo, Kashaya 202 | gl80 40 | 23 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Fresh or dried flowers mixed with water and used as a soap for washing hands, face and body. | Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 23 |
11614 | Cucurbita foetidissima Kunth 1161 | Luiseno 128 | s08 24 | 210 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Fruit used as soap to clean miscellaneous articles. | Sparkman, Philip S., 1908, The Culture of the Luiseno Indians, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 8(4):187-234, page 210 |
11611 | Cucurbita foetidissima Kunth 1161 | Kiowa 111 | vs39 140 | 53 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Fruit used to cleanse hides and clothes by rubbing the dried fruit into the stains before washing. | Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 53 |
11612 | Cucurbita foetidissima Kunth 1161 | Kiowa 111 | vs39 140 | 53 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Fruit used to cleanse hides and clothes by rubbing the dried fruit into the stains before washing. | Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 53 |
11627 | Cucurbita foetidissima Kunth 1161 | Papago 188 | cu35 27 | 52 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Fruits dried, grated into soapy water and used to bleach clothes. | 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 52 |
11606 | Cucurbita foetidissima Kunth 1161 | Kawaiisu 106 | z81 60 | 22 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Gourds used as soap when washing clothes. | Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 22 |
11615 | Cucurbita foetidissima Kunth 1161 | Mahuna 131 | r54 5 | 39 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Gourds used for washing buckskin cloths and blankets. | Romero, John Bruno, 1954, The Botanical Lore of the California Indians, New York. Vantage Press, Inc., page 39 |
9473 | Chenopodium californicum (S. Wats.) S. Wats. 897 | Kawaiisu 106 | z81 60 | 19 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Grated root used as soap. | Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 19 |
9475 | Chenopodium californicum (S. Wats.) S. Wats. 897 | Luiseno 128 | s08 24 | 210 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Grated root used as soap. | Sparkman, Philip S., 1908, The Culture of the Luiseno Indians, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 8(4):187-234, page 210 |
9717 | Chlorogalum pomeridianum (DC.) Kunth 922 | Luiseno 128 | s08 24 | 210 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Grated root used as soap. | Sparkman, Philip S., 1908, The Culture of the Luiseno Indians, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 8(4):187-234, page 210 |
25465 | Panicum obtusum Kunth 2740 | Isleta 101 | j31 76 | 36 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Ground stolons mixed with soapweed and used in washing hair. | Jones, Volney H., 1931, The Ethnobotany of the Isleta Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 36 |
8724 | Ceanothus velutinus Dougl. ex Hook. 819 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 252 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Infusion of leaves and twigs with Indian hellebore used as a wash for bathing. | 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 252 |
16288 | Gutierrezia sarothrae (Pursh) Britt. & Rusby 1786 | Isleta 101 | j31 76 | 31 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Infusion of leaves used as pleasant and refreshing bath. | Jones, Volney H., 1931, The Ethnobotany of the Isleta Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 31 |
16460 | Hedeoma nana (Torr.) Briq. 1805 | Keres, Western 107 | swank32 79 | 47 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Infusion of plant used as a hair wash and body bath. | Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 47 |
39243 | Symplocarpus foetidus (L.) Salisb. ex Nutt. 3880 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 277 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Infusion of powdered root used as wash to 'cure strong smell under your arm.' | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 277 |
4999 | Artemisia campestris L. 388 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 123 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Infusion of roots cleansed and used for scalp infections. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 123 |
37127 | Saponaria officinalis L. 3585 | Mahuna 131 | r54 5 | 40 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Juice used as a hair shampoo. | Romero, John Bruno, 1954, The Botanical Lore of the California Indians, New York. Vantage Press, Inc., page 40 |
43802 | Yucca baccata Torr. 4225 | Apache, Mescalero 12 | b74 52 | 33 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Large roots used to make soap. | Basehart, Harry W., 1974, Apache Indians XII. Mescalero Apache Subsistence Patterns and Socio-Political Organization, New York. Garland Publishing Inc., page 33 |
4411 | Arctostaphylos manzanita Parry 337 | Pomo 200 | c02 89 | 375 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Leaves boiled and the yellowish red extract used as a cleansing body wash. | Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 375 |
6611 | Atriplex canescens (Pursh) Nutt. 503 | Diegueno 65 | h75 122 | 217 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Leaves formerly used as soap. | Hinton, Leanne, 1975, Notes on La Huerta Diegueno Ethnobotany, Journal of California Anthropology 2:214-222, page 217 |
43958 | Yucca baccata Torr. 4225 | 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 |
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 |
6688 | Atriplex lentiformis (Torr.) S. Wats. 508 | Pima 193 | c49 11 | 66 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Leaves rubbed in water and lather and used for washing clothing and baskets. | Curtin, L. S. M., 1949, By the Prophet of the Earth, Sante Fe. San Vicente Foundation, page 66 |
26392 | Philadelphus lewisii Pursh 2875 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 108 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Leaves rubbed with water, made into a frothy lather and used to wash the hands and hair. | 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 108 |
17216 | Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. 1896 | Blackfoot 23 | j87 146 | 20 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Leaves soaked in water and used as a hairwash. | Johnston, Alex, 1987, Plants and the Blackfoot, Lethbridge, Alberta. Lethbridge Historical Society, page 20 |
17217 | Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. 1896 | Blackfoot 23 | h92 30 | 28 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Leaves soaked in water and used as a hairwash. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 28 |
17236 | Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. 1896 | Gros Ventre 82 | h92 30 | 28 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Leaves soaked in water and used as a hairwash. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 28 |
3509 | Angelica genuflexa Nutt. 262 | Haisla and Hanaksiala 87 | c93 14 | 211 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Leaves used with devil's club to wash the human smell from one's body. | 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 211 |
11601 | Cucurbita foetidissima Kunth 1161 | Diegueno 65 | hedges86 85 | 17 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Mashed pulp and seeds boiled in with the wash to whiten the clothes. | Hedges, Ken, 1986, Santa Ysabel Ethnobotany, San Diego Museum of Man Ethnic Technology Notes, No. 20, page 17 |
9469 | Chenopodium californicum (S. Wats.) S. Wats. 897 | Diegueno 65 | hedges86 85 | 17 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Mashed root used to clean and whiten clothes. | Hedges, Ken, 1986, Santa Ysabel Ethnobotany, San Diego Museum of Man Ethnic Technology Notes, No. 20, page 17 |
39111 | Symphoricarpos albus (L.) Blake 3849 | Thompson 259 | steed28 33 | 455 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Mild decoction of wood used to wash babies. | Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 455 |
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 |
43918 | Yucca baccata Torr. 4225 | Papago 188 | bc41 58 | 56 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Plant macerated, placed in water to form suds and used for washing hair. | 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 56 |
43929 | Yucca baccata Torr. 4225 | Pima 193 | bc41 58 | 56 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Plant macerated, placed in water to form suds and used for washing hair. | 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 56 |
42898 | Verbesina encelioides ssp. exauriculata (Robins. & Greenm.) J.R. Coleman 4116 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 99 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Plant soaked in bath water. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 99 |
17706 | Ilex cassine L. 1976 | Seminole 228 | s54 88 | 466 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Plant used as soap. | Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 466 |
13291 | Equisetum arvense L. 1421 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 112 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Plant used by children to shine their bouncing arrows. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 112 |
39028 | Suaeda sp. 3847 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 141 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Plant used in making 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 141 |
5245 | Artemisia frigida Willd. 397 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 109 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Plant used to clean paint applicators made from broken buffalo shoulder blades. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 109 |
11598 | Cucurbita foetidissima Kunth 1161 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 57 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Root and pepo (fruit) useful as a soap and bleach. | 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 |
43907 | Yucca baccata Torr. 4225 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 21 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Root made into soap used for washing wool or clothing, shampooing the hair and bathing the body. The root, pounded with rocks to remove the bark and to soften it, was stirred vigorously in warm water to whip up suds. | 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 |
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 |
43829 | Yucca baccata Torr. 4225 | 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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
22389 | Marah macrocarpus (Greene) Greene 2413 | Costanoan 50 | b84 16 | 251 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Root used to make detergent lather. | Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 251 |
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 |
43974 | Yucca baccata Torr. 4225 | Yavapai 284 | bc41 58 | 56 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Root, stem and leaves pounded and worked in water to form lather for washing hair and body. | 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 56 |
20211 | Ligusticum canbyi (Coult. & Rose) Coult. & Rose 2177 | Flathead 76 | h92 30 | 24 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Roots and buckbrush leaves used to make a special hair rinse. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 24 |
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 |
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 |
43965 | Yucca baccata Torr. 4225 | Tewa 257 | rhf16 61 | 49 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Roots bruised, placed in water and used to wash woolens, cotton fabrics, feathers and hair. | Robbins, W.W., J.P. Harrington and B. Freire-Marreco, 1916, Ethnobotany of the Tewa Indians, SI-BAE Bulletin #55, page 49 |
43769 | Yucca angustissima Engelm. ex Trel. 4224 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 71 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Roots crushed with stones and used as soap. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, 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 |
42669 | Veratrum viride Ait. 4105 | Gitksan 78 | ga88 165 | 26 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Roots grated, added to laundry water and used to cleanse clothing. | Gottesfeld, Leslie M. J. and Beverley Anderson, 1988, Gitksan Traditional Medicine: Herbs And Healing, Journal of Ethnobiology 8(1):13-33, page 26 |
43753 | Yucca angustissima Engelm. ex Trel. 4224 | Apache 10 | bc41 58 | 57 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Roots pounded and placed in water to form suds used in bathing and shampooing. | 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 57 |
43790 | Yucca baccata Torr. 4225 | Apache 10 | bc41 58 | 57 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Roots pounded and placed in water to form suds used in bathing and shampooing. | 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 57 |
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 |
44058 | Yucca filamentosa L. 4229 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 25 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Roots pounded, boiled and used instead of soap to wash blankets. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 25 |
43993 | Yucca baccata Torr. 4225 | Zuni 291 | bc41 58 | 55 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Roots pounded, made into suds in cold water and used for 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 |
43817 | Yucca baccata Torr. 4225 | Havasupai 89 | ws85 2 | 212 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Roots used as a soap for washing the hair. | 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 212 |
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 |
11616 | Cucurbita foetidissima Kunth 1161 | Mahuna 131 | r54 5 | 39 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Roots used as soap bars for washing clothes. | Romero, John Bruno, 1954, The Botanical Lore of the California Indians, New York. Vantage Press, Inc., page 39 |
24010 | Nolina microcarpa S. Wats. 2590 | Apache, Western 14 | b86 87 | 182 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Roots used as soap. | Buskirk, Winfred, 1986, The Western Apache: Living With the Land Before 1950, Norman. University of Oklahoma Press, page 182 |
43806 | Yucca baccata Torr. 4225 | Apache, Western 14 | b86 87 | 182 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Roots used as soap. | Buskirk, Winfred, 1986, The Western Apache: Living With the Land Before 1950, Norman. University of Oklahoma Press, page 182 |
43830 | Yucca baccata Torr. 4225 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 71 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Roots used as soap. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 71 |
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 |
21272 | Lotus scoparius (Nutt.) Ottley 2275 | Diegueno 65 | h75 122 | 218 | Other 3 | Soap 106 | Roots used for soap. | Hinton, Leanne, 1975, Notes on La Huerta Diegueno Ethnobotany, Journal of California Anthropology 2:214-222, page 218 |
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