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id ▼ | species | tribe | source | pageno | use_category | use_subcategory | notes | rawsource |
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1792 | Agave palmeri Engelm. 93 | Apache, Western 14 | b86 87 | 169 | Food 1 | Substitution Food 112 | Used in absence of other foods. | Buskirk, Winfred, 1986, The Western Apache: Living With the Land Before 1950, Norman. University of Oklahoma Press, page 169 |
1821 | Agave parryi Engelm. 94 | Apache, Western 14 | b86 87 | 169 | Food 1 | Substitution Food 112 | Used in absence of other foods. | Buskirk, Winfred, 1986, The Western Apache: Living With the Land Before 1950, Norman. University of Oklahoma Press, page 169 |
1822 | Agave parryi Engelm. 94 | Apache, Western 14 | b86 87 | 169 | Food 1 | Substitution Food 112 | Used in absence of other foods. | Buskirk, Winfred, 1986, The Western Apache: Living With the Land Before 1950, Norman. University of Oklahoma Press, page 169 |
3685 | Apios americana Medik. 289 | Cherokee 32 | perry75 86 | 46 | Food 1 | Substitution Food 112 | Uncooked seeds substituted for pinto beans in bean bread. | Perry, Myra Jean, 1975, Food Use of 'Wild' Plants by Cherokee Indians, The University of Tennessee, M.S. Thesis, page 46 |
6618 | Atriplex canescens (Pursh) Nutt. 503 | Hopi 95 | vest40 126 | 160 | Food 1 | Substitution Food 112 | Ashes used instead of baking soda. | Vestal, Paul A, 1940, Notes on a Collection of Plants from the Hopi Indian Region of Arizona Made by J. G. Owens in 1891, Botanical Museum Leaflets (Harvard University) 8(8):153-168, page 160 |
6619 | Atriplex canescens (Pursh) Nutt. 503 | Hopi 95 | vest40 126 | 160 | Food 1 | Substitution Food 112 | Ashes used instead of baking soda. | Vestal, Paul A, 1940, Notes on a Collection of Plants from the Hopi Indian Region of Arizona Made by J. G. Owens in 1891, Botanical Museum Leaflets (Harvard University) 8(8):153-168, page 160 |
6711 | Atriplex powellii S. Wats. 512 | Navajo, Kayenta 158 | wh51 106 | 20 | Food 1 | Substitution Food 112 | Used as a greens and salt substitute in foods. | Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 20 |
7074 | Betula alleghaniensis var. alleghaniensis 575 | Algonquin, Quebec 7 | b80 67 | 80 | Food 1 | Substitution Food 112 | Sap mixed with maple sap if the latter is not available in sufficient quantities. | Black, Meredith Jean, 1980, Algonquin Ethnobotany: An Interpretation of Aboriginal Adaptation in South Western Quebec, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series Number 65, page 80 |
7187 | Betula papyrifera Marsh. 580 | Cree, Woodlands 58 | l85 47 | 32 | Food 1 | Substitution Food 112 | Root bark used as a tea substitute. | Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 32 |
7546 | Brickellia californica (Torr. & Gray) Gray 625 | Sanel 224 | c02 89 | 393 | Food 1 | Substitution Food 112 | Leaves used as a substitute for tea. | Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 393 |
8138 | Carnegia gigantea (Engelm.) Britt. & Rose 757 | Apache, Chiricahua & Mescalero 11 | co36 95 | 50 | Food 1 | Substitution Food 112 | Syrup used in the absence of sugar to sweeten an intoxicating drink. | Castetter, Edward F. and M. E. Opler, 1936, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest III. The Ethnobiology of the Chiricahua and Mescalero Apache, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(5):1-63, page 50 |
8209 | Carnegia gigantea (Engelm.) Britt. & Rose 757 | Pima 193 | c49 11 | 53 | Food 1 | Substitution Food 112 | Seeds ground, passed through a sieve or left mixed with husks and used as a substitute for lard. | Curtin, L. S. M., 1949, By the Prophet of the Earth, Sante Fe. San Vicente Foundation, page 53 |
8418 | Castanea dentata (Marsh.) Borkh. 774 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 29 | Food 1 | Substitution Food 112 | Used as a coffee substitute. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 29 |
8610 | Ceanothus americanus L. 807 | Menominee 138 | s23 51 | 70 | Food 1 | Substitution Food 112 | Dried leaves used as a substitute for Ceylon black tea. | Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 70 |
9369 | Chenopodium album L. 894 | Alaska Native 4 | h53 132 | 21 | Food 1 | Substitution Food 112 | Young, tender leaves and stems used as a substitute for spinach or other greens. | Heller, Christine A., 1953, Edible and Poisonous Plants of Alaska, University of Alaska, page 21 |
10377 | Clinopodium douglasii (Benth.) Kuntze 1029 | Mendocino Indian 137 | c02 89 | 383 | Food 1 | Substitution Food 112 | Slender, leafy vines made into rolls, dried and used as a substitute for tea. | Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 383 |
10378 | Clinopodium douglasii (Benth.) Kuntze 1029 | Mendocino Indian 137 | c02 89 | 383 | Food 1 | Substitution Food 112 | Slender, leafy vines made into rolls, dried and used as a substitute for tea. | Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 383 |
11832 | Cymopterus montanus Nutt. ex Torr. & Gray 1185 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 68 | Food 1 | Substitution Food 112 | Roots peeled, baked and ground as an occasional substitute for cornmeal. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 68 |
13514 | Equisetum telmateia Ehrh. 1430 | Nitinaht 166 | ttco83 101 | 60 | Food 1 | Substitution Food 112 | Hollow, water filled stem segments used when water scarce. | Turner, Nancy J., John Thomas, Barry F. Carlson and Robert T. Ogilvie, 1983, Ethnobotany of the Nitinaht Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 60 |
14744 | Ferocactus wislizeni (Engelm.) Britt. & Rose 1610 | Pima 193 | r08 104 | 77 | Food 1 | Substitution Food 112 | Pulp used in lieu of water for thirst. | Russell, Frank, 1908, The Pima Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #26:1-390, page 77 |
16204 | Grindelia sp. 1779 | Mendocino Indian 137 | c02 89 | 394 | Food 1 | Substitution Food 112 | Leaves used as a substitute for tea. | Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 394 |
17410 | Hordeum vulgare L. 1913 | Yuki 287 | c02 89 | 313 | Food 1 | Substitution Food 112 | Seeds parched and used as a substitute for coffee. | Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 313 |
20229 | Ligusticum grayi Coult. & Rose 2179 | Atsugewi 19 | g53 129 | 139 | Food 1 | Substitution Food 112 | Tender leaves soaked in water, cooked and used as a meat substitute when acorns were eaten. | Garth, Thomas R., 1953, Atsugewi Ethnography, Anthropological Records 14(2):140-141, page 139 |
20244 | Ligusticum scoticum ssp. hultenii (Fern.) Calder & Taylor 2182 | Alaska Native 4 | h53 132 | 37 | Food 1 | Substitution Food 112 | Leaves and stalks used as a substitute for celery. | Heller, Christine A., 1953, Edible and Poisonous Plants of Alaska, University of Alaska, page 37 |
20332 | Linanthus ciliatus (Benth.) Greene 2195 | Yuki 287 | c02 89 | 381 | Food 1 | Substitution Food 112 | Flowering heads used in the summer as a substitute for coffee. | Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 381 |
20725 | Lomatium ambiguum (Nutt.) Coult. & Rose 2230 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 70 | Food 1 | Substitution Food 112 | Flowers and upper leaves sometimes used as a substitute food. | 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 70 |
21072 | Lomatium triternatum (Pursh) Coult. & Rose 2254 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 70 | Food 1 | Substitution Food 112 | Flowers and upper leaves sometimes used as a substitute food. | 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 70 |
22985 | Microseris laciniata (Hook.) Schultz-Bip. 2470 | Mendocino Indian 137 | c02 89 | 391 | Food 1 | Substitution Food 112 | Milky juice exposed to the sun and used by school children as a substitute for gum. | Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 391 |
23002 | Mimulus guttatus DC. 2476 | Mendocino Indian 137 | c02 89 | 387 | Food 1 | Substitution Food 112 | Plants used as a substitute for lettuce. | Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 387 |
23383 | Monardella sheltonii (Torr.) T.J. Howell 2514 | Mendocino Indian 137 | c02 89 | 384 | Food 1 | Substitution Food 112 | Aromatic, sweet-scented leaves used dried or fresh as a substitute for tea. | Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 384 |
25986 | Perideridia bolanderi (Gray) A. Nels. & J.F. Macbr. 2830 | Miwok 144 | bg33 100 | 157 | Food 1 | Substitution Food 112 | Served as substitution food when acorn supply was reduced. | Barrett, S. A. and E. W. Gifford, 1933, Miwok Material Culture, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 2(4):11, page 157 |
28715 | Pogogyne douglasii ssp. parviflora (Benth.) J.T. Howell 3034 | Concow 49 | c02 89 | 384 | Food 1 | Substitution Food 112 | Leaves used as a substitute for tea. | Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 384 |
29044 | Polypodium virginianum L. 3080 | Salish, Coast 217 | tb71 23 | 69 | Food 1 | Substitution Food 112 | Rhizomes formerly used as a substitute for sugar. | Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1971, The Ethnobotany of the Coast Salish Indians of Vancouver Island, I and II, Economic Botany 25(1):63-104, 335-339, page 69 |
29941 | Prosopis glandulosa Torr. 3153 | Apache, Chiricahua & Mescalero 11 | co36 95 | 50 | Food 1 | Substitution Food 112 | Flour used in the absence of sugar to sweeten an intoxicating drink. | Castetter, Edward F. and M. E. Opler, 1936, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest III. The Ethnobiology of the Chiricahua and Mescalero Apache, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(5):1-63, page 50 |
29971 | Prosopis glandulosa var. glandulosa 3154 | Apache, Western 14 | b86 87 | 176 | Food 1 | Substitution Food 112 | Pitch chewed as a substitute for gum. | Buskirk, Winfred, 1986, The Western Apache: Living With the Land Before 1950, Norman. University of Oklahoma Press, page 176 |
30149 | Prosopis velutina Woot. 3158 | Pima 193 | r08 104 | 74 | Food 1 | Substitution Food 112 | Inner bark used as a substitute for rennet. | Russell, Frank, 1908, The Pima Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #26:1-390, page 74 |
31178 | Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirbel) Franco 3199 | Montana Indian 151 | b05 73 | 20 | Food 1 | Substitution Food 112 | Leaves sometimes used as a substitute for coffee. | Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, page 20 |
31192 | Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirbel) Franco 3199 | Round Valley Indian 214 | c02 89 | 309 | Food 1 | Substitution Food 112 | Fresh leaves used as a substitute for coffee. | Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 309 |
31228 | Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirbel) Franco 3199 | Yuki 287 | c02 89 | 309 | Food 1 | Substitution Food 112 | Fresh leaves used as a substitute for coffee. | Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 309 |
31436 | Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn 3214 | Alaska Native 4 | h53 132 | 51 | Food 1 | Substitution Food 112 | Young fiddlenecks peeled, boiled or steamed and eaten as a substitute for asparagus. | Heller, Christine A., 1953, Edible and Poisonous Plants of Alaska, University of Alaska, page 51 |
31953 | Quercus chrysolepis Liebm. 3255 | Luiseno 128 | s08 24 | 193 | Food 1 | Substitution Food 112 | Acorns used as a substitution during a scarcity of common live oak or black oak. | Sparkman, Philip S., 1908, The Culture of the Luiseno Indians, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 8(4):187-234, page 193 |
32016 | Quercus dumosa Nutt. 3257 | Luiseno 128 | s08 24 | 193 | Food 1 | Substitution Food 112 | Acorns used only when more preferred species could not be obtained. | Sparkman, Philip S., 1908, The Culture of the Luiseno Indians, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 8(4):187-234, page 193 |
32035 | Quercus engelmannii Greene 3261 | Luiseno 128 | s08 24 | 193 | Food 1 | Substitution Food 112 | Acorns used only when more preferred species could not be obtained. | Sparkman, Philip S., 1908, The Culture of the Luiseno Indians, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 8(4):187-234, page 193 |
32586 | Quercus wislizeni A. DC. 3295 | Luiseno 128 | s08 24 | 193 | Food 1 | Substitution Food 112 | Acorns used only when more preferred species could not be obtained. | Sparkman, Philip S., 1908, The Culture of the Luiseno Indians, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 8(4):187-234, page 193 |
35481 | Rumex sp. 3495 | Algonquin, Quebec 7 | b80 67 | 84 | Food 1 | Substitution Food 112 | Used as substitute for rhubarb in pies or added to water and the solution used as a salt substitute. | Black, Meredith Jean, 1980, Algonquin Ethnobotany: An Interpretation of Aboriginal Adaptation in South Western Quebec, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series Number 65, page 84 |
37627 | Sedum sp. 3635 | Makah 133 | g73 25 | 31 | Food 1 | Substitution Food 112 | Plant used on journeys in place of unsafe water. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 31 |
38266 | Solanum elaeagnifolium Cav. 3720 | Cochiti 43 | c35 19 | 51 | Food 1 | Substitution Food 112 | Fruits used as a substitute for rennet in curdling milk. | Castetter, Edward F., 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest I. Uncultivated Native Plants Used as Sources of Food, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(1):1-44, page 51 |
38277 | Solanum elaeagnifolium Cav. 3720 | Pima 193 | r08 104 | 78 | Food 1 | Substitution Food 112 | Berries used as a substitute for rennet. | Russell, Frank, 1908, The Pima Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #26:1-390, page 78 |
38278 | Solanum elaeagnifolium Cav. 3720 | Spanish American 249 | c35 19 | 51 | Food 1 | Substitution Food 112 | Fruits used as a substitute for rennet in curdling milk. | Castetter, Edward F., 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest I. Uncultivated Native Plants Used as Sources of Food, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(1):1-44, page 51 |
39776 | Thelesperma longipes Gray 3933 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 89 | Food 1 | Substitution Food 112 | Leaves and stems used as a substitute for tea. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 89 |
39790 | Thelesperma megapotamicum (Spreng.) Kuntze 3934 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 89 | Food 1 | Substitution Food 112 | Leaves and stems used as a substitute for tea. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 89 |
41747 | Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis (Ait.) Seland. 4059 | Alaska Native 4 | h53 132 | 73 | Food 1 | Substitution Food 112 | Leaves used as a good substitute for spinach. | Heller, Christine A., 1953, Edible and Poisonous Plants of Alaska, University of Alaska, page 73 |
44451 | Zea mays L. 4244 | Menominee 138 | s23 51 | 66 | Food 1 | Substitution Food 112 | Scorched or parched corn often used as a substitute for coffee. | Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 66 |
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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) );