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id | species | tribe | source | pageno | use_category | use_subcategory | notes ▲ | rawsource |
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253 | Abies lasiocarpa (Hook.) Nutt. 6 | Crow 60 | b05 73 | 5 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Young twigs and leaves burned as incense in certain ceremonies. | Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, page 5 |
18598 | Juniperus horizontalis Moench 2057 | Crow 60 | b05 73 | 13 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Young twigs and leaves burned as incense during incantations. | Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, page 13 |
30961 | Prunus virginiana var. demissa (Nutt.) Torr. 3182 | Sioux 238 | b05 73 | 19 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Wood used to make 'medicine-spoons' for use in ceremonial dog feasts. | Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, page 19 |
40157 | Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don 3951 | Oweekeno 181 | c93 14 | 66 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Wood made into shamanistic soul catchers to use in ritual healing. | 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 66 |
16306 | Gutierrezia sarothrae (Pursh) Britt. & Rusby 1786 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 86 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Wood made into charcoal used in the medicines applied to the ailing gods. Two kinds of charcoal were used in the medicines which were applied to the ailing gods. The first was made from the bark of the pine and willow. The second was made from this plant and three-lobed sagebrush, to which were added the feathers dropped from a live crow and a live buzzard. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 86 |
541 | Acer negundo L. 27 | Cheyenne 33 | h92 30 | 4 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Wood burned as incense for making spiritual medicines. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 4 |
6634 | Atriplex canescens (Pursh) Nutt. 503 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 24 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Whole plant used as a ceremonial emetic. | 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 |
14303 | Erysimum capitatum (Dougl. ex Hook.) Greene 1553 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 28, 29 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Whole plant used as a ceremonial emetic. | 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, 29 |
21996 | Mahonia repens (Lindl.) G. Don 2376 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 28 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Whole plant used as a ceremonial emetic. | 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 |
31077 | Pseudocymopterus montanus (Gray) Coult. & Rose 3189 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 38 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Whole plant used as a ceremonial emetic. | 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 38 |
35302 | Rumex crispus L. 3485 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 24 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Whole plant used as a ceremonial emetic. | 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 |
35476 | Rumex salicifolius var. mexicanus (Meisn.) C.L. Hitchc. 3493 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 24 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Whole plant used as a ceremonial emetic. | 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 |
41276 | Typha latifolia L. 4049 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 14, 15 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Whole plant used as a ceremonial emetic. | 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 14, 15 |
22801 | Mentha sp. 2444 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 73 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Used with sage, red penstemon, red willow, scrub oak & chokecherry as medicine for Shooting Chant. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 73 |
24258 | Oenothera albicaulis Pursh 2613 | Hopi 95 | c74 82 | 336 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Used to ward out the cold through prayer. | Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 336 |
12056 | Dasylirion durangensis 1235 | Tarahumara 256 | bc41 58 | 60 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Used in the annual ceremonial curing of animals and fields from sickness and lightning. | 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 60 |
20677 | Lobelia inflata L. 2222 | Crow 60 | b05 73 | 14, 15 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Used in religious ceremonies. | Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, page 14, 15 |
23917 | Nicotiana rustica L. 2585 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 59 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Used extensively in rituals. | 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 |
23957 | Nicotiana tabacum L. 2587 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 59 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Used extensively in rituals. | 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 |
7025 | Bassia scoparia (L.) A.J. Scott 561 | Navajo 157 | h56 141 | 152 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Used by the medicine man for painting a patient during a healing ceremony. | Hocking, George M., 1956, Some Plant Materials Used Medicinally and Otherwise by the Navaho Indians in the Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, El Palacio 56:146-165, page 152 |
24502 | Oplopanax horridus Miq. 2640 | Montana Indian 151 | b05 73 | 12 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Used by medicine men in their incantations. | Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, page 12 |
1592 | Adiantum pedatum L. 71 | Nitinaht 166 | ttco83 101 | 61 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Used by dancers to make them light footed. | 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 61 |
16461 | Hedeoma nana (Torr.) Briq. 1805 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 72 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Used by assistant during the War Dance. At noon of the third day of the War Dance, the body of the patient was painted black. Medicine was then made of yarrow, red juniper, pine needles and meadow rue, which were previously pulverized, then thrown into a bowl of water and stirred. This was then dabbed all over the patient who sipped the mixture before bathing his whole body in it. Foxtail grass and mock pennyroyal were then chewed by the assistant and sputtered on the patient. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 72 |
25559 | Parthenocissus vitacea (Knerr) A.S. Hitchc. 2759 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 62 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Used as part of the medicine the patient takes in the Mountain Chant Ceremony. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 62 |
44052 | Yucca filamentosa L. 4229 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 25 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Used as an ingredient with broom sedge and amaranth in green corn medicine. | 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 |
2845 | Ambrosia artemisiifolia L. 198 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 52 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Used as an ingredient in green corn medicine. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 52 |
2890 | Ambrosia trifida L. 203 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 52 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Used as an ingredient in green corn medicine. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 52 |
3314 | Andropogon virginicus L. 243 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 27 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Used as an ingredient in green corn medicine. | 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 |
10275 | Clematis virginiana L. 1022 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 60 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Used as an ingredient in green corn medicine. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 60 |
11698 | Cucurbita pepo L. 1164 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 51 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Used as an ingredient in green corn medicine. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 51 |
11862 | Cynoglossum virginianum L. 1194 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 30 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Used as an ingredient in green corn medicine. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 30 |
17739 | Impatiens capensis Meerb. 1981 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 41 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Used as an ingredient in green corn medicine. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 41 |
17784 | Impatiens pallida Nutt. 1982 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 41 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Used as an ingredient in green corn medicine. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 41 |
2754 | Amaranthus hybridus L. 190 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 23 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Used as an ingredient in a green corn medicine. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 23 |
2799 | Amaranthus retroflexus L. 193 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 23 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Used as an ingredient in a green corn medicine. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 23 |
2835 | Amaranthus spinosus L. 195 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 23 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Used as an ingredient in a green corn medicine. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 23 |
19376 | Lactuca canadensis L. 2084 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 42 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Used as an ingredient in a green corn medicine. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 42 |
43647 | Xanthium strumarium L. 4210 | Lakota 125 | r80 108 | 40 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Used as a medicine in ceremonies. | 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 40 |
42998 | Veronicastrum virginicum (L.) Farw. 4127 | Menominee 138 | s23 51 | 53, 54 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Used as a 'reviver' to purify whoever had been defiled by touch of bereaved. | Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 53, 54 |
33116 | Rhus trilobata Nutt. 3352 | Hopi 95 | f96 72 | 16 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Twigs used for ceremonial purposes. | Fewkes, J. Walter, 1896, A Contribution to Ethnobotany, American Anthropologist 9:14-21, page 16 |
39851 | Thuja occidentalis L. 3950 | Chippewa 38 | gil33 15 | 123 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Twigs burned for incense in religious ceremonies. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1933, Some Chippewa Uses of Plants, Ann Arbor. University of Michigan Press, page 123 |
43892 | Yucca baccata Torr. 4225 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 21 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Suds made from root used for ceremonial purification baths. | 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 |
36250 | Salix sp. 3551 | Omaha 177 | g19 17 | 73, 74 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Stems thrust in gashes on forearms of grieving young men at funeral ceremony. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 73, 74 |
39909 | Thuja occidentalis L. 3950 | Ojibwa 173 | smith32 20 | 380 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Smoke used to purify sacred objects, hands and persons of participants. | Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 380 |
37129 | Sarcobatus vermiculatus (Hook.) Torr. 3586 | Cheyenne 33 | h81 57 | 17 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Sharpened stick used in acupuncture ceremony. | Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 17 |
38854 | Staphylea trifolia L. 3819 | Meskwaki 139 | smith28 21 | 248 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Seeds used in gourd rattles for dream and medicine dances. | Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 248 |
16439 | Hamamelis virginiana L. 1799 | Menominee 138 | s23 51 | 37 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Seeds used as the sacred bead in the medicine ceremony. | Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 37 |
21003 | Lomatium nudicaule (Pursh) Coult. & Rose 2246 | Nitinaht 166 | ttco83 101 | 92 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Seeds burned as a protective fumigant against bad spirits and illness. | 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 92 |
4834 | Arisaema triphyllum (L.) Schott 367 | Meskwaki 139 | smith28 21 | 202 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Seed used as a magical diagnostic medicine to predict recovery or death. | Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 202 |
20596 | Lithospermum incisum Lehm. 2216 | Zuni 291 | s15 6 | 56 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Salve of powdered root applied ceremonially to swelling of any body part. | Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 56 |
5696 | Artemisia tridentata Nutt. 407 | Paiute 183 | m53 98 | 119 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Sagebrush used by dancers to pat themselves to be made spiritually clean, curing ceremonies. | Mahar, James Michael., 1953, Ethnobotany of the Oregon Paiutes of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, Reed College, B.A. Thesis, page 119 |
13361 | Equisetum hyemale L. 1422 | Hoh 94 | r36 77 | 57 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Rootstocks eaten during medicinal ceremonies. | Reagan, Albert B., 1936, Plants Used by the Hoh and Quileute Indians, Kansas Academy of Science 37:55-70, page 57 |
13396 | Equisetum hyemale L. 1422 | Quileute 209 | r36 77 | 57 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Rootstocks eaten during medicinal ceremonies. | Reagan, Albert B., 1936, Plants Used by the Hoh and Quileute Indians, Kansas Academy of Science 37:55-70, page 57 |
13427 | Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun 1424 | Hoh 94 | r36 77 | 57 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Rootstocks eaten during medicinal ceremonies. | Reagan, Albert B., 1936, Plants Used by the Hoh and Quileute Indians, Kansas Academy of Science 37:55-70, page 57 |
13456 | Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun 1424 | Quileute 209 | r36 77 | 57 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Rootstocks eaten during medicinal ceremonies. | Reagan, Albert B., 1936, Plants Used by the Hoh and Quileute Indians, Kansas Academy of Science 37:55-70, page 57 |
1449 | Actaea rubra (Ait.) Willd. 61 | Cheyenne 33 | h81 57 | 33 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Roots used in ceremonies. | Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 33 |
14278 | Eryngium yuccifolium var. synchaetum Gray ex Coult. & Rose 1552 | Seminole 228 | s54 88 | 167 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Roots used as an emetic in purification after funerals, at doctor's school & after death of patient. | Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 167 |
3477 | Angelica dawsonii S. Wats. 261 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 40 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Roots used as a religious power medicine. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 40 |
38627 | Sphaeralcea angustifolia (Cav.) G. Don 3771 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 63 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Roots used as a ceremonial medicine. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 63 |
35719 | Salix caroliniana Michx. 3523 | Seminole 228 | s54 88 | 95 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Roots taken by students in medical training. | Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 95 |
42680 | Veratrum viride Ait. 4105 | Haisla and Hanaksiala 87 | c93 14 | 201 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Roots put on the ends of arrows by the shaman to shoot towards 'disease spirits.' | 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 201 |
3758 | Apocynum androsaemifolium L. 296 | Ojibwa 173 | smith32 20 | 428 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Roots eaten during the medicine lodge ceremony. The roots are also chewed to keep the other witch doctors from affecting one with an evil charm. | Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 428 |
24252 | Oenanthe sarmentosa K. Presl ex DC. 2611 | Tsimshian 267 | c93 14 | 326 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Roots eaten as an emetic to seek supernatural powers and purify. | 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 326 |
3623 | Antennaria rosea Greene 279 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 75 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Roots dried, powdered, put into hot coals at winter dance & smoke used to revive passed out dancers. | 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 75 |
3622 | Antennaria rosea Greene 279 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 75 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Roots dried, powdered, put into hot coals at winter dance & smoke used to drive away bad spirits. | 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 75 |
16041 | Glycyrrhiza lepidota Pursh 1758 | Cheyenne 33 | h92 30 | 35 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Roots chewed to cool the body in the Sweatlodge and Sundance Ceremonies. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 35 |
16040 | Glycyrrhiza lepidota Pursh 1758 | Cheyenne 33 | h81 57 | 28 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Roots chewed in the Sun Dance ceremony for the cooling effect. | Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 28 |
20214 | Ligusticum canbyi (Coult. & Rose) Coult. & Rose 2177 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 64 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Roots burned and smoke used to revive singers from a trance, considered ceremonially dead. | 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 64 |
20213 | Ligusticum canbyi (Coult. & Rose) Coult. & Rose 2177 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 64 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Roots burned and smoke used to revive a subdued person possessed by the 'bluejay spirit.' | 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 64 |
36092 | Salix sitchensis Sanson ex Bong. 3550 | Karok 105 | sg52 71 | 381 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Roots and branches used in the World Renewal ceremony fire. | Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 381 |
3757 | Apocynum androsaemifolium L. 296 | Ojibwa 173 | smith32 20 | 354355 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Root, considered sacred, eaten during the medicine lodge ceremony. | Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 354355 |
22096 | Maianthemum racemosum ssp. racemosum 2381 | Meskwaki 139 | smith28 21 | 230231 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Root used in meeting when medicine man wants to perform trick or cast spells. | Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 230231 |
11526 | Cryptantha cinerea var. cinerea 1147 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 40 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Root used as ceremonial medicine. | 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 40 |
42506 | Valeriana dioica var. sylvatica S. Wats. 4093 | Thompson 259 | steed28 33 | 460 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Root used as ceremonial medicine for unspecified purpose. | Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 460 |
42546 | Valeriana sitchensis Bong. 4095 | Thompson 259 | steed28 33 | 460 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Root used as ceremonial medicine for unspecified purpose. | Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 460 |
12191 | Datura wrightii Regel 1244 | Luiseno 128 | s08 24 | 229 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Root juice used in boys' puberty ceremony to induce stupefaction. | Sparkman, Philip S., 1908, The Culture of the Luiseno Indians, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 8(4):187-234, page 229 |
3331 | Anemone canadensis L. 248 | Ojibwa 173 | smith32 20 | 382383 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Root eaten to clear throat so one can sing well in medicine lodge ceremony. | Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 382383 |
9865 | Cicuta maculata L. 942 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 31 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Root chewed, if dizziness occurred person would die soon, if not, long life. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 31 |
20236 | Ligusticum porteri Coult. & Rose 2180 | Zuni 291 | cb80 157 | 379 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Root chewed by medicine man and patient during curing ceremonies for various illnesses. | Camazine, Scott and Robert A. Bye, 1980, A Study Of The Medical Ethnobotany Of The Zuni Indians of New Mexico, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 2:365-388, page 379 |
36762 | Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis (L.) R. Bolli 3566 | Seminole 228 | s54 88 | 167 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Root bark used as a purification emetic after funerals, at doctor's school & after death of patient. | Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 167 |
42920 | Verbesina virginica L. 4118 | Seminole 228 | s54 88 | 167 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Root bark used as a purification emetic after funerals, at doctor's school & after death of patient. | Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 167 |
12102 | Datura sp. 1242 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 73 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Raw, dried roots chewed in a ceremony for chills and fevers. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 73 |
20813 | Lomatium dissectum var. multifidum (Nutt.) Mathias & Constance 2237 | Blackfoot 23 | m09 42 | 274 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Pulverized root burned as incense. | McClintock, Walter, 1909, Medizinal- Und Nutzpflanzen Der Schwarzfuss Indianer, Zeitschriff fur Ethnologie 41:273-9, page 274 |
12122 | Datura wrightii Regel 1244 | Apache, White Mountain 15 | r29 45 | 156 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Powdered roots used in the religious-medicine ceremonies. | Reagan, Albert B., 1929, Plants Used by the White Mountain Apache Indians of Arizona, Wisconsin Archeologist 8:143-61., page 156 |
3247 | Anaphalis margaritacea (L.) Benth. 236 | Cheyenne 33 | g05 13 | 42 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Powdered flowers chewed and rubbed on body to protect and strengthen warrior. | Grinnell, George Bird, 1905, Some Cheyenne Plant Medicines, American Anthropologist 7:37-43, page 42 |
44458 | Zea mays L. 4244 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 27 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Poultice of plant applied as ceremonial medicine for sore throats. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 27 |
27982 | Pinus ponderosa P.& C. Lawson 2968 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 23 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Pollen used in the 'Night Chant' medicine. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 23 |
28666 | Poa fendleriana (Steud.) Vasey 3029 | Hopi 95 | c74 82 | 350 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Pollen used in prayer medicine. | Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 350 |
24894 | Oreoxis alpina ssp. alpina 2677 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 67 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Plant, greasewood and wild privet used as a medicine for the Coyote Chant. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 67 |
16594 | Helianthus annuus L. 1821 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 87 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Plant, double bladderpod, sumac and mistletoe used in the liniment for the War Dance. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 87 |
10287 | Cleome lutea Hook. 1024 | Navajo, Kayenta 158 | wh51 106 | 25 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Plant used with ceremonial tobacco in some chants. | Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 25 |
14277 | Eryngium yuccifolium var. synchaetum Gray ex Coult. & Rose 1552 | Seminole 228 | s54 88 | 95 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Plant used to make a medicine taken by students in medical training. | Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 95 |
25414 | Panax sp. 2734 | Creek 59 | swan28 128 | 656 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Plant used to keep ghosts away and for religious occasions. | Swanton, John R, 1928, Religious Beliefs and Medical Practices of the Creek Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #42:473-672, page 656 |
5514 | Artemisia sp. 404 | Dakota 61 | g19 17 | 134135 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Plant used to begin any ceremonial in order to drive away evil influences. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 134135 |
5546 | Artemisia sp. 404 | Omaha 177 | g19 17 | 134135 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Plant used to begin any ceremonial in order to drive away evil influences. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 134135 |
5552 | Artemisia sp. 404 | Pawnee 190 | g19 17 | 134135 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Plant used to begin any ceremonial in order to drive away evil influences. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 134135 |
5557 | Artemisia sp. 404 | Ponca 205 | g19 17 | 134135 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Plant used to begin any ceremonial in order to drive away evil influences. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 134135 |
5565 | Artemisia sp. 404 | Winnebago 280 | g19 17 | 134135 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Plant used to begin any ceremonial in order to drive away evil influences. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 134135 |
39013 | Suaeda moquinii (Torr.) Greene 3846 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 31, 74 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Plant used to bathe the doctor before administering to patients. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 31, 74 |
12655 | Draba helleriana Greene 1326 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 28 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Plant used in various ways as a ceremonial medicine. | 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 |
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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) );