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id ▼ | species | tribe | source | pageno | use_category | use_subcategory | notes | rawsource |
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526 | Acer macrophyllum Pursh 26 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 147 | Fiber 4 | Scouring Material 124 | Inner bark used to make scouring pads and sometimes for weaving bags and for temporary baskets. | 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 147 |
1759 | Agave deserti Engelm. 91 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 31 | Fiber 4 | Scouring Material 124 | Pounded leaves dried and made into cleaning brushes for cooking water. | 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 31 |
11787 | Cuscuta californica Hook. & Arn. 1173 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 59 | Fiber 4 | Scouring Material 124 | Handfuls of plant used as scouring pads 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 59 |
12627 | Distichlis spicata (L.) Greene 1319 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 66 | Fiber 4 | Scouring Material 124 | Leaves used as a brushing material for cleaning implements or removing cactus thorns from objects. | 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 66 |
13310 | Equisetum arvense L. 1421 | Kwakiutl, Southern 122 | tb73 63 | 264 | Fiber 4 | Scouring Material 124 | Rough leaves and stems used for polishing canoes and other wooden articles. | Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Southern Kwakiutl Indians of British Columbia, Economic Botany 27:257-310, page 264 |
13321 | Equisetum arvense L. 1421 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 17 | Fiber 4 | Scouring Material 124 | Stems used as sandpaper to polish bone tools and soapstone pipes. | 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 17 |
13322 | Equisetum arvense L. 1421 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 17 | Fiber 4 | Scouring Material 124 | Used to polish fingernails. | 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 17 |
13338 | Equisetum hyemale L. 1422 | Bella Coola 21 | t73 53 | 196 | Fiber 4 | Scouring Material 124 | Stems formerly used for sandpaper to smooth wooden objects. | Turner, Nancy J., 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Bella Coola Indians of British Columbia, Syesis 6:193-220, page 196 |
13349 | Equisetum hyemale L. 1422 | Chippewa 38 | d28 4 | 377 | Fiber 4 | Scouring Material 124 | Used for scouring. | Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 377 |
13351 | Equisetum hyemale L. 1422 | Cowlitz 53 | g73 25 | 15 | Fiber 4 | Scouring Material 124 | Used to polish arrow shafts. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 15 |
13368 | Equisetum hyemale L. 1422 | Klamath 115 | c97 66 | 88 | Fiber 4 | Scouring Material 124 | Used to smooth arrow shafts. | Coville, Frederick V., 1897, Notes On The Plants Used By The Klamath Indians Of Oregon., Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 5(2):87-110, page 88 |
13374 | Equisetum hyemale L. 1422 | Menominee 138 | s23 51 | 75 | Fiber 4 | Scouring Material 124 | Used as a scouring rush for pots and pans. | Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 75 |
13376 | Equisetum hyemale L. 1422 | Meskwaki 139 | smith28 21 | 268 | Fiber 4 | Scouring Material 124 | Used to scour pots and pans. | Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 268 |
13379 | Equisetum hyemale L. 1422 | Montana Indian 151 | h92 30 | 58 | Fiber 4 | Scouring Material 124 | Abrasive stems used to polish pipes, bows and arrows and formerly used to scrub tins and floors. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 58 |
13381 | Equisetum hyemale L. 1422 | Ojibwa 173 | smith32 20 | 418 | Fiber 4 | Scouring Material 124 | Handful of stems used to scour the kettles and pans. | Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 418 |
13392 | Equisetum hyemale L. 1422 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 17 | Fiber 4 | Scouring Material 124 | Stems used as sandpaper to polish bone tools and soapstone pipes. | 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 17 |
13393 | Equisetum hyemale L. 1422 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 17 | Fiber 4 | Scouring Material 124 | Used to polish fingernails. | 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 17 |
13403 | Equisetum hyemale L. 1422 | Quinault 210 | g73 25 | 15 | Fiber 4 | Scouring Material 124 | Used to polish arrow shafts. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 15 |
13412 | Equisetum hyemale L. 1422 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 86 | Fiber 4 | Scouring Material 124 | Rough, silicon impregnated stems used to smooth and polish implements of wood, bone and steatite. The stems were used to do the final polishing of wooden spoons and to polish the soft rock used for pipe bowls. | 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 86 |
13421 | Equisetum hyemale var. affine (Engelm.) A.A. Eat. 1423 | Karok 105 | sg52 71 | 378 | Fiber 4 | Scouring Material 124 | Dried stalks used to sharpen mussel shell scrapers and for polishing arrows. | Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 378 |
13434 | Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun 1424 | Karok 105 | b81 70 | 29 | Fiber 4 | Scouring Material 124 | Stems used to sandpaper madrone spoons. | Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 29 |
13448 | Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun 1424 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 17 | Fiber 4 | Scouring Material 124 | Stems used as sandpaper to polish bone tools and soapstone pipes. | 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 17 |
13449 | Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun 1424 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 17 | Fiber 4 | Scouring Material 124 | Used to polish fingernails. | 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 17 |
13454 | Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun 1424 | Okanagon 176 | p52 55 | 39 | Fiber 4 | Scouring Material 124 | Used for sharpening and polishing bone tools. | Perry, F., 1952, Ethno-Botany of the Indians in the Interior of British Columbia, Museum and Art Notes 2(2):36-43., page 39 |
13466 | Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun 1424 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 86 | Fiber 4 | Scouring Material 124 | Rough, silicon impregnated stems used to smooth and polish implements of wood, bone and steatite. The stems were used to do the final polishing of wooden spoons and to polish the soft rock used for pipe bowls. | 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 86 |
13467 | Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun 1424 | Thompson 259 | p52 55 | 39 | Fiber 4 | Scouring Material 124 | Used for sharpening and polishing bone tools. | Perry, F., 1952, Ethno-Botany of the Indians in the Interior of British Columbia, Museum and Art Notes 2(2):36-43., page 39 |
13476 | Equisetum sp. 1428 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 70 | Fiber 4 | Scouring Material 124 | Used for a cleaning pad as a cleansing agent. | 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 70 |
13485 | Equisetum sp. 1428 | Modesse 145 | m66 109 | 224 | Fiber 4 | Scouring Material 124 | Used to polish arrows. | Merriam, C. Hart, 1966, Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes, University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley, page 224 |
13486 | Equisetum sp. 1428 | Omaha 177 | g19 17 | 63 | Fiber 4 | Scouring Material 124 | Plant used like sandpaper for polishing. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 63 |
13488 | Equisetum sp. 1428 | Pawnee 190 | g19 17 | 63 | Fiber 4 | Scouring Material 124 | Plant used like sandpaper for polishing. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 63 |
13489 | Equisetum sp. 1428 | Ponca 205 | g19 17 | 63 | Fiber 4 | Scouring Material 124 | Plant used like sandpaper for polishing. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 63 |
13496 | Equisetum sp. 1428 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 86 | Fiber 4 | Scouring Material 124 | Rough, silicon impregnated stems used to smooth and polish implements of wood, bone and steatite. The stems were used to do the final polishing of wooden spoons and to polish the soft rock used for pipe bowls. | 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 86 |
13497 | Equisetum sp. 1428 | Thompson 259 | steed28 33 | 497 | Fiber 4 | Scouring Material 124 | Used to smooth and finish soapstone pipes. | Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 497 |
13512 | Equisetum telmateia Ehrh. 1430 | Kwakiutl, Southern 122 | tb73 63 | 264 | Fiber 4 | Scouring Material 124 | Rough leaves and stems used for polishing canoes and other wooden articles. | Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Southern Kwakiutl Indians of British Columbia, Economic Botany 27:257-310, page 264 |
13525 | Equisetum telmateia Ehrh. 1430 | Skokomish 243 | g73 25 | 15 | Fiber 4 | Scouring Material 124 | Used with dogfish as sandpaper. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 15 |
13527 | Equisetum telmateia Ehrh. 1430 | Swinomish 253 | g73 25 | 15 | Fiber 4 | Scouring Material 124 | Used to polish arrow shafts. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 15 |
13531 | Equisetum telmateia Ehrh. 1430 | Yuki 287 | c57ii 69 | 92 | Fiber 4 | Scouring Material 124 | Stalks used to smooth Indian hemp stems and to polish arrows. | Curtin, L. S. M., 1957, Some Plants Used by the Yuki Indians ... II. Food Plants, The Masterkey 31:85-94, page 92 |
13542 | Equisetum variegatum Schleich. ex F. Weber & D.M.H. Mohr 1432 | Mendocino Indian 137 | c02 89 | 304 | Fiber 4 | Scouring Material 124 | Silicious stems used as a substitute for sandpaper in finishing off arrows and other woodwork. | Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 304 |
14752 | Festuca idahoensis Elmer 1613 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 16 | Fiber 4 | Scouring Material 124 | Bunch about a foot long, tied with string or yucca fiber, used as a brush for cleaning metates. | 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 16 |
19310 | Koeleria macrantha (Ledeb.) J.A. Schultes 2077 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 16 | Fiber 4 | Scouring Material 124 | Bunch about a foot long, tied with string or yucca fiber, used as a brush for cleaning metates. | 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 16 |
27513 | Pinus contorta var. murrayana (Grev. & Balf.) Engelm. 2956 | Thompson 259 | steed28 33 | 496 | Fiber 4 | Scouring Material 124 | Pitch mixed with grease and used for smoothing and polishing steatite pipes. | Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 496 |
29347 | Populus balsamifera ssp. trichocarpa (Torr. & Gray ex Hook.) Brayshaw 3097 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 276 | Fiber 4 | Scouring Material 124 | Inner bark used as a scouring pad. | 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 |
38789 | Sporobolus cryptandrus (Torr.) Gray 3806 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 17 | Fiber 4 | Scouring Material 124 | Bunch about a foot long, tied with string or yucca fiber, used as a brush for cleaning metates. | 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 17 |
39941 | Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don 3951 | Bella Coola 21 | t73 53 | 197 | Fiber 4 | Scouring Material 124 | Inner bark used for sponges. | Turner, Nancy J., 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Bella Coola Indians of British Columbia, Syesis 6:193-220, page 197 |
40016 | Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don 3951 | Hesquiat 92 | te82 41 | 35 | Fiber 4 | Scouring Material 124 | Finely beaten bark used as a sponge. Young boys, when they were starting to walk, were rubbed with this bark dipped in cold octopus broth to make them tough. Girls were told to rub the same liquid on their hands to make them strong. | Turner, Nancy J. and Barbara S. Efrat, 1982, Ethnobotany of the Hesquiat Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 35 |
40269 | Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don 3951 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 94 | Fiber 4 | Scouring Material 124 | Inner bark, maple or cottonwood inner bark used to make scouring pads. | 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 94 |
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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) );