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id ▼ | species | tribe | source | pageno | use_category | use_subcategory | notes | rawsource |
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693 | Acer saccharum Marsh. 35 | Malecite 134 | sd52 78 | 6 | Other 3 | Lighting 145 | Wood used to make torch handles. | Speck, Frank G. and R.W. Dexter, 1952, Utilization of Animals and Plants by the Malecite Indians of New Brunswick, Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 42:1-7, page 6 |
1496 | Adenostoma fasciculatum Hook. & Arn. 66 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 29 | Other 3 | Lighting 145 | Branches bound together and used for torches. | 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 29 |
1996 | Aleurites moluccana (L.) Willd. 127 | Hawaiian 90 | a22 68 | 56 | Other 3 | Lighting 145 | Nuts dried, strung together and burned like candles. | Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 56 |
4347 | Arctostaphylos columbiana Piper 334 | Pomo, Kashaya 202 | gl80 40 | 69 | Other 3 | Lighting 145 | Wood used on the fire at dances and ceremonials because it made a bright light to see by. | Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 69 |
5058 | Artemisia douglasiana Bess. 394 | Costanoan 50 | b84 16 | 254 | Other 3 | Lighting 145 | Burned branches used as torches during night fishing. | Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 254 |
5123 | Artemisia dracunculus L. 395 | Costanoan 50 | b84 16 | 254 | Other 3 | Lighting 145 | Burned branches used as torches during night fishing. | Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 254 |
5733 | Artemisia tridentata Nutt. 407 | Paiute 183 | m53 98 | 119 | Other 3 | Lighting 145 | Bark wound about a stick and used as a torch. | Mahar, James Michael., 1953, Ethnobotany of the Oregon Paiutes of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, Reed College, B.A. Thesis, page 119 |
5919 | Arundinaria gigantea (Walt.) Muhl. 417 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 28 | Other 3 | Lighting 145 | Used to make candles. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 28 |
7199 | Betula papyrifera Marsh. 580 | Dakota 61 | g19 17 | 75 | Other 3 | Lighting 145 | Fine, shredded bark bound into bundles and used for torches. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 75 |
7204 | Betula papyrifera Marsh. 580 | Gitksan 78 | g92 166 | 154 | Other 3 | Lighting 145 | Used to make torches. | Gottesfeld, Leslie M. J., 1992, The Importance of Bark Products in the Aboriginal Economies of Northwestern British Columbia, Canada, Economic Botany 46(2):148-157, page 154 |
7252 | Betula papyrifera Marsh. 580 | Ojibwa 173 | smith32 20 | 416 | Other 3 | Lighting 145 | Bark rolled into a handy, burn all night torch. The Ojibwe often used a torch of rolled birch bark in lieu of candles. | Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 416 |
7313 | Betula papyrifera Marsh. 580 | Wet'suwet'en 278 | g92 166 | 154 | Other 3 | Lighting 145 | Used to make torches. | Gottesfeld, Leslie M. J., 1992, The Importance of Bark Products in the Aboriginal Economies of Northwestern British Columbia, Canada, Economic Botany 46(2):148-157, page 154 |
7337 | Betula sp. 585 | Micmac 141 | sd51 182 | 258 | Other 3 | Lighting 145 | Bark used to make torches for night fishing. | Speck, Frank G. and R.W. Dexter, 1951, Utilization of Animals and Plants by the Micmac Indians of New Brunswick, Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 41:250-259, page 258 |
8120 | Carex sp. 752 | Pomo 200 | g67 80 | 12 | Other 3 | Lighting 145 | Dried plant tied in tight bundles for torches and used for travel by night like a lantern. | Gifford, E. W., 1967, Ethnographic Notes on the Southwestern Pomo, Anthropological Records 25:10-15, page 12 |
12908 | Echinocereus triglochidiatus Engelm. 1363 | Isleta 101 | j31 76 | 27 | Other 3 | Lighting 145 | Dried pulp used as candles. | Jones, Volney H., 1931, The Ethnobotany of the Isleta Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 27 |
13634 | Ericameria nauseosa ssp. nauseosa var. latisquamea (Gray) Nesom & Baird 1453 | Isleta 101 | j31 76 | 26 | Other 3 | Lighting 145 | Wood, burned slowly and brightly, used as candles. | Jones, Volney H., 1931, The Ethnobotany of the Isleta Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 26 |
14205 | Eriophorum sp. 1542 | Eskimo, Inuktitut 71 | w78 64 | 184 | Other 3 | Lighting 145 | Seed head bristles used to make wicks for oil lamps. | Wilson, Michael R., 1978, Notes on Ethnobotany in Inuktitut, The Western Canadian Journal of Anthropology 8:180-196, page 184 |
16624 | Helianthus annuus L. 1821 | Pima 193 | c49 11 | 103 | Other 3 | Lighting 145 | Inner pulp of dried stalks strung and used to make quick-burning candles. | Curtin, L. S. M., 1949, By the Prophet of the Earth, Sante Fe. San Vicente Foundation, page 103 |
18713 | Juniperus monosperma (Engelm.) Sarg. 2058 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 11 | Other 3 | Lighting 145 | Bark used as a torch in the 'Fire Dance.' | 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 11 |
18749 | Juniperus monosperma (Engelm.) Sarg. 2058 | Tewa 257 | rhf16 61 | 39 | Other 3 | Lighting 145 | Bark formerly shredded, bound into bundles and used as torches to give light in houses. | Robbins, W.W., J.P. Harrington and B. Freire-Marreco, 1916, Ethnobotany of the Tewa Indians, SI-BAE Bulletin #55, page 39 |
18818 | Juniperus occidentalis Hook. 2059 | Paiute 183 | m53 98 | 47 | Other 3 | Lighting 145 | Bark wound around a stick & used as a torch to provide light and carry a fire to a new campsite. | Mahar, James Michael., 1953, Ethnobotany of the Oregon Paiutes of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, Reed College, B.A. Thesis, page 47 |
18931 | Juniperus osteosperma (Torr.) Little 2060 | Yavapai 284 | g36 48 | 259 | Other 3 | Lighting 145 | Bark used as a torch. | Gifford, E. W., 1936, Northeastern and Western Yavapai, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 34:247-345, page 259 |
19078 | Juniperus sp. 2063 | Apache, Western 14 | b86 87 | 187 | Other 3 | Lighting 145 | Dried bark made into a torch. | Buskirk, Winfred, 1986, The Western Apache: Living With the Land Before 1950, Norman. University of Oklahoma Press, page 187 |
23434 | Morella caroliniensis (P. Mill.) Small 2524 | Houma 96 | speck41 49 | 56 | Other 3 | Lighting 145 | Berries boiled and wax used to make candles. | Speck, Frank G., 1941, A List of Plant Curatives Obtained From the Houma Indians of Louisiana, Primitive Man 14:49-75, page 56 |
23439 | Morella cerifera (L.) Small 2525 | Houma 96 | speck41 49 | 56 | Other 3 | Lighting 145 | Berries boiled and wax used to make candles. | Speck, Frank G., 1941, A List of Plant Curatives Obtained From the Houma Indians of Louisiana, Primitive Man 14:49-75, page 56 |
24698 | Opuntia imbricata var. imbricata 2662 | Keres, Western 107 | swank32 79 | 55 | Other 3 | Lighting 145 | Dried woody stems used for candles and torches before the presence of other forms of lighting. | Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 55 |
27170 | Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr. 2938 | Haisla 86 | c93 14 | 175 | Other 3 | Lighting 145 | Pitch applied to the ends of red cedar torches used in night fishing. | 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 175 |
27383 | Pinus banksiana Lamb. 2952 | Potawatomi 206 | smith33 43 | 122 | Other 3 | Lighting 145 | Pine pitch and cedar used to make torches and attached to the canoe bow for night hunting. | Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 122 |
27710 | Pinus elliottii Engelm. 2960 | Seminole 228 | s54 88 | 480 | Other 3 | Lighting 145 | Plant used to make torches. | Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 480 |
27997 | Pinus ponderosa P.& C. Lawson 2968 | Nez Perce 162 | h92 30 | 50 | Other 3 | Lighting 145 | Pitch used to make torches. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 50 |
31193 | Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirbel) Franco 3199 | Round Valley Indian 214 | c02 89 | 309 | Other 3 | Lighting 145 | Small branches used as torches in fishing. | 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 |
32799 | Rhamnus ilicifolia Kellogg 3328 | Wintoon 281 | m66 109 | 276 | Other 3 | Lighting 145 | Wood used for torches because it burned a long time. | Merriam, C. Hart, 1966, Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes, University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley, page 276 |
38885 | Stenocereus thurberi (Engelm.) Buxbaum 3823 | Papago and Pima 189 | cb37 151 | 34 | Other 3 | Lighting 145 | Used to make torches. | Castetter, Edward F. and Willis H. Bell, 1937, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest IV. The Aboriginal Utilization of the Tall Cacti in the American South, University of New Mexico Bulletin 5:1-48, page 34 |
39924 | Thuja occidentalis L. 3950 | Potawatomi 206 | smith33 43 | 122 | Other 3 | Lighting 145 | Rolled bark used for night hunting torches. | Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 122 |
39970 | Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don 3951 | Haisla 86 | c93 14 | 162 | Other 3 | Lighting 145 | Branches covered with Sitka spruce pitch used for night fishing. | 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 162 |
40035 | Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don 3951 | Hoh 94 | r36 77 | 57 | Other 3 | Lighting 145 | Inner bark used as lampwicks in oil lamps. | Reagan, Albert B., 1936, Plants Used by the Hoh and Quileute Indians, Kansas Academy of Science 37:55-70, page 57 |
40204 | Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don 3951 | Quileute 209 | r36 77 | 57 | Other 3 | Lighting 145 | Inner bark used as lampwicks in oil lamps. | Reagan, Albert B., 1936, Plants Used by the Hoh and Quileute Indians, Kansas Academy of Science 37:55-70, page 57 |
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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) );