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13 rows where use_subcategory = 168
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id ▼ | species | tribe | source | pageno | use_category | use_subcategory | notes | rawsource |
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2557 | Alnus rubra Bong. 172 | Nitinaht 166 | g83 3 | 243 | Other 3 | Water Indicator 168 | 'If you see a creek without alder along its banks, the water isn't good to drink.' | Gill, Steven J., 1983, Ethnobotany of the Makah and Ozette People, Olympic Peninsula, Washington (USA), Washington State University, Ph.D. Thesis, page 243 |
2670 | Alnus viridis ssp. crispa (Ait.) Turrill 176 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 188 | Other 3 | Water Indicator 168 | Plants used as water indicators. | 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 188 |
6581 | Athyrium filix-femina (L.) Roth 498 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 18 | Other 3 | Water Indicator 168 | Ferns considered to be a sign of water when travelling through the mountains. | 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 18 |
14804 | Forestiera pubescens var. pubescens 1626 | Isleta 101 | j31 76 | 29 | Other 3 | Water Indicator 168 | Large shrubs considered water indicators because wells dug where plants grew always produced water. | Jones, Volney H., 1931, The Ethnobotany of the Isleta Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 29 |
16366 | Gymnocarpium dryopteris (L.) Newman 1790 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 18 | Other 3 | Water Indicator 168 | Ferns considered to be a sign of water when travelling through the mountains. | 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 18 |
16444 | Hamamelis virginiana L. 1799 | Mohegan 149 | t72 97 | 87 | Other 3 | Water Indicator 168 | Crotched sticks used to locate underground water or buried treasure. | Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 87 |
20619 | Lithospermum ruderale Dougl. ex Lehm. 2219 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 91 | Other 3 | Water Indicator 168 | Plant used as a charm to make it rain. | 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 91 |
22312 | Malus pumila P. Mill. 2394 | Mohegan 149 | t72 97 | 87 | Other 3 | Water Indicator 168 | Crotched sticks used to locate underground water. | Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 87 |
22997 | Mimulus glabratus var. jamesii (Torr. & Gray ex Benth.) Gray 2475 | Keres, Western 107 | swank32 79 | 54 | Other 3 | Water Indicator 168 | Plant used as an indication of surface water. | Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 54 |
30274 | Prunus americana Marsh. 3160 | Mohegan 149 | t72 97 | 87 | Other 3 | Water Indicator 168 | Crotched sticks used to locate underground water. | Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 87 |
31488 | Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn 3214 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 18 | Other 3 | Water Indicator 168 | Ferns considered to be a sign of water when travelling through the mountains. | 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 18 |
37064 | Sanicula bipinnata Hook. & Arn. 3573 | Karok 105 | sg52 71 | 386 | Other 3 | Water Indicator 168 | Plant grew near good luck water. This plant grew naturally in swamps. It was believed that even if you found it in a dry place, if you searched you would find water near by. The water bubbled up in a little hole and disappeared again soon. This was good luck water. When a woman was making baskets, she went to it, if she knew where it was and washed her hands. Then she would have good luck in making her baskets and perhaps would sell them at a high price. When people were gambling, they would go and wash their hands in a 'lucky water.' If you found a lucky water, you would not tell anyone, but would keep it secret, so that no unclean person would go near it. | Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 386 |
43568 | Woodsia scopulina D.C. Eat. 4194 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 18 | Other 3 | Water Indicator 168 | Ferns considered to be a sign of water when travelling through the mountains. | 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 18 |
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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) );