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id | species | tribe | source ▼ | pageno | use_category | use_subcategory | notes | rawsource |
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26381 | Philadelphus lewisii Pursh 2875 | Lummi 129 | g73 25 | 31 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Wood used for netting shuttles and knitting needles. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 31 |
32127 | Quercus garryana Dougl. ex Hook. 3265 | Cowlitz 53 | g73 25 | 27 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Wood used to make digging sticks. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 27 |
33391 | Ribes bracteosum Dougl. ex Hook. 3361 | Quileute 209 | g73 25 | 32 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Pithless stems used as tubes to inflate seal paunches made into oil containers. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 32 |
35962 | Salix lucida ssp. lasiandra (Benth.) E. Murr. 3539 | Cowlitz 53 | g73 25 | 26 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Wood used to make drills for fire drills. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 26 |
39459 | Taxus brevifolia Nutt. 3902 | Cowlitz 53 | g73 25 | 16 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Used to make wedges for splitting logs and digging sticks for roots and clams. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 16 |
39544 | Taxus brevifolia Nutt. 3902 | Quinault 210 | g73 25 | 16 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Used to make digging sticks for roots and clams. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 16 |
39553 | Taxus brevifolia Nutt. 3902 | Samish 221 | g73 25 | 16 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Used to make wedges for splitting logs. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 16 |
39559 | Taxus brevifolia Nutt. 3902 | Swinomish 253 | g73 25 | 16 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Used to make wedges for splitting logs and digging sticks for roots and clams. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 16 |
40206 | Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don 3951 | Quileute 209 | g73 25 | 19 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Used to make the spindle for spinning mountain-goat wool. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 19 |
5246 | Artemisia frigida Willd. 397 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 109 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Plant made into balls and used as molds to make rattles. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 109 |
23195 | Monarda fistulosa L. 2504 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 115 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Dried flowerheads used to apply water to a green hide to make it easier to scrape the hide. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 115 |
30724 | Prunus virginiana L. 3181 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 104 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Sticks used to dig roots. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 104 |
385 | Acacia greggii Gray 15 | Papago 188 | cu35 27 | 69 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Curved rods used for fleshing and dehairing animal skins. | Castetter, Edward F. and Ruth M. Underhill, 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest II. The Ethnobiology of the Papago Indians, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(3):1-84, page 69 |
386 | Acacia greggii Gray 15 | Papago 188 | cu35 27 | 20 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Short transverse sticks affixed to poles and used to dislodge saguaro fruits from the shafts. | Castetter, Edward F. and Ruth M. Underhill, 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest II. The Ethnobiology of the Papago Indians, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(3):1-84, page 20 |
387 | Acacia greggii Gray 15 | Papago 188 | cu35 27 | 69 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Stems peeled of bark and thorns and used to beat sheep hides to make them more pliable. | Castetter, Edward F. and Ruth M. Underhill, 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest II. The Ethnobiology of the Papago Indians, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(3):1-84, page 69 |
8180 | Carnegia gigantea (Engelm.) Britt. & Rose 757 | Papago 188 | cu35 27 | 51 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Four needles tied in a row and used as piercing instruments for tattooing. | Castetter, Edward F. and Ruth M. Underhill, 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest II. The Ethnobiology of the Papago Indians, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(3):1-84, page 51 |
8181 | Carnegia gigantea (Engelm.) Britt. & Rose 757 | Papago 188 | cu35 27 | 15 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Giant ribs split in two and used as wooden tongs for gathering cholla joints and buds. | Castetter, Edward F. and Ruth M. Underhill, 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest II. The Ethnobiology of the Papago Indians, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(3):1-84, page 15 |
8182 | Carnegia gigantea (Engelm.) Britt. & Rose 757 | Papago 188 | cu35 27 | 70 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Perforations bored in sticks and used to smooth rough cords. | Castetter, Edward F. and Ruth M. Underhill, 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest II. The Ethnobiology of the Papago Indians, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(3):1-84, page 70 |
8183 | Carnegia gigantea (Engelm.) Britt. & Rose 757 | Papago 188 | cu35 27 | 62 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Ribs used as the larger of the two pieces of twisters used to make rope. | Castetter, Edward F. and Ruth M. Underhill, 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest II. The Ethnobiology of the Papago Indians, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(3):1-84, page 62 |
8184 | Carnegia gigantea (Engelm.) Britt. & Rose 757 | Papago 188 | cu35 27 | 69 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Ribs used for the handles of skin scrapers. | Castetter, Edward F. and Ruth M. Underhill, 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest II. The Ethnobiology of the Papago Indians, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(3):1-84, page 69 |
8185 | Carnegia gigantea (Engelm.) Britt. & Rose 757 | Papago 188 | cu35 27 | 53 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Ribs used to make several kinds of light tools. | Castetter, Edward F. and Ruth M. Underhill, 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest II. The Ethnobiology of the Papago Indians, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(3):1-84, page 53 |
14826 | Fouquieria splendens Engelm. 1630 | Papago 188 | cu35 27 | 51 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Thorns used to pierce the ears of both sexes. | Castetter, Edward F. and Ruth M. Underhill, 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest II. The Ethnobiology of the Papago Indians, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(3):1-84, page 51 |
19683 | Larrea tridentata var. tridentata 2102 | Papago 188 | cu35 27 | 20 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Short transverse sticks affixed to poles and used to dislodge saguaro fruits from the shafts. | Castetter, Edward F. and Ruth M. Underhill, 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest II. The Ethnobiology of the Papago Indians, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(3):1-84, page 20 |
19684 | Larrea tridentata var. tridentata 2102 | Papago 188 | cu35 27 | 60 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Smooth sticks used as the shuttles in weaving cotton. | Castetter, Edward F. and Ruth M. Underhill, 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest II. The Ethnobiology of the Papago Indians, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(3):1-84, page 60 |
19685 | Larrea tridentata var. tridentata 2102 | Papago 188 | cu35 27 | 69 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Stakes used to stake out sheep hides so they can be made more pliable. | Castetter, Edward F. and Ruth M. Underhill, 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest II. The Ethnobiology of the Papago Indians, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(3):1-84, page 69 |
19686 | Larrea tridentata var. tridentata 2102 | Papago 188 | cu35 27 | 62 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Wood used as the smaller of the two pieces of twisters used to make rope. | Castetter, Edward F. and Ruth M. Underhill, 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest II. The Ethnobiology of the Papago Indians, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(3):1-84, page 62 |
19687 | Larrea tridentata var. tridentata 2102 | Papago 188 | cu35 27 | 59 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Wood used to make handles for basketry awls. | Castetter, Edward F. and Ruth M. Underhill, 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest II. The Ethnobiology of the Papago Indians, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(3):1-84, page 59 |
24361 | Olneya tesota Gray 2633 | Papago 188 | cu35 27 | 31 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Four foot sticks with sharp points used as digging sticks. | Castetter, Edward F. and Ruth M. Underhill, 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest II. The Ethnobiology of the Papago Indians, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(3):1-84, page 31 |
24362 | Olneya tesota Gray 2633 | Papago 188 | cu35 27 | 60 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Wooden stakes driven into the ground and used for weaving cotton. | Castetter, Edward F. and Ruth M. Underhill, 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest II. The Ethnobiology of the Papago Indians, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(3):1-84, page 60 |
28647 | Pluchea sericea (Nutt.) Coville 3025 | Papago 188 | cu35 27 | 59 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Used as a spindle for spinning cotton. | Castetter, Edward F. and Ruth M. Underhill, 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest II. The Ethnobiology of the Papago Indians, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(3):1-84, page 59 |
30118 | Prosopis velutina Woot. 3158 | Papago 188 | cu35 27 | 32 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Two foot long, sword shaped slabs sharpened and used as weed hoes. | Castetter, Edward F. and Ruth M. Underhill, 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest II. The Ethnobiology of the Papago Indians, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(3):1-84, page 32 |
33145 | Rhus trilobata Nutt. 3352 | Jemez 102 | c30 28 | 27 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Branches used to make hoe handles. | Cook, Sarah Louise, 1930, The Ethnobotany of Jemez Indians., University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 27 |
8224 | Carnegia gigantea (Engelm.) Britt. & Rose 757 | Seri 229 | d44 29 | 136 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Dried plant skeletons used as a straight, slender pole for knocking off ripe fruit. | Dawson, E. Yale, 1944, Some Ethnobotanical Notes on the Seri Indians, Desert Plant Life 9:133-138, page 136 |
25278 | Pachycereus pringlei (S. Wats.) Britt. & Rose 2724 | Seri 229 | d44 29 | 136 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Dried plant skeletons used as a straight, slender pole for knocking off ripe fruit. | Dawson, E. Yale, 1944, Some Ethnobotanical Notes on the Seri Indians, Desert Plant Life 9:133-138, page 136 |
38890 | Stenocereus thurberi (Engelm.) Buxbaum 3823 | Seri 229 | d44 29 | 136 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Dried plant skeletons used as a straight, slender pole for knocking off ripe fruit. | Dawson, E. Yale, 1944, Some Ethnobotanical Notes on the Seri Indians, Desert Plant Life 9:133-138, page 136 |
5369 | Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt. 399 | Cheyenne 33 | h92 30 | 44 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Sprigs used in sweat lodges to sprinkle water on the rocks. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 44 |
11037 | Cornus sericea ssp. sericea 1102 | Crow 60 | h92 30 | 21 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Branches used to make forks for sweatlodge rocks. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 21 |
11068 | Cornus sericea ssp. sericea 1102 | Kutenai 120 | h92 30 | 21 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Wood used to make pelt stretchers. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 21 |
36223 | Salix sp. 3551 | Montana Indian 151 | h92 30 | 67 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Wood used to make scrapers for removing hair from hides. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 67 |
1770 | Agave deserti Engelm. 91 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 31 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Thorns used as awls in basket making. | 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 |
1771 | Agave deserti Engelm. 91 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 31 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Thorns used as tool for tattooing. | 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 |
4362 | Arctostaphylos glandulosa Eastw. 335 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 40 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Stems used to make small tools. | 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 40 |
4363 | Arctostaphylos glandulosa Eastw. 335 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 40 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Wood used to make awl handles. | 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 40 |
4380 | Arctostaphylos glauca Lindl. 336 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 40 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Stems used to make small tools. | 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 40 |
4381 | Arctostaphylos glauca Lindl. 336 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 40 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Wood used to make awl handles. | 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 40 |
4470 | Arctostaphylos pungens Kunth 343 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 40 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Stems used to make small tools. | 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 40 |
4471 | Arctostaphylos pungens Kunth 343 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 40 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Wood used to make awl handles. | 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 40 |
9574 | Chilopsis linearis (Cav.) Sweet 912 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 53 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Long limbs used as sticks to reach fruits and nuts too high to grasp by hand. | 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 53 |
24351 | Olneya tesota Gray 2633 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 94 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Wood used to make implements requiring extreme hardness: throwing sticks and clubs. | 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 94 |
29889 | Proboscidea althaeifolia (Benth.) Dcne. 3142 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 107 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Hooked thorns used as a tool in mending baskets and broken pottery. | 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 107 |
30030 | Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana (L. Benson) M.C. Johnston 3155 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 107 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Thorns used to puncture the skin for tattooing. | 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 107 |
30066 | Prosopis pubescens Benth. 3156 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 118 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Long branch made into a mescal cutter to sever agave leaves. | 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 118 |
43557 | Washingtonia filifera (L. Linden) H. Wendl. 4190 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 145 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Leaves used for flailing and hulling dried seeds. | 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 145 |
453 | Acer glabrum Torr. 23 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 59 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Wood used to make spear handles. | 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 59 |
3014 | Amelanchier alnifolia (Nutt.) Nutt. ex M. Roemer 204 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 120 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Wood used to make digging sticks and seed beaters. | 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 120 |
6519 | Astragalus miser Dougl. 484 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 28 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Plant used to wipe the juice from the lodgepole pine bark before the cambium was scraped off. | 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 28 |
6520 | Astragalus miser Dougl. 484 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 105 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Used to wipe off the turpentine like juice from the inside of stripped pine bark. | 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 105 |
6903 | Balsamorhiza sagittata (Pursh) Nutt. 549 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 80 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Leaves wrapped around young boy's feet to practice walking silently and carefully in the woods. | 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 80 |
17343 | Holodiscus discolor (Pursh) Maxim. 1904 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 126 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Wood used to make digging sticks. | 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 126 |
26393 | Philadelphus lewisii Pursh 2875 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 108 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Wood used to make digging sticks. | 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 108 |
29320 | Populus balsamifera ssp. trichocarpa (Torr. & Gray ex Hook.) Brayshaw 3097 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 134 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Thin board of wood placed at the top of a cradle to flatten a child's head. | 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 134 |
29645 | Populus tremuloides Michx. 3106 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 134 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Logs used to scrape deer hides. | 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 134 |
3057 | Amelanchier alnifolia (Nutt.) Nutt. ex M. Roemer 204 | Thompson 259 | steed28 33 | 496 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Wood used to make root diggers, handles and other tools. | Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 496 |
10931 | Cornus nuttallii Audubon ex Torr. & Gray 1096 | Thompson 259 | steed28 33 | 496 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Wood used to make implement handles. | Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 496 |
11389 | Crataegus douglasii Lindl. 1123 | Thompson 259 | steed28 33 | 454 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Spines used to probe ripe boils and ulcers. | Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 454 |
11404 | Crataegus douglasii var. douglasii 1124 | Thompson 259 | steed28 33 | 497 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Spines used as probes for ripe boils and ulcers. | Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 497 |
13500 | Equisetum sp. 1428 | Thompson 259 | steed28 33 | 497 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Stems used to sharpen and polish bone. | Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 497 |
30968 | Prunus virginiana var. demissa (Nutt.) Torr. 3182 | Thompson 259 | steed28 33 | 500 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Wood used to make handles for root diggers. | Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 500 |
34029 | Rosa gymnocarpa Nutt. 3426 | Thompson 259 | steed28 33 | 498 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Wood used to make handles. | Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 498 |
5603 | Artemisia tilesii Ledeb. 406 | Tanana, Upper 255 | k85 36 | 17 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Used as a steambath switch. | Kari, Priscilla Russe, 1985, Upper Tanana Ethnobotany, Anchorage. Alaska Historical Commission, page 17 |
7298 | Betula papyrifera Marsh. 580 | Tanana, Upper 255 | k85 36 | 5 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Wood used to make the bow of the fire drill. | Kari, Priscilla Russe, 1985, Upper Tanana Ethnobotany, Anchorage. Alaska Historical Commission, page 5 |
7299 | Betula papyrifera Marsh. 580 | Tanana, Upper 255 | k85 36 | 5 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Wood used to make wedges and tool handles. | Kari, Priscilla Russe, 1985, Upper Tanana Ethnobotany, Anchorage. Alaska Historical Commission, page 5 |
7300 | Betula papyrifera Marsh. 580 | Tanana, Upper 255 | k85 36 | 5 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Wood used to make wedges. | Kari, Priscilla Russe, 1985, Upper Tanana Ethnobotany, Anchorage. Alaska Historical Commission, page 5 |
9317 | Chamerion angustifolium ssp. angustifolium 882 | Tanana, Upper 255 | k85 36 | 16 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Stem used to draw the pus out of a boil or cut. | Kari, Priscilla Russe, 1985, Upper Tanana Ethnobotany, Anchorage. Alaska Historical Commission, page 16 |
16160 | Gramineae sp. 1770 | Tanana, Upper 255 | k85 36 | 8 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Bunches placed on trees as trail markers. | Kari, Priscilla Russe, 1985, Upper Tanana Ethnobotany, Anchorage. Alaska Historical Commission, page 8 |
16161 | Gramineae sp. 1770 | Tanana, Upper 255 | k85 36 | 8 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Used as trail markers. | Kari, Priscilla Russe, 1985, Upper Tanana Ethnobotany, Anchorage. Alaska Historical Commission, page 8 |
19874 | Ledum palustre L. 2126 | Tanana, Upper 255 | k85 36 | 16 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Used as a switch in the sweathouse. | Kari, Priscilla Russe, 1985, Upper Tanana Ethnobotany, Anchorage. Alaska Historical Commission, page 16 |
27039 | Picea glauca (Moench) Voss 2934 | Tanana, Upper 255 | k85 36 | 2 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Wood used to make boats, boat paddles, shovels, skin stretchers and wedges for chopping wood. | Kari, Priscilla Russe, 1985, Upper Tanana Ethnobotany, Anchorage. Alaska Historical Commission, page 2 |
14803 | Forestiera pubescens var. pubescens 1626 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 87 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Wood used for digging sticks. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 87 |
19422 | Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl. 2090 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 93 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Used as pottery scrapers. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 93 |
21884 | Mahonia fremontii (Torr.) Fedde 2372 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 76 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Wood used to make various tools. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 76 |
27955 | Pinus ponderosa P.& C. Lawson 2968 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 63 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Used to make ladders. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 63 |
30529 | Prunus persica (L.) Batsch 3173 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 79 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Wood used to make weaving batons. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 79 |
37148 | Sarcobatus vermiculatus (Hook.) Torr. 3586 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 74 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Strong wood used for rabbit sticks, planting sticks, lease rods and clothes hooks. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 74 |
1622 | Aesculus californica (Spach) Nutt. 73 | Pomo, Kashaya 202 | gl80 40 | 27 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Wood used to make a drill stick and block for making fires. | Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 27 |
4348 | Arctostaphylos columbiana Piper 334 | Pomo, Kashaya 202 | gl80 40 | 69 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Wood used for making tools and awl handles. | Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 69 |
4367 | Arctostaphylos glandulosa Eastw. 335 | Pomo, Kashaya 202 | gl80 40 | 68 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Wood used for making tools and awl handles. | Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 68 |
13538 | Equisetum telmateia var. braunii (Milde) Milde 1431 | Pomo, Kashaya 202 | gl80 40 | 58 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Leafless, fertile stems used as sandpaper in smoothing arrow shafts and drill shafts. | Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 58 |
39533 | Taxus brevifolia Nutt. 3902 | Pomo, Kashaya 202 | gl80 40 | 121 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Wood used to make digging sticks. | Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 121 |
8083 | Carex obnupta Bailey 746 | Hesquiat 92 | te82 41 | 50 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Sharp edged leaves used by men for shaving. | Turner, Nancy J. and Barbara S. Efrat, 1982, Ethnobotany of the Hesquiat Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 50 |
15093 | Frangula purshiana (DC.) Cooper 1648 | Hesquiat 92 | te82 41 | 71 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Wood used to make implement handles, especially D-adze handles. | Turner, Nancy J. and Barbara S. Efrat, 1982, Ethnobotany of the Hesquiat Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 71 |
17313 | Holodiscus discolor (Pursh) Maxim. 1904 | Hesquiat 92 | te82 41 | 72 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Plant used to make needles for sewing tule and basket sedge. | Turner, Nancy J. and Barbara S. Efrat, 1982, Ethnobotany of the Hesquiat Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 72 |
17337 | Holodiscus discolor (Pursh) Maxim. 1904 | Nootka 167 | te82 41 | 72 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Plant used to make needles and harpoons. | Turner, Nancy J. and Barbara S. Efrat, 1982, Ethnobotany of the Hesquiat Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 72 |
22224 | Malus fusca (Raf.) Schneid. 2391 | Hesquiat 92 | te82 41 | 73 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Wood used to make axe handles. | Turner, Nancy J. and Barbara S. Efrat, 1982, Ethnobotany of the Hesquiat Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 73 |
39472 | Taxus brevifolia Nutt. 3902 | Hesquiat 92 | te82 41 | 48 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Extremely strong & resilient wood used for implements requiring strength, such as needles. | Turner, Nancy J. and Barbara S. Efrat, 1982, Ethnobotany of the Hesquiat Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 48 |
39473 | Taxus brevifolia Nutt. 3902 | Hesquiat 92 | te82 41 | 48 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Extremely strong & resilient wood used for implements requiring strength; wedges & mat pressers. | Turner, Nancy J. and Barbara S. Efrat, 1982, Ethnobotany of the Hesquiat Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 48 |
39474 | Taxus brevifolia Nutt. 3902 | Hesquiat 92 | te82 41 | 48 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Extremely strong and resilient wood used to make sticks for prying open mussels and chitons. | Turner, Nancy J. and Barbara S. Efrat, 1982, Ethnobotany of the Hesquiat Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 48 |
40022 | Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don 3951 | Hesquiat 92 | te82 41 | 35 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Long, dried kindling tied with cedar bark & used as torch to burn out excess wood in making a canoe. There is a story about Deer and the Chickadees in which Deer was using such a bundle of cedar pieces while making a canoe. He became so absorbed in watching the dancing of the Chickadees that he burned right through the bottom of the canoe. Turner's informant Alice Paul pointed out that a deer is still like that--when he sees anything moving, he stares at it. | Turner, Nancy J. and Barbara S. Efrat, 1982, Ethnobotany of the Hesquiat Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 35 |
26915 | Picea glauca (Moench) Voss 2934 | Cree, Woodlands 58 | l85 47 | 48 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Dead, standing trees used to make a moose hide stretcher. | Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 48 |
35668 | Salix bebbiana Sarg. 3520 | Cree, Woodlands 58 | l85 47 | 58 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Bark made into netting to clean pitch used in sealing birch bark canoes. | Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 58 |
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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) );