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id | species | tribe ▼ | source | pageno | use_category | use_subcategory | notes | rawsource |
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43791 | Yucca baccata Torr. 4225 | Apache 10 | bc41 58 | 51 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Stalk used to make fire drills. | 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 51 |
32413 | Quercus sp. 3289 | Apache, Chiricahua & Mescalero 11 | co36 95 | 35 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Branches used to dig out crowns of the mescal plants. | Castetter, Edward F. and M. E. Opler, 1936, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest III. The Ethnobiology of the Chiricahua and Mescalero Apache, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(5):1-63, page 35 |
12070 | Dasylirion wheeleri S. Wats. 1237 | Apache, Mescalero 12 | b74 52 | 41 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Stalks dried, split, drilled to make small holes and used as fire drill hearths. | Basehart, Harry W., 1974, Apache Indians XII. Mescalero Apache Subsistence Patterns and Socio-Political Organization, New York. Garland Publishing Inc., page 41 |
19072 | Juniperus sp. 2063 | Apache, Mescalero 12 | b74 52 | 43 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Used to make handles for scrapers. | Basehart, Harry W., 1974, Apache Indians XII. Mescalero Apache Subsistence Patterns and Socio-Political Organization, New York. Garland Publishing Inc., page 43 |
32420 | Quercus sp. 3289 | Apache, Mescalero 12 | b74 52 | 41 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Used to make digging sticks and wooden tweezers. | Basehart, Harry W., 1974, Apache Indians XII. Mescalero Apache Subsistence Patterns and Socio-Political Organization, New York. Garland Publishing Inc., page 41 |
1796 | Agave palmeri Engelm. 93 | Apache, Western 14 | b86 87 | 169 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Stalk fashioned into hoe handles. | Buskirk, Winfred, 1986, The Western Apache: Living With the Land Before 1950, Norman. University of Oklahoma Press, page 169 |
1829 | Agave parryi Engelm. 94 | Apache, Western 14 | b86 87 | 169 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Stalk fashioned into hoe handles. | Buskirk, Winfred, 1986, The Western Apache: Living With the Land Before 1950, Norman. University of Oklahoma Press, page 169 |
1830 | Agave parryi Engelm. 94 | Apache, Western 14 | b86 87 | 169 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Stalk fashioned into hoe handles. | Buskirk, Winfred, 1986, The Western Apache: Living With the Land Before 1950, Norman. University of Oklahoma Press, page 169 |
438 | Acer glabrum Torr. 23 | Bella Coola 21 | t73 53 | 200 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Straight sticks tied around a tree base, ignited and burned until the tree fell. | Turner, Nancy J., 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Bella Coola Indians of British Columbia, Syesis 6:193-220, page 200 |
3504 | Angelica genuflexa Nutt. 262 | Bella Coola 21 | t73 53 | 200 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Hollow stems used to make breathing tubes for hiding under water when in danger. | Turner, Nancy J., 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Bella Coola Indians of British Columbia, Syesis 6:193-220, page 200 |
39446 | Taxus brevifolia Nutt. 3902 | Bella Coola 21 | t73 53 | 198 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Wood used to make adze handles, bark scrapers and wedges. | Turner, Nancy J., 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Bella Coola Indians of British Columbia, Syesis 6:193-220, page 198 |
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 |
27931 | Pinus ponderosa P.& C. Lawson 2968 | Blackfoot 23 | j87 146 | 18 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Twigs used as twirling sticks in fire making. | Johnston, Alex, 1987, Plants and the Blackfoot, Lethbridge, Alberta. Lethbridge Historical Society, page 18 |
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 |
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 |
8969 | Cercocarpus montanus var. glaber (S. Wats.) F.L. Martin 843 | California Indian 25 | m90 111 | 62 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Wood used for digging sticks. | Murphey, Edith Van Allen, 1990, Indian Uses of Native Plants, Glenwood, Ill. Meyerbooks. Originally published in 1959, page 62 |
8279 | Carya alba (L.) Nutt. ex Ell. 762 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 38 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Wood used to make tool handles. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 38 |
8325 | Carya laciniosa (Michx. f.) G. Don 766 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 38 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Wood used to make tool handles. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 38 |
8394 | Carya pallida (Ashe) Engl. & Graebn. 768 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 38 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Wood used to make tool handles. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 38 |
10767 | Cornus alternifolia L. f. 1088 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 32 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Wood used to make loom shuttles. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 32 |
10886 | Cornus florida L. 1093 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 32 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Wood used to make loom shuttles. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 32 |
15269 | Fraxinus pennsylvanica Marsh. 1660 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 23 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Wood used to make handles and ball bats. | 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 |
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 |
35651 | Salix amygdaloides Anderss. 3518 | Cheyenne 33 | h81 57 | 37 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Sticks bent and used to remove hair from hides. | Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 37 |
10512 | Comptonia peregrina (L.) Coult. 1055 | Chippewa 38 | gil33 15 | 127 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Sprigs used to sprinkle water on the hot stones of the vapor bath. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1933, Some Chippewa Uses of Plants, Ann Arbor. University of Michigan Press, page 127 |
11430 | Crataegus sp. 1131 | Chippewa 38 | d28 4 | 377 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Thorns used as awls. | Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 377 |
24192 | Nyssa sylvatica Marsh. 2604 | Chippewa 38 | gil33 15 | 138 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Wood used to make awl handles, mauls and war clubs because it would not split or check. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1933, Some Chippewa Uses of Plants, Ann Arbor. University of Michigan Press, page 138 |
32429 | Quercus sp. 3289 | Chippewa 38 | d28 4 | 378 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Used for awls. | Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 378 |
40341 | Tilia americana L. 3959 | Chippewa 38 | gil33 15 | 136 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Wood used to make spiles for drawing out maple sap from trees into buckets during sugar making time. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1933, Some Chippewa Uses of Plants, Ann Arbor. University of Michigan Press, page 136 |
39454 | Taxus brevifolia Nutt. 3902 | Clallam 41 | f80 99 | 195 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Wood used to make digging sticks. | Fleisher, Mark S., 1980, The Ethnobotany of the Clallam Indians of Western Washington, Northwest Anthropological Research Notes 14(2):192-210, page 195 |
3141 | Amelanchier sp. 214 | Coeur d'Alene 47 | teit28 144 | 91 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Wood used to make root diggers. | Teit, James A., 1928, The Salishan Tribes of the Western Plateaus, SI-BAE Annual Report #45, page 91 |
11434 | Crataegus sp. 1131 | Coeur d'Alene 47 | teit28 144 | 91 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Wood used to make root diggers. | Teit, James A., 1928, The Salishan Tribes of the Western Plateaus, SI-BAE Annual Report #45, page 91 |
26374 | Philadelphus lewisii Pursh 2875 | Coeur d'Alene 47 | teit28 144 | 91 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Wood used to make root diggers. | Teit, James A., 1928, The Salishan Tribes of the Western Plateaus, SI-BAE Annual Report #45, page 91 |
5059 | Artemisia douglasiana Bess. 394 | Costanoan 50 | b84 16 | 254 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Burned branches used to smoke bees from nests. | Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 254 |
15227 | Fraxinus latifolia Benth. 1658 | Cowlitz 53 | g73 25 | 45 | 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 45 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
35669 | Salix bebbiana Sarg. 3520 | Cree, Woodlands 58 | l85 47 | 58 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Stems used to make a bead weaving loom. | 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 |
35772 | Salix discolor Muhl. 3525 | 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 |
35773 | Salix discolor Muhl. 3525 | Cree, Woodlands 58 | l85 47 | 58 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Stems used to make a bead weaving loom. | 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 |
35906 | Salix interior Rowlee 3534 | 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 |
35907 | Salix interior Rowlee 3534 | Cree, Woodlands 58 | l85 47 | 58 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Stems used to make a bead weaving loom. | 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 |
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 |
41436 | Ulmus americana L. 4051 | Dakota 61 | g19 17 | 75 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Wood used to make small mortars and pestles for grinding medicines and perfumes. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 75 |
41513 | Ulmus rubra Muhl. 4052 | Dakota 61 | g19 17 | 76 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Wood used to make small mortars and pestles for grinding medicines and perfumes. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 76 |
41602 | Ulmus thomasii Sarg. 4054 | Dakota 61 | g19 17 | 75 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Wood used to make small mortars and pestles for grinding medicines and perfumes. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 75 |
44094 | Yucca glauca Nutt. 4230 | Dakota 61 | g19 17 | 71 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Hard, sharp-pointed blades bound with sinew and used in place of wood to make the fire drill. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 71 |
30038 | Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana (L. Benson) M.C. Johnston 3155 | Diegueno 65 | hedges86 85 | 32 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Wood used to make knives for cutting yucca stalks, pottery paddles & tools for digging pottery clay. | Hedges, Ken, 1986, Santa Ysabel Ethnobotany, San Diego Museum of Man Ethnic Technology Notes, No. 20, page 32 |
27287 | Picea sp. 2939 | Eskimo, Alaska 67 | aa80 152 | 34 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Logs and poles used for making kayak parts, tool handles and other utilitarian objects. | Ager, Thomas A. and Lynn Price Ager, 1980, Ethnobotany of The Eskimos of Nelson Island, Alaska, Arctic Anthropology 27:26-48, page 34 |
27488 | Pinus contorta var. contorta 2954 | Haisla 86 | c93 14 | 178 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Wood used to make maul heads. | 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 178 |
471 | Acer glabrum var. douglasii (Hook.) Dippel 24 | Haisla and Hanaksiala 87 | c93 14 | 209 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Wood used to make axe handles. | 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 209 |
15393 | Fucus gardneri Silva 1672 | Haisla and Hanaksiala 87 | c93 14 | 125 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Plant used with an open fire to steam heat kerfed boards to bend into red cedar bentwood boxes. | 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 125 |
22220 | Malus fusca (Raf.) Schneid. 2391 | Haisla and Hanaksiala 87 | c93 14 | 265 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Wood used to make root digging sticks. | 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 265 |
22221 | Malus fusca (Raf.) Schneid. 2391 | Haisla and Hanaksiala 87 | c93 14 | 265 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Wood used to make sledgehammer handles and mallet heads. | 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 265 |
27184 | Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr. 2938 | Haisla and Hanaksiala 87 | c93 14 | 175 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Wood used to make a bark peeling tool. | 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 |
27185 | Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr. 2938 | Haisla and Hanaksiala 87 | c93 14 | 175 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Wood used to make digging sticks. | 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 |
27491 | Pinus contorta var. contorta 2954 | Haisla and Hanaksiala 87 | c93 14 | 178 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Smoldering twigs used to singe and trim hair. | 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 178 |
35967 | Salix lucida ssp. lasiandra (Benth.) E. Murr. 3539 | Haisla and Hanaksiala 87 | c93 14 | 287 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Wood used to make mallet heads. | 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 287 |
39470 | Taxus brevifolia Nutt. 3902 | Hanaksiala 88 | c93 14 | 187 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Wood used to make digging sticks. | 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 187 |
40982 | Tsuga heterophylla (Raf.) Sarg. 4043 | Hanaksiala 88 | c93 14 | 180 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Wood used to make digging sticks. | 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 180 |
40983 | Tsuga heterophylla (Raf.) Sarg. 4043 | Hanaksiala 88 | c93 14 | 180 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Wood used to make mallets. | 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 180 |
3160 | Amelanchier utahensis Koehne 216 | Havasupai 89 | ws85 2 | 222 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Wood used to make the spindle of the fire drill. | Weber, Steven A. and P. David Seaman, 1985, Havasupai Habitat: A. F. Whiting's Ethnography of a Traditional Indian Culture, Tucson. The University of Arizona Press, page 222 |
6783 | Baccharis emoryi Gray 532 | Havasupai 89 | ws85 2 | 246 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Wood used to make planting sticks. | Weber, Steven A. and P. David Seaman, 1985, Havasupai Habitat: A. F. Whiting's Ethnography of a Traditional Indian Culture, Tucson. The University of Arizona Press, page 246 |
8871 | Cercis canadensis var. texensis (S. Wats.) M. Hopkins 838 | Havasupai 89 | ws85 2 | 226 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Wood used to make tool handles. | Weber, Steven A. and P. David Seaman, 1985, Havasupai Habitat: A. F. Whiting's Ethnography of a Traditional Indian Culture, Tucson. The University of Arizona Press, page 226 |
13360 | Equisetum hyemale L. 1422 | Havasupai 89 | ws85 2 | 204 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Joints pulled apart and used by children to produce a whistling sound. | Weber, Steven A. and P. David Seaman, 1985, Havasupai Habitat: A. F. Whiting's Ethnography of a Traditional Indian Culture, Tucson. The University of Arizona Press, page 204 |
15285 | Fraxinus pennsylvanica Marsh. 1660 | Havasupai 89 | ws85 2 | 235 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Wood used for handles of various tools, such as hoes or axes. | Weber, Steven A. and P. David Seaman, 1985, Havasupai Habitat: A. F. Whiting's Ethnography of a Traditional Indian Culture, Tucson. The University of Arizona Press, page 235 |
16136 | Gossypium sp. 1768 | Havasupai 89 | ws85 2 | 231 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Cotton twisted into thread, braided into a thick cord and used in the strike-a-light. | Weber, Steven A. and P. David Seaman, 1985, Havasupai Habitat: A. F. Whiting's Ethnography of a Traditional Indian Culture, Tucson. The University of Arizona Press, page 231 |
24723 | Opuntia phaeacantha Engelm. 2665 | Havasupai 89 | ws85 2 | 233 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Spines used to prick the design into the skin for tattooing. | Weber, Steven A. and P. David Seaman, 1985, Havasupai Habitat: A. F. Whiting's Ethnography of a Traditional Indian Culture, Tucson. The University of Arizona Press, page 233 |
27558 | Pinus edulis Engelm. 2959 | Havasupai 89 | ws85 2 | 205 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Wood used to make the knife for trimming mescal heads. | Weber, Steven A. and P. David Seaman, 1985, Havasupai Habitat: A. F. Whiting's Ethnography of a Traditional Indian Culture, Tucson. The University of Arizona Press, page 205 |
27816 | Pinus monophylla Torr. & Fr‚m. 2965 | Havasupai 89 | ws85 2 | 205 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Wood used to make the knife for trimming mescal heads. | Weber, Steven A. and P. David Seaman, 1985, Havasupai Habitat: A. F. Whiting's Ethnography of a Traditional Indian Culture, Tucson. The University of Arizona Press, page 205 |
28638 | Pluchea sericea (Nutt.) Coville 3025 | Havasupai 89 | ws85 2 | 249 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Sticks used to peg a hide to the ground while stretching it during tanning. | Weber, Steven A. and P. David Seaman, 1985, Havasupai Habitat: A. F. Whiting's Ethnography of a Traditional Indian Culture, Tucson. The University of Arizona Press, page 249 |
32070 | Quercus gambelii Nutt. 3263 | Havasupai 89 | ws85 2 | 215 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Wood used to make handles for implements, such as hoes and axes. | Weber, Steven A. and P. David Seaman, 1985, Havasupai Habitat: A. F. Whiting's Ethnography of a Traditional Indian Culture, Tucson. The University of Arizona Press, page 215 |
32522 | Quercus turbinella Greene 3292 | Havasupai 89 | ws85 2 | 215 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Wood used to make the hoe and axe handles. | Weber, Steven A. and P. David Seaman, 1985, Havasupai Habitat: A. F. Whiting's Ethnography of a Traditional Indian Culture, Tucson. The University of Arizona Press, page 215 |
35793 | Salix exigua Nutt. 3527 | Havasupai 89 | ws85 2 | 215 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Used to make tongs for removing cactus fruit. | Weber, Steven A. and P. David Seaman, 1985, Havasupai Habitat: A. F. Whiting's Ethnography of a Traditional Indian Culture, Tucson. The University of Arizona Press, page 215 |
43818 | Yucca baccata Torr. 4225 | Havasupai 89 | ws85 2 | 212 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Terminal spines used as needles. | Weber, Steven A. and P. David Seaman, 1985, Havasupai Habitat: A. F. Whiting's Ethnography of a Traditional Indian Culture, Tucson. The University of Arizona Press, page 212 |
44664 | Ziziphus obtusifolia var. canescens (Gray) M.C. Johnston 4258 | Havasupai 89 | spier28 164 | 102 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Branch used to make a planting stick. | Spier, Leslie, 1928, Havasupai Ethnography, Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History 29(3):101-123, 284-285, page 102 |
11887 | Cyperus laevigatus L. 1199 | Hawaiian 90 | a22 68 | 9 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Stem fibers used to remove all impurities in liquids. | Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 9 |
28326 | Pipturus sp. 2986 | Hawaiian 90 | a22 68 | 71 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | Wood made into clubs and used to beat the tapa. | Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 71 |
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 |
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 |
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