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id ▼ | species | tribe | source | pageno | use_category | use_subcategory | notes | rawsource |
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4798 | Arisaema dracontium (L.) Schott 366 | Menominee 138 | s23 51 | 79 | Other 3 | Sacred Items 185 | Root used in sacred bundles and gave the power of supernatural dreams to the owner. | Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 79 |
7258 | Betula papyrifera Marsh. 580 | Ojibwa 173 | smith32 20 | 414 | Other 3 | Sacred Items 185 | No birch was gathered by the Ojibwe without due offering of tobacco to Winabojo & Grandmother Earth. Families made a pilgrimage to birch groves during the latter part of June and in July to gather their supply of birch bark, because it peels most easily at that time. | Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 414 |
7259 | Betula papyrifera Marsh. 580 | Ojibwa 173 | smith32 20 | 414 | Other 3 | Sacred Items 185 | Paper birch and cedar form the two most sacred trees of the Ojibwe, both of which were very useful. | Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 414 |
7260 | Betula papyrifera Marsh. 580 | Ojibwa 173 | smith32 20 | 414 | Other 3 | Sacred Items 185 | The Ojibwe regard the bark as a distinct 'contribution from Winabojo.' | Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 414 |
7450 | Bouteloua hirsuta Lag. 609 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 25 | Other 3 | Sacred Items 185 | Used to make sacred charcoal for certain ceremonies. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 25 |
8105 | Carex sp. 752 | Jemez 102 | c30 28 | 21 | Other 3 | Sacred Items 185 | Plant considered sacred and used in the kiva. | Cook, Sarah Louise, 1930, The Ethnobotany of Jemez Indians., University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 21 |
9126 | Chamaecyparis nootkatensis (D. Don) Spach 860 | Nitinaht 166 | ttco83 101 | 65 | Other 3 | Sacred Items 185 | Wood used to carve totem pole models and talking sticks. | Turner, Nancy J., John Thomas, Barry F. Carlson and Robert T. Ogilvie, 1983, Ethnobotany of the Nitinaht Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 65 |
13246 | Epigaea repens L. 1410 | Potawatomi 206 | smith33 43 | 118 | Other 3 | Sacred Items 185 | Tribal flower of Forest Potawatomi and considered these flowers came directly from their divinity. | Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 118 |
17258 | Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. 1896 | Menominee 138 | s23 51 | 75 | Other 3 | Sacred Items 185 | Grass used to burn as an oblation to the deities. | Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 75 |
20550 | Lithospermum canescens (Michx.) Lehm. 2214 | Menominee 138 | s23 51 | 80 | Other 3 | Sacred Items 185 | White, ripened seed used as a sacred bead in the Midewewin ceremony. | Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 80 |
20736 | Lomatium californicum (Nutt.) Mathias & Constance 2232 | Poliklah 199 | m66 109 | 173 | Other 3 | Sacred Items 185 | Plant considered the most sacred plant of the tribe. | Merriam, C. Hart, 1966, Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes, University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley, page 173 |
21451 | Lycium pallidum Miers 2316 | Navajo 157 | f96 72 | 19 | Other 3 | Sacred Items 185 | Plant considered to be a sacred plant. | Fewkes, J. Walter, 1896, A Contribution to Ethnobotany, American Anthropologist 9:14-21, page 19 |
23160 | Mitella diphylla L. 2495 | Menominee 138 | s23 51 | 81 | Other 3 | Sacred Items 185 | Seed used as the sacred bead and swallowed in the medicine dance, during the reinstatement ceremony. | Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 81 |
23984 | Nicotiana tabacum L. 2587 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 75 | Other 3 | Sacred Items 185 | Sacred plant depicted with beans, corn & squash in the first sacred painting of the Mountain Chant. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 75 |
27221 | Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr. 2938 | Kwakiutl, Southern 122 | tb73 63 | 269 | Other 3 | Sacred Items 185 | Branch tips used as sacred items. | 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 269 |
29419 | Populus deltoides ssp. monilifera (Ait.) Eckenwalder 3100 | Omaha 177 | g19 17 | 72 | Other 3 | Sacred Items 185 | Plant used to make the sacred pole. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 72 |
30922 | Prunus virginiana var. demissa (Nutt.) Torr. 3182 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 54 | Other 3 | Sacred Items 185 | Tree sacred to the Navajo. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 54 |
33207 | Rhus trilobata Nutt. 3352 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 60 | Other 3 | Sacred Items 185 | Used to make sacred baskets to hold sacred meal for rites. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 60 |
36894 | Sambucus racemosa var. racemosa 3569 | Nitinaht 166 | ttco83 101 | 100 | Other 3 | Sacred Items 185 | Pithy branches hollowed out and used to make ceremonial and sacred wolf whistles. | Turner, Nancy J., John Thomas, Barry F. Carlson and Robert T. Ogilvie, 1983, Ethnobotany of the Nitinaht Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 100 |
38855 | Staphylea trifolia L. 3819 | Meskwaki 139 | smith28 21 | 274 | Other 3 | Sacred Items 185 | Seeds considered sacred and used in the rattles of the medicine dance. | Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 274 |
39916 | Thuja occidentalis L. 3950 | Ojibwa 173 | smith32 20 | 421 | Other 3 | Sacred Items 185 | This tree and the white cedar were worshipped as the two most useful trees in the forest. | Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 421 |
41663 | Umbellularia californica (Hook. & Arn.) Nutt. 4056 | Pomo, Kashaya 202 | gl80 40 | 90 | Other 3 | Sacred Items 185 | Plant very sacred to the Kashaya Pomo because of it's ceremonial uses. | Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 90 |
44473 | Zea mays L. 4244 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 27 | Other 3 | Sacred Items 185 | Cornmeal, considered less sacred than corn pollen, used in innumerable ceremonies. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 27 |
44474 | Zea mays L. 4244 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 27 | Other 3 | Sacred Items 185 | Sacred pollen used in innumerable ceremonies. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 27 |
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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) );