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id | species | tribe | source ▼ | pageno | use_category | use_subcategory | notes | rawsource |
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36743 | Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis (L.) R. Bolli 3566 | Omaha 177 | g19 17 | 115 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Larger stems used by small boys to make popguns. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 115 |
36748 | Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis (L.) R. Bolli 3566 | Pawnee 190 | g19 17 | 115 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Larger stems used by small boys to make popguns. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 115 |
36759 | Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis (L.) R. Bolli 3566 | Ponca 205 | g19 17 | 115 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Larger stems used by small boys to make popguns. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 115 |
39691 | Thalictrum dasycarpum Fisch. & Av‚-Lall. 3921 | Dakota 61 | g19 17 | 80 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Hollow stems used by small boys to make toy flutes. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 80 |
39696 | Thalictrum dasycarpum Fisch. & Av‚-Lall. 3921 | Omaha 177 | g19 17 | 80 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Hollow stems used by small boys to make toy flutes. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 80 |
39698 | Thalictrum dasycarpum Fisch. & Av‚-Lall. 3921 | Pawnee 190 | g19 17 | 80 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Hollow stems used by small boys to make toy flutes. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 80 |
39700 | Thalictrum dasycarpum Fisch. & Av‚-Lall. 3921 | Ponca 205 | g19 17 | 80 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Hollow stems used by small boys to make toy flutes. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 80 |
41437 | Ulmus americana L. 4051 | Dakota 61 | g19 17 | 116 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Fibrous inner bark used for popgun wads. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 116 |
41469 | Ulmus americana L. 4051 | Omaha 177 | g19 17 | 116 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Fibrous inner bark used for popgun wads. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 116 |
41475 | Ulmus americana L. 4051 | Pawnee 190 | g19 17 | 116 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Fibrous inner bark used for popgun wads. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 116 |
41483 | Ulmus americana L. 4051 | Ponca 205 | g19 17 | 116 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Fibrous inner bark used for popgun wads. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 116 |
41486 | Ulmus americana L. 4051 | Winnebago 280 | g19 17 | 116 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Fibrous inner bark used for popgun wads. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 116 |
41514 | Ulmus rubra Muhl. 4052 | Dakota 61 | g19 17 | 116 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Fibrous inner bark used for popgun wads. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 116 |
41566 | Ulmus rubra Muhl. 4052 | Omaha 177 | g19 17 | 116 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Fibrous inner bark used for popgun wads. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 116 |
41574 | Ulmus rubra Muhl. 4052 | Pawnee 190 | g19 17 | 116 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Fibrous inner bark used for popgun wads. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 116 |
41582 | Ulmus rubra Muhl. 4052 | Ponca 205 | g19 17 | 116 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Fibrous inner bark used for popgun wads. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 116 |
41596 | Ulmus rubra Muhl. 4052 | Winnebago 280 | g19 17 | 116 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Fibrous inner bark used for popgun wads. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 116 |
41769 | Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis (Ait.) Seland. 4059 | Dakota 61 | g19 17 | 77 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Plant fiber used by little boys as wadding for popguns. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 77 |
41803 | Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis (Ait.) Seland. 4059 | Omaha 177 | g19 17 | 77 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Plant fiber used by little boys as wadding for popguns. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 77 |
41819 | Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis (Ait.) Seland. 4059 | Pawnee 190 | g19 17 | 77 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Plant fiber used by little boys as wadding for popguns. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 77 |
41826 | Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis (Ait.) Seland. 4059 | Ponca 205 | g19 17 | 77 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Plant fiber used by little boys as wadding for popguns. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 77 |
41866 | Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis (Ait.) Seland. 4059 | Winnebago 280 | g19 17 | 77 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Plant fiber used by little boys as wadding for popguns. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 77 |
43124 | Viburnum opulus L. 4134 | Dakota 61 | g19 17 | 115 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Stalks without the pith used to make popguns in the absence of elderberry. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 115 |
43132 | Viburnum opulus L. 4134 | Omaha 177 | g19 17 | 115 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Stalks without the pith used to make popguns in the absence of elderberry. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 115 |
43133 | Viburnum opulus L. 4134 | Pawnee 190 | g19 17 | 115 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Stalks without the pith used to make popguns in the absence of elderberry. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 115 |
43135 | Viburnum opulus L. 4134 | Ponca 205 | g19 17 | 115 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Stalks without the pith used to make popguns in the absence of elderberry. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 115 |
43138 | Viburnum opulus L. 4134 | Winnebago 280 | g19 17 | 115 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Stalks, without the pith, used to make popguns in the absence of elderberry. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 115 |
43321 | Viola sp. 4166 | Omaha 177 | g19 17 | 103 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Violets used by children in playing games. The children separated into two teams, one team taking the name of their tribe and the other of another tribe such as the Dakota. Each team collected violets and the two parties sat down facing each other and snapped violets at each other until there were none remaining. The victorious team taunted the other as being poor fighters. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 103 |
16970 | Hesperostipa comata ssp. comata 1856 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 17 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Sharp pointed fruits with long awns used as play arrows by adults and children. | 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 17 |
27670 | Pinus edulis Engelm. 2959 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 12 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Wood used to make tops for spinning and sticks used in the moccasin game. | 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 12 |
35975 | Salix lucida ssp. lasiandra (Benth.) E. Murr. 3539 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 22 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Branches used to make hobby horses for children. | 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 22 |
36730 | Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis (L.) R. Bolli 3566 | Meskwaki 139 | smith28 21 | 268 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Branch joints used as water squirt guns for playing or pop guns for shooting pith corks. | Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 268 |
4227 | Arbutus menziesii Pursh 322 | Salish, Coast 217 | tb71 23 | 82 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Young branches used to make gambling sticks. | Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1971, The Ethnobotany of the Coast Salish Indians of Vancouver Island, I and II, Economic Botany 25(1):63-104, 335-339, page 82 |
36832 | Sambucus racemosa L. 3567 | Salish, Coast 217 | tb71 23 | 80 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Stems hollowed out and used as blowguns by children. | Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1971, The Ethnobotany of the Coast Salish Indians of Vancouver Island, I and II, Economic Botany 25(1):63-104, 335-339, page 80 |
39549 | Taxus brevifolia Nutt. 3902 | Salish, Coast 217 | tb71 23 | 72 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Wood used to make gambling disks. | Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1971, The Ethnobotany of the Coast Salish Indians of Vancouver Island, I and II, Economic Botany 25(1):63-104, 335-339, page 72 |
3086 | Amelanchier alnifolia var. semiintegrifolia (Hook.) C.L. Hitchc. 207 | Snohomish 245 | g73 25 | 38 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Wood used to make discs for gambling games. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 38 |
10904 | Cornus nuttallii Audubon ex Torr. & Gray 1096 | Green River Group 81 | g73 25 | 42 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Wood used to make disks for gambling games. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 42 |
10910 | Cornus nuttallii Audubon ex Torr. & Gray 1096 | Klallam 114 | g73 25 | 42 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Wood used to make disks for gambling games. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 42 |
10921 | Cornus nuttallii Audubon ex Torr. & Gray 1096 | Skagit 241 | g73 25 | 42 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Wood used to make disks for gambling games. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 42 |
14782 | Fomes sp. 1621 | Chehalis 31 | g73 25 | 50 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Used as a target for archery. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 50 |
14791 | Fomes sp. 1621 | Snohomish 245 | g73 25 | 50 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Used as a target for archery. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 50 |
23714 | Nereocystis luetkeana (Mert.) Post. & Rupr. 2576 | Makah 133 | g73 25 | 50 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Plants and stems used by children as beach games. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 50 |
24246 | Oenanthe sarmentosa K. Presl ex DC. 2611 | Makah 133 | g73 25 | 42 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Stalks cut and used as whistles by children. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 42 |
24249 | Oenanthe sarmentosa K. Presl ex DC. 2611 | Quileute 209 | g73 25 | 42 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Stalks cut and used as whistles by children. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 42 |
26649 | Phyllospadix scouleri Hook. 2908 | Quileute 209 | g73 25 | 21 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Grass used by boys as arrow target practice. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 21 |
29108 | Polystichum munitum (Kaulfuss) K. Presl 3085 | Klallam 114 | g73 25 | 13 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Leaves pulled off the plants by children playing an endurance game. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 13 |
29122 | Polystichum munitum (Kaulfuss) K. Presl 3085 | Makah 133 | g73 25 | 13 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Leaves pulled off the plants by children playing an endurance game. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 13 |
2927 | Amelanchier alnifolia (Nutt.) Nutt. ex M. Roemer 204 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 107 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Berries used in an harvesting game. Favors were asked while presenting a gift of four of the berries. The receiver was obliged to return the goodwill. Girls played a game while harvesting the berries. After some berries had been gathered the girls would sit together and hold their breath while another called out 'tops, tops, tops' at a regular beat. Each girl put a berry in her bag for every call and the one who held her breath the longest won all the other girls' berries. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 107 |
12973 | Elaeagnus commutata Bernh. ex Rydb. 1374 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 112 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Braided bark used to whip stone tops spun by children on the ice during the winter. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 112 |
14400 | Escobaria vivipara var. vivipara 1571 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 115 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Plant used to play a joke on people by placing it under the covers. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 115 |
16796 | Heracleum maximum Bartr. 1851 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 113 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Hollow stems used to make children's toy blowguns. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 113 |
20607 | Lithospermum ruderale Dougl. ex Lehm. 2219 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 114 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Stems used by children to make head pieces for playing and mimicking the affairs of the Holy Woman. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 114 |
27397 | Pinus contorta Dougl. ex Loud. 2953 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 116 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Wood used to make story sticks. Story sticks were prepared by older men and presented to children in return for favors. The sticks were notched to count the number of stories that the man would tell the child. They were often varnished with a solution of boiled hoof and steer phallus and sometimes red ochre was added. Then the stick was polished with a piece of rawhide. Story sticks were sometimes used to hang tipi doors. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 116 |
29581 | Populus tremuloides Michx. 3106 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 119 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Bark or moistened leaves used to make whistles. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 119 |
31597 | Pulsatilla patens ssp. multifida (Pritz.) Zamels 3225 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 107 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Leaves acted as a vesicant and given to unsuspecting people as toilet paper as a prank. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 107 |
33649 | Ribes oxyacanthoides L. 3385 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 122 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Berries used by children to play a game. The children sat in a circle and began counting to ten, each child counting one number around the circle. The tenth child would take five berries and eat them at once, trying his best not to show a bitter face. If he was successful, the child next to him would do the same and this would continue until one grimaced at the sour taste. He was then struck on the thigh with a knuckle punch, thus giving the name 'punctured berry' to the plant. The child who never grimaced won all the others' berry supplies. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 122 |
36136 | Salix sp. 3551 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 122 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Branch with loosened bark used as a buzzing whistle. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 122 |
37152 | Sarcobatus vermiculatus (Hook.) Torr. 3586 | Jemez 102 | c30 28 | 27 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Plant part kicked to see who kicked it the farthest, in racing games. | Cook, Sarah Louise, 1930, The Ethnobotany of Jemez Indians., University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 27 |
11009 | Cornus sericea ssp. sericea 1102 | Blackfoot 23 | h92 30 | 21 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Bark used to cover split beaver teeth for gambling wheels. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 21 |
13407 | Equisetum hyemale L. 1422 | Sioux 238 | h92 30 | 58 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Stems formerly used by children to make whistles. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 58 |
36224 | Salix sp. 3551 | Montana Indian 151 | h92 30 | 67 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Wood used to make gambling wheels. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 67 |
31845 | Quercus agrifolia N‚e 3251 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 121 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Acorns used by children in a game like jacks and for juggling. | 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 121 |
31940 | Quercus chrysolepis Liebm. 3255 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 121 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Acorns used by children in a game like jacks and for juggling. | 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 121 |
32002 | Quercus dumosa Nutt. 3257 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 121 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Acorns used by children in a game like jacks and for juggling. | 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 121 |
32190 | Quercus kelloggii Newberry 3270 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 121 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Acorns used by children in a game like jacks and for juggling. | 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 121 |
36643 | Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis (L.) R. Bolli 3566 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 138 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Twigs used in making whistles. | 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 138 |
43558 | Washingtonia filifera (L. Linden) H. Wendl. 4190 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 145 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Leaves used to make children's play hoops. | 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 |
454 | Acer glabrum Torr. 23 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 59 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Wood used to make a child's first bow. | 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 |
13984 | Eriogonum compositum Dougl. ex Benth. 1500 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 112 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Stems used by children to play a game. Children played a game with the stems of these plants. They broke off the main stem, leaving one side branch attached to make a 'hook.' Each child took one of these. They hooked them together and pulled. The first one to break his or her stick lost the game. | 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 112 |
14022 | Eriogonum heracleoides Nutt. 1510 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 112 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Stems used by children to play a game. Children played a game with the stems of these plants. They broke off the main stem, leaving one side branch attached to make a 'hook.' Each child took one of these. They hooked them together and pulled. The first one to break his or her stick lost the game. | 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 112 |
14089 | Eriogonum niveum Dougl. ex Benth. 1519 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 112 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Stems used by children to play a game. Children played a game with the stems of these plants. They broke off the main stem, leaving one side branch attached to make a 'hook.' Each child took one of these. They hooked them together and pulled. The first one to break his or her stick lost the game. | 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 112 |
16971 | Hesperostipa comata ssp. comata 1856 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 57 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Seeds thrown like darts by playing children. | 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 57 |
17344 | Holodiscus discolor (Pursh) Maxim. 1904 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 126 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Wood used to make gambling game 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 |
19015 | Juniperus scopulorum Sarg. 2062 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 19 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Tough wood made into a spoked wheel and used in a throwing game. The wheel was rolled along a trough and contestants threw spear-like sticks at it, trying to stop it by having their stick enter the center of the wheel, thus making it fall over. Lesser points were made by getting the stick part way through the spokes, each of which gave a different value according to its color. The winner had to get twenty points. This game was played by men and was often accompanied by betting. | 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 19 |
20080 | Leymus cinereus (Scribn. & Merr.) A. L”ve 2160 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 55 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Stems straightened, notched, fixed with wooden tips into arrows and used in games. | 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 55 |
38403 | Solidago canadensis L. 3734 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 84 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Clustered flower heads used by children as play whips. | 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 84 |
29244 | Populus balsamifera L. 3095 | Tanana, Upper 255 | k85 36 | 4 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Bark used to make toys. | Kari, Priscilla Russe, 1985, Upper Tanana Ethnobotany, Anchorage. Alaska Historical Commission, page 4 |
7706 | Calochortus aureus S. Wats. 669 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 70 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Boys holding handfuls of this plant and larkspur above their heads chased by girls on occasions. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 70 |
12310 | Delphinium scaposum Greene 1257 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 70 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Boys holding handfuls of this and mariposa lily above their heads chased by girls on occasions. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 70 |
29553 | Populus sp. 3105 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 71 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Roots carved into kachina dolls for children and tourists. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 71 |
13359 | Equisetum hyemale L. 1422 | Gosiute 79 | c11 38 | 368 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Used by children as whistles. | Chamberlin, Ralph V., 1911, The Ethno-Botany of the Gosiute Indians of Utah, Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association 2(5):331-405., page 368 |
13027 | Eleocharis sp. 1380 | Cheyenne 33 | g72 39 | 170 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Rushes made into small baskets and used as children's playthings. | Grinnell, George Bird, 1972, The Cheyenne Indians - Their History and Ways of Life Vol.2, Lincoln. University of Nebraska Press, page 170 |
510 | Acer macrophyllum Pursh 26 | Pomo, Kashaya 202 | gl80 40 | 70 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Branches used to make staves for a dice type gambling game. | Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 70 |
4221 | Arbutus menziesii Pursh 322 | Pomo, Kashaya 202 | gl80 40 | 67 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Leaves used for paper dolls for the younger children to play with. | Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 67 |
16908 | Heracleum maximum Bartr. 1851 | Pomo, Kashaya 202 | gl80 40 | 87 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Dried, hollow stems used as toy blowguns to shoot berries or small pebbles. | Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 87 |
18344 | Juncus balticus Willd. 2038 | Pomo, Kashaya 202 | gl80 40 | 100 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Blades used by children to make play baskets. | Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 100 |
25155 | Oxalis oregana Nutt. 2709 | Pomo, Kashaya 202 | gl80 40 | 108 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Children ate as many leaves as they could without making an awful face; a children's game. | Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 108 |
27779 | Pinus lambertiana Dougl. 2964 | Pomo, Kashaya 202 | gl80 40 | 93 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Pitch used in whistles. | Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 93 |
32667 | Ranunculus californicus Benth. 3303 | Pomo, Kashaya 202 | gl80 40 | 30 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Flower put under the chin by a child, if yellow was reflected, the child would like butter. | Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 30 |
36579 | Sambucus nigra ssp. caerulea (Raf.) R. Bolli 3565 | Pomo, Kashaya 202 | gl80 40 | 42 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Branches used to make whistles and clappers. | Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 42 |
37740 | Sequoia sempervirens (Lamb. ex D. Don) Endl. 3654 | Pomo, Kashaya 202 | gl80 40 | 97 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Pieces of bark used by young girls to play dolls. | Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 97 |
488 | Acer macrophyllum Pursh 26 | Hesquiat 92 | te82 41 | 60 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | White wood used to make rattles. | Turner, Nancy J. and Barbara S. Efrat, 1982, Ethnobotany of the Hesquiat Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 60 |
2864 | Ambrosia chamissonis (Less.) Greene 200 | Hesquiat 92 | te82 41 | 62 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Children played with stems that exuded a blood-colored juice; looked like they had been injured. | Turner, Nancy J. and Barbara S. Efrat, 1982, Ethnobotany of the Hesquiat Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 62 |
21753 | Macrocystis integrifolia Bory 2357 | Hesquiat 92 | te82 41 | 24 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Children threw dried, little floats from blade base onto fire to make them explode; firecrackers. | Turner, Nancy J. and Barbara S. Efrat, 1982, Ethnobotany of the Hesquiat Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 24 |
26654 | Phyllospadix torreyi S. Wats. 2911 | Hesquiat 92 | te82 41 | 58 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Dried, curly leaves used by children to make wigs. | Turner, Nancy J. and Barbara S. Efrat, 1982, Ethnobotany of the Hesquiat Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 58 |
26770 | Physocarpus capitatus (Pursh) Kuntze 2927 | Hesquiat 92 | te82 41 | 73 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Wood used for making children's bows. | Turner, Nancy J. and Barbara S. Efrat, 1982, Ethnobotany of the Hesquiat Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 73 |
38961 | Streptopus amplexifolius (L.) DC. 3839 | Hesquiat 92 | te82 41 | 55 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Children play with the berries. | Turner, Nancy J. and Barbara S. Efrat, 1982, Ethnobotany of the Hesquiat Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 55 |
39346 | Taraxacum officinale G.H. Weber ex Wiggers 3894 | Hesquiat 92 | te82 41 | 62 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Hollow stems made into whistles. | Turner, Nancy J. and Barbara S. Efrat, 1982, Ethnobotany of the Hesquiat Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 62 |
35925 | Salix irrorata Anderss. 3535 | Apache, White Mountain 15 | r29 45 | 160 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Split withes used to make the three dice and throwing sticks for the setdilth game. | Reagan, Albert B., 1929, Plants Used by the White Mountain Apache Indians of Arizona, Wisconsin Archeologist 8:143-61., page 160 |
35926 | Salix irrorata Anderss. 3535 | Apache, White Mountain 15 | r29 45 | 160 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Wood used to make the poles and hoops for the pole game. | Reagan, Albert B., 1929, Plants Used by the White Mountain Apache Indians of Arizona, Wisconsin Archeologist 8:143-61., page 160 |
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