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id | species | tribe | source | pageno | use_category | use_subcategory | notes ▼ | rawsource |
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29133 | Polystichum munitum (Kaulfuss) K. Presl 3085 | Paiute 183 | m53 98 | 36 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Kids played with it as a feather. | Mahar, James Michael., 1953, Ethnobotany of the Oregon Paiutes of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, Reed College, B.A. Thesis, page 36 |
26688 | Physalis lanceolata Michx. 2915 | Dakota 61 | g13i 91 | 362 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Large calyx of plant inflated by children in play & popped by striking it on the forehead or hand. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1913, Some Native Nebraska Plants With Their Uses by the Dakota, Collections of the Nebraska State Historical Society 17:358-70, page 362 |
36669 | Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis (L.) R. Bolli 3566 | Dakota 61 | 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 |
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 |
3512 | Angelica genuflexa Nutt. 262 | Nitinaht 166 | ttco83 101 | 91 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Leafstalks used in children's games. | 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 91 |
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 |
44260 | Yucca sp. 4236 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 34 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Leaves made into a ball and used to play 'shooting the yucca.' 'Shooting the yucca' was a Navajo game played with a ball made of bark and wound with yucca leaves which had been previously placed in hot ashes to make them flexible. A stick of scrub oak was attached to this by a yucca cord, to give momentum to the light ball. The ball was thrown into the air and the archers discharged their arrows at it as soon as it was drawn downward by the weight of the stick. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 34 |
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 |
16449 | Hastingsia alba (Dur.) S. Wats. 1801 | Karok 105 | sg52 71 | 380 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Leaves put over the teeth to make a snapping sound for amusement. | Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 380 |
18821 | Juniperus occidentalis Hook. 2059 | Paiute 183 | m53 98 | 47 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Leaves stuffed into buckskin and used as a ball in a game like lacrosse or hockey. | Mahar, James Michael., 1953, Ethnobotany of the Oregon Paiutes of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, Reed College, B.A. Thesis, page 47 |
22892 | Mentzelia involucrata S. Wats. 2451 | Kawaiisu 106 | z81 60 | 41 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Leaves thrown by children at one another because they stick and were hard to remove. | Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 41 |
16998 | Heteromeles arbutifolia var. arbutifolia 1861 | Karok 105 | sg52 71 | 385 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Leaves thrown into the fire by children to hear them crack like firecrackers. | Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 385 |
41631 | Umbellularia californica (Hook. & Arn.) Nutt. 4056 | Karok 105 | sg52 71 | 383 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Leaves thrown into the fire by children to hear them crack like firecrackers. | Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 383 |
44071 | Yucca glauca Nutt. 4230 | Apache, White Mountain 15 | r29 45 | 147 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Leaves used as counters in various games. | Reagan, Albert B., 1929, Plants Used by the White Mountain Apache Indians of Arizona, Wisconsin Archeologist 8:143-61., page 147 |
43755 | Yucca angustissima Engelm. ex Trel. 4224 | Havasupai 89 | ws85 2 | 213 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Leaves used as tally sticks to keep track of scores in the hidden ball game. | 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 213 |
29406 | Populus deltoides ssp. monilifera (Ait.) Eckenwalder 3100 | Dakota 61 | g19 17 | 72 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Leaves used by children to make toy tipis. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 72 |
29421 | Populus deltoides ssp. monilifera (Ait.) Eckenwalder 3100 | Omaha 177 | g19 17 | 72 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Leaves used by children to make toy tipis. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 72 |
29428 | Populus deltoides ssp. monilifera (Ait.) Eckenwalder 3100 | Pawnee 190 | g19 17 | 72 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Leaves used by children to make toy tipis. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 72 |
29434 | Populus deltoides ssp. monilifera (Ait.) Eckenwalder 3100 | Ponca 205 | g19 17 | 72 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Leaves used by children to make toy tipis. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 72 |
29407 | Populus deltoides ssp. monilifera (Ait.) Eckenwalder 3100 | Dakota 61 | g19 17 | 72 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Leaves used by little girls to make toy moccasins. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 72 |
29422 | Populus deltoides ssp. monilifera (Ait.) Eckenwalder 3100 | Omaha 177 | g19 17 | 72 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Leaves used by little girls to make toy moccasins. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 72 |
29429 | Populus deltoides ssp. monilifera (Ait.) Eckenwalder 3100 | Pawnee 190 | g19 17 | 72 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Leaves used by little girls to make toy moccasins. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 72 |
29435 | Populus deltoides ssp. monilifera (Ait.) Eckenwalder 3100 | Ponca 205 | g19 17 | 72 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Leaves used by little girls to make toy moccasins. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 72 |
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 |
29096 | Polystichum munitum (Kaulfuss) K. Presl 3085 | Clallam 41 | f80 99 | 194 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Leaves used in a children's game. | Fleisher, Mark S., 1980, The Ethnobotany of the Clallam Indians of Western Washington, Northwest Anthropological Research Notes 14(2):192-210, page 194 |
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 |
37367 | Schoenoplectus acutus var. acutus 3603 | Dakota 61 | g13i 91 | 359 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Long stems made into a ball and used as an instrument in children's games. The long stems were made into a ball by bending over the base of several together and the remaining length braided together to form a swinging handle. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1913, Some Native Nebraska Plants With Their Uses by the Dakota, Collections of the Nebraska State Historical Society 17:358-70, page 359 |
12417 | Desmanthus illinoensis (Michx.) MacM. ex B.L. Robins. & Fern. 1276 | Pawnee 190 | g19 17 | 89 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Mature plant, with seed-filled pods, used as rattles by little boys, to mimic native dances. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 89 |
12418 | Desmanthus illinoensis (Michx.) MacM. ex B.L. Robins. & Fern. 1276 | Ponca 205 | g19 17 | 89 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Mature plant, with seed-filled pods, used as rattles by little boys, to mimic native dances. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 89 |
12414 | Desmanthus illinoensis (Michx.) MacM. ex B.L. Robins. & Fern. 1276 | Omaha 177 | g19 17 | 89 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Mature plant, with the seed-filled pods, used as rattles by little boys. The little boys used the rattles as they mimicked some of the native dances in play. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 89 |
6320 | Asclepias syriaca L. 446 | Omaha 177 | g19 17 | 109 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Mature stalk fiber chewed and used for popgun wadding by little boys. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 109 |
6322 | Asclepias syriaca L. 446 | Pawnee 190 | g19 17 | 109 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Mature stalk fiber chewed and used for popgun wadding by little boys. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 109 |
6324 | Asclepias syriaca L. 446 | Ponca 205 | g19 17 | 109 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Mature stalk fiber chewed and used for popgun wadding by little boys. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 109 |
6330 | Asclepias syriaca L. 446 | Winnebago 280 | g19 17 | 109 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Mature stalk fiber chewed and used for popgun wadding by little boys. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 109 |
3884 | Apocynum ?floribundum Greene (pro sp.) [androsaemifolium ? cannabinum] 295 | Havasupai 89 | ws85 2 | 236 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Milky substance used by children to rub on playmates' faces and stick their eyelids together. | 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 236 |
7437 | Bouteloua gracilis (Willd. ex Kunth) Lag. ex Griffiths 608 | Lakota 125 | r80 108 | 29 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Most plants have two spikes: for sport, people would hunt for those with three. | Rogers, Dilwyn J, 1980, Lakota Names and Traditional Uses of Native Plants by Sicangu (Brule) People in the Rosebud Area, South Dakota, St. Francis, SD. Rosebud Educational Scoiety, page 29 |
7200 | Betula papyrifera Marsh. 580 | Dakota 61 | g19 17 | 116 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Papery bark chewed to a pulp and 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 |
7265 | Betula papyrifera Marsh. 580 | Omaha 177 | g19 17 | 116 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Papery bark chewed to a pulp and 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 |
7266 | Betula papyrifera Marsh. 580 | Pawnee 190 | g19 17 | 116 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Papery bark chewed to a pulp and 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 |
7267 | Betula papyrifera Marsh. 580 | Ponca 205 | g19 17 | 116 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Papery bark chewed to a pulp and 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 |
7314 | Betula papyrifera Marsh. 580 | Winnebago 280 | g19 17 | 116 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Papery bark chewed to a pulp and 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 |
10399 | Clintonia borealis (Ait.) Raf. 1031 | Chippewa 38 | d28 4 | 377 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Patterns bitten into leaves for entertainment. | Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 377 |
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 |
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 |
6785 | Baccharis emoryi Gray 532 | Havasupai 89 | ws85 2 | 246 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Pith used to make 'peashooters' and stems and twigs used to make the shooter. | 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 |
36550 | Sambucus nigra ssp. caerulea (Raf.) R. Bolli 3565 | Mendocino Indian 137 | c02 89 | 388 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Pithless wood used to make 'squirt guns' and whistles. | Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 388 |
37542 | Scirpus sp. 3614 | Havasupai 89 | ws85 2 | 211 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Plant braided by children to make a whip. | 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 211 |
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 |
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 |
14787 | Fomes sp. 1621 | Haisla and Hanaksiala 87 | c93 14 | 135 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Plant thrown into the stream and used as a target by young boys for spear practice. | 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 135 |
14797 | Fomitopsis sp. 1624 | Haisla and Hanaksiala 87 | c93 14 | 135 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Plant thrown into the stream and used as a target by young boys for spear practice. | 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 135 |
15546 | Ganoderma sp. 1695 | Haisla and Hanaksiala 87 | c93 14 | 135 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Plant thrown into the stream and used as a target by young boys for spear practice. | 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 135 |
29061 | Polyporus sp. 3083 | Haisla and Hanaksiala 87 | c93 14 | 135 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Plant thrown into the stream and used as a target by young boys for spear practice. | 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 135 |
5518 | Artemisia sp. 404 | Dakota 61 | g19 17 | 116 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Plant tops chewed and 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 |
5550 | Artemisia sp. 404 | Omaha 177 | g19 17 | 116 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Plant tops chewed and 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 |
5556 | Artemisia sp. 404 | Pawnee 190 | g19 17 | 116 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Plant tops chewed and 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 |
5561 | Artemisia sp. 404 | Ponca 205 | g19 17 | 116 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Plant tops chewed and 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 |
5569 | Artemisia sp. 404 | Winnebago 280 | g19 17 | 116 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Plant tops chewed and 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 |
14788 | Fomes sp. 1621 | Haisla and Hanaksiala 87 | c93 14 | 135 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Plant used as a ball in a women's and children's game. | 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 135 |
14798 | Fomitopsis sp. 1624 | Haisla and Hanaksiala 87 | c93 14 | 135 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Plant used as a ball in a women's and children's game. | 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 135 |
15547 | Ganoderma sp. 1695 | Haisla and Hanaksiala 87 | c93 14 | 135 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Plant used as a ball in a women's and children's game. | 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 135 |
29062 | Polyporus sp. 3083 | Haisla and Hanaksiala 87 | c93 14 | 135 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Plant used as a ball in a women's and children's game. | 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 135 |
11513 | Croton texensis (Klotzsch) Muell.-Arg. 1146 | Oglala 172 | g19 17 | 99 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Plant used as a headdress by little boys while playing. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 99 |
24676 | Opuntia humifusa (Raf.) Raf. 2661 | Dakota 61 | g19 17 | 104 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Plant used by small boys in playing games. The 'cactus game' was played on the prairie where the cactus abounded. One boy was chosen to be 'it' and he would take a stick, place a cactus plant upon it and hold it up it the air. The other boys would attempt to shoot at it with their bows and arrows and the target holder would run after the boy who hit the target and strike him with the spiny cactus making him 'it'. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 104 |
38233 | Smilax rotundifolia L. 3713 | Kiowa 111 | vs39 140 | 18 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Plant used in an old hide and seek game. | Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 18 |
39431 | Taxodium ascendens Brongn. 3899 | Seminole 228 | s54 88 | 471 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Plant used to make ball poles, spoon ballsticks and dolls. | Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 471 |
27711 | Pinus elliottii Engelm. 2960 | Seminole 228 | s54 88 | 480 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Plant used to make ball poles. | Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 480 |
32335 | Quercus phellos L. 3281 | Seminole 228 | s54 88 | 471 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Plant used to make ballsticks. | Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 471 |
35547 | Sabal palmetto (Walt.) Lodd. ex J.A. & J.H. Schultes 3503 | Seminole 228 | s54 88 | 506 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Plant used to make ballsticks. | Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 506 |
35752 | Salix caroliniana Michx. 3523 | Seminole 228 | s54 88 | 492 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Plant used to make ballsticks. | Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 492 |
37758 | Serenoa repens (Bartr.) Small 3655 | Seminole 228 | s54 88 | 504 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Plant used to make dolls. | Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 504 |
26623 | Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud. 2901 | Tewa 257 | rhf16 61 | 66 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Plant used to make game sticks for the canute game. | Robbins, W.W., J.P. Harrington and B. Freire-Marreco, 1916, Ethnobotany of the Tewa Indians, SI-BAE Bulletin #55, page 66 |
2955 | Amelanchier alnifolia (Nutt.) Nutt. ex M. Roemer 204 | Dakota 61 | g19 17 | 116 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Plant used to make popgun pistons. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 116 |
3021 | Amelanchier alnifolia (Nutt.) Nutt. ex M. Roemer 204 | Omaha 177 | g19 17 | 116 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Plant used to make popgun pistons. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 116 |
3022 | Amelanchier alnifolia (Nutt.) Nutt. ex M. Roemer 204 | Pawnee 190 | g19 17 | 116 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Plant used to make popgun pistons. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 116 |
3026 | Amelanchier alnifolia (Nutt.) Nutt. ex M. Roemer 204 | Ponca 205 | g19 17 | 116 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Plant used to make popgun pistons. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 116 |
3062 | Amelanchier alnifolia (Nutt.) Nutt. ex M. Roemer 204 | Winnebago 280 | g19 17 | 116 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Plant used to make popgun pistons. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 116 |
36769 | Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis (L.) R. Bolli 3566 | Seminole 228 | s54 88 | 505 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Plant used to make toy blowguns. | Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 505 |
16828 | Heracleum maximum Bartr. 1851 | Haisla and Hanaksiala 87 | c93 14 | 214 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Plant used to play a game by throwing the plant into a pot. | 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 214 |
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 |
12534 | Dimorphocarpa wislizeni (Engelm.) Rollins 1303 | Hopi 95 | c74 82 | 311 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Plant, a powerful irritant, placed in armpit as a practical joke. | Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 311 |
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 |
44540 | Zea mays L. 4244 | Zuni 291 | s15 6 | 99 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Ribboned husks made into small, square pads and used by young people in games. Small plumes were attached to the small, square pads upright, in the center, forming the shuttlecocks for use in the game of battledore and shuttlecock. | Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 99 |
43819 | Yucca baccata Torr. 4225 | Havasupai 89 | ws85 2 | 212 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Ring of leaves wrapped in buckskin used in the hoop and pole game. | 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 |
11609 | Cucurbita foetidissima Kunth 1161 | Keres, Western 107 | swank32 79 | 40 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Ripe gourds used as children's rattles. | Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 40 |
576 | Acer nigrum Michx. f. 30 | Ojibwa 173 | r28 8 | 234 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Root used to make the bowl for the dice bowl game. | Reagan, Albert B., 1928, Plants Used by the Bois Fort Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indians of Minnesota, Wisconsin Archeologist 7(4):230-248, page 234 |
595 | Acer pensylvanicum L. 31 | Ojibwa 173 | r28 8 | 234 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Root used to make the bowl for the dice bowl game. | Reagan, Albert B., 1928, Plants Used by the Bois Fort Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indians of Minnesota, Wisconsin Archeologist 7(4):230-248, page 234 |
658 | Acer saccharinum L. 34 | Ojibwa 173 | r28 8 | 234 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Root used to make the bowl for the dice bowl game. | Reagan, Albert B., 1928, Plants Used by the Bois Fort Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indians of Minnesota, Wisconsin Archeologist 7(4):230-248, page 234 |
723 | Acer spicatum Lam. 37 | Ojibwa 173 | r28 8 | 234 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Root used to make the bowl for the dice bowl game. | Reagan, Albert B., 1928, Plants Used by the Bois Fort Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indians of Minnesota, Wisconsin Archeologist 7(4):230-248, page 234 |
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 |
29554 | Populus sp. 3105 | Hopi 95 | c74 82 | 346 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Roots carved into kachina dolls for children. | Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 346 |
11603 | Cucurbita foetidissima Kunth 1161 | Havasupai 89 | ws85 2 | 243 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Roots made into a wooden ball and used in playing the 'four hills' game. | 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 243 |
27076 | Picea mariana (P. Mill.) B.S.P. 2935 | Cree, Woodlands 58 | l85 47 | 49 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Roots used to tie and secure the stick and bundle game made from black spruce boughs. | Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 49 |
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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) );