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id | species | tribe | source ▼ | pageno | use_category | use_subcategory | notes | rawsource |
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15305 | Fraxinus pennsylvanica Marsh. 1660 | Ponca 205 | g19 17 | 108 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Wood and cottonwood 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 108 |
16893 | Heracleum maximum Bartr. 1851 | Omaha 177 | g19 17 | 107 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Pounded, dried roots mixed with beaver dung and planted in the same hole as the sacred pole. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 107 |
16976 | Hesperostipa spartea (Trin.) Barkworth 1858 | Omaha 177 | g19 17 | 66 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Stiff awns firmly bound into a bundle and the pointed grains burned off to make a ceremonial brush. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 66 |
16978 | Hesperostipa spartea (Trin.) Barkworth 1858 | Pawnee 190 | g19 17 | 66 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Stiff awns firmly bound into a bundle and the pointed grains burned off to make a ceremonial brush. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 66 |
16980 | Hesperostipa spartea (Trin.) Barkworth 1858 | Ponca 205 | g19 17 | 66 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Stiff awns firmly bound into a bundle and the pointed grains burned off to make a ceremonial brush. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 66 |
17229 | Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. 1896 | Dakota 61 | g19 17 | 91 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Plant used in religious ceremonies. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 91 |
19411 | Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl. 2090 | Dakota 61 | g19 17 | 117 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Gourds made into rattles and used for ritualistic music. A handle was attached to the gourd and its contents were removed and replaced with small gravel or seeds from another plant. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 117 |
19441 | Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl. 2090 | Omaha 177 | g19 17 | 117 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Gourds made into rattles and used for ritualistic music. A handle was attached to the gourd and its contents were removed and replaced with small gravel or seeds from another plant. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 117 |
19445 | Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl. 2090 | Ponca 205 | g19 17 | 117 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Gourds made into rattles and used for ritualistic music. A handle was attached to the gourd and its contents were removed and replaced with small gravel or seeds from another plant. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 117 |
23601 | Nelumbo lutea Willd. 2570 | Dakota 61 | g19 17 | 79 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Plant characterized as having mystic powers. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 79 |
23611 | Nelumbo lutea Willd. 2570 | Omaha 177 | g19 17 | 79 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Plant characterized as having mystic powers. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 79 |
23614 | Nelumbo lutea Willd. 2570 | Pawnee 190 | g19 17 | 79 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Plant characterized as having mystic powers. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 79 |
23617 | Nelumbo lutea Willd. 2570 | Ponca 205 | g19 17 | 79 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Plant characterized as having mystic powers. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 79 |
23622 | Nelumbo lutea Willd. 2570 | Winnebago 280 | g19 17 | 79 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Plant characterized as having mystic powers. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 79 |
30252 | Prunus americana Marsh. 3160 | Dakota 61 | g19 17 | 87 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Sprout or young growth made into a wand and used ceremonially. The sprout or young growth was made into a wand by peeling it and painting it with emblematic colors and designs. An offering which consisted of tobacco or anything acceptable to higher powers was attached to the top of the wand and usually made for the benefit of the sick. The offering could be made anywhere and by anyone as long as it was executed with appropriate ceremony, but was most efficiently performed if an altar were prepared at which the wand was placed upright with the offering fastened near the top. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 87 |
36252 | Salix sp. 3551 | Omaha 177 | g19 17 | 73 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Stems used in funeral customs. The burial ceremony occurred four days after the death. The young men and friends of the family of the deceased accompanied the funeral party to the grave where they made parallel gashes in the skin of the forearm and thrust the willow stems into the gashes. The stems were bathed with the young men's blood who attested their sympathy to the living and sang the tribal Song to the Spirit. The song was one of cheer to the departing spirit and one of sympathy to the bereaved. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 73 |
41767 | Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis (Ait.) Seland. 4059 | Dakota 61 | g19 17 | 77 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Dried stalk fiber made into cloth and used in the Sacred Bundle of the Tent of War. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 77 |
41801 | Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis (Ait.) Seland. 4059 | Omaha 177 | g19 17 | 77 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Dried stalk fiber made into cloth and used in the Sacred Bundle of the Tent of War. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 77 |
41817 | Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis (Ait.) Seland. 4059 | Pawnee 190 | g19 17 | 77 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Dried stalk fiber made into cloth and used in the Sacred Bundle of the Tent of War. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 77 |
41824 | Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis (Ait.) Seland. 4059 | Ponca 205 | g19 17 | 77 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Dried stalk fiber made into cloth and used in the Sacred Bundle of the Tent of War. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 77 |
41864 | Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis (Ait.) Seland. 4059 | Winnebago 280 | g19 17 | 77 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Dried stalk fiber made into cloth and used in the Sacred Bundle of the Tent of War. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 77 |
2838 | Ambrosia acanthicarpa Hook. 196 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 51 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Leaf ash used as Evilway blackening. | 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 51 |
3175 | Amelanchier utahensis var. utahensis 217 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 30 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Stem used to make Evilway hoop. | 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 30 |
4971 | Artemisia biennis Willd. 386 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 48 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Plant ash used in blackening ceremonies. | 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 48 |
5023 | Artemisia campestris ssp. caudata (Michx.) Hall & Clements 391 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 48 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Plant ash used in blackening ceremonies. | 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 48 |
5047 | Artemisia carruthii Wood ex Carruth. 393 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 48 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Branches used in Beautyway garment ceremony. | 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 48 |
5048 | Artemisia carruthii Wood ex Carruth. 393 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 48 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Plant ash used as Evilway and Hand Trembling blackenings. | 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 48 |
5284 | Artemisia frigida Willd. 397 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 48 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Plant ash applied before painting Witcheryway prayer sticks. | 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 48 |
5405 | Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt. 399 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 48 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Applied to unraveler strings (a woman's hair cord or buckskin string from her moccasins). | 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 48 |
5406 | Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt. 399 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 48 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Plant ash used as Evilway and Hand Tremblingway blackenings. | 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 48 |
5507 | Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. mexicana (Willd. ex Spreng.) Keck 402 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 48 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Plant ash used in blackening ceremonies. | 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 48 |
8962 | Cercocarpus montanus Raf. 842 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 30 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Wood made into stirring sticks for Chiricahua Windway mixed decoction. | 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 30 |
12301 | Delphinium nuttallianum Pritz. ex Walp. 1255 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 27 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Petals and other blue flowers ground and used ceremonially. | 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 27 |
12316 | Delphinium scaposum Greene 1257 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 27 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Petals and other blue flowers ground and used ceremonially. | 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 27 |
12322 | Delphinium tenuisectum Greene 1260 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 27 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Petals and other blue flowers ground and used ceremonially. | 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 27 |
13617 | Ericameria nauseosa ssp. nauseosa var. bigelovii (Gray) Nesom & Baird 1450 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 49 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Branch used to make Enemyway prayer stick. | 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 49 |
14810 | Forestiera pubescens var. pubescens 1626 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 39 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Stem used to make Evilway big hoop. | 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 39 |
16333 | Gutierrezia sarothrae (Pursh) Britt. & Rusby 1786 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 51 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Fresh branches used to make Evilway unravelers. | 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 51 |
16334 | Gutierrezia sarothrae (Pursh) Britt. & Rusby 1786 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 51 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Fresh branches used to make cactus prayer sticks for Chiricahua Windway and Enemyway prayer sticks. | 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 51 |
16335 | Gutierrezia sarothrae (Pursh) Britt. & Rusby 1786 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 51 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Plant ash used as Evilway, Holyway and Hand Tremblingway blackenings. | 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 51 |
16610 | Helianthus annuus L. 1821 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 51 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Stem used to make Holyway Prayer stick. | 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 51 |
19435 | Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl. 2090 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 47 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Used to make chant rattles. | 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 47 |
19970 | Lesquerella fendleri (Gray) S. Wats. 2148 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 29 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Tied to ceremonial rattle string and wetted with infusion of the plant. | 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 29 |
21460 | Lycium pallidum Miers 2316 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 42 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Stem used to make Evilway big hoop. | 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 42 |
21461 | Lycium pallidum Miers 2316 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 42 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Thorn ash used for Evilway blackening. | 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 42 |
21472 | Lycium torreyi Gray 2318 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 42 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Stem used to make Evilway big hoop. | 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 42 |
21473 | Lycium torreyi Gray 2318 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 42 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Thorn ash used for Evilway blackening. | 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 42 |
22920 | Mentzelia multiflora var. multiflora 2455 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 37 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Used to make Big Snake's prayer stick in Beautyway. | 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 37 |
24877 | Opuntia whipplei Engelm. & Bigelow 2674 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 37 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Branches made into a wand and used in Red Antway. The Antway wand consisted of five cactus branches with branches of rabbitbrush and other plants wrapped around their combined bases. The base was wrapped with yucca fiber. A small colored wooden disk was attached to each branch by a yucca fiber, each disk a different color. | 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 37 |
24878 | Opuntia whipplei Engelm. & Bigelow 2674 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 37 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Used to make cactus prayer stick, Chiricahua Windway. | 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 37 |
25680 | Pedicularis procera Gray 2777 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 44 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Used in Mountaintopway. | 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 44 |
27664 | Pinus edulis Engelm. 2959 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 12 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Branches, preferably one broken from a lightning struck tree, used in Evilway ceremonials as pokers. | 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 |
27665 | Pinus edulis Engelm. 2959 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 12 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Needles used in Evilway ceremonials as pokers. | 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 |
28498 | Plantago patagonica Jacq. 3004 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 45 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Infusion of root, leaves and seeds blown over rattle at beginning of hoof rattle song. | 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 45 |
29638 | Populus tremuloides Michx. 3106 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 22 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Stem used to make Evilway hoop. | 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 |
29686 | Populus ?acuminata Rydb. (pro sp.) [angustifolia ? deltoides] 3090 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 22 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Root used to make snake figurines. | 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 |
31004 | Prunus virginiana var. melanocarpa (A. Nels.) Sarg. 3183 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 31 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Stems used to make Evilway and Mountaintopway big hoops and Bear's prayer-stick in Mountaintopway. | 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 31 |
31291 | Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii 3201 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 14 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Branches attached to masks and carried in hands by god impersonators in Nightway. | 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 14 |
31292 | Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii 3201 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 14 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Branches used to make Holyway big hoop. | 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 14 |
31293 | Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii 3201 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 14 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Used to make bow and chant arrow for overshooting ceremony of Evilway. | 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 14 |
31294 | Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii 3201 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 14 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Used to make garment for garment ceremony of Evilway. | 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 14 |
31295 | Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii 3201 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 14 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Used to make unravelers for several ceremonials. | 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 14 |
31690 | Purshia tridentata (Pursh) DC. 3231 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 31 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Twig and leaf ash used for Evilway blackening. | 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 31 |
32091 | Quercus gambelii Nutt. 3263 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 22 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Wood used to make ceremonial bullroarers. | 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 |
33222 | Rhus trilobata Nutt. 3352 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 35 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Used to make small hoops on cactus prayerstick of Chiricahua Windway. | 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 35 |
34280 | Rosa woodsii var. woodsii 3436 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 31 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Stem used to make Holyway big hoop. | 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 31 |
35821 | Salix exigua Nutt. 3527 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 22 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Stem used to make Lightningway hoop. | 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 |
35973 | Salix lucida ssp. lasiandra (Benth.) E. Murr. 3539 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 22 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Stem used to make Lightningway hoop. | 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 |
39655 | Tetradymia canescens DC. 3914 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 53 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Plant ash used for Evilway blackening. | 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 53 |
40424 | Townsendia exscapa (Richards.) Porter 3968 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 54 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Pollen shaken from a horned toad pollen to unraveler string and used in unraveling ceremony. | 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 54 |
42902 | Verbesina encelioides ssp. exauriculata (Robins. & Greenm.) J.R. Coleman 4116 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 54 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Used to make antelope prayer stick in Plumeway. | 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 54 |
43663 | Xanthium strumarium var. canadense (P. Mill.) Torr. & Gray 4211 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 54 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Leaf ash used as ceremonial blackening. | 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 54 |
43904 | Yucca baccata Torr. 4225 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 21 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Leaves stuck into snowballs, mixed with red clay and used to stop the snow and rain. | 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 21 |
43905 | Yucca baccata Torr. 4225 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 21 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Leaves used to make ceremonial drumstick. | 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 21 |
44481 | Zea mays L. 4244 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 18 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Pollen used in all ceremonials and also for personal ceremonies. | 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 18 |
1034 | Achillea millefolium var. occidentalis DC. 42 | Ojibwa 173 | smith32 20 | 417 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Flower heads used in the kinnikinnick mixture smoked in medicine lodge ceremonies. | Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 417 |
3676 | Anthoxanthum odoratum L. 284 | Ojibwa 173 | smith32 20 | 419 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | In the olden times, used ceremonially because of its persistent sweet scent. | Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 419 |
19439 | Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl. 2090 | Ojibwa 173 | smith32 20 | 400 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Gourds used to make rattles for the medicine lodge. | Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 400 |
20663 | Lobelia cardinalis L. 2221 | Meskwaki 139 | smith28 21 | 273 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Ceremonial 'tobacco' not smoked, but used to ward off storms and strewn onto graves. | Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 273 |
32898 | Rhus copallinum L. 3345 | Delaware, Oklahoma 63 | t42 22 | 78 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Leaves and root used in ceremonial tobacco mixture. | Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1942, A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission, page 78 |
36955 | Sanguinaria canadensis L. 3572 | Delaware, Oklahoma 63 | t42 22 | 32, 80 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Root used as a ceremonial face paint. | Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1942, A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission, page 32, 80 |
20986 | Lomatium nudicaule (Pursh) Coult. & Rose 2246 | Cowichan 52 | tb71 23 | 89 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Seeds burned to fumigate homes and to 'drive away ghosts.' | 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 89 |
21011 | Lomatium nudicaule (Pursh) Coult. & Rose 2246 | Saanich 215 | tb71 23 | 89 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Seeds burned to fumigate homes and to 'drive away ghosts.' | 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 89 |
21015 | Lomatium nudicaule (Pursh) Coult. & Rose 2246 | Songish 247 | tb71 23 | 89 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Seeds burned to fumigate homes and to 'drive away ghosts.' | 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 89 |
29145 | Polystichum munitum (Kaulfuss) K. Presl 3085 | Saanich 215 | tb71 23 | 69 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Fronds used during initiation dances. | 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 69 |
35079 | Rubus ursinus Cham. & Schlecht. 3472 | Saanich 215 | tb71 23 | 88 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Stems used in purification rituals before dancing. | 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 88 |
40216 | Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don 3951 | Saanich 215 | tb71 23 | 71 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Boughs used to vigorously scrub the body for purity while bathing. | 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 71 |
40229 | Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don 3951 | Salish, Coast 217 | tb71 23 | 71 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Wood used to make totems, masks and ceremonial drums. | 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 71 |
42737 | Veratrum viride Ait. 4105 | Salish, Coast 217 | tb71 23 | 76 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Roots carried as charms to ward off evil spirits or to kill sea monsters. | 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 76 |
4985 | Artemisia californica Less. 387 | Luiseno 128 | s08 24 | 199 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Plant and white sage used to build a ceremonial hunting fire before hunting. The hunters stood around the fire and in its smoke before hunting because they believed that the fire and smoke would absolve them of any breach of social observances they might have committed which would otherwise have brought them bad luck. | Sparkman, Philip S., 1908, The Culture of the Luiseno Indians, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 8(4):187-234, page 199 |
12195 | Datura wrightii Regel 1244 | Luiseno 128 | s08 24 | 207 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Roots pounded in a mortar and used at boys' puberty ceremonies. | Sparkman, Philip S., 1908, The Culture of the Luiseno Indians, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 8(4):187-234, page 207 |
40078 | Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don 3951 | Lummi 129 | g73 25 | 19 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Singed limbs used as brooms to sweep off the walls of a house after removal of a corpse. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 19 |
40246 | Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don 3951 | Skagit 241 | g73 25 | 19 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Limbs burned at night and waved through the houses after a death to scare off the ghosts. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 19 |
41790 | Urtica dioica ssp. gracilis (Ait.) Seland. 4059 | Makah 133 | g73 25 | 28 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Rubbed on the body to purify it after handling a corpse. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 28 |
240 | Abies lasiocarpa (Hook.) Nutt. 6 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 36 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Chewed needles sprayed over the Horn ceremonial containers to purify them. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 36 |
241 | Abies lasiocarpa (Hook.) Nutt. 6 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 36 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Needle incense used for transfer ceremonies of Black Spring tipi design & Bear Medicine Hat bundle. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 36 |
2924 | Amelanchier alnifolia (Nutt.) Nutt. ex M. Roemer 204 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 26 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Berries, elk manure and tobacco seed planted in small prairie plot in the Tobacco Planting ceremony. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 26 |
3488 | Angelica dawsonii S. Wats. 261 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 40 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Root held in the mouth during Horn Society curse ceremony. Curses were indulged in by the Horn Society as a whole. In this case a special sweat lodge was constructed. A human figure representing the condemned man was drawn in the bottom of a pit intended to contain hot stones. The stones were brought in at a designated time and placed on the drawing to represent the victim's suffering. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 40 |
3489 | Angelica dawsonii S. Wats. 261 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 40 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Root pieces attached to the binding of the Spear Staff (with bundle), the head staff. The Spear Staff was used during the secret ceremony of the Horns, in which the chief ceremonialist participated in a fertility rite with the initiate's wife. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 40 |
3490 | Angelica dawsonii S. Wats. 261 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 40 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Root used by the Horn Society in the initiation ceremonies. The root was found in the nontransferable initiation bundles. Having been distributed by the owner of the Spear Staff bundle to the others, down to the owner of the Marten, the root was kept in the mouth and used to bless the initiates. After the ritual, the root was tied to the paint application sticks, to fortify and replenish the supernatural power inherent in the paint. The same was done with a wooden scratching pin, which was either worn in the hair or attached to one's garments. This was done in preparation for the next opening ceremony. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 40 |
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