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id | species | tribe | source | pageno | use_category | use_subcategory | notes ▼ | rawsource |
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18400 | Juncus torreyi Coville 2052 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 70 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Ceremonially associated with water. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 70 |
37373 | Schoenoplectus acutus var. acutus 3603 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 70 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Ceremonially associated with water. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 70 |
7705 | Calochortus aureus S. Wats. 669 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 70 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Ceremonially used as the Yellow Flower associated with the northwest direction. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 70 |
18629 | Juniperus monosperma (Engelm.) Sarg. 2058 | Hopi 95 | c74 82 | 330 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Charcoal of plant, chewed melon seeds and water used to make a ceremonial body paint. | Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 330 |
18742 | Juniperus monosperma (Engelm.) Sarg. 2058 | Tewa 257 | c74 82 | 330 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Charcoal of plant, chewed melon seeds and water used to make a ceremonial body paint. | Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 330 |
24269 | Oenothera albicaulis Pursh 2613 | Zuni 291 | s15 6 | 87 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Chewed blossoms rubbed on the bodies of young girls so that they could dance well and ensure rain. The blossoms were given by the High Priest and the Sun Priest of the Corn Maidens. The girls chewed the blossoms, ejected the mass into their hands and rubbed it on the neck, breast, arms and hands ensuring that they would dance well so that it would rain and the corn would grow. | Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 87 |
25629 | Pectis papposa Harvey & Gray 2767 | Zuni 291 | s15 6 | 83 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Chewed blossoms used as perfume before a dance in ceremonies of the secret fraternities. The blossoms were chewed by both sexes, especially by women, ejected into the hands and rubbed on the neck, limbs and clothing as perfume. | Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 83 |
40438 | Townsendia strigosa Nutt. 3971 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 89 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Chewed by Night Chant chanter & spit upon prayersticks to facilitate the disentanglement of string. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 89 |
5338 | Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt. 399 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 17 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Chewed by assistants to the participants during the sweat lodge rituals to relieve thirst. This thirst resulted from taboos against the consumption of liquids. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 17 |
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 |
25836 | Penstemon barbatus ssp. torreyi (Benth.) Keck 2802 | Zuni 291 | s15 6 | 95 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Chewed root rubbed over the rabbit stick to insure success in the hunt. A rabbit stick which was treated in this manner was sure to kill any rabbit that it was aimed at, provided the thrower had a good heart. | Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 95 |
6275 | Asclepias subverticillata (Gray) Vail 445 | Zuni 291 | s15 6 | 88 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Coma made into cords and used for fastening plumes to the prayer sticks. The sticks were used as offerings and were planted in the fields and in sacred springs. An excavation was made in the bed of the spring in which the offerings were deposited with a stone attached and covered with soil from the bottom. | Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 88 |
44534 | Zea mays L. 4244 | Zuni 291 | s15 6 | 99 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Corn ears carried or secretly worn in dances by personators of anthropic gods. | Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 99 |
44434 | Zea mays L. 4244 | Isleta 101 | j31 76 | 46 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Corn husks used as cigarette papers for the ceremonial cigarettes. | Jones, Volney H., 1931, The Ethnobotany of the Isleta Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 46 |
44435 | Zea mays L. 4244 | Isleta 101 | j31 76 | 46 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Corn meal smeared on the body in the burial ceremony. | Jones, Volney H., 1931, The Ethnobotany of the Isleta Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 46 |
44443 | Zea mays L. 4244 | Keres, Western 107 | swank32 79 | 77 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Corn meal sprinkled by everyone before eating and prayer repeated. | Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 77 |
44535 | Zea mays L. 4244 | Zuni 291 | s15 6 | 99 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Corn meal wrapped in husks given to theurgists visiting the sick. The packages were always presented with a prayer and the recipient prayed. | Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 99 |
44444 | Zea mays L. 4244 | Keres, Western 107 | swank32 79 | 77 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Corn pollen and corn meal used for many ceremonial purposes. | Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 77 |
44436 | Zea mays L. 4244 | Isleta 101 | j31 76 | 46 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Corn silks used in the 'Corn Dances.' | Jones, Volney H., 1931, The Ethnobotany of the Isleta Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 46 |
44470 | Zea mays L. 4244 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 30 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Cornmeal mush used to make images for ceremonies. In the Bead Chant, an image of a wildcat was made of sweet corn; in the Mountain Chant, an image of the bear was made of sweet corn; and in the Coyote Chant, effigies of a coyote and a kit fox were made in sweet corn; other images such as the dog, chicken, cat and pig were also reproduced in sweet corn. To make these animals, a stiff mush was made of corn, which was kneaded to the desired shape, omitting the extremities such as tail, ears and feet. White shell, turquoise and cannel coal was used for the eyes. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 30 |
16132 | Gossypium hirsutum L. 1766 | Zuni 291 | s15 6 | 77 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Cotton used to make ceremonial garments. | Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 77 |
19414 | Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl. 2090 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 93 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Covered with a cord net to be used as water containers in ceremonies and buried with the dead. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 93 |
21894 | Mahonia fremontii (Torr.) Fedde 2372 | Zuni 291 | s15 6 | 88 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Crushed berries used as purple coloring for the skin and for objects employed in ceremonies. | Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 88 |
32461 | Quercus sp. 3289 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 40 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Curled twig used as a drum stick in the War Dance Ceremony. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 40 |
37888 | Shepherdia canadensis (L.) Nutt. 3658 | Shuswap 233 | h49 34 | 12 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Decoction or infusion of berries taken during purification rites. | Hocking, George M., 1949, From Pokeroot to Penicillin, The Rocky Mountain Druggist, November 1949. Pages 12, 38., page 12 |
4518 | Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (L.) Spreng. 347 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 107 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Dried berries used in rattles. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 107 |
11596 | Cucurbita foetidissima Kunth 1161 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 57 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Dried gourds used to make rattles. | 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 57 |
17221 | Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. 1896 | Cheyenne 33 | g72 39 | 170 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Dried leaves burned over coals in many ceremonies. | Grinnell, George Bird, 1972, The Cheyenne Indians - Their History and Ways of Life Vol.2, Lincoln. University of Nebraska Press, page 170 |
18157 | Jacquinia pungens 2025 | Seri 229 | d44 29 | 136 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Dried nuts used as favorite rattle beads. | Dawson, E. Yale, 1944, Some Ethnobotanical Notes on the Seri Indians, Desert Plant Life 9:133-138, page 136 |
16667 | Helianthus petiolaris Nutt. 1832 | Hopi 95 | c74 82 | 324 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Dried petals ground and mixed with corn meal to make yellow face powder for women's basket dance. | Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 324 |
42717 | Veratrum viride Ait. 4105 | Kwakiutl 121 | tb73 63 | 273 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Dried roots used as a charm to call rain. | Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Southern Kwakiutl Indians of British Columbia, Economic Botany 27:257-310, page 273 |
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 |
13432 | Equisetum laevigatum A. Braun 1424 | Hopi 95 | f96 72 | 17 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Dried, ground with corn meal and used to make a ceremonial bread. | Fewkes, J. Walter, 1896, A Contribution to Ethnobotany, American Anthropologist 9:14-21, page 17 |
28719 | Polanisia dodecandra ssp. trachysperma (Torr. & Gray) Iltis 3035 | Isleta 101 | j31 76 | 38 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Dried, rubbed leaves rolled in corn husks to make ceremonial cigarettes. | Jones, Volney H., 1931, The Ethnobotany of the Isleta Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 38 |
2748 | Amaranthus cruentus L. 188 | Zuni 291 | s15 6 | 87 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Feathery part of plant ground into a fine meal and used to color ceremonial bread red. The bread was carried by personators of anthropic gods and thrown by them to the populace between the dances. | Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 87 |
44246 | Yucca sp. 4236 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 34 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Fiber used to string cakes baked for Fire God & attached to his right arm on 9th day of Night Chant. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 34 |
40173 | Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don 3951 | Oweekeno 181 | c93 14 | 63 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Fibrous tissue used to make ceremonial head, neck, ankle and wrist rings. | 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 63 |
21262 | Lophophora williamsii (Lem. ex Salm-Dyck) Coult. 2271 | Ponca 205 | h65 189 | 48 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Flesh dried into 'buttons' and eaten during religious ceremonies. | Howard, James, 1965, The Ponca Tribe, SI-BAE Bulletin #195, page 48 |
14825 | Fouquieria splendens Engelm. 1630 | Papago 188 | cu35 27 | 54 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Flexible rods used as the basis of ceremonial structures representing clouds or mountains. | Castetter, Edward F. and Ruth M. Underhill, 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest II. The Ethnobiology of the Papago Indians, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(3):1-84, page 54 |
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 |
24259 | Oenothera albicaulis Pursh 2613 | Hopi 95 | c74 82 | 336 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Flower used ceremonially as the 'white flower.' | Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 336 |
34967 | Rubus spectabilis Pursh 3470 | Haisla and Hanaksiala 87 | c93 14 | 279 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Flower used in 'flower dance' costume and in shamanistic performances. | 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 279 |
351 | Abronia fragrans Nutt. ex Hook. 10 | Keres, Western 107 | swank32 79 | 24 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Flowers made into ceremonial necklaces. | Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 24 |
24294 | Oenothera caespitosa ssp. marginata (Nutt. ex Hook. & Arn.) Munz 2618 | Hopi 95 | c74 82 | 337 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Flowers used ceremonially as 'white flower.' | Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 337 |
12513 | Digitalis purpurea L. 1299 | Hoh 94 | r36 77 | 68 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Flowers used for decorations in ceremonies. | Reagan, Albert B., 1936, Plants Used by the Hoh and Quileute Indians, Kansas Academy of Science 37:55-70, page 68 |
12514 | Digitalis purpurea L. 1299 | Quileute 209 | r36 77 | 68 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Flowers used for decorations in ceremonies. | Reagan, Albert B., 1936, Plants Used by the Hoh and Quileute Indians, Kansas Academy of Science 37:55-70, page 68 |
34109 | Rosa nutkana var. nutkana 3429 | Haisla and Hanaksiala 87 | c93 14 | 273 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Flowers used in 'flower dance' costume. | 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 273 |
3918 | Aquilegia eximia Van Houtte ex Planch. 302 | Pomo, Kashaya 202 | gl80 40 | 39 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Flowers used in dance wreathes at the Strawberry Festival. | Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 39 |
8649 | Ceanothus griseus (Trel. ex B.L. Robins.) McMinn 811 | Pomo, Kashaya 202 | gl80 40 | 23 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Flowers used in dance wreathes at the Strawberry Festival. | Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 23 |
8686 | Ceanothus thyrsiflorus Eschsch. 818 | Pomo, Kashaya 202 | gl80 40 | 23 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Flowers used in dance wreathes at the Strawberry Festival. | Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 23 |
18016 | Iris douglasiana Herbert 2008 | Pomo, Kashaya 202 | gl80 40 | 62 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Flowers used in dance wreathes at the Strawberry Festival. | Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 62 |
32857 | Rhododendron macrophyllum D. Don ex G. Don 3339 | Pomo, Kashaya 202 | gl80 40 | 98 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Flowers used in dance wreathes at the Strawberry Festival. | Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 98 |
32868 | Rhododendron occidentale (Torr. & Gray ex Torr.) Gray 3341 | Pomo, Kashaya 202 | gl80 40 | 21 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Flowers used in dance wreathes at the Strawberry Festival. | Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 21 |
40809 | Triteleia laxa Benth. 4035 | Pomo, Kashaya 202 | gl80 40 | 25 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Flowers used in dance wreathes at the Strawberry Festival. | Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 25 |
8461 | Castilleja densiflora ssp. densiflora 783 | Pomo, Kashaya 202 | gl80 40 | 35 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Flowers used in dance wreaths at the Strawberry Festival in May. | Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 35 |
8462 | Castilleja exserta ssp. exserta 784 | Pomo, Kashaya 202 | gl80 40 | 35 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Flowers used in dance wreaths at the Strawberry Festival in May. | Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 35 |
40773 | Triphysaria versicolor ssp. faucibarbatus (Gray) Chuang & Heckard 4028 | Pomo, Kashaya 202 | gl80 40 | 35 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Flowers used in dance wreaths at the Strawberry Festival in May. | Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 35 |
20660 | Lobelia cardinalis L. 2221 | Jemez 102 | c30 28 | 25 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Flowers used in the rain dance. | Cook, Sarah Louise, 1930, The Ethnobotany of Jemez Indians., University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 25 |
21302 | Lupinus affinis J.G. Agardh 2283 | Pomo, Kashaya 202 | gl80 40 | 65 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Flowers used in wreaths for the Flower Dance performed at the Strawberry Festival in May. | Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 65 |
21304 | Lupinus albifrons Benth. ex Lindl. 2284 | Pomo, Kashaya 202 | gl80 40 | 65 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Flowers used in wreaths for the Flower Dance performed at the Strawberry Festival in May. | Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 65 |
21307 | Lupinus arboreus Sims 2285 | Pomo, Kashaya 202 | gl80 40 | 65 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Flowers used in wreaths for the Flower Dance performed at the Strawberry Festival in May. | Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 65 |
21317 | Lupinus densiflorus Benth. 2290 | Pomo, Kashaya 202 | gl80 40 | 65 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Flowers used in wreaths for the Flower Dance performed at the Strawberry Festival in May. | Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 65 |
21330 | Lupinus luteolus Kellogg 2294 | Pomo, Kashaya 202 | gl80 40 | 65 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Flowers used in wreaths for the Flower Dance performed at the Strawberry Festival in May. | Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 65 |
21334 | Lupinus nanus ssp. latifolius (Benth. ex Torr.) D. Dunn 2296 | Pomo, Kashaya 202 | gl80 40 | 65 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Flowers used in wreaths for the Flower Dance performed at the Strawberry Festival in May. | Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 65 |
21345 | Lupinus polyphyllus Lindl. 2301 | Pomo, Kashaya 202 | gl80 40 | 65 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Flowers used in wreaths for the Flower Dance performed at the Strawberry Festival in May. | Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 65 |
21384 | Lupinus succulentus Dougl. ex K. Koch 2307 | Pomo, Kashaya 202 | gl80 40 | 65 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Flowers used in wreaths for the Flower Dance performed at the Strawberry Festival in May. | Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 65 |
21389 | Lupinus versicolor Lindl. 2309 | Pomo, Kashaya 202 | gl80 40 | 65 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Flowers used in wreaths for the Flower Dance performed at the Strawberry Festival in May. | Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 65 |
15360 | Fritillaria camschatcensis (L.) Ker-Gawl. 1668 | Hanaksiala 88 | c93 14 | 196 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Flowers used on costumes for the New Year 'flower dance.' | 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 196 |
41630 | Umbellularia californica (Hook. & Arn.) Nutt. 4056 | Karok 105 | b81 70 | 59 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Foliage placed on fire during the Brush Dance to drive evil spirits away. | Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 59 |
5164 | Artemisia dracunculus L. 395 | Paiute 183 | m90 111 | 51 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Foliage used for medicine man's costume. | Murphey, Edith Van Allen, 1990, Indian Uses of Native Plants, Glenwood, Ill. Meyerbooks. Originally published in 1959, page 51 |
2925 | Amelanchier alnifolia (Nutt.) Nutt. ex M. Roemer 204 | Blackfoot 23 | j87 146 | 37 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Forked sticks used in religious rituals. | Johnston, Alex, 1987, Plants and the Blackfoot, Lethbridge, Alberta. Lethbridge Historical Society, page 37 |
16144 | Gossypium sp. 1768 | Santa Clara 227 | rhf16 61 | 102 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Formerly used to weave large ceremonial blankets. | Robbins, W.W., J.P. Harrington and B. Freire-Marreco, 1916, Ethnobotany of the Tewa Indians, SI-BAE Bulletin #55, page 102 |
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 |
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 |
19426 | Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl. 2090 | Iroquois 100 | w16 112 | 113 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Fruit made into rattles used by the Medicine Societies. | Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 113 |
19408 | Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl. 2090 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 37 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Fruit used to make ceremonial rattles. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 37 |
6494 | Astragalus crassicarpus var. crassicarpus 473 | Omaha 177 | g19 17 | 91 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Fruits gathered just before corn planting time and ceremonially soaked with seed corn. The fruits were not planted with the seed corn, but were discarded before planting. The informants could not give a reason for this process as they said they had forgotten the origin of the old custom. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 91 |
6495 | Astragalus crassicarpus var. crassicarpus 473 | Ponca 205 | g19 17 | 91 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Fruits gathered just before corn planting time and ceremonially soaked with seed corn. The fruits were not planted with the seed corn, but were discarded before planting. The informants could not give a reason for this process as they said they had forgotten the origin of the old custom. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 91 |
14993 | Fragaria virginiana Duchesne 1640 | Iroquois 100 | p10 107 | 96 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Fruits used as symbols of the Creator's beneficence in the Strawberry Thanksgiving ceremony. | Parker, Arthur Caswell, 1910, Iroquois Uses of Maize and Other Food Plants, Albany, NY. University of the State of New York, page 96 |
16133 | Gossypium hirsutum L. 1766 | Zuni 291 | s15 6 | 92 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Fuzz used alone or made into cords and used ceremonially in a number of ways. The cotton cords were tied loosely around the wrists and ankles of the newborn child while supplications were offered that the rain makers would provide enough rain to insure proliferative crops so that the child would have full nourishment its whole life. Cotton down was used to cover the heads of rain priests after their deaths symbolizing their duties in this world and also their obligations in the undermost world. Crowns and certain masks were also covered with raw cotton to indicate that the gods represented were rain makers or were specially associated with the rain makers. | Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 92 |
41239 | Typha latifolia L. 4049 | Keresan 108 | w45 90 | 560 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Fuzz used ritually like prayer meal or pollen. | White, Leslie A, 1945, Notes on the Ethnobotany of the Keres, Papers of the Michigan Academy of Arts, Sciences and Letters 30:557-568, page 560 |
19444 | Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl. 2090 | Pima 193 | c49 11 | 72 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Gourds dried, filled with gravel and used in ceremonial songs. | Curtin, L. S. M., 1949, By the Prophet of the Earth, Sante Fe. San Vicente Foundation, page 72 |
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 |
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 |
11745 | Cucurbita pepo L. 1164 | Zuni 291 | s15 6 | 88 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Gourds worn in phallic dances symbolizing fructification or made into ceremonial rattles. The gourd rattles were used in ceremonies for both anthropic and zooic worship. | Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 88 |
23543 | Muhlenbergia rigens (Benth.) A.S. Hitchc. 2543 | Zuni 291 | s15 6 | 91 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Grass attached to sticks of plume offerings to anthropic gods. This grass was used only by Galaxy and Shu'maakwe fraternities. The sticks designated the god to whom the offerings were made and the plumes of the eagle and of other birds conveyed the breath prayers to the gods. | Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 91 |
17199 | Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. 1896 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 9 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Grass braids strung on the inside of headbands of the Motokiks headdresses. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 9 |
17200 | Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. 1896 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 9 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Grass braids tied vertically around the base of the Horn Society staffs. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 9 |
17201 | Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. 1896 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 9 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Grass essential to the raising of a fallen dancer or fallen paraphernalia. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 9 |
8076 | Carex nebrascensis Dewey 745 | Blackfoot 23 | m09 42 | 277 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Grass tied by medicine men to horns of the sacred buffalo head used in the Sun Dance ceremony. | McClintock, Walter, 1909, Medizinal- Und Nutzpflanzen Der Schwarzfuss Indianer, Zeitschriff fur Ethnologie 41:273-9, page 277 |
17251 | Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. 1896 | Lakota 125 | r80 108 | 30 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Grass used in religious ceremonies. | 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 30 |
20083 | Leymus cinereus (Scribn. & Merr.) A. L”ve 2160 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 140 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Grass used to line old style graves. | Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, page 140 |
17202 | Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. 1896 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 9 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Grass water used to bathe the mother 34 days after giving birth and before returning home. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 9 |
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