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id | species | tribe | source | pageno | use_category | use_subcategory | notes ▲ | rawsource |
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21974 | Mahonia repens (Lindl.) G. Don 2376 | Hopi 95 | c74 82 | 294 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Yellow root and leaves used for ceremonial purposes in the Home Dance. The yellow root is the most important part. The leaf is sometimes used to represent a mountain lion's paw. | Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 294 |
12054 | Dasiphora floribunda (Pursh) Kartesz 1234 | Jemez 102 | c30 28 | 22 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Yellow flowers used for the summer dances. | Cook, Sarah Louise, 1930, The Ethnobotany of Jemez Indians., University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 22 |
7756 | Calochortus nuttallii Torr. & Gray 677 | Hopi 95 | c74 82 | 295 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Yellow flower used ceremonially. In the spring, the flower is collected in quantity together with larkspur. Boys holding handfuls of these two plants above their heads are chased by the girls upon certain occasions. | Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 295 |
5348 | Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt. 399 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 24 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Worn around wrists and ankles by the Lodge dancers in the Okan (Holy Lodge) of the Sun dance. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 24 |
19124 | Juniperus sp. 2063 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 17 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Wood, struck by lightning, used as the two parts of the fire drill for the Night Chant. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 17 |
32464 | Quercus sp. 3289 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 40 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Wood used, because of it's hardness and great resisting power, in nearly all of the ceremonies. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 40 |
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 |
40087 | Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don 3951 | Makah 133 | g83 3 | 228 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Wood used to make totem poles. | Gill, Steven J., 1983, Ethnobotany of the Makah and Ozette People, Olympic Peninsula, Washington (USA), Washington State University, Ph.D. Thesis, page 228 |
18775 | Juniperus occidentalis Hook. 2059 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 19 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Wood used to make the wand for the War Dance. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 19 |
19171 | Juniperus virginiana L. 2064 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 20 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Wood used to make the wand carried in the War Dance Ceremony. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 20 |
8953 | Cercocarpus montanus Raf. 842 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 53 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Wood used to make the sweathouse and male prayersticks for ceremonies. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 53 |
27714 | Pinus flexilis James 2961 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 23 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Wood used to make the small bow and arrow used in the Witch and Shooting Chants. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 23 |
472 | Acer glabrum var. douglasii (Hook.) Dippel 24 | Hanaksiala 88 | c93 14 | 209 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Wood used to make the skulls for the shamanistic costumes. | 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 209 |
28165 | Pinus sp. 2976 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 23 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Wood used to make the bull roarer for some ceremonies. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 23 |
27434 | Pinus contorta Dougl. ex Loud. 2953 | Nitinaht 166 | ttco83 101 | 73 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Wood used to make small totem poles and model canoes. | 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 73 |
27904 | Pinus monticola Dougl. ex D. Don 2966 | Nitinaht 166 | ttco83 101 | 73 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Wood used to make small totem poles and model canoes. | 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 73 |
18476 | Juniperus communis L. 2054 | Haisla 86 | c93 14 | 160 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Wood used to make rattles worn on belts by shamans. | 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 160 |
18681 | Juniperus monosperma (Engelm.) Sarg. 2058 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 19 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Wood used to make prayersticks. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 19 |
19123 | Juniperus sp. 2063 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 17 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Wood used to make prayersticks. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 17 |
29559 | Populus sp. 3105 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 37 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Wood used to make prayersticks. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 37 |
30692 | Prunus sp. 3178 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 54 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Wood used to make prayersticks. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 54 |
8971 | Cercocarpus montanus var. glaber (S. Wats.) F.L. Martin 843 | Hopi 95 | c74 82 | 298 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Wood used to make pahos (prayersticks). | Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 298 |
1628 | Aesculus flava Ait. 74 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 27 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Wood used to make masks. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 27 |
40125 | Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don 3951 | Nitinaht 166 | ttco83 101 | 67 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Wood used to make masks. | 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 67 |
2560 | Alnus rubra Bong. 172 | Oweekeno 181 | c93 14 | 86 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Wood used to make masks and rattles. | 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 86 |
469 | Acer glabrum var. douglasii (Hook.) Dippel 24 | Haisla and Hanaksiala 87 | c93 14 | 209 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Wood used to make frontispieces for chief's masks. | 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 209 |
31659 | Purshia stansburiana (Torr.) Henrickson 3230 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 53 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Wood used to make female prayersticks for the Night Chant. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 53 |
30921 | Prunus virginiana var. demissa (Nutt.) Torr. 3182 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 54 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Wood used to make dance implements, prayersticks and square hoops for ceremonies. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 54 |
39992 | Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don 3951 | Haisla and Hanaksiala 87 | c93 14 | 162 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Wood used to make coffins. | 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 162 |
39991 | Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don 3951 | Haisla and Hanaksiala 87 | c93 14 | 162 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Wood used to make ceremonial whistles. | 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 162 |
36019 | Salix prolixa Anderss. 3544 | Blackfoot 23 | j87 146 | 32 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Wood used to make ceremonial sticks. | Johnston, Alex, 1987, Plants and the Blackfoot, Lethbridge, Alberta. Lethbridge Historical Society, page 32 |
27633 | Pinus edulis Engelm. 2959 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 21 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Wood used to make ceremonial pokers and wands. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 21 |
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 |
31658 | Purshia stansburiana (Torr.) Henrickson 3230 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 53 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Wood used to make arrows for the Mountain Chant Ceremony. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 53 |
30691 | Prunus sp. 3178 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 54 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Wood used to make a staff carried by the Humpback in the Night Chant. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 54 |
39990 | Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don 3951 | Haisla and Hanaksiala 87 | c93 14 | 162 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Wood used to make a special type of 'rattle' for ceremonial activities. | 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 162 |
29558 | Populus sp. 3105 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 37 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Wood used to carve the image of a duck for the Water Chant. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 37 |
496 | Acer macrophyllum Pursh 26 | Kwakiutl, Southern 122 | tb73 63 | 296 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Wood used to carve masks. | 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 296 |
2530 | Alnus rubra Bong. 172 | Kwakiutl, Southern 122 | tb73 63 | 296 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Wood used to carve masks. | 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 296 |
41017 | Tsuga heterophylla (Raf.) Sarg. 4043 | Kwakiutl, Southern 122 | tb73 63 | 296 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Wood used to carve masks. | 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 296 |
29455 | Populus deltoides ssp. wislizeni (S. Wats.) Eckenwalder 3101 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 38 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Wood used to carve dolls and images of some animals for ceremonial purposes. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 38 |
39477 | Taxus brevifolia Nutt. 3902 | Hoh 94 | r36 77 | 57 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Wood used in various ceremonies. | Reagan, Albert B., 1936, Plants Used by the Hoh and Quileute Indians, Kansas Academy of Science 37:55-70, page 57 |
39535 | Taxus brevifolia Nutt. 3902 | Quileute 209 | r36 77 | 57 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Wood used in various ceremonies. | Reagan, Albert B., 1936, Plants Used by the Hoh and Quileute Indians, Kansas Academy of Science 37:55-70, page 57 |
29416 | Populus deltoides ssp. monilifera (Ait.) Eckenwalder 3100 | Omaha 177 | g13ii 154 | 321 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Wood used for the sacred pole and for the poles of the 'buffalo tent.' | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1913, A Study in the Ethnobotany of the Omaha Indians, Nebraska State Historical Society Collections 17:314-57., page 321 |
2552 | Alnus rubra Bong. 172 | Nitinaht 166 | ttco83 101 | 98 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Wood used for making masks, ceremonial rattles and model canoes. | 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 98 |
21741 | Maclura pomifera (Raf.) Schneid. 2355 | Kiowa 111 | vs39 140 | 23 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Wood used as the favorite material for the staff held by singer in the peyote ceremony. | Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 23 |
15311 | Fraxinus pennsylvanica Marsh. 1660 | Sioux 238 | h92 30 | 20 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Wood used as a part of sacred poles. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 20 |
12245 | Datura wrightii Regel 1244 | Zuni 291 | s15 6 | 93 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Wood used as a favorite firewood, but more importantly in ceremonies. | Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 93 |
33201 | Rhus trilobata Nutt. 3352 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 60 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Wood tied with yucca and used to make circle prayersticks. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 60 |
27440 | Pinus contorta Dougl. ex Loud. 2953 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 28 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Wood placed in a basket of water to bring rain and pine cones burned to stop rain. | Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 28 |
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 |
467 | Acer glabrum var. douglasii (Hook.) Dippel 24 | Haisla 86 | c93 14 | 209 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Wood made into rattles and used by shamans. | 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 209 |
40281 | Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don 3951 | Tsimshian 267 | c93 14 | 315 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Wood made into horns used for ritual purposes. | 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 315 |
549 | Acer negundo L. 27 | Dakota 61 | g19 17 | 101 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Wood made into charcoal and used for ceremonial painting and tattooing. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 101 |
563 | Acer negundo L. 27 | Omaha 177 | g19 17 | 101 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Wood made into charcoal and used for ceremonial painting and tattooing. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 101 |
567 | Acer negundo L. 27 | Sioux 238 | h92 30 | 4 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Wood made into charcoal and used for ceremonial painting and tattooing. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 4 |
27632 | Pinus edulis Engelm. 2959 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 21 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Wood charcoal used to make the best black for sandpaintings. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 21 |
32344 | Quercus pungens Liebm. 3284 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 41 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Wood charcoal used as the black for sandpaintings. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 41 |
19122 | Juniperus sp. 2063 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 17 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Wood burned into charcoal, ground and used for black in sandpaintings. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 17 |
552 | Acer negundo L. 27 | Kiowa 111 | vs39 140 | 40 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Wood burned in the altar fire of the peyote ceremony. | Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 40 |
571 | Acer negundo var. negundo 29 | Kiowa 111 | vs39 140 | 40 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Wood burned in the altar fire of the peyote ceremony. | Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 40 |
572 | Acer negundo var. negundo 29 | Kiowa 111 | vs39 140 | 40 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Wood burned in the altar fire of the peyote ceremony. | Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 40 |
544 | Acer negundo L. 27 | Cheyenne 33 | h92 30 | 4 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Wood burned during Sundance ceremonies. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 4 |
16314 | Gutierrezia sarothrae (Pursh) Britt. & Rusby 1786 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 86 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Wood ash and pitch used to cover the oak bull-roarer for the Female Shooting Life Chant. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 86 |
40176 | Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don 3951 | Oweekeno 181 | c93 14 | 66 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Wood and inner bark used for shamanistic or other ceremonial activities. | 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 66 |
15297 | Fraxinus pennsylvanica Marsh. 1660 | Omaha 177 | 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 |
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 |
21434 | Lycium pallidum Miers 2316 | Hopi 95 | c74 82 | 332 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Whole shrub used in Niman kachina dance. | Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 332 |
5223 | Artemisia frigida Willd. 397 | Arapaho 17 | m90 111 | 51 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Whole plant used for ceremonials. | Murphey, Edith Van Allen, 1990, Indian Uses of Native Plants, Glenwood, Ill. Meyerbooks. Originally published in 1959, page 51 |
5268 | Artemisia frigida Willd. 397 | Great Basin Indian 80 | n66 139 | 50 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Whole plant used for all ceremonies. | Nickerson, Gifford S., 1966, Some Data on Plains and Great Basin Indian Uses of Certain Native Plants, Tebiwa 9(1):45-51, page 50 |
8147 | Carnegia gigantea (Engelm.) Britt. & Rose 757 | Apache, Western 14 | b86 87 | 178 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Whole fruit mashed, water added and mixture drunk after a two day burial in a dry place. The drink was consumed immediately after the two-day burial and said to be better than tiswin. | Buskirk, Winfred, 1986, The Western Apache: Living With the Land Before 1950, Norman. University of Oklahoma Press, page 178 |
44406 | Zea mays L. 4244 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 69 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Whole ears boiled and given as presents during the winter ceremonies. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 69 |
44538 | Zea mays L. 4244 | Zuni 291 | s15 6 | 99 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | White corn meal made into a mush and used ceremonially during the death of a rain priest. | Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 99 |
12165 | Datura wrightii Regel 1244 | Diegueno 65 | hedges86 85 | 17 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Well known as a hallucinogenic plant used in rites marking boys' initiation into the toloache cult. | Hedges, Ken, 1986, Santa Ysabel Ethnobotany, San Diego Museum of Man Ethnic Technology Notes, No. 20, page 17 |
6440 | Aster sp. 459 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 82 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Used, with other plants, as the Bead Chant tobacco. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 82 |
9559 | Chenopodium sp. 910 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 44 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Used, with other plants, as a liniment in the Mountain Chant. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 44 |
6439 | Aster sp. 459 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 82 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Used, with other plants, as a liniment for the Bead Chant. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 82 |
9503 | Chenopodium graveolens Willd. 900 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 44 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Used, with other herbs, in the liniment for the Mountain Chant. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 44 |
2700 | Amaranthus albus L. 184 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 45 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Used, with many different plants, to smoke for lewdness, which was performed at the Coyote Chant. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 45 |
12300 | Delphinium nuttallianum Pritz ex Walp. 1254 | Shuswap 233 | palmer75 92 | 65 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Used with roses and scattered by small girls in the Corpus Christi ceremony in the church. | Palmer, Gary, 1975, Shuswap Indian Ethnobotany, Syesis 8:29-51, page 65 |
5347 | Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt. 399 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 24 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Used to wipe the sweat from their bodies during the sweat lodge ceremonies. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 24 |
5346 | Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt. 399 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 24 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Used to wipe the black paint off the one man who fasted until the Okan center pole was raised. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 24 |
44191 | Yucca glauca Nutt. 4230 | Tewa of Hano 258 | rhf16 61 | 52 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Used to make whips to beat novices during some initiation ceremonies. | Robbins, W.W., J.P. Harrington and B. Freire-Marreco, 1916, Ethnobotany of the Tewa Indians, SI-BAE Bulletin #55, page 52 |
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 |
16147 | Gossypium sp. 1768 | Tewa of Hano 258 | rhf16 61 | 102 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Used to make the strings for prayer feathers. | Robbins, W.W., J.P. Harrington and B. Freire-Marreco, 1916, Ethnobotany of the Tewa Indians, SI-BAE Bulletin #55, page 102 |
39712 | Thalictrum fendleri Engelm. ex Gray 3923 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 48 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Used to make tea to drink and bathe in on fifth night after blackening ceremony of War Dance. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 48 |
29376 | Populus deltoides Bartr. ex Marsh. 3098 | Kiowa 111 | vs39 140 | 19 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Used to make smoke sticks for the peyote ceremony. | Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 19 |
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 |
19432 | Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl. 2090 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 79 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Used to make rattles for various ceremonies. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 79 |
17986 | Ipomopsis longiflora ssp. longiflora 2002 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 70 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Used to make prebreakfast drink and taken to make the person 'bark' or sing loudly for Squaw Dance. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 70 |
14806 | Forestiera pubescens var. pubescens 1626 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 68 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Used to make prayersticks. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 68 |
33132 | Rhus trilobata Nutt. 3352 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 84 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Used to make prayersticks. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 84 |
36188 | Salix sp. 3551 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 72 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Used to make prayersticks. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 72 |
26279 | Phalaris arundinacea L. 2864 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 57 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Used to make peaked hats suitable for wearing by Indian doctors. | Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 57 |
14801 | Forestiera pubescens var. pubescens 1626 | Hopi 95 | c74 82 | 319 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Used to make pahos (prayer sticks). | Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 319 |
37495 | Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani (K.C. Gmel.) Palla 3609 | Kawaiisu 106 | z81 60 | 63 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Used to make images representing the deceased in the ceremony for the dead. | Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 63 |
27300 | Picea sp. 2939 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 21 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Used to make hoops, dresses, collars, bows and arrows for many different ceremonies. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 21 |
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 |
28531 | Plantago virginica L. 3007 | Kiowa 111 | vs39 140 | 51 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Used to make garlands or wreaths worn by old men around their heads for dances as symbol of health. | Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 51 |
32463 | Quercus sp. 3289 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 40 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Used to make digging sticks for the Female Shooting Life Chant for digging medicinal roots. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 40 |
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