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id | species | tribe | source ▲ | pageno | use_category | use_subcategory | notes | rawsource |
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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 |
5589 | Artemisia tilesii Ledeb. 406 | Eskimo, Western 75 | l59 177 | 39 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Plant used as a switch during the sweatbath. | Lantis, Margaret, 1959, Folk Medicine and Hygiene, Anthropological Papers of the University of Alaska 8:1-75, page 39 |
24446 | Oplopanax horridus Miq. 2640 | Gitksan 78 | g92 166 | 152 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Inner bark chewed during pre-hunting purification rituals. | Gottesfeld, Leslie M. J., 1992, The Importance of Bark Products in the Aboriginal Economies of Northwestern British Columbia, Canada, Economic Botany 46(2):148-157, page 152 |
24461 | Oplopanax horridus Miq. 2640 | Haisla 86 | g92 166 | 152 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Inner bark chewed during pre-hunting purification rituals. | Gottesfeld, Leslie M. J., 1992, The Importance of Bark Products in the Aboriginal Economies of Northwestern British Columbia, Canada, Economic Botany 46(2):148-157, page 152 |
24562 | Oplopanax horridus Miq. 2640 | Wet'suwet'en 278 | g92 166 | 152 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Inner bark chewed during pre-hunting purification rituals. | Gottesfeld, Leslie M. J., 1992, The Importance of Bark Products in the Aboriginal Economies of Northwestern British Columbia, Canada, Economic Botany 46(2):148-157, page 152 |
18547 | Juniperus communis var. montana Ait. 2055 | Gitksan 78 | ga88 165 | 25 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Boughs burned as a fumigant to purify dwellings. | Gottesfeld, Leslie M. J. and Beverley Anderson, 1988, Gitksan Traditional Medicine: Herbs And Healing, Journal of Ethnobiology 8(1):13-33, page 25 |
42666 | Veratrum viride Ait. 4105 | Gitksan 78 | ga88 165 | 26 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Roots burned as a smudge or fumigant to purify houses. | Gottesfeld, Leslie M. J. and Beverley Anderson, 1988, Gitksan Traditional Medicine: Herbs And Healing, Journal of Ethnobiology 8(1):13-33, page 26 |
42667 | Veratrum viride Ait. 4105 | Gitksan 78 | ga88 165 | 26 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Roots grated, added to laundry water and used to purify clothing. | Gottesfeld, Leslie M. J. and Beverley Anderson, 1988, Gitksan Traditional Medicine: Herbs And Healing, Journal of Ethnobiology 8(1):13-33, page 26 |
42676 | Veratrum viride Ait. 4105 | Haisla 86 | ga88 165 | 26 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Roots burned and used as a fumigant to drive away evil spirits. | Gottesfeld, Leslie M. J. and Beverley Anderson, 1988, Gitksan Traditional Medicine: Herbs And Healing, Journal of Ethnobiology 8(1):13-33, page 26 |
26957 | Picea glauca (Moench) Voss 2934 | Koyukon 118 | n83 158 | 50 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Knot ring worn by children on a string around the neck to make them skilled with their hands. | Nelson, Richard K., 1983, Make Prayers to the Raven--A Koyukon View of the Northern Forest, Chicago. The University of Chicago Press, page 50 |
5384 | Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt. 399 | Lakota 125 | k90 156 | 46 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Used to make bracelets and head wreaths for the Sun Dance. | Kraft, Shelly Katheren, 1990, Recent Changes in the Ethnobotany of Standing Rock Indian Reservation, University of North Dakota, M.A. Thesis, page 46 |
17252 | Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. 1896 | Lakota 125 | k90 156 | 49 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Strands of grass burned to bring guardian spirits. | Kraft, Shelly Katheren, 1990, Recent Changes in the Ethnobotany of Standing Rock Indian Reservation, University of North Dakota, M.A. Thesis, page 49 |
30804 | Prunus virginiana L. 3181 | Lakota 125 | k90 156 | 38 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Branch bundles tied to sacred Sun Dance poles. | Kraft, Shelly Katheren, 1990, Recent Changes in the Ethnobotany of Standing Rock Indian Reservation, University of North Dakota, M.A. Thesis, page 38 |
17266 | Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. 1896 | Omaha 177 | g13ii 154 | 320 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Plant used as incense. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1913, A Study in the Ethnobotany of the Omaha Indians, Nebraska State Historical Society Collections 17:314-57., page 320 |
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 |
37374 | Schoenoplectus acutus var. acutus 3603 | Kansa 104 | g13ii 154 | 323 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Braided stems used as one of the five coverings of the sacred clamshell. The sacred clamshell was kept wrapped in five coverings. The innermost covering was the bladder of a buffalo bull; the second, a covering made of the spotted skin of a fawn; the third was a covering made of braided cattails; the fourth, a very broad piece of deerskin and finally the fifth and outermost covering was made of braided hair from the head of a buffalo bull. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1913, A Study in the Ethnobotany of the Omaha Indians, Nebraska State Historical Society Collections 17:314-57., page 323 |
41315 | Typha latifolia L. 4049 | Omaha 177 | g13ii 154 | 323 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Leaf used as one of the required articles in dressing the sacred pipes. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1913, A Study in the Ethnobotany of the Omaha Indians, Nebraska State Historical Society Collections 17:314-57., page 323 |
3530 | Angelica lucida L. 265 | Eskimo, Alaska 67 | aa80 152 | 37 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Plant formerly used during the seal bladder festival. | Ager, Thomas A. and Lynn Price Ager, 1980, Ethnobotany of The Eskimos of Nelson Island, Alaska, Arctic Anthropology 27:26-48, page 37 |
3238 | Anaphalis margaritacea (L.) Benth. 236 | Anticosti 9 | r46 150 | 68 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Infusion of plant used to 'force the blood for sacrifices.' | Rousseau, Jacques, 1946, Notes Sur L'ethnobotanique D'anticosti, Archives de Folklore 1:60-71, page 68 |
37354 | Schizachyrium scoparium var. scoparium 3600 | Comanche 48 | cj40 147 | 520 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Bundles of stems used as switches in the sweat lodge. | Carlson, Gustav G. and Volney H. Jones, 1940, Some Notes on Uses of Plants by the Comanche Indians, Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters 25:517-542, page 520 |
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 |
5239 | Artemisia frigida Willd. 397 | Blackfoot 23 | j87 146 | 56 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Plant used in religious rituals. | Johnston, Alex, 1987, Plants and the Blackfoot, Lethbridge, Alberta. Lethbridge Historical Society, page 56 |
8077 | Carex nebrascensis Dewey 745 | Blackfoot 23 | j87 146 | 22 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Leaves tied around the horn of the sacred buffalo skull used in ceremonials. | Johnston, Alex, 1987, Plants and the Blackfoot, Lethbridge, Alberta. Lethbridge Historical Society, page 22 |
17206 | Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. 1896 | Blackfoot 23 | j87 146 | 20 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Used in the Sun Dance ceremony and burned on a small altar found in many lodges. | Johnston, Alex, 1987, Plants and the Blackfoot, Lethbridge, Alberta. Lethbridge Historical Society, page 20 |
18941 | Juniperus scopulorum Sarg. 2062 | Blackfoot 23 | j87 146 | 17 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Plant used in the Sun Dance ceremony, the summer festival of the Blackfoot. | Johnston, Alex, 1987, Plants and the Blackfoot, Lethbridge, Alberta. Lethbridge Historical Society, page 17 |
21240 | Lophophora williamsii (Lem. ex Salm-Dyck) Coult. 2271 | Blackfoot 23 | j87 146 | 45 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Plant used in ceremonial rites of the Native American Church. | Johnston, Alex, 1987, Plants and the Blackfoot, Lethbridge, Alberta. Lethbridge Historical Society, page 45 |
29513 | Populus sp. 3105 | Blackfoot 23 | j87 146 | 28 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Inner bark used as punk in the ceremonial lighting of pipes. | Johnston, Alex, 1987, Plants and the Blackfoot, Lethbridge, Alberta. Lethbridge Historical Society, page 28 |
29514 | Populus sp. 3105 | Blackfoot 23 | j87 146 | 28 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Pole used as Sun Dance ceremony centerpiece to symbolize the axis between people and world beyond. | Johnston, Alex, 1987, Plants and the Blackfoot, Lethbridge, Alberta. Lethbridge Historical Society, page 28 |
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 |
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 |
12284 | Delphinium carolinianum ssp. virescens (Nutt.) Brooks 1248 | Kiowa 111 | vs39 140 | 28 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Small seeds used in peyote rattles. | Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 28 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
16361 | Gutierrezia sp. 1787 | Hualapai 97 | w82 127 | 16 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Used as an important plant in rain ceremonies. | Watahomigie, Lucille J., 1982, Hualapai Ethnobotany, Peach Springs, AZ. Hualapai Bilingual Program, Peach Springs School District #8, page 16 |
5273 | Artemisia frigida Willd. 397 | Hopi 95 | vest40 126 | 167 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Used on prayersticks. | Vestal, Paul A, 1940, Notes on a Collection of Plants from the Hopi Indian Region of Arizona Made by J. G. Owens in 1891, Botanical Museum Leaflets (Harvard University) 8(8):153-168, page 167 |
16281 | Gutierrezia sarothrae (Pursh) Britt. & Rusby 1786 | Hopi 95 | vest40 126 | 168 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Tied onto the prayer stick. | Vestal, Paul A, 1940, Notes on a Collection of Plants from the Hopi Indian Region of Arizona Made by J. G. Owens in 1891, Botanical Museum Leaflets (Harvard University) 8(8):153-168, page 168 |
16282 | Gutierrezia sarothrae (Pursh) Britt. & Rusby 1786 | Hopi 95 | vest40 126 | 168 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Tied onto the prayer stick. | Vestal, Paul A, 1940, Notes on a Collection of Plants from the Hopi Indian Region of Arizona Made by J. G. Owens in 1891, Botanical Museum Leaflets (Harvard University) 8(8):153-168, page 168 |
16283 | Gutierrezia sarothrae (Pursh) Britt. & Rusby 1786 | Hopi 95 | vest40 126 | 168 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Tied onto the prayer stick. | Vestal, Paul A, 1940, Notes on a Collection of Plants from the Hopi Indian Region of Arizona Made by J. G. Owens in 1891, Botanical Museum Leaflets (Harvard University) 8(8):153-168, page 168 |
43889 | Yucca baccata Torr. 4225 | Navajo 157 | l86 121 | 31 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Roots used ceremonially. | Lynch, Regina H., 1986, Cookbook, Chinle, AZ. Navajo Curriculum Center, Rough Rock Demonstration School, page 31 |
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 |
23936 | Nicotiana rustica L. 2585 | Iroquois 100 | w16 112 | 4 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Leaves used for ceremonial purposes. | Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 4 |
26308 | Phaseolus coccineus L. 2870 | Iroquois 100 | w16 112 | 103 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Seeds intimately associated with the annual ceremonies of planting time & the harvest thanksgiving. | Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 103 |
26325 | Phaseolus lunatus L. 2871 | Iroquois 100 | w16 112 | 103 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Seeds intimately associated with the annual ceremonies of planting time & the harvest thanksgiving. | Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 103 |
26351 | Phaseolus vulgaris L. 2873 | Iroquois 100 | w16 112 | 103 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Seeds intimately associated with the annual ceremonies of planting time & the harvest thanksgiving. | Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 103 |
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 |
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 |
5470 | Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana 401 | Paiute 183 | m90 111 | 51 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Plant used as wash by dancers after the Sun Dance. | Murphey, Edith Van Allen, 1990, Indian Uses of Native Plants, Glenwood, Ill. Meyerbooks. Originally published in 1959, page 51 |
5816 | Artemisia tridentata Nutt. 407 | Washo 276 | m90 111 | 51 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Plant 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 |
8078 | Carex nebrascensis Dewey 745 | Blackfoot 23 | m90 111 | 51 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Plant tied around the horns of the buffalo head in the Sun Dance. | Murphey, Edith Van Allen, 1990, Indian Uses of Native Plants, Glenwood, Ill. Meyerbooks. Originally published in 1959, page 51 |
16792 | Heracleum maximum Bartr. 1851 | Blackfoot 23 | m90 111 | 50 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Stalk placed on altar of Sun Dance ceremonial. | Murphey, Edith Van Allen, 1990, Indian Uses of Native Plants, Glenwood, Ill. Meyerbooks. Originally published in 1959, page 50 |
17198 | Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. 1896 | Blackfoot 23 | m90 111 | 51 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Braided plant put up on Sun Dance alters and used in religious services. | Murphey, Edith Van Allen, 1990, Indian Uses of Native Plants, Glenwood, Ill. Meyerbooks. Originally published in 1959, page 51 |
20561 | Lithospermum incisum Lehm. 2216 | Blackfoot 23 | m90 111 | 50 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Plant top dried and burned ceremonially. | Murphey, Edith Van Allen, 1990, Indian Uses of Native Plants, Glenwood, Ill. Meyerbooks. Originally published in 1959, page 50 |
5383 | Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt. 399 | Lakota 125 | r80 108 | 36 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Plant used to make wreaths and bracelets for the sun dance and used in the sweat lodge. | 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 36 |
5442 | Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana 401 | Lakota 125 | r80 108 | 36 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Plant used to make wreaths and bracelets for the sun dance and used in the sweat lodge. | 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 36 |
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 |
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 |
6513 | Astragalus lentiginosus var. palans (M.E. Jones) M.E. Jones 482 | Navajo, Kayenta 158 | wh51 106 | 27 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Plant used as a charm in some prayers. | Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 27 |
11845 | Cymopterus purpurascens (Gray) M.E. Jones 1188 | Navajo, Kayenta 158 | wh51 106 | 34 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Used in paint for prayersticks. | Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 34 |
12542 | Dimorphocarpa wislizeni (Engelm.) Rollins 1303 | Navajo, Kayenta 158 | wh51 106 | 24 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Mixed with paint and used on prayersticks or ceremonial figurines of water animals. | Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 24 |
14222 | Erodium cicutarium (L.) L'H‚r. ex Ait. 1547 | Navajo, Kayenta 158 | wh51 106 | 29 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Used on prayersticks. | Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 29 |
14722 | Fendlera rupicola Gray 1605 | Navajo, Kayenta 158 | wh51 106 | 25 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Boiled with juniper berries, pinon buds and corn meal and used in mush-eating ceremonies. | Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 25 |
15216 | Fraxinus anomala Torr. ex S. Wats. 1656 | Hopi 95 | wh51 106 | 35 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Used for prayersticks. | Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 35 |
15217 | Fraxinus anomala Torr. ex S. Wats. 1656 | Navajo, Kayenta 158 | wh51 106 | 35 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Seeds used in prayer for rain. | Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 35 |
15799 | Geranium atropurpureum Heller 1722 | Navajo, Kayenta 158 | wh51 106 | 29 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Blossoming plant dipped in sea water, salt and water plants to bring rain. | Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 29 |
16320 | Gutierrezia sarothrae (Pursh) Britt. & Rusby 1786 | Navajo, Kayenta 158 | wh51 106 | 48 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Plant placed on top of most ceremonial prayersticks and figurines. | Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 48 |
21995 | Mahonia repens (Lindl.) G. Don 2376 | Navajo, Kayenta 158 | wh51 106 | 23 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Sprinkled on grass where lightning struck near livestock. | Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 23 |
31781 | Pyrola chlorantha Sw. 3240 | Navajo, Kayenta 158 | wh51 106 | 35 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Used in paint for the God Impersonators. | Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 35 |
35388 | Rumex hymenosepalus Torr. 3487 | Navajo, Kayenta 158 | wh51 106 | 20 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Pollen sprinkled on ceremonial equipment. | Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 20 |
38914 | Stephanomeria pauciflora (Torr.) A. Nels. 3828 | Navajo, Kayenta 158 | wh51 106 | 50 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Used as a paint ingredient for chant arrows used in various ceremonies. | Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 50 |
507 | Acer macrophyllum Pursh 26 | Nitinaht 166 | ttco83 101 | 91 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Hard, lightweight wood used to make masks and ceremonial rattles. | Turner, Nancy J., John Thomas, Barry F. Carlson and Robert T. Ogilvie, 1983, Ethnobotany of the Nitinaht Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 91 |
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 |
15399 | Fucus gardneri Silva 1672 | Nitinaht 166 | ttco83 101 | 51 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Plants rubbed on body by pregnant women expecting their unborn baby boys to become whalers. | 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 51 |
27237 | Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr. 2938 | Nitinaht 166 | ttco83 101 | 71 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Branches used in winter dances and to make traditional costumes for initiation ceremonies. | 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 71 |
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 |
30381 | Prunus emarginata (Dougl. ex Hook.) D. Dietr. 3166 | Nitinaht 166 | ttco83 101 | 120 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Bark used to make the reed for a ceremonial wolf whistle. | 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 120 |
36239 | Salix sp. 3551 | Nitinaht 166 | ttco83 101 | 127 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Soft roots used by young boys and girls as pre-scrubbers in the first stage of adulthood training. | 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 127 |
39512 | Taxus brevifolia Nutt. 3902 | Nitinaht 166 | ttco83 101 | 75 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Branches used as scrubbers in the manhood training rituals of young boys. | 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 75 |
40124 | Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don 3951 | Nitinaht 166 | ttco83 101 | 67 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Boughs used by boys in training for manhood. | 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 |
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 |
41045 | Tsuga heterophylla (Raf.) Sarg. 4043 | Nitinaht 166 | ttco83 101 | 74 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Boughs used as scrubbers in the manhood training rituals of young boys. | 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 74 |
27908 | Pinus monticola Dougl. ex D. Don 2966 | Paiute 183 | m53 98 | 40 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Green branch thrown into the fire and rain will come. | Mahar, James Michael., 1953, Ethnobotany of the Oregon Paiutes of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, Reed College, B.A. Thesis, page 40 |
28172 | Pinus sp. 2976 | Paiute 183 | m53 98 | 43 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Pine nuts used around the wrist when dancing, the number of nuts increased magically. | Mahar, James Michael., 1953, Ethnobotany of the Oregon Paiutes of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, Reed College, B.A. Thesis, page 43 |
36951 | Sanguinaria canadensis L. 3572 | Delaware 62 | t72 97 | 38 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Roots used to make the face paint for the Big House Ceremony. | Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 38 |
44384 | Zea mays L. 4244 | Delaware 62 | t72 97 | 55 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Used in the ceremonial diet of the participants of the Big House Ceremony. | Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 55 |
5510 | Artemisia sp. 404 | Apache, Chiricahua & Mescalero 11 | co36 95 | 24 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Plant used in ceremonial contexts. | Castetter, Edward F. and M. E. Opler, 1936, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest III. The Ethnobiology of the Chiricahua and Mescalero Apache, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(5):1-63, page 24 |
7454 | Bouteloua sp. 611 | Apache, Chiricahua & Mescalero 11 | co36 95 | 24 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Plant used in ceremonial contexts. | Castetter, Edward F. and M. E. Opler, 1936, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest III. The Ethnobiology of the Chiricahua and Mescalero Apache, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(5):1-63, page 24 |
7605 | Broussonetia papyrifera (L.) L'H‚r. ex Vent. 643 | Apache, Chiricahua & Mescalero 11 | co36 95 | 54 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Seeds worn around the neck in a string during ceremonies. | Castetter, Edward F. and M. E. Opler, 1936, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest III. The Ethnobiology of the Chiricahua and Mescalero Apache, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(5):1-63, page 54 |
16358 | Gutierrezia sp. 1787 | Apache, Chiricahua & Mescalero 11 | co36 95 | 24 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Plant used in ceremonial contexts. | Castetter, Edward F. and M. E. Opler, 1936, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest III. The Ethnobiology of the Chiricahua and Mescalero Apache, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(5):1-63, page 24 |
41174 | Typha latifolia L. 4049 | Apache, Chiricahua & Mescalero 11 | co36 95 | 36 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Pollen sprinkled as a cross onto largest mescal crown. | Castetter, Edward F. and M. E. Opler, 1936, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest III. The Ethnobiology of the Chiricahua and Mescalero Apache, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(5):1-63, page 36 |
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 |
36073 | Salix scouleriana Barratt ex Hook. 3547 | Shuswap 233 | palmer75 92 | 68 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Inner bark headbands used by pubescent girls and young men, in ritual isolation and training. | Palmer, Gary, 1975, Shuswap Indian Ethnobotany, Syesis 8:29-51, page 68 |
40243 | Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don 3951 | Shuswap 233 | palmer75 92 | 50 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Bark made into a headband and worn by pubescent girls and young men in ritual isolation. | Palmer, Gary, 1975, Shuswap Indian Ethnobotany, Syesis 8:29-51, page 50 |
29537 | Populus sp. 3105 | Dakota 61 | g13i 91 | 360 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Plant used in the tree burial of old times. The body was either placed in hollow tree trunks or laid on a support placed across branches. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1913, Some Native Nebraska Plants With Their Uses by the Dakota, Collections of the Nebraska State Historical Society 17:358-70, page 360 |
17865 | Ipomoea leptophylla Torr. 1990 | Keresan 108 | w45 90 | 559 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Root used to make hindquarters of little hobbyhorse 'ridden' by saints in ceremonial impersonations. | 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 559 |
26287 | Phaseolus acutifolius Gray 2867 | Keresan 108 | w45 90 | 558 | Other 3 | Ceremonial Items 30 | Beans made into a flour by the Koshairi and used for ritual purposes. Prayer meal ground from beans was exceedingly unusual; it was almost always made from corn. | 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 558 |
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