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id | species | tribe | source | pageno | use_category | use_subcategory | notes | rawsource ▼ |
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26174 | Petasites frigidus (L.) Fries 2840 | Eskimo, Alaska 67 | aa80 152 | 38 | Other 3 | Containers 32 | Leaves used by children to make cone shaped buckets to hold the picked berries. | Ager, Thomas A. and Lynn Price Ager, 1980, Ethnobotany of The Eskimos of Nelson Island, Alaska, Arctic Anthropology 27:26-48, page 38 |
26184 | Petasites frigidus var. nivalis (Greene) Cronq. 2841 | Eskimo, Alaska 67 | aa80 152 | 38 | Other 3 | Containers 32 | Leaves occasionally used to form make-shift funnels. | Ager, Thomas A. and Lynn Price Ager, 1980, Ethnobotany of The Eskimos of Nelson Island, Alaska, Arctic Anthropology 27:26-48, page 38 |
26185 | Petasites frigidus var. nivalis (Greene) Cronq. 2841 | Eskimo, Alaska 67 | aa80 152 | 38 | Other 3 | Containers 32 | Leaves used by children to make cone shaped buckets to hold the picked berries. | Ager, Thomas A. and Lynn Price Ager, 1980, Ethnobotany of The Eskimos of Nelson Island, Alaska, Arctic Anthropology 27:26-48, page 38 |
10715 | Cordyline fruticosa (L.) Chev. 1077 | Hawaiian 90 | a22 68 | 49 | Other 3 | Containers 32 | Leaves used for underground oven covers or as containers for cooking fish or pork. | Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 49 |
23548 | Murdannia nudiflora (L.) Brenan 2546 | Hawaiian 90 | a22 68 | 70 | Other 3 | Containers 32 | Leaves used as a covering for underground ovens. | Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 70 |
12686 | Dryopteris arguta (Kaulfuss) Watt 1334 | Yurok 289 | b81 70 | 28 | Other 3 | Containers 32 | Leaves used to clean meats and to lay over meat to keep the flies off. | Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 28 |
21688 | Lysichiton americanus Hult‚n & St. John 2337 | Tolowa 266 | b81 70 | 38 | Other 3 | Containers 32 | Leaves used as a vessel to drive water from streams. | Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 38 |
21696 | Lysichiton americanus Hult‚n & St. John 2337 | Yurok 289 | b81 70 | 38 | Other 3 | Containers 32 | Leaves used as a vessel to drive water from streams. | Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 38 |
31547 | Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens Underwood 3216 | Yurok 289 | b81 70 | 48 | Other 3 | Containers 32 | Leaves used in layers to dry food. | Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 48 |
36625 | Sambucus nigra ssp. caerulea (Raf.) R. Bolli 3565 | Yurok 289 | b81 70 | 53 | Other 3 | Containers 32 | Leaves used to pack sturgeon eggs while cooking. | Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 53 |
36920 | Sambucus racemosa var. racemosa 3569 | Yurok 289 | b81 70 | 53 | Other 3 | Containers 32 | Leaves used to pack sturgeon eggs while cooking. | Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 53 |
21323 | Lupinus latifolius Lindl. ex J.G. Agardh 2292 | Miwok 144 | bg33 100 | 146 | Other 3 | Containers 32 | Leaves used to line acorn leaching basket, to prevent meal from running through the interstices. | Barrett, S. A. and E. W. Gifford, 1933, Miwok Material Culture, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 2(4):11, page 146 |
8226 | Carnegia gigantea (Engelm.) Britt. & Rose 757 | Southwest Indians 248 | bc41 58 | 16 | Other 3 | Containers 32 | Seeds spread on saguaro ribs to dry. | Bell, Willis H and Edward F. Castetter, 1941, Ethnobiological Studies in the Southwest VII. The Utilization of of Yucca, Sotol and Beargrass by the Aborigines in the American Southwest, University of New Mexico Bulletin 5(5):1-74, page 16 |
44046 | Yucca elata (Engelm.) Engelm. 4228 | Pima 193 | bc41 58 | 35 | Other 3 | Containers 32 | Fibers made into carrying nets. | Bell, Willis H and Edward F. Castetter, 1941, Ethnobiological Studies in the Southwest VII. The Utilization of of Yucca, Sotol and Beargrass by the Aborigines in the American Southwest, University of New Mexico Bulletin 5(5):1-74, page 35 |
44045 | Yucca elata (Engelm.) Engelm. 4228 | Pima 193 | bc41 58 | 46 | Other 3 | Containers 32 | Cactus ribs bound together to form the frame for containers used to carry crops. | Bell, Willis H and Edward F. Castetter, 1941, Ethnobiological Studies in the Southwest VII. The Utilization of of Yucca, Sotol and Beargrass by the Aborigines in the American Southwest, University of New Mexico Bulletin 5(5):1-74, page 46 |
43788 | Yucca baccata Torr. 4225 | Apache 10 | bc41 58 | 51 | Other 3 | Containers 32 | Thick portion of stalk used as hearth when making fire. | Bell, Willis H and Edward F. Castetter, 1941, Ethnobiological Studies in the Southwest VII. The Utilization of of Yucca, Sotol and Beargrass by the Aborigines in the American Southwest, University of New Mexico Bulletin 5(5):1-74, page 51 |
7201 | Betula papyrifera Marsh. 580 | Flathead 76 | b05 73 | 8 | Other 3 | Containers 32 | Bark used to line sacks and stiffen them into baskets. | Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, page 8 |
31449 | Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn 3214 | Costanoan 50 | b84 16 | 247 | Other 3 | Containers 32 | Fronds used to line acorn-leaching pits and earth ovens. | Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 247 |
40441 | Toxicodendron diversilobum (Torr. & Gray) Greene 3972 | Costanoan 50 | b84 16 | 251 | Other 3 | Containers 32 | Leaves used to wrap bread. | Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 251 |
8148 | Carnegia gigantea (Engelm.) Britt. & Rose 757 | Apache, Western 14 | b86 87 | 178 | Other 3 | Containers 32 | Burls used as containers. | Buskirk, Winfred, 1986, The Western Apache: Living With the Land Before 1950, Norman. University of Oklahoma Press, page 178 |
2684 | Alopecurus aequalis var. aequalis 179 | Apache, Chiricahua & Mescalero 11 | co36 95 | 36 | Other 3 | Containers 32 | Moist grass laid onto hot stones to prevent steam from escaping. | 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 |
3293 | Andropogon gerardii Vitman 240 | Apache, Chiricahua & Mescalero 11 | co36 95 | 36 | Other 3 | Containers 32 | Moist grass laid onto hot stones to prevent steam from escaping. | 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 |
7419 | Bouteloua curtipendula (Michx.) Torr. 606 | Apache, Chiricahua & Mescalero 11 | co36 95 | 36 | Other 3 | Containers 32 | Moist grass laid onto hot stones to prevent steam from escaping. | 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 |
23518 | Muhlenbergia pauciflora Buckl. 2540 | Apache, Chiricahua & Mescalero 11 | co36 95 | 36 | Other 3 | Containers 32 | Moist grass laid onto hot stones to prevent steam from escaping. | 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 |
23546 | Muhlenbergia wrightii Vasey ex Coult. 2545 | Apache, Chiricahua & Mescalero 11 | co36 95 | 36 | Other 3 | Containers 32 | Moist grass laid onto hot stones to prevent steam from escaping. | 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 |
24003 | Nolina microcarpa S. Wats. 2590 | Apache, Chiricahua & Mescalero 11 | co36 95 | 36 | Other 3 | Containers 32 | Moist grass laid onto hot stones to prevent steam from escaping. | 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 |
37352 | Schedonnardus paniculatus (Nutt.) Trel. 3599 | Apache, Chiricahua & Mescalero 11 | co36 95 | 36 | Other 3 | Containers 32 | Moist grass laid onto hot stones to prevent steam from escaping. | 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 |
38769 | Sporobolus airoides (Torr.) Torr. 3804 | Apache, Chiricahua & Mescalero 11 | co36 95 | 36 | Other 3 | Containers 32 | Moist grass laid onto hot stones to prevent steam from escaping. | 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 |
3294 | Andropogon gerardii Vitman 240 | Apache, Chiricahua & Mescalero 11 | co36 95 | 39 | Other 3 | Containers 32 | Used to cover fruit and allow ripening. | 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 39 |
3292 | Andropogon gerardii Vitman 240 | Apache, Chiricahua & Mescalero 11 | co36 95 | 40 | Other 3 | Containers 32 | Grass used under fruit when drying. | 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 40 |
1745 | Agave americana L. 89 | Papago 188 | cu35 27 | 54 | Other 3 | Containers 32 | Two-ply fiber formerly used to make carrying nets. | 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 |
19449 | Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl. 2090 | Yuma 288 | cb51 125 | 115 | Other 3 | Containers 32 | Fruit contents removed, shells cleaned and dried and used as water and food containers. | Castetter, Edward F. and Willis H. Bell, 1951, Yuman Indian Agriculture, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, page 115 |
29394 | Populus deltoides Bartr. ex Marsh. 3098 | Pima 193 | c35 19 | 23 | Other 3 | Containers 32 | Used moistened to line pits for roasting saltbush overnight. | Castetter, Edward F., 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest I. Uncultivated Native Plants Used as Sources of Food, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(1):1-44, page 23 |
39003 | Suaeda arborescens 3844 | Pima 193 | c35 19 | 23 | Other 3 | Containers 32 | Used moistened with cottonwood to line pits for roasting saltbush overnight. | Castetter, Edward F., 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest I. Uncultivated Native Plants Used as Sources of Food, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(1):1-44, page 23 |
39002 | Suaeda arborescens 3844 | Pima 193 | c35 19 | 36 | Other 3 | Containers 32 | Layer of plant used to cover the embers in a baking pit. | Castetter, Edward F., 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest I. Uncultivated Native Plants Used as Sources of Food, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(1):1-44, page 36 |
5623 | Artemisia tridentata Nutt. 407 | Gosiute 79 | c11 38 | 363 | Other 3 | Containers 32 | Leaves used as a covering over berries and other foods preserved in caches. | Chamberlin, Ralph V., 1911, The Ethno-Botany of the Gosiute Indians of Utah, Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association 2(5):331-405., page 363 |
18851 | Juniperus osteosperma (Torr.) Little 2060 | Gosiute 79 | c11 38 | 372 | Other 3 | Containers 32 | Bark used to line and cover the fruit storing pits. | Chamberlin, Ralph V., 1911, The Ethno-Botany of the Gosiute Indians of Utah, Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association 2(5):331-405., page 372 |
35653 | Salix amygdaloides Anderss. 3518 | Gosiute 79 | c11 38 | 380 | Other 3 | Containers 32 | Wood used to make baskets and water jugs. | Chamberlin, Ralph V., 1911, The Ethno-Botany of the Gosiute Indians of Utah, Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association 2(5):331-405., page 380 |
35910 | Salix interior Rowlee 3534 | Gosiute 79 | c11 38 | 380 | Other 3 | Containers 32 | Wood used to make baskets and water jugs. | Chamberlin, Ralph V., 1911, The Ethno-Botany of the Gosiute Indians of Utah, Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association 2(5):331-405., page 380 |
35964 | Salix lucida ssp. lasiandra (Benth.) E. Murr. 3539 | Gosiute 79 | c11 38 | 380 | Other 3 | Containers 32 | Wood used to make baskets and water jugs. | Chamberlin, Ralph V., 1911, The Ethno-Botany of the Gosiute Indians of Utah, Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association 2(5):331-405., page 380 |
36049 | Salix scouleriana Barratt ex Hook. 3547 | Gosiute 79 | c11 38 | 380 | Other 3 | Containers 32 | Wood used to make baskets and water jugs. | Chamberlin, Ralph V., 1911, The Ethno-Botany of the Gosiute Indians of Utah, Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association 2(5):331-405., page 380 |
4415 | Arctostaphylos manzanita Parry 337 | Yokia 285 | c02 89 | 375 | Other 3 | Containers 32 | Two V-shaped branches used to carry wood on the back. | Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 375 |
9494 | Chenopodium fremontii S. Wats. 899 | Hopi 95 | c74 82 | 300 | Other 3 | Containers 32 | Leaves packed around yucca fruit when baked in earth oven. | Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 300 |
29549 | Populus sp. 3105 | Hopi 95 | c74 82 | 346 | Other 3 | Containers 32 | Roots carved into boxes for sacred feathers and various ceremonial objects. | Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 346 |
35010 | Rubus spectabilis Pursh 3470 | Oweekeno 181 | c93 14 | 113 | Other 3 | Containers 32 | Leaves used as a mat under any kind of berries and hemlock cambium when drying. | 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 113 |
12716 | Dryopteris sp. 1342 | Haisla and Hanaksiala 87 | c93 14 | 149 | Other 3 | Containers 32 | Fronds used to pack freshly caught salmon to prevent them from drying out. | 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 149 |
39994 | Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don 3951 | Haisla and Hanaksiala 87 | c93 14 | 162 | Other 3 | Containers 32 | Wood used to make boxes to store many types of food. | 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 |
12 | Abies amabilis (Dougl. ex Loud.) Dougl. ex Forbes 1 | Hanaksiala 88 | c93 14 | 173 | Other 3 | Containers 32 | Boughs used to line oolichan ripening pits. | 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 173 |
270 | Abies lasiocarpa (Hook.) Nutt. 6 | Hanaksiala 88 | c93 14 | 174 | Other 3 | Containers 32 | Wood used to make chairs and insect proof storage boxes for dancing regalia. | 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 174 |
27179 | Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr. 2938 | Haisla and Hanaksiala 87 | c93 14 | 175 | Other 3 | Containers 32 | Roots and red cedar bark used to make bag like implement for the oolichan grease rendering process. | 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 175 |
20107 | Leymus mollis ssp. mollis 2162 | Haisla and Hanaksiala 87 | c93 14 | 205 | Other 3 | Containers 32 | Blades used to line oolichan ripening pits. | 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 205 |
3507 | Angelica genuflexa Nutt. 262 | Haisla and Hanaksiala 87 | c93 14 | 211 | Other 3 | Containers 32 | Hollow stems used to collect liquid Sitka spruce pitch. | 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 211 |
36053 | Salix scouleriana Barratt ex Hook. 3547 | Haisla and Hanaksiala 87 | c93 14 | 288 | Other 3 | Containers 32 | Sticks used to string discoidal basaltic seaweed cooking stones when not being used. | 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 288 |
36086 | Salix sitchensis Sanson ex Bong. 3550 | Haisla and Hanaksiala 87 | c93 14 | 288 | Other 3 | Containers 32 | Sticks used to string discoidal basaltic seaweed cooking stones when not being used. | 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 288 |
9100 | Chamaecyparis nootkatensis (D. Don) Spach 860 | Kitasoo 112 | c93 14 | 313 | Other 3 | Containers 32 | Wood used to make storage containers. | 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 313 |
40283 | Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don 3951 | Tsimshian 267 | c93 14 | 315 | Other 3 | Containers 32 | Inner bark used to make containers for collecting, storing and cooking foods. | 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 |
40284 | Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don 3951 | Tsimshian 267 | c93 14 | 315 | Other 3 | Containers 32 | Wood used to make storage boxes and chests. | 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 |
21690 | Lysichiton americanus Hult‚n & St. John 2337 | Tsimshian 267 | c93 14 | 320 | Other 3 | Containers 32 | Leaves used to cover and wrap foods during collection, transit, storage or cooking. | 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 320 |
21691 | Lysichiton americanus Hult‚n & St. John 2337 | Tsimshian 267 | c93 14 | 320 | Other 3 | Containers 32 | Leaves used to line cooking pits. | 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 320 |
29131 | Polystichum munitum (Kaulfuss) K. Presl 3085 | Oweekeno 181 | c93 14 | 56 | Other 3 | Containers 32 | Leaves used as a liner for oolichan bins and pits. | 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 56 |
9131 | Chamaecyparis nootkatensis (D. Don) Spach 860 | Oweekeno 181 | c93 14 | 61 | Other 3 | Containers 32 | Wood used to make containers. | 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 61 |
40177 | Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don 3951 | Oweekeno 181 | c93 14 | 63 | Other 3 | Containers 32 | Inner bark used to make boxes. | 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 |
40178 | Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don 3951 | Oweekeno 181 | c93 14 | 63 | Other 3 | Containers 32 | Wood used to make containers. | 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 |
21652 | Lysichiton americanus Hult‚n & St. John 2337 | Oweekeno 181 | c93 14 | 76 | Other 3 | Containers 32 | Leaves used to line berry baskets to prevent the berries from falling through holes in the baskets. | 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 76 |
27506 | Pinus contorta var. murrayana (Grev. & Balf.) Engelm. 2956 | Klamath 115 | c97 66 | 89 | Other 3 | Containers 32 | Bark used to make buckets for gathering berries. | Coville, Frederick V., 1897, Notes On The Plants Used By The Klamath Indians Of Oregon., Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 5(2):87-110, page 89 |
35857 | Salix gooddingii Ball 3530 | Pima 193 | c49 11 | 108 | Other 3 | Containers 32 | Used to make bird cages. | Curtin, L. S. M., 1949, By the Prophet of the Earth, Sante Fe. San Vicente Foundation, page 108 |
19491 | Larix laricina (Du Roi) K. Koch 2099 | Chippewa 38 | d28 4 | 377 | Other 3 | Containers 32 | Roots used to weave bags. | Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 377 |
19125 | Juniperus sp. 2063 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 17 | Other 3 | Containers 32 | Concave bark used to make improvised trays for the sandpainting powders. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 17 |
28166 | Pinus sp. 2976 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 23 | Other 3 | Containers 32 | Bark used to make the trays for the colored powders used in the sandpaintings. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 23 |
28167 | Pinus sp. 2976 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 23 | Other 3 | Containers 32 | Wood used to make a tinderbox for fire by friction. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 23 |
44471 | Zea mays L. 4244 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 27 | Other 3 | Containers 32 | Husks used as casings for blood sausage. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 27 |
44251 | Yucca sp. 4236 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 34 | Other 3 | Containers 32 | Wood tied to stalk with shallow holes and used at the hearth to hold a fireset. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 34 |
29560 | Populus sp. 3105 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 37 | Other 3 | Containers 32 | Wood used to make tinderboxes. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 37 |
29456 | Populus deltoides ssp. wislizeni (S. Wats.) Eckenwalder 3101 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 38 | Other 3 | Containers 32 | Wood used to make tinder boxes. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 38 |
36232 | Salix sp. 3551 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 38 | Other 3 | Containers 32 | Branches used to make or sew water bottles. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 38 |
32465 | Quercus sp. 3289 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 40 | Other 3 | Containers 32 | Acorn shells used to hold medicine and a humming bird was made to sip from each shell. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 40 |
33202 | Rhus trilobata Nutt. 3352 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 60 | Other 3 | Containers 32 | Used to make 'bugaboos' to subdue insubordinate children. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 60 |
33203 | Rhus trilobata Nutt. 3352 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 60 | Other 3 | Containers 32 | Used to make water bottles. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 60 |
19433 | Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl. 2090 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 79 | Other 3 | Containers 32 | Used to make cups for preparing medicines. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 79 |
5833 | Artemisia tripartita ssp. tripartita 409 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 82 | Other 3 | Containers 32 | Bark used to stuff into the necks of bottles to keep the water from spilling out. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 82 |
37409 | Schoenoplectus acutus var. acutus 3603 | Paiute, Northern 185 | f90 117 | 78 | Other 3 | Containers 32 | Used to make egg bags for transporting gathered eggs. | Fowler, Catherine S., 1990, Tule Technology: Northern Paiute Uses of Marsh Resources in Western Nevada, Washington, D.C. Smithsonian Institution Press, page 78 |
38621 | Sphaeralcea ambigua Gray 3770 | Yavapai 284 | g36 48 | 259 | Other 3 | Containers 32 | Stems used as a litter for drying mescal. | Gifford, E. W., 1936, Northeastern and Western Yavapai, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 34:247-345, page 259 |
23718 | Nereocystis luetkeana (Mert.) Post. & Rupr. 2576 | Nitinaht 166 | g83 3 | 206 | Other 3 | Containers 32 | Blades used to cover fish in the boat, while at sea, to prevent the fish from drying out. | Gill, Steven J., 1983, Ethnobotany of the Makah and Ozette People, Olympic Peninsula, Washington (USA), Washington State University, Ph.D. Thesis, page 206 |
23719 | Nereocystis luetkeana (Mert.) Post. & Rupr. 2576 | Nitinaht 166 | g83 3 | 206 | Other 3 | Containers 32 | Enlarged upper portion of stipes dried and rinsed with fresh water and used for oil storage bottles. | Gill, Steven J., 1983, Ethnobotany of the Makah and Ozette People, Olympic Peninsula, Washington (USA), Washington State University, Ph.D. Thesis, page 206 |
23720 | Nereocystis luetkeana (Mert.) Post. & Rupr. 2576 | Nitinaht 166 | g83 3 | 206 | Other 3 | Containers 32 | Enlarged upper portion of the stipes used as molds for cosmetics. | Gill, Steven J., 1983, Ethnobotany of the Makah and Ozette People, Olympic Peninsula, Washington (USA), Washington State University, Ph.D. Thesis, page 206 |
40088 | Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don 3951 | Makah 133 | g83 3 | 228 | Other 3 | Containers 32 | Wood used to make boxes. | Gill, Steven J., 1983, Ethnobotany of the Makah and Ozette People, Olympic Peninsula, Washington (USA), Washington State University, Ph.D. Thesis, page 228 |
2537 | Alnus rubra Bong. 172 | Makah 133 | g83 3 | 243 | Other 3 | Containers 32 | Cones used to store elderberries in the creeks. | Gill, Steven J., 1983, Ethnobotany of the Makah and Ozette People, Olympic Peninsula, Washington (USA), Washington State University, Ph.D. Thesis, page 243 |
44088 | Yucca glauca Nutt. 4230 | Dakota 61 | g13i 91 | 358 | Other 3 | Containers 32 | Dried stems peeled and used to make a hearth. | 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 358 |
44089 | Yucca glauca Nutt. 4230 | Dakota 61 | g19 17 | 71 | Other 3 | Containers 32 | Dried, peeled stems used to make a hearth, to contain the fire. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 71 |
7197 | Betula papyrifera Marsh. 580 | Dakota 61 | g19 17 | 75 | Other 3 | Containers 32 | Fine, shredded bark used as vessels to catch sap from trees in sugar making-time. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 75 |
18357 | Juncus effusus L. 2042 | Chippewa 38 | gil33 15 | 125 | Other 3 | Containers 32 | Rushes used for weaving little bags and pouches. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1933, Some Chippewa Uses of Plants, Ann Arbor. University of Michigan Press, page 125 |
40339 | Tilia americana L. 3959 | Chippewa 38 | gil33 15 | 136 | Other 3 | Containers 32 | Bast made into thread for sewing, fine yarn for weaving bags and into other cordage of all sorts. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1933, Some Chippewa Uses of Plants, Ann Arbor. University of Michigan Press, page 136 |
16907 | Heracleum maximum Bartr. 1851 | Pomo, Kashaya 202 | gl80 40 | 87 | Other 3 | Containers 32 | Hollow stems used to carry water. | Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 87 |
7203 | Betula papyrifera Marsh. 580 | Gitksan 78 | g92 166 | 154 | Other 3 | Containers 32 | Bark used to make containers and waterproof wrappings. | 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 154 |
7312 | Betula papyrifera Marsh. 580 | Wet'suwet'en 278 | g92 166 | 154 | Other 3 | Containers 32 | Bark used to make containers and waterproof wrappings. | 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 154 |
29148 | Polystichum munitum (Kaulfuss) K. Presl 3085 | Squaxin 251 | g73 25 | 13 | Other 3 | Containers 32 | Leaves spread on racks for berries to dry. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 13 |
39503 | Taxus brevifolia Nutt. 3902 | Makah 133 | g73 25 | 16 | Other 3 | Containers 32 | Used to make trinket boxes. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 16 |
40201 | Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don 3951 | Quileute 209 | g73 25 | 19 | Other 3 | Containers 32 | Bark cut into strips and used for storage of string dried clams and smelts. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 19 |
20118 | Leymus mollis ssp. mollis 2162 | Quinault 210 | g73 25 | 21 | Other 3 | Containers 32 | Leaves placed under drying salal berries. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 21 |
41369 | Typha latifolia L. 4049 | Quinault 210 | g73 25 | 21 | Other 3 | Containers 32 | Used to make large wallet-like packsacks. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 21 |
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CREATE TABLE uses ( id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY NOT NULL, species INTEGER NOT NULL, tribe INTEGER NOT NULL, source INTEGER NOT NULL, pageno TEXT NOT NULL, use_category INTEGER, use_subcategory INTEGER, notes TEXT, rawsource TEXT NOT NULL, FOREIGN KEY(use_category) REFERENCES use_categories(id), FOREIGN KEY(use_subcategory) REFERENCES use_subcategories(id), FOREIGN KEY(tribe) REFERENCES tribes(id), FOREIGN KEY(species) REFERENCES species(id), FOREIGN KEY(source) REFERENCES sources(id) );