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id | species | tribe | source | pageno | use_category | use_subcategory | notes ▲ | rawsource |
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24335 | Oenothera rhombipetala Nutt. ex Torr. & Gray 2628 | Kiowa 111 | vs39 140 | 45 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Yellow flowers picked and brought into the house. | Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 45 |
24336 | Oenothera rhombipetala Nutt. ex Torr. & Gray 2628 | Kiowa 111 | vs39 140 | 45 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Yellow flowers picked and brought into the house. | Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 45 |
7421 | Bouteloua curtipendula (Michx.) Torr. 606 | Kiowa 111 | vs39 140 | 14 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Worn by those, who in battle, had killed an enemy with a lance, grass resembled the feathered lance. | Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 14 |
7426 | Bouteloua curtipendula var. curtipendula 607 | Kiowa 111 | vs39 140 | 14 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Worn by those, who in battle, had killed an enemy with a lance, grass resembled the feathered lance. | Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 14 |
7427 | Bouteloua curtipendula var. curtipendula 607 | Kiowa 111 | vs39 140 | 14 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Worn by those, who in battle, had killed an enemy with a lance, grass resembled the feathered lance. | Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 14 |
550 | Acer negundo L. 27 | Dakota 61 | g13i 91 | 366 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Wood used to obtain charcoal for tattooing. | 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 366 |
487 | Acer macrophyllum Pursh 26 | Haida 84 | g73 25 | 39 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Wood used to make wood carvings. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 39 |
535 | Acer macrophyllum Pursh 26 | Tlingit 265 | g73 25 | 39 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Wood used to make wood carvings. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 39 |
537 | Acer macrophyllum Pursh 26 | Tsimshian 267 | g73 25 | 39 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Wood used to make wood carvings. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 39 |
29460 | Populus deltoides ssp. wislizeni (S. Wats.) Eckenwalder 3101 | Tewa 257 | rhf16 61 | 42 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Wood used to make many artifacts. | Robbins, W.W., J.P. Harrington and B. Freire-Marreco, 1916, Ethnobotany of the Tewa Indians, SI-BAE Bulletin #55, page 42 |
9082 | Chamaecyparis nootkatensis (D. Don) Spach 860 | Haisla and Hanaksiala 87 | c93 14 | 159 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Wood used to make carved items and 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 159 |
616 | Acer rubrum L. 32 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 44 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Wood used to carve. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 44 |
644 | Acer saccharinum L. 34 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 44 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Wood used to carve. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 44 |
674 | Acer saccharum Marsh. 35 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 44 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Wood used to carve. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 44 |
1630 | Aesculus flava Ait. 74 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 27 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Wood used to carve. | 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 |
10766 | Cornus alternifolia L. f. 1088 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 32 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Wood used to carve. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 32 |
10885 | Cornus florida L. 1093 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 32 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Wood used to carve. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 32 |
17717 | Ilex opaca Ait. 1977 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 38 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Wood used to carve. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 38 |
18255 | Juglans nigra L. 2034 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 61 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Wood used to carve. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 61 |
19140 | Juniperus virginiana L. 2064 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 28 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Wood used to carve. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 28 |
19270 | Kalmia latifolia L. 2071 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 42 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Wood used to carve. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 42 |
25219 | Oxydendrum arboreum (L.) DC. 2713 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 56 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Wood used to carve. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 56 |
27519 | Pinus echinata P. Mill. 2958 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 49 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Wood used to carve. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 49 |
28080 | Pinus pungens Lamb. 2971 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 49 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Wood used to carve. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 49 |
28106 | Pinus rigida P. Mill. 2974 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 49 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Wood used to carve. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 49 |
28178 | Pinus strobus L. 2977 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 49 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Wood used to carve. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 49 |
28266 | Pinus taeda L. 2978 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 49 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Wood used to carve. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 49 |
30330 | Prunus cerasus L. 3164 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 28 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Wood used to carve. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 28 |
30488 | Prunus pensylvanica L. f. 3172 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 28 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Wood used to carve. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 28 |
30583 | Prunus serotina Ehrh. 3177 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 28 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Wood used to carve. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 28 |
30743 | Prunus virginiana L. 3181 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 28 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Wood used to carve. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 28 |
32865 | Rhododendron maximum L. 3340 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 52 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Wood used to carve. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 52 |
40332 | Tilia americana L. 3959 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 24 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Wood used to carve. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 24 |
40395 | Tilia americana var. heterophylla (Vent.) Loud. 3961 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 24 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Wood used to carve. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 24 |
40285 | Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don 3951 | Tsimshian 267 | c93 14 | 315 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Wood used to carve totem poles. | 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 |
7315 | Betula papyrifera var. papyrifera 581 | Haisla and Hanaksiala 87 | c93 14 | 226 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Wood used for carving. | 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 226 |
10111 | Cladrastis kentukea (Dum.-Cours.) Rudd 990 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 62 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Wood used for carving. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 62 |
30342 | Prunus emarginata (Dougl. ex Hook.) D. Dietr. 3166 | Haisla and Hanaksiala 87 | c93 14 | 272 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Wood used for carving. | 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 272 |
40181 | Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don 3951 | Oweekeno 181 | c93 14 | 63 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Wood used for carving. | 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 |
39144 | Symphoricarpos orbiculatus Moench 3855 | Dakota 61 | g13i 91 | 367 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Wood made into charcoal and used in tattooing. | 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 367 |
9132 | Chamaecyparis nootkatensis (D. Don) Spach 860 | Oweekeno 181 | c93 14 | 61 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Wood carved into totem poles and 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 61 |
16669 | Helianthus petiolaris Nutt. 1832 | Hopi 95 | c74 82 | 324 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Whole plant used in the decoration of flute priests in the Flute ceremony. | Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 324 |
17716 | Ilex opaca Ait. 1977 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 38 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Whole plant used for Christmas trees. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 38 |
10349 | Cleome serrulata Pursh 1026 | Zuni 291 | s15 6 | 82 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Whole plant except for the root used in pottery decorations. The whole plant except for the root was boiled for a considerable amount of time and the water was allowed to evaporate. The firm paste secured from precipitation was used in conjunction with a black mineral paint for decorating pottery. | Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 82 |
26633 | Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud. 2901 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 142 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Whitish culms valued for the use in decoration of coiled split cedar root baskets. The culms were harvested while still green and soft, warmed over the coals of a fire and broken at the nodes. They were then split open, flattened and used together with dyed and undyed bitter cherry bark to create patterns on coiled cedar root baskets. | Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, page 142 |
21490 | Lycopodium clavatum L. 2321 | Bella Coola 21 | t73 53 | 196 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Used to make wreaths. | Turner, Nancy J., 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Bella Coola Indians of British Columbia, Syesis 6:193-220, page 196 |
28620 | Pleuraphis jamesii Torr. 3022 | Hopi 95 | c74 82 | 325 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Used to make plaques. | Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 325 |
28625 | Pleuraphis jamesii Torr. 3022 | Tewa 257 | c74 82 | 325 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Used to make plaques. | Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 325 |
19418 | Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl. 2090 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 93 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Used to make noses, horns and flowers for masks. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 93 |
29515 | Populus sp. 3105 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 29 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Used to make head wreaths by the Motokiks. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 29 |
37522 | Scirpus microcarpus J.& K. Presl 3611 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 37 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Used to make fringe for buckskin dresses. | 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 37 |
18682 | Juniperus monosperma (Engelm.) Sarg. 2058 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 19 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Used to make bows for the canopy of the baby's cradle. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 19 |
17207 | Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. 1896 | Blackfoot 23 | h92 30 | 28 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Used to decorate women's hair. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 28 |
17234 | Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. 1896 | Flathead 76 | h92 30 | 28 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Used to decorate women's hair. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 28 |
9307 | Chamerion angustifolium ssp. angustifolium 882 | Shuswap 233 | palmer75 92 | 64 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Used in bouquets with roses. | Palmer, Gary, 1975, Shuswap Indian Ethnobotany, Syesis 8:29-51, page 64 |
20317 | Lilium rubescens S. Wats. 2190 | Karok 105 | b81 70 | 34 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Used for bouquets. | Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 34 |
8450 | Castilleja affinis Hook. & Arn. 777 | Hopi 95 | f96 72 | 19 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Used by maidens to deck their hair on holiday occasions. | Fewkes, J. Walter, 1896, A Contribution to Ethnobotany, American Anthropologist 9:14-21, page 19 |
8483 | Castilleja linariifolia Benth. 788 | Hopi 95 | f96 72 | 19 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Used by maidens to deck their hair on holiday occasions. | Fewkes, J. Walter, 1896, A Contribution to Ethnobotany, American Anthropologist 9:14-21, page 19 |
21493 | Lycopodium clavatum L. 2321 | Hesquiat 92 | te82 41 | 29 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Used by children to make Christmas decorations. | Turner, Nancy J. and Barbara S. Efrat, 1982, Ethnobotany of the Hesquiat Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 29 |
9782 | Chrysothamnus depressus Nutt. 932 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 96 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Used as prayer stick decorations. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 96 |
9784 | Chrysothamnus greenei (Gray) Greene 933 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 96 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Used as prayer stick decorations. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 96 |
9819 | Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus ssp. viscidiflorus var. stenophyllus (Gray) Hall 936 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 96 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Used as prayer stick decorations. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 96 |
16268 | Gutierrezia microcephala (DC.) Gray 1785 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 96 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Used as prayer stick decorations. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 96 |
16284 | Gutierrezia sarothrae (Pursh) Britt. & Rusby 1786 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 96 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Used as prayer stick decorations. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 96 |
26228 | Petradoria pumila ssp. pumila 2846 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 96 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Used as prayer stick decorations. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 96 |
16267 | Gutierrezia microcephala (DC.) Gray 1785 | Hopi 95 | c74 82 | 323 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Used as paho (prayer stick) decorations. | Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 323 |
16272 | Gutierrezia microcephala (DC.) Gray 1785 | Tewa 257 | c74 82 | 323 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Used as paho (prayer stick) decorations. | Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 323 |
25837 | Penstemon centranthifolius Benth. 2803 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 99 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Used as decorations at funerals or church affairs. | Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel, 1972, Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants, Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press, page 99 |
29895 | Proboscidea louisianica (P. Mill.) Thellung 3143 | Panamint 187 | k52 163 | 78 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Used as black decorations for baskets. | Kirk, R.E., 1952, Panamint Basketry, Masterkey 26(76-86):, page 78 |
8873 | Cercis canadensis var. texensis (S. Wats.) M. Hopkins 838 | Maidu 132 | sk58 162 | 71 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Unpeeled withes used as decorative coil thread in the manufacture of baskets. | Swartz, Jr., B. K., 1958, A Study of Material Aspects of Northeastern Maidu Basketry, Kroeber Anthropological Society Publications 19:67-84, page 71 |
33204 | Rhus trilobata Nutt. 3352 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 60 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Twigs painted white and used to decorate masks for the Fringe Mouths in the Night Chant. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 60 |
37428 | Schoenoplectus acutus var. acutus 3603 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 115 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Stems woven or sewn with Indian hemp twine to make Indian doctor headdresses. | Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, page 115 |
13598 | Ericameria nauseosa ssp. consimilis var. oreophila (A. Nels.) Nesom & Baird 1449 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 95 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Stems used to make wicker plaques. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 95 |
13626 | Ericameria nauseosa ssp. nauseosa var. glabrata (Gray) Nesom & Baird 1451 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 95 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Stems used to make wicker plaques. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 95 |
13632 | Ericameria nauseosa ssp. nauseosa var. hololeuca (Gray) Nesom & Baird 1452 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 95 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Stems used to make wicker plaques. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 95 |
13655 | Ericameria nauseosa ssp. nauseosa var. nauseosa 1454 | Hopi 95 | c74 82 | 303 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Stems used to make wicker plaques. | Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 303 |
13702 | Ericameria parryi var. howardii (Parry ex Gray) Nesom & Baird 1459 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 95 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Stems used to make wicker plaques. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 95 |
28619 | Pleuraphis jamesii Torr. 3022 | Hopi 95 | bc41 58 | 33 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Stems used to form the base of the coils for manufactured plaques. | 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 33 |
1582 | Adiantum pedatum L. 71 | Karok 105 | sg52 71 | 377 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Stems used as decoration on clothing, especially on the Jump Dance dress. | Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 377 |
13678 | Ericameria nauseosa ssp. nauseosa var. speciosa (Nutt.) Nesom & Baird 1455 | Karok 105 | sg52 71 | 389 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Stems and flowers tied by girls onto the end of hair rolls as imitation mink skins. | Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 389 |
1585 | Adiantum pedatum L. 71 | Maidu 132 | sk58 162 | 71 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Stalks used as decorative overlay twine in the manufacture of baskets. | Swartz, Jr., B. K., 1958, A Study of Material Aspects of Northeastern Maidu Basketry, Kroeber Anthropological Society Publications 19:67-84, page 71 |
18588 | Juniperus horizontalis Moench 2057 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 33 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Sprigs used symbolically to decorate the altar of the Marten designed tipi. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 33 |
5310 | Artemisia frigida Willd. 397 | Zuni 291 | s15 6 | 87 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Sprigs and corn ears attached to decorated tablets and carried by female dancers in a drama. The sprigs and corn ears were carried by female dancers in the drama of The Coming of the Corn Maidens. | Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 87 |
31274 | Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii 3201 | Karok 105 | sg52 71 | 379 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Soot from burned pitch rubbed into the punctures made in tattooing a girl's chin. | Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 379 |
43767 | Yucca angustissima Engelm. ex Trel. 4224 | Hopi 95 | bc41 58 | 34 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Shredded leaves used to make the packing for the spirals of a plaque. | 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 34 |
18587 | Juniperus horizontalis Moench 2057 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 33 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Seven berries, representing the Bunched Stars, used to make headpieces worn by some dancers. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 33 |
13001 | Elaeagnus commutata Bernh. ex Rydb. 1374 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 207 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Seeds, sometimes painted gold, used to decorate Christmas cards. | Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, page 207 |
18632 | Juniperus monosperma (Engelm.) Sarg. 2058 | Hopi 95 | c74 82 | 330 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Seeds strung for beads. | Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 330 |
18745 | Juniperus monosperma (Engelm.) Sarg. 2058 | Tewa 257 | c74 82 | 330 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Seeds strung for beads. | Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 330 |
12483 | Dichelostemma ida-maia (Wood) Greene 1293 | Karok 105 | sg52 71 | 380 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Seed pods dried and hung up as ornaments. | Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 380 |
31525 | Pteridium aquilinum var. pubescens Underwood 3216 | Maidu 132 | sk58 162 | 71 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Roots used as decorative coil thread and decorative overlay twine in the manufacture of baskets. | Swartz, Jr., B. K., 1958, A Study of Material Aspects of Northeastern Maidu Basketry, Kroeber Anthropological Society Publications 19:67-84, page 71 |
37458 | Schoenoplectus maritimus (L.) Lye 3606 | Panamint 187 | k52 163 | 78 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Roots used as dark brown or black decorations for baskets. | Kirk, R.E., 1952, Panamint Basketry, Masterkey 26(76-86):, page 78 |
18329 | Juncus balticus Willd. 2038 | Cheyenne 33 | g72 39 | 171 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Rootlets used to sew patterns for ornamentations on robes or other leather. | Grinnell, George Bird, 1972, The Cheyenne Indians - Their History and Ways of Life Vol.2, Lincoln. University of Nebraska Press, page 171 |
25716 | Pediomelum esculentum (Pursh) Rydb. 2783 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 119 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Root pieces dried and attached to clothing and robes as ornamentation and medicine. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 119 |
30386 | Prunus emarginata (Dougl. ex Hook.) D. Dietr. 3166 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 127 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Root bark used to imbricate cedar root baskets. | 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 127 |
44539 | Zea mays L. 4244 | Zuni 291 | s15 6 | 99 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Ribboned corn husks used as hair decorations in ceremonies. | Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 99 |
44035 | Yucca elata (Engelm.) Engelm. 4228 | Apache, Western 14 | b86 87 | 183 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Red roots used in basket decorations. | Buskirk, Winfred, 1986, The Western Apache: Living With the Land Before 1950, Norman. University of Oklahoma Press, page 183 |
8497 | Castilleja linariifolia Benth. 788 | Tewa of Hano 258 | rhf16 61 | 54 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Red flowers painted on pottery and carved in wood as decorations. | Robbins, W.W., J.P. Harrington and B. Freire-Marreco, 1916, Ethnobotany of the Tewa Indians, SI-BAE Bulletin #55, page 54 |
14394 | Eschscholzia sp. 1569 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 73 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Pollen used by women as a facial cosmetic. | Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel, 1972, Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants, Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press, page 73 |
25952 | Pentachaeta aurea Nutt. 2824 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 52 | Other 3 | Decorations 38 | Pollen used as a cosmetic for women. | Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel, 1972, Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants, Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press, page 52 |
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