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121 rows where use_subcategory = 47 sorted by id descending
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id ▲ | species | tribe | source | pageno | use_category | use_subcategory | notes | rawsource |
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8499 | Castilleja lineata Greene 789 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 76 | Food 1 | Special Food 47 | Flowers sucked for the honey, a delicacy. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 76 |
8433 | Castanea dentata (Marsh.) Borkh. 774 | Iroquois 100 | w16 112 | 123 | Food 1 | Special Food 47 | Nut meat oil added to the mush used by the False Face Societies. | Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 123 |
8432 | Castanea dentata (Marsh.) Borkh. 774 | Iroquois 100 | p10 107 | 99 | Food 1 | Special Food 47 | Fresh nut meats crushed, boiled and oil used as a delicacy in corn bread and pudding. | Parker, Arthur Caswell, 1910, Iroquois Uses of Maize and Other Food Plants, Albany, NY. University of the State of New York, page 99 |
8348 | Carya ovata (P. Mill.) K. Koch 767 | Iroquois 100 | w16 112 | 123 | Food 1 | Special Food 47 | Nut meat oil added to the mush used by the False Face Societies. | Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 123 |
8347 | Carya ovata (P. Mill.) K. Koch 767 | Iroquois 100 | p10 107 | 99 | Food 1 | Special Food 47 | Fresh nut meats crushed, boiled and oil used as a delicacy in corn bread and pudding. | Parker, Arthur Caswell, 1910, Iroquois Uses of Maize and Other Food Plants, Albany, NY. University of the State of New York, page 99 |
8293 | Carya cordiformis (Wangenh.) K. Koch 763 | Iroquois 100 | w16 112 | 123 | Food 1 | Special Food 47 | Nut meat oil added to the mush used by the False Face Societies. | Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 123 |
8292 | Carya cordiformis (Wangenh.) K. Koch 763 | Iroquois 100 | p10 107 | 99 | Food 1 | Special Food 47 | Fresh nut meats crushed, boiled and oil used as a delicacy in corn bread and pudding. | Parker, Arthur Caswell, 1910, Iroquois Uses of Maize and Other Food Plants, Albany, NY. University of the State of New York, page 99 |
7992 | Capsicum annuum var. annuum 725 | Papago 188 | cu35 27 | 47 | Food 1 | Special Food 47 | Added to meat and eaten as a delicacy. | 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 47 |
7854 | Camassia quamash (Pursh) Greene 700 | Cowichan 52 | ttco83 101 | 83 | Food 1 | Special Food 47 | Bulbs formerly served to guests at potlatches or winter dances. | 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 83 |
7848 | Camassia quamash (Pursh) Greene 700 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 101 | Food 1 | Special Food 47 | Bulbs boiled and given in soup on special events. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 101 |
7833 | Camassia leichtlinii (Baker) S. Wats. 699 | Cowichan 52 | ttco83 101 | 83 | Food 1 | Special Food 47 | Bulbs formerly served to guests at potlatches or winter dances. | 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 83 |
6928 | Balsamorhiza sagittata (Pursh) Nutt. 549 | Sanpoil 225 | tbk80 32 | 80 | Food 1 | Special Food 47 | Shoots mixed with chocolate tips and used in the 'first roots' ceremony. | 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 80 |
4783 | Argentina egedii ssp. egedii 363 | Kwakiutl, Southern 122 | tb73 63 | 289 | Food 1 | Special Food 47 | Roots dried, steamed and eaten with oil at large feasts. | Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Southern Kwakiutl Indians of British Columbia, Economic Botany 27:257-310, page 289 |
4583 | Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (L.) Spreng. 347 | Hanaksiala 88 | c93 14 | 239 | Food 1 | Special Food 47 | Berries mixed with high bush cranberries or Pacific crabapples and featured at winter feasts. | 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 239 |
4506 | Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (L.) Spreng. 347 | Bella Coola 21 | t73 53 | 204 | Food 1 | Special Food 47 | Berries formerly mixed with melted mountain goat fat and served to chiefs at feasts. | Turner, Nancy J., 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Bella Coola Indians of British Columbia, Syesis 6:193-220, page 204 |
2934 | Amelanchier alnifolia (Nutt.) Nutt. ex M. Roemer 204 | Cheyenne 33 | g72 39 | 176 | Food 1 | Special Food 47 | Berries stewed for feasts. | Grinnell, George Bird, 1972, The Cheyenne Indians - Their History and Ways of Life Vol.2, Lincoln. University of Nebraska Press, page 176 |
2920 | Amelanchier alnifolia (Nutt.) Nutt. ex M. Roemer 204 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 26 | Food 1 | Special Food 47 | Berry soup used for most ceremonial events. These ceremonial events included the transfer of a tipi design or the opening of a Medicine Pipe bundle or a Beaver bundle. The woman prepared the soup from berries, assorted roots, fat and water. At an appointed time during the ceremony this soup was served to all participants. The soup was blessed, and an offering of one of the berries was put back into the ground, before eating began. A few mouthfuls were taken; then the remainder of the soup was given to one or another of the women, who would take it home to her children. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 26 |
2919 | Amelanchier alnifolia (Nutt.) Nutt. ex M. Roemer 204 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 26 | Food 1 | Special Food 47 | Berries used in ritual meals. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 26 |
2825 | Amaranthus retroflexus L. 193 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 26 | Food 1 | Special Food 47 | Seeds winnowed, ground with maize, made into bread and used as a ceremonial food in Nightway. | Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 26 |
2166 | Allium cernuum Roth 141 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 117 | Food 1 | Special Food 47 | Cooked bulbs considered a delicacy. The bulbs were cleaned and twined together in mats before they were cooked. They were tied together by their leaves in big bunches, about fifteen centimeters across. They were dipped in water, but not soaked, then laid in the cooking pit interspersed with layers of beardtongue and alder leaves. The bulbs were steam cooked overnight and after being cooked, they became extremely sweet and were considered a delicacy. The cooked bulbs were eaten after they ate meat. It was very important to them for refreshment. Sometimes, the bulbs were cooked with black tree lichen. | 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 117 |
1150 | Achnatherum hymenoides (Roemer & J.A. Schultes) Barkworth 46 | Paiute, Northern 185 | f89 50 | 46 | Food 1 | Special Food 47 | Seeds considered a good food to eat when suffering from stomachaches, colic or aching bones. When a person was suffering from any of these sicknesses, Indian ricegrass seeds should have been the only food eaten. | Fowler, Catherine S., 1989, Willards Z. Park's Ethnographic Notes on the Northern Paiute of Western Nevada 1933-1940, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 46 |
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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) );