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id | species | tribe ▼ | source | pageno | use_category | use_subcategory | notes | rawsource |
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15180 | Fraxinus americana L. 1655 | Abnaki 1 | r47 84 | 172 | Fiber 4 | Snow Gear 51 | Wood used to make snowshoes. | Rousseau, Jacques, 1947, Ethnobotanique Abenakise, Archives de Folklore 11:145-182, page 172 |
15181 | Fraxinus americana L. 1655 | Abnaki 1 | r47 84 | 160 | Fiber 4 | Snow Gear 51 | Wood used to make the frames of snowshoes. | Rousseau, Jacques, 1947, Ethnobotanique Abenakise, Archives de Folklore 11:145-182, page 160 |
26891 | Picea glauca (Moench) Voss 2934 | Algonquin, Tete-de-Boule 8 | ray45 113 | 129 | Fiber 4 | Snow Gear 51 | Roots used to sew snowshoes. | Raymond, Marcel., 1945, Notes Ethnobotaniques Sur Les Tete-De-Boule De Manouan, Contributions de l'Institut botanique l'Universite de Montreal 55:113-134, page 129 |
27051 | Picea mariana (P. Mill.) B.S.P. 2935 | Algonquin, Tete-de-Boule 8 | ray45 113 | 129 | Fiber 4 | Snow Gear 51 | Roots used to sew snowshoes. | Raymond, Marcel., 1945, Notes Ethnobotaniques Sur Les Tete-De-Boule De Manouan, Contributions de l'Institut botanique l'Universite de Montreal 55:113-134, page 129 |
7152 | Betula papyrifera Marsh. 580 | Anticosti 9 | r46 150 | 65 | Fiber 4 | Snow Gear 51 | Used to make snowshoes. | Rousseau, Jacques, 1946, Notes Sur L'ethnobotanique D'anticosti, Archives de Folklore 1:60-71, page 65 |
7159 | Betula papyrifera Marsh. 580 | Carrier 27 | c73 134 | 67 | Fiber 4 | Snow Gear 51 | Wood used to make toboggans. | Carrier Linguistic Committee, 1973, Plants of Carrier Country, Fort St. James, BC. Carrier Linguistic Committee, page 67 |
27053 | Picea mariana (P. Mill.) B.S.P. 2935 | Carrier 27 | c73 134 | 69 | Fiber 4 | Snow Gear 51 | Young wood used to make snowshoes. | Carrier Linguistic Committee, 1973, Plants of Carrier Country, Fort St. James, BC. Carrier Linguistic Committee, page 69 |
25216 | Oxydendrum arboreum (L.) DC. 2713 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 56 | Fiber 4 | Snow Gear 51 | Wood used to make sled runners. | 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 |
15320 | Fraxinus sp. 1661 | Chippewa 38 | d28 4 | 377 | Fiber 4 | Snow Gear 51 | Used to make snowshoe frames and sleds. | Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 377 |
39858 | Thuja occidentalis L. 3950 | Chippewa 38 | gil33 15 | 123 | Fiber 4 | Snow Gear 51 | Wood used to make toboggans. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1933, Some Chippewa Uses of Plants, Ann Arbor. University of Michigan Press, page 123 |
2347 | Alnus incana (L.) Moench 168 | Cree, Woodlands 58 | l85 47 | 27 | Fiber 4 | Snow Gear 51 | Decoction of bark applied to toboggan boards to soften them for bending. | Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 27 |
2404 | Alnus incana ssp. rugosa (Du Roi) Clausen 169 | Cree, Woodlands 58 | l85 47 | 27 | Fiber 4 | Snow Gear 51 | Decoction of bark applied to toboggan boards to soften them for bending. | Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 27 |
2431 | Alnus incana ssp. tenuifolia (Nutt.) Breitung 170 | Cree, Woodlands 58 | l85 47 | 27 | Fiber 4 | Snow Gear 51 | Decoction of bark applied to toboggan boards to soften them for bending. | Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 27 |
7184 | Betula papyrifera Marsh. 580 | Cree, Woodlands 58 | l85 47 | 32 | Fiber 4 | Snow Gear 51 | Wood used to make toboggans and snowshoes. | Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 32 |
19495 | Larix laricina (Du Roi) K. Koch 2099 | Cree, Woodlands 58 | l85 47 | 41 | Fiber 4 | Snow Gear 51 | Wood used to make toboggans. | Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 41 |
7328 | Betula sp. 585 | Eskimo, Inuktitut 71 | w78 64 | 192 | Fiber 4 | Snow Gear 51 | Wood used to make snowshoes. | Wilson, Michael R., 1978, Notes on Ethnobotany in Inuktitut, The Western Canadian Journal of Anthropology 8:180-196, page 192 |
11043 | Cornus sericea ssp. sericea 1102 | Gosiute 79 | c11 38 | 366 | Fiber 4 | Snow Gear 51 | Wood used to make snowshoes. | Chamberlin, Ralph V., 1911, The Ethno-Botany of the Gosiute Indians of Utah, Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association 2(5):331-405., page 366 |
9 | Abies amabilis (Dougl. ex Loud.) Dougl. ex Forbes 1 | Haisla and Hanaksiala 87 | c93 14 | 173 | Fiber 4 | Snow Gear 51 | Boughs used as a 'bush sleigh' to pull cargo across deep snow. | 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 |
468 | Acer glabrum var. douglasii (Hook.) Dippel 24 | Haisla and Hanaksiala 87 | c93 14 | 209 | Fiber 4 | Snow Gear 51 | Wood used to make snowshoes. | Compton, Brian Douglas, 1993, Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants..., Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia, page 209 |
4191 | Arbutus menziesii Pursh 322 | Karok 105 | b81 70 | 17 | Fiber 4 | Snow Gear 51 | Bark used by children as sleds. | Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 17 |
11305 | Corylus cornuta var. cornuta 1113 | Karok 105 | sg52 71 | 382 | Fiber 4 | Snow Gear 51 | Wood used as the heavy part of the frame for snowshoes. | Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 382 |
20404 | Linum lewisii Pursh 2205 | Klamath 115 | c97 66 | 99 | Fiber 4 | Snow Gear 51 | Stem made into strings and cords used to make mesh on snowshoes. | 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 99 |
36205 | Salix sp. 3551 | Klamath 115 | c97 66 | 94 | Fiber 4 | Snow Gear 51 | Wood used to make frames for snowshoes. | 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 94 |
41889 | Urtica dioica ssp. holosericea (Nutt.) Thorne 4060 | Klamath 115 | c97 66 | 94 | Fiber 4 | Snow Gear 51 | Stems used for mesh on snowshoes. | 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 94 |
7209 | Betula papyrifera Marsh. 580 | Koyukon 118 | n83 158 | 53 | Fiber 4 | Snow Gear 51 | Wood used to make sleds and snowshoe frames. | Nelson, Richard K., 1983, Make Prayers to the Raven--A Koyukon View of the Northern Forest, Chicago. The University of Chicago Press, page 53 |
26955 | Picea glauca (Moench) Voss 2934 | Koyukon 118 | n83 158 | 50 | Fiber 4 | Snow Gear 51 | Wood split or ripsawed and used to make sleds. | Nelson, Richard K., 1983, Make Prayers to the Raven--A Koyukon View of the Northern Forest, Chicago. The University of Chicago Press, page 50 |
27102 | Picea mariana (P. Mill.) B.S.P. 2935 | Koyukon 118 | n83 158 | 50 | Fiber 4 | Snow Gear 51 | Wood split or ripsawed and used to make sleds. | Nelson, Richard K., 1983, Make Prayers to the Raven--A Koyukon View of the Northern Forest, Chicago. The University of Chicago Press, page 50 |
7334 | Betula sp. 585 | Malecite 134 | sd52 78 | 6 | Fiber 4 | Snow Gear 51 | Used to make sled and toboggan runners. | Speck, Frank G. and R.W. Dexter, 1952, Utilization of Animals and Plants by the Malecite Indians of New Brunswick, Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 42:1-7, page 6 |
15206 | Fraxinus americana L. 1655 | Malecite 134 | sd52 78 | 6 | Fiber 4 | Snow Gear 51 | Used to make snowshoes. | Speck, Frank G. and R.W. Dexter, 1952, Utilization of Animals and Plants by the Malecite Indians of New Brunswick, Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 42:1-7, page 6 |
40362 | Tilia americana L. 3959 | Menominee 138 | s23 51 | 76 | Fiber 4 | Snow Gear 51 | Basswood fiber used for nets for snowshoes. | Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 76 |
41535 | Ulmus rubra Muhl. 4052 | Menominee 138 | s23 51 | 77 | Fiber 4 | Snow Gear 51 | Boiled bark used to make nets for snowshoes. | Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 77 |
14689 | Fagus grandifolia Ehrh. 1603 | Micmac 141 | sd51 182 | 258 | Fiber 4 | Snow Gear 51 | Used to make snowshoe frames. | Speck, Frank G. and R.W. Dexter, 1951, Utilization of Animals and Plants by the Micmac Indians of New Brunswick, Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 41:250-259, page 258 |
418 | Acer circinatum Pursh 22 | Modesse 145 | m66 109 | 223 | Fiber 4 | Snow Gear 51 | Branches used for the frames of snowshoes. | Merriam, C. Hart, 1966, Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes, University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley, page 223 |
20409 | Linum lewisii Pursh 2205 | Montana Indian 151 | b05 73 | 14 | Fiber 4 | Snow Gear 51 | Bark fibers used as the mesh for snowshoes. | Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, page 14 |
36217 | Salix sp. 3551 | Montana Indian 151 | h92 30 | 67 | Fiber 4 | Snow Gear 51 | Wood used to make snowshoes. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 67 |
27991 | Pinus ponderosa P.& C. Lawson 2968 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 13 | Fiber 4 | Snow Gear 51 | Wood slabs tied together with yucca fiber used as snowshoes. | 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 13 |
43899 | Yucca baccata Torr. 4225 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 21 | Fiber 4 | Snow Gear 51 | Fiber used to tie snowshoes to the feet. | 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 21 |
15214 | Fraxinus americana L. 1655 | Ojibwa 173 | r28 8 | 245 | Fiber 4 | Snow Gear 51 | Used to make snowshoes. | Reagan, Albert B., 1928, Plants Used by the Bois Fort Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indians of Minnesota, Wisconsin Archeologist 7(4):230-248, page 245 |
15292 | Fraxinus pennsylvanica Marsh. 1660 | Ojibwa 173 | smith32 20 | 420 | Fiber 4 | Snow Gear 51 | All ash wood quite valuable and used for snowshoe frames and sleds. | Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 420 |
38550 | Sorbus americana Marsh. 3758 | Ojibwa 173 | r28 8 | 236 | Fiber 4 | Snow Gear 51 | Wood used to make snowshoe frames. | Reagan, Albert B., 1928, Plants Used by the Bois Fort Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indians of Minnesota, Wisconsin Archeologist 7(4):230-248, page 236 |
447 | Acer glabrum Torr. 23 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 59 | Fiber 4 | Snow Gear 51 | Wood used to make snowshoes. | 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 59 |
26387 | Philadelphus lewisii Pursh 2875 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 108 | Fiber 4 | Snow Gear 51 | Wood used to make snowshoes. | 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 108 |
8300 | Carya cordiformis (Wangenh.) K. Koch 763 | Omaha 177 | g13ii 154 | 324 | Fiber 4 | Snow Gear 51 | Hickory rims used to make snowshoes tied with thongs of rawhide woven across. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1913, A Study in the Ethnobotany of the Omaha Indians, Nebraska State Historical Society Collections 17:314-57., page 324 |
8301 | Carya glabra var. glabra 764 | Omaha 177 | g13ii 154 | 324 | Fiber 4 | Snow Gear 51 | Hickory rims used to make snowshoes tied with thongs of rawhide woven across. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1913, A Study in the Ethnobotany of the Omaha Indians, Nebraska State Historical Society Collections 17:314-57., page 324 |
8326 | Carya laciniosa (Michx. f.) G. Don 766 | Omaha 177 | g13ii 154 | 324 | Fiber 4 | Snow Gear 51 | Hickory rims used to make snowshoes tied with thongs of rawhide woven across. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1913, A Study in the Ethnobotany of the Omaha Indians, Nebraska State Historical Society Collections 17:314-57., page 324 |
8356 | Carya ovata (P. Mill.) K. Koch 767 | Omaha 177 | g13ii 154 | 324 | Fiber 4 | Snow Gear 51 | Hickory rims used to make snowshoes tied with thongs of rawhide woven across. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1913, A Study in the Ethnobotany of the Omaha Indians, Nebraska State Historical Society Collections 17:314-57., page 324 |
427 | Acer circinatum Pursh 22 | Shuswap 233 | palmer75 92 | 56 | Fiber 4 | Snow Gear 51 | Used to make snowshoes. | Palmer, Gary, 1975, Shuswap Indian Ethnobotany, Syesis 8:29-51, page 56 |
26398 | Philadelphus lewisii Pursh 2875 | Shuswap 233 | palmer75 92 | 63 | Fiber 4 | Snow Gear 51 | Wood used for fish spears and snowshoes. | Palmer, Gary, 1975, Shuswap Indian Ethnobotany, Syesis 8:29-51, page 63 |
7281 | Betula papyrifera Marsh. 580 | Tanana, Upper 255 | k85 36 | 5 | Fiber 4 | Snow Gear 51 | Wood used to make bowls, spoons, wedges, tool handles, drums, toboggans and snowshoes. | Kari, Priscilla Russe, 1985, Upper Tanana Ethnobotany, Anchorage. Alaska Historical Commission, page 5 |
7282 | Betula papyrifera Marsh. 580 | Tanana, Upper 255 | k85 36 | 5 | Fiber 4 | Snow Gear 51 | Wood used to make snowshoes, toboggans, drums, bowls, spoons and wedges. | Kari, Priscilla Russe, 1985, Upper Tanana Ethnobotany, Anchorage. Alaska Historical Commission, page 5 |
27023 | Picea glauca (Moench) Voss 2934 | Tanana, Upper 255 | k85 36 | 2 | Fiber 4 | Snow Gear 51 | Boughs used as temporary snowshoes by securing with line. | Kari, Priscilla Russe, 1985, Upper Tanana Ethnobotany, Anchorage. Alaska Historical Commission, page 2 |
36298 | Salix sp. 3551 | Tanana, Upper 255 | k85 36 | 7 | Fiber 4 | Snow Gear 51 | Stems and spruce bark used to make a temporary sled for transporting meat across ice. | Kari, Priscilla Russe, 1985, Upper Tanana Ethnobotany, Anchorage. Alaska Historical Commission, page 7 |
433 | Acer circinatum Pursh 22 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 145 | Fiber 4 | Snow Gear 51 | Wood used in making snowshoe frames. | 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 145 |
434 | Acer circinatum Pursh 22 | Thompson 259 | steed28 33 | 498 | Fiber 4 | Snow Gear 51 | Wood used to make snowshoes. | Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 498 |
460 | Acer glabrum Torr. 23 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 146 | Fiber 4 | Snow Gear 51 | Branches used whenever obtainable to make snowshoe frames. | 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 146 |
461 | Acer glabrum Torr. 23 | Thompson 259 | steed28 33 | 500 | Fiber 4 | Snow Gear 51 | Twigs used to make snowshoe frames. | Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 500 |
462 | Acer glabrum Torr. 23 | Thompson 259 | steed28 33 | 499 | Fiber 4 | Snow Gear 51 | Wood used for making snowshoes. | Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 499 |
2454 | Alnus incana ssp. tenuifolia (Nutt.) Breitung 170 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 188 | Fiber 4 | Snow Gear 51 | Wood used to make snowshoes. | 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 188 |
31219 | Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirbel) Franco 3199 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 107 | Fiber 4 | Snow Gear 51 | Wood from young trees used to make snowshoe frames. | 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 107 |
39562 | Taxus brevifolia Nutt. 3902 | Thompson 259 | steed28 33 | 500 | Fiber 4 | Snow Gear 51 | Twigs used to make snowshoe frames. | Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 500 |
4233 | Arbutus menziesii Pursh 322 | Tolowa 266 | b81 70 | 17 | Fiber 4 | Snow Gear 51 | Bark used by children as sleds. | Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 17 |
4241 | Arbutus menziesii Pursh 322 | Yurok 289 | b81 70 | 17 | Fiber 4 | Snow Gear 51 | Bark used by children as sleds. | Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 17 |
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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) );