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id ▼ | species | tribe | source | pageno | use_category | use_subcategory | notes | rawsource |
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22835 | Mentha spicata L. 2445 | Yuki 287 | c57ii 69 | 93 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Used as body and garment perfume. | Curtin, L. S. M., 1957, Some Plants Used by the Yuki Indians ... II. Food Plants, The Masterkey 31:85-94, page 93 |
23209 | Monarda fistulosa L. 2504 | Cheyenne 33 | h92 30 | 70 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Leaves chewed and used as horse perfume. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 70 |
23216 | Monarda fistulosa L. 2504 | Crow 60 | h92 30 | 70 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Plants mixed with other plants and beaver castor oil and used as a hair, body or clothing perfume. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 70 |
23221 | Monarda fistulosa L. 2504 | Dakota 61 | g13i 91 | 363 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Bunches of plants carried in bachelors' coats for the pleasant fragrance. | 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 363 |
23222 | Monarda fistulosa L. 2504 | Dakota 61 | g13i 91 | 363 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Plant used for perfume. | 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 363 |
23236 | Monarda fistulosa L. 2504 | Kutenai 120 | h92 30 | 70 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Leaves placed on hot rocks in the sweathouse as incense. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 70 |
23254 | Monarda fistulosa L. 2504 | Omaha 177 | g13ii 154 | 323 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Leaves used as a perfume for hair oil. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1913, A Study in the Ethnobotany of the Omaha Indians, Nebraska State Historical Society Collections 17:314-57., page 323 |
23262 | Monarda fistulosa ssp. fistulosa var. menthifolia (Graham) Fern. 2505 | Blackfoot 23 | j87 146 | 51 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Flowers dried and used as a perfume. | Johnston, Alex, 1987, Plants and the Blackfoot, Lethbridge, Alberta. Lethbridge Historical Society, page 51 |
23267 | Monarda fistulosa ssp. fistulosa var. menthifolia (Graham) Fern. 2505 | Cheyenne 33 | g72 39 | 186 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Dried leaves and pine needles burned over coal for a fragrance. | Grinnell, George Bird, 1972, The Cheyenne Indians - Their History and Ways of Life Vol.2, Lincoln. University of Nebraska Press, page 186 |
23313 | Monarda punctata L. 2508 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 73 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Plant hung in the hogan for the pleasing odor. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 73 |
23356 | Monardella odoratissima Benth. 2513 | Karok 105 | sg52 71 | 389 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Plant put inside the hat for the nice smell when going on a journey. | Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 389 |
24279 | Oenothera biennis L. 2614 | Lakota 125 | r80 108 | 52 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Seeds aromatic. | 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 52 |
24996 | Osmorhiza occidentalis (Nutt. ex Torr. & Gray) Torr. 2697 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 124 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Infusion of roots used to sweetened diapers. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 124 |
24997 | Osmorhiza occidentalis (Nutt. ex Torr. & Gray) Torr. 2697 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 115 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Root pieces kept in quivers and clothing as a deodorant. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 115 |
25630 | Pectis papposa Harvey & Gray 2767 | Zuni 291 | s15 6 | 83 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Chewed blossoms used as perfume before a dance in ceremonies of the secret fraternities. The blossoms were chewed by both sexes, especially by women, ejected into the hands and rubbed on the neck, limbs and clothing as perfume. | Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 83 |
27636 | Pinus edulis Engelm. 2959 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 21 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Dried gum, together with parts of different birds, used as an incense for ceremonial fumigation. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 21 |
27744 | Pinus glabra Walt. 2962 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 49 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Needles or gum used to scent soap. | 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 |
27801 | Pinus monophylla Torr. & Fr‚m. 2965 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 102 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Wood, gave off a pleasant odor, used for firewood. | 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 102 |
28060 | Pinus ponderosa P.& C. Lawson 2968 | Thompson 259 | steed28 33 | 508 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Needles inserted into the flesh under the arms by girls who wish their armpits to smell sweet. | Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 508 |
28091 | Pinus quadrifolia Parl. ex Sudworth 2972 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 102 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Wood, gave off a pleasant odor, used for firewood. | 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 102 |
28292 | Pinus virginiana P. Mill. 2979 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 49 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Needles or gum used to scent soap. | 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 |
28825 | Polygonatum biflorum (Walt.) Ell. 3048 | Chippewa 38 | gil33 15 | 126 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Root burned for the fragrance. When one burned it in a room before going to bed, it insured sound sleep and caused one to awaken refreshed, rested and feeling young, so it is said. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1933, Some Chippewa Uses of Plants, Ann Arbor. University of Michigan Press, page 126 |
28836 | Polygonatum biflorum var. commutatum (J.A. & J.H. Schultes) Morong 3049 | Chippewa 38 | gil33 15 | 125 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Root burned, especially in the house, for the pleasant fragrance. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1933, Some Chippewa Uses of Plants, Ann Arbor. University of Michigan Press, page 125 |
29057 | Polyporus sp. 3083 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 38 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Used as incense to keep ghosts away. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 38 |
29313 | Populus balsamifera ssp. trichocarpa (Torr. & Gray ex Hook.) Brayshaw 3097 | Nitinaht 166 | ttco83 101 | 126 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Sweet smelling, yellow resin used as a scent in deer fat skin cosmetics. | 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 126 |
29517 | Populus sp. 3105 | Blackfoot 23 | j87 146 | 28 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Sap rubbed on the bodies of horse thieves to disguise the human scent. | Johnston, Alex, 1987, Plants and the Blackfoot, Lethbridge, Alberta. Lethbridge Historical Society, page 28 |
32850 | Rhododendron albiflorum Hook. 3337 | Thompson 259 | steed28 33 | 502 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Used as a scent. | Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 502 |
33134 | Rhus trilobata Nutt. 3352 | Hopi 95 | c74 82 | 356 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Roots used as perfume. | Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 356 |
33948 | Rosa arkansana Porter 3419 | Omaha 177 | g13ii 154 | 323 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Petals used as a perfume for hair oil. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1913, A Study in the Ethnobotany of the Omaha Indians, Nebraska State Historical Society Collections 17:314-57., page 323 |
34192 | Rosa sp. 3432 | Tewa 257 | rhf16 61 | 48 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Dried petals used as a house perfume. | Robbins, W.W., J.P. Harrington and B. Freire-Marreco, 1916, Ethnobotany of the Tewa Indians, SI-BAE Bulletin #55, page 48 |
36135 | Salix sp. 3551 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 17 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Gall pitch used for incense during the annual ceremonies of the Motokiks and Kaispa Societies. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 17 |
37228 | Sassafras albidum (Nutt.) Nees 3589 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 54 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Used to scent soap. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 54 |
37677 | Senecio flaccidus var. flaccidus 3643 | Keres, Western 107 | swank32 79 | 69 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Plant parts used in bed for the good smell. | Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 69 |
38441 | Solidago nemoralis Ait. 3739 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 88 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Plant used as an incense. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 88 |
38980 | Streptopus amplexifolius (L.) DC. 3839 | Thompson 259 | steed28 33 | 502 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Plant tied to the body, clothes or hair and used as a scent. | Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 502 |
39689 | Thalictrum dasycarpum Fisch. & Av‚-Lall. 3921 | Dakota 61 | g13i 91 | 360 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Mature fruits stored in bags for their agreeable odor and rubbed or scattered on clothing. The tops were broken off the mature fruits and stored in bags for their agreeable odor being rubbed and scattered on clothing at any time when the effect was desired. Although the smell was not considered to be very fragrant by Europeans, the Indians treasured it because of its suggestion of the fresh outdoors. | 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 |
39690 | Thalictrum dasycarpum Fisch. & Av‚-Lall. 3921 | Dakota 61 | g19 17 | 80 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Mature, lightly scented fruits stored or scattered over clothing for the pleasant odor. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 80 |
39725 | Thalictrum occidentale Gray 3925 | Blackfoot 23 | m09 42 | 278 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Berries dried and placed in small buckskin bags for perfume. | McClintock, Walter, 1909, Medizinal- Und Nutzpflanzen Der Schwarzfuss Indianer, Zeitschriff fur Ethnologie 41:273-9, page 278 |
39726 | Thalictrum occidentale Gray 3925 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 123 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Fruits kept as a household and clothing deodorant. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 123 |
39727 | Thalictrum occidentale Gray 3925 | Blackfoot 23 | j87 146 | 35 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Seeds and leaves kept for the pleasant smell. | Johnston, Alex, 1987, Plants and the Blackfoot, Lethbridge, Alberta. Lethbridge Historical Society, page 35 |
39739 | Thalictrum sp. 3927 | Blackfoot 23 | m90 111 | 57 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Dried, whole plant used for perfume. | Murphey, Edith Van Allen, 1990, Indian Uses of Native Plants, Glenwood, Ill. Meyerbooks. Originally published in 1959, page 57 |
39741 | Thalictrum sp. 3927 | Gros Ventre 82 | m90 111 | 57 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Dried, whole plant used for perfume. | Murphey, Edith Van Allen, 1990, Indian Uses of Native Plants, Glenwood, Ill. Meyerbooks. Originally published in 1959, page 57 |
39861 | Thuja occidentalis L. 3950 | Chippewa 38 | gil33 15 | 123 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Leaves used as perfume for clothing. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1933, Some Chippewa Uses of Plants, Ann Arbor. University of Michigan Press, page 123 |
39915 | Thuja occidentalis L. 3950 | Ojibwa 173 | smith32 20 | 421 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Pungent fragrance of leaves and wood always used as an acceptable incense to Winabojo. | Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 421 |
41086 | Tsuga heterophylla (Raf.) Sarg. 4043 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 111 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Boughs steamed or rubbed on furniture and used as a room deodorizer and disinfectant. | 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 111 |
41107 | Tsuga mertensiana (Bong.) Carr. 4044 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 111 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Boughs steamed or rubbed on furniture and used as a room deodorizer and disinfectant. | 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 111 |
41618 | Umbellularia californica (Hook. & Arn.) Nutt. 4056 | Costanoan 50 | b84 16 | 249 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Leaves hung in bunches to freshen air. | Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 249 |
42486 | Valeriana capitata Pallas ex Link 4092 | Tanana, Upper 255 | k85 36 | 18 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Dried roots used as incense at potlatches. | Kari, Priscilla Russe, 1985, Upper Tanana Ethnobotany, Anchorage. Alaska Historical Commission, page 18 |
42541 | Valeriana sitchensis Bong. 4095 | Tanana, Upper 255 | k85 36 | 18 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Dried roots used as incense at potlatches. | Kari, Priscilla Russe, 1985, Upper Tanana Ethnobotany, Anchorage. Alaska Historical Commission, page 18 |
43260 | Viola biflora L. 4152 | Eskimo, Inuktitut 71 | w78 64 | 191 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Stems with blossoms placed among clothes. | Wilson, Michael R., 1978, Notes on Ethnobotany in Inuktitut, The Western Canadian Journal of Anthropology 8:180-196, page 191 |
43274 | Viola epipsila Ledeb. 4157 | Tanana, Upper 255 | k85 36 | 18 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Dried roots used as incense at potlatches. | Kari, Priscilla Russe, 1985, Upper Tanana Ethnobotany, Anchorage. Alaska Historical Commission, page 18 |
43741 | Xylorhiza tortifolia (Torr. & Gray) Greene 4219 | Havasupai 89 | ws85 2 | 250 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Ground leaves carried in the clothes and used as perfume by men and women to counteract body odors. | Weber, Steven A. and P. David Seaman, 1985, Havasupai Habitat: A. F. Whiting's Ethnography of a Traditional Indian Culture, Tucson. The University of Arizona Press, page 250 |
44353 | Zanthoxylum americanum P. Mill. 4241 | Omaha 177 | g13ii 154 | 323 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Fruits used by young men as perfume. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1913, A Study in the Ethnobotany of the Omaha Indians, Nebraska State Historical Society Collections 17:314-57., page 323 |
44354 | Zanthoxylum americanum P. Mill. 4241 | Omaha 177 | g19 17 | 98 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Fruits used by young men as perfume. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 98 |
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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) );