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id | species | tribe | source | pageno | use_category | use_subcategory | notes | rawsource ▼ |
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15957 | Geum triflorum var. ciliatum (Pursh) Fassett 1739 | Blackfoot 23 | m90 111 | 57 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Crushed seed pods used for perfume. | Murphey, Edith Van Allen, 1990, Indian Uses of Native Plants, Glenwood, Ill. Meyerbooks. Originally published in 1959, page 57 |
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 |
18542 | Juniperus communis var. montana Ait. 2055 | Arapaho 17 | n66 139 | 46 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Needles ground and used for their scent. | Nickerson, Gifford S., 1966, Some Data on Plains and Great Basin Indian Uses of Certain Native Plants, Tebiwa 9(1):45-51, page 46 |
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 |
5004 | Artemisia campestris L. 388 | Lakota 125 | r80 108 | 35 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Pulverized roots used for perfume. | 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 35 |
5385 | Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt. 399 | Lakota 125 | r80 108 | 36 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Plant burned as incense. | 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 36 |
5443 | Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. ludoviciana 401 | Lakota 125 | r80 108 | 36 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Plant burned as incense. | 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 36 |
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 |
22562 | Melilotus officinalis (L.) Lam. 2435 | Iroquois 100 | r45i 116 | 93 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Flowers used in a bouquet to perfume the house. | Rousseau, Jacques, 1945, Le Folklore Botanique De L'ile Aux Coudres, Contributions de l'Institut botanique l'Universite de Montreal 55:75-111, page 93 |
7461 | Boykinia occidentalis Torr. & Gray 615 | Karok 105 | sg52 71 | 384 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Dried leaves sometimes worn inside basket caps for the fragrance. | Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 384 |
10369 | Clinopodium douglasii (Benth.) Kuntze 1029 | Karok 105 | sg52 71 | 389 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Leaves put in hats and clothes and vines hung around the neck as perfume. | Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 389 |
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 |
3902 | Aquilegia canadensis L. 300 | Meskwaki 139 | smith28 21 | 273 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Ripe seeds used to perfume smoking tobacco. | Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 273 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
2479 | Alnus rhombifolia Nutt. 171 | Thompson 259 | steed28 33 | 503 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Stems sometimes 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 503 |
9462 | Chenopodium botrys L. 896 | Thompson 259 | steed28 33 | 503 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Plant wound in necklaces, stuffed in pillows, bags, baskets or tied to clothes as a scent. | Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 503 |
17274 | Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. 1896 | Thompson 259 | steed28 33 | 503 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Grass tied in the hair and on neck and arm ornaments as a scent. | Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 503 |
21035 | Lomatium nudicaule (Pursh) Coult. & Rose 2246 | Thompson 259 | steed28 33 | 503 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Plant sometimes 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 503 |
21036 | Lomatium nudicaule (Pursh) Coult. & Rose 2246 | Thompson 259 | steed28 33 | 503 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Stems 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 503 |
22784 | Mentha arvensis L. 2443 | Thompson 259 | steed28 33 | 503 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Plant used extensively as a scent. | Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 503 |
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 |
14955 | Fragaria vesca ssp. californica (Cham. & Schlecht.) Staudt 1639 | Thompson 259 | steed28 33 | 509 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Leaves made into pads and worn under the armpits to make them smell sweet. | Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 509 |
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 |
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 |
156 | Abies grandis (Dougl. ex D. Don) Lindl. 5 | Hesquiat 92 | te82 41 | 41 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Fragrant boughs placed under bedding as an incense. | Turner, Nancy J. and Barbara S. Efrat, 1982, Ethnobotany of the Hesquiat Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 41 |
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 |
19 | Abies amabilis (Dougl. ex Loud.) Dougl. ex Forbes 1 | Nitinaht 166 | ttco83 101 | 71 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Boughs bundled up and used as home air fresheners. | 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 71 |
170 | Abies grandis (Dougl. ex D. Don) Lindl. 5 | Nitinaht 166 | ttco83 101 | 71 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Boughs bundled up and used as home air fresheners. | 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 71 |
21006 | Lomatium nudicaule (Pursh) Coult. & Rose 2246 | Nitinaht 166 | ttco83 101 | 92 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Leaves or seeds used as scents or charms. | 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 92 |
5570 | Artemisia suksdorfii Piper 405 | Nitinaht 166 | ttco83 101 | 97 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Plants dried and hung in houses for fresh scents. | 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 97 |
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 |
22785 | Mentha arvensis L. 2443 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 233 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Whole plant soaked in warm water to make a solution used to scent feather pillows. | 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 233 |
27 | Abies amabilis (Dougl. ex Loud.) Dougl. ex Forbes 1 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 97 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Boiled boughs mixed with decoctions of other plants and deer grease and used to perfume the hair. The boiled boughs were mixed with decoctions of leaves from a broad leafed plant from the Okanagan, sweet grass from the Thompson River and deer grease and then used to perfume the hair. | 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 97 |
212 | Abies grandis (Dougl. ex D. Don) Lindl. 5 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 97 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Boiled boughs mixed with decoctions of other plants and deer grease and used to perfume the hair. The boiled boughs were mixed with decoctions of leaves from a broad leafed plant from the Okanagan, sweet grass from the Thompson River and deer grease and then used to perfume the hair. | 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 97 |
313 | Abies lasiocarpa (Hook.) Nutt. 6 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 97 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Boiled boughs mixed with decoctions of other plants and deer grease and used to perfume the hair. The boiled boughs were mixed with decoctions of leaves from a broad leafed plant from the Okanagan, sweet grass from the Thompson River and deer grease and then used to perfume the hair. | 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 97 |
17263 | Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. 1896 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 55 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Blades braided together and packed amongst clothes to give them a nice smell. | 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 55 |
3273 | Anaphalis margaritacea (L.) Benth. 236 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 75 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Leaves, stems and flowers placed in baby cradles, pillows or stored clothes for the good smell. | 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 75 |
19162 | Juniperus virginiana L. 2064 | Kiowa 111 | vs39 140 | 13 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Needles thrown into the fire and used as incense during prayers in the peyote meeting. | Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 13 |
19235 | Juniperus virginiana var. virginiana 2066 | Kiowa 111 | vs39 140 | 13 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Needles thrown into the fire and used as incense during prayers in the peyote meeting. | Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 13 |
17247 | Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. 1896 | Kiowa 111 | vs39 140 | 15 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Dried leaves sprinkled over the fire to yield incense and used during the peyote ceremony. | Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 15 |
17248 | Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. 1896 | Kiowa 111 | vs39 140 | 15 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Dried leaves sprinkled over the fire to yield incense and used during the peyote ceremony. | Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 15 |
17249 | Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. 1896 | Kiowa 111 | vs39 140 | 15 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Dried leaves sprinkled over the fire to yield incense and used during the peyote ceremony. | Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 15 |
17250 | Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. 1896 | Kiowa 111 | vs39 140 | 15 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Dried leaves sprinkled over the fire to yield incense and used during the peyote ceremony. | Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 15 |
11512 | Croton texensis (Klotzsch) Muell.-Arg. 1146 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 35 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Used on large fire to smoke clothes and remove skunk smell. | 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 35 |
22567 | Melilotus sp. 2436 | Havasupai 89 | ws85 2 | 227 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Leaves dried, ground, placed in a small bundle and tied onto women's clothes as a perfume. | 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 227 |
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 |
22496 | Matricaria discoidea DC. 2423 | Eskimo, Inuktitut 71 | w78 64 | 183 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Used as an aromatic in sweat lodges. | Wilson, Michael R., 1978, Notes on Ethnobotany in Inuktitut, The Western Canadian Journal of Anthropology 8:180-196, page 183 |
5583 | Artemisia tilesii Ledeb. 406 | Eskimo, Inuktitut 71 | w78 64 | 186 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Used to cover food odors and in the sweat lodges. | Wilson, Michael R., 1978, Notes on Ethnobotany in Inuktitut, The Western Canadian Journal of Anthropology 8:180-196, page 186 |
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 |
5068 | Artemisia douglasiana Bess. 394 | Kawaiisu 106 | z81 60 | 12 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Plant used for the aromatic fragrance in baths and hair washes. | Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 12 |
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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) );