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id | species | tribe | source | pageno | use_category | use_subcategory | notes ▼ | rawsource |
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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 |
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 |
22473 | Matricaria discoidea DC. 2423 | Blackfoot 23 | m09 42 | 278 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Blossoms dried and used for perfume. | McClintock, Walter, 1909, Medizinal- Und Nutzpflanzen Der Schwarzfuss Indianer, Zeitschriff fur Ethnologie 41:273-9, page 278 |
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 |
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 |
281 | Abies lasiocarpa (Hook.) Nutt. 6 | Nez Perce 162 | h92 30 | 2 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Boughs burned and used as incense in sweathouses. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 2 |
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 |
263 | Abies lasiocarpa (Hook.) Nutt. 6 | Flathead 76 | h92 30 | 2 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Boughs used as incense. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 2 |
18521 | Juniperus communis L. 2054 | Tanana, Upper 255 | k85 36 | 4 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Branches used on rocks in the steambath for the aromatic properties. | Kari, Priscilla Russe, 1985, Upper Tanana Ethnobotany, Anchorage. Alaska Historical Commission, page 4 |
384 | Acacia greggii Gray 15 | Papago 188 | cu35 27 | 52 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Buds and blossoms dried and used by women as perfume sachets. | 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 52 |
2258 | Allium sp. 160 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 107 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Bulbs rubbed on quivers as a deodorant. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 107 |
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 |
22557 | Melilotus officinalis (L.) Lam. 2435 | Dakota 61 | g19 17 | 91 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Bunches of plants hung in the home for the fragrance. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 91 |
22558 | Melilotus officinalis (L.) Lam. 2435 | Dakota 61 | g19 17 | 91 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Bunches of plants hung in the home for the fragrance. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 91 |
18964 | Juniperus scopulorum Sarg. 2062 | Cheyenne 33 | h81 57 | 13 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Burned as an incense when making medicine. | Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 13 |
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 |
3907 | Aquilegia canadensis L. 300 | Omaha 177 | g19 17 | 82 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Chewed seed paste spread among clothing and used as perfume, especially by bachelors. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 82 |
3908 | Aquilegia canadensis L. 300 | Omaha 177 | g13ii 154 | 323 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Chewed seed paste used among blankets or other effects 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 |
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 |
3916 | Aquilegia canadensis L. 300 | Ponca 205 | g19 17 | 82 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Crushed seeds spread among clothing and used as perfume, especially by bachelors. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 82 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
17223 | Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. 1896 | Cheyenne 33 | g72 39 | 170 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Dried leaves used as a perfume by wrapping the article in the leaves. | Grinnell, George Bird, 1972, The Cheyenne Indians - Their History and Ways of Life Vol.2, Lincoln. University of Nebraska Press, page 170 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
22559 | Melilotus officinalis (L.) Lam. 2435 | Dakota 61 | g13i 91 | 365 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Grass hung in houses 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 365 |
17208 | Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. 1896 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 114 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Grass packed into saddles to keep them smelling good. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 114 |
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 |
17209 | Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. 1896 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 9 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Grass used by everyone as incense during daily prayers. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 9 |
17210 | Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. 1896 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 9 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Grass water used as incense smudge by the mother 34 days after giving birth & before returning home. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 9 |
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 |
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 |
22620 | Mentha arvensis L. 2443 | Cheyenne 33 | h81 57 | 27 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Leaves and stems used as perfume and deodorizers in houses. | Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 27 |
19167 | Juniperus virginiana L. 2064 | Lakota 125 | k90 156 | 30 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Leaves and twigs burned as incense in funerals. | Kraft, Shelly Katheren, 1990, Recent Changes in the Ethnobotany of Standing Rock Indian Reservation, University of North Dakota, M.A. Thesis, page 30 |
17211 | Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. 1896 | Blackfoot 23 | m09 42 | 278 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Leaves braided and placed with the clothes or carried in small bags as perfume. | McClintock, Walter, 1909, Medizinal- Und Nutzpflanzen Der Schwarzfuss Indianer, Zeitschriff fur Ethnologie 41:273-9, page 278 |
3508 | Angelica genuflexa Nutt. 262 | Haisla and Hanaksiala 87 | c93 14 | 211 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Leaves chewed and juice rubbed on the body to mask the human smell. | 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 211 |
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 |
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 |
22510 | Matricaria discoidea DC. 2423 | Kutenai 120 | h92 30 | 23 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Leaves dried, powdered and used as perfume. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 23 |
22481 | Matricaria discoidea DC. 2423 | Cheyenne 33 | h92 30 | 23 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Leaves dried, powdered, mixed with fir or sweet grass and used as perfume. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 23 |
851 | Achillea millefolium L. 38 | Kutenai 120 | h92 30 | 6 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Leaves formerly used for cologne, perfume and bath powder. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 6 |
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 |
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 |
1362 | Acorus calamus L. 55 | Omaha 177 | ff11 124 | 584 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Leaves made into wreaths and worn around the neck or head for the pleasant odor. | Fletcher, Alice C. and Francis La Flesche, 1911, The Omaha Tribe, SI-BAE Annual Report #27, page 584 |
17212 | Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. 1896 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 124 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Leaves mixed with red ochre to make it smell good. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 124 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
17213 | Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. 1896 | Blackfoot 23 | m09 42 | 278 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Leaves used as a hairwash and incense. | McClintock, Walter, 1909, Medizinal- Und Nutzpflanzen Der Schwarzfuss Indianer, Zeitschriff fur Ethnologie 41:273-9, page 278 |
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 |
8881 | Cercis canadensis var. texensis (S. Wats.) M. Hopkins 838 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 56 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Leaves used as an incense in the Mountain Chant. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 56 |
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 |
242 | Abies lasiocarpa (Hook.) Nutt. 6 | Blackfoot 23 | j87 146 | 17 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Leaves used as perfume. | Johnston, Alex, 1987, Plants and the Blackfoot, Lethbridge, Alberta. Lethbridge Historical Society, page 17 |
10511 | Comptonia peregrina (L.) Coult. 1055 | Chippewa 38 | gil33 15 | 127 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Leaves used for perfume. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1933, Some Chippewa Uses of Plants, Ann Arbor. University of Michigan Press, page 127 |
243 | Abies lasiocarpa (Hook.) Nutt. 6 | Blackfoot 23 | m09 42 | 278 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Leaves used in buckskin bags for delightful odor & mixed with grease to add fragrance to hair oil. | McClintock, Walter, 1909, Medizinal- Und Nutzpflanzen Der Schwarzfuss Indianer, Zeitschriff fur Ethnologie 41:273-9, page 278 |
13932 | Eriodictyon trichocalyx var. lanatum (Brand) Jepson 1492 | Diegueno 65 | hedges86 85 | 21 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Leaves used with soap to wash the hair. | Hedges, Ken, 1986, Santa Ysabel Ethnobotany, San Diego Museum of Man Ethnic Technology Notes, No. 20, page 21 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
244 | Abies lasiocarpa (Hook.) Nutt. 6 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 107 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Needles packed with stored items, saddle pads or burned in a household smudge. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 107 |
264 | Abies lasiocarpa (Hook.) Nutt. 6 | Flathead 76 | h92 30 | 2 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Needles placed on stoves as incense or pulverized and used as body and garment scents. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 2 |
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 |
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 |
22796 | Mentha arvensis L. 2443 | Winnebago 280 | g19 17 | 112 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Plant boiled with traps to deodorize them so that the smell of blood would not deter the animals. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 112 |
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 |
15528 | Galium triflorum Michx. 1691 | Makah 133 | g83 3 | 316 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Plant crushed and used as a perfume. | Gill, Steven J., 1983, Ethnobotany of the Makah and Ozette People, Olympic Peninsula, Washington (USA), Washington State University, Ph.D. Thesis, page 316 |
15532 | Galium triflorum Michx. 1691 | Omaha 177 | g13ii 154 | 323 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Plant gathered in green state and used only by women as perfume by tucking into the girdle. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1913, A Study in the Ethnobotany of the Omaha Indians, Nebraska State Historical Society Collections 17:314-57., page 323 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
5241 | Artemisia frigida Willd. 397 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 109 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Plant stuffed into saddles, women's pillows, hide bags and quivers as a deodorant. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 109 |
5350 | Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt. 399 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 109 | Other 3 | Incense & Fragrance 53 | Plant stuffed into saddles, women's pillows, hide bags and quivers as a deodorant. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 109 |
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 |
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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) );