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id ▲ | species | tribe | source | pageno | use_category | use_subcategory | notes | rawsource |
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25624 | Pectis papposa Harvey & Gray 2767 | Havasupai 89 | ws85 2 | 67 | Food 1 | Soup 56 | Seeds parched, ground and used to make soup. | 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 67 |
25515 | Parrya nudicaulis (L.) Boiss. 2752 | Alaska Native 4 | h53 132 | 123 | Food 1 | Soup 56 | Roots cooked and added to fish and meat stews. | Heller, Christine A., 1953, Edible and Poisonous Plants of Alaska, University of Alaska, page 123 |
25507 | Parmelia physodes (L.) Ack. 2748 | Potawatomi 206 | smith33 43 | 107 | Food 1 | Soup 56 | Vegetable soup material cooked into a soup, swelled and afforded a pleasant flavor. | Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 107 |
25093 | Osmunda cinnamomea L. 2700 | Menominee 138 | s23 51 | 70 | Food 1 | Soup 56 | Frond tips simmered to remove the ants, added to soup stock and thickened with flour. | Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 70 |
24805 | Opuntia sp. 2670 | Apache, Western 14 | b86 87 | 180 | Food 1 | Soup 56 | Fruit pit baked, dried and boiled with fat or in soups. | Buskirk, Winfred, 1986, The Western Apache: Living With the Land Before 1950, Norman. University of Oklahoma Press, page 180 |
24790 | Opuntia ramosissima Engelm. 2669 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 97 | Food 1 | Soup 56 | Stalks, with thorns removed, boiled into a soup. | 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 97 |
24766 | Opuntia polyacantha Haw. 2667 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 92 | Food 1 | Soup 56 | Flesh and fat boiled into a soup. | 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 92 |
24744 | Opuntia polyacantha Haw. 2667 | Cheyenne 33 | g72 39 | 180 | Food 1 | Soup 56 | Fruit stewed with meat and game into a soup. | Grinnell, George Bird, 1972, The Cheyenne Indians - Their History and Ways of Life Vol.2, Lincoln. University of Nebraska Press, page 180 |
24654 | Opuntia fragilis (Nutt.) Haw. 2659 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 92 | Food 1 | Soup 56 | Flesh and fat boiled into a soup. | 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 92 |
24256 | Oenothera albicaulis Pursh 2613 | Apache, Chiricahua & Mescalero 11 | co36 95 | 45 | Food 1 | Soup 56 | Seeds boiled in soups. | Castetter, Edward F. and M. E. Opler, 1936, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest III. The Ethnobiology of the Chiricahua and Mescalero Apache, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(5):1-63, page 45 |
24069 | Nuphar lutea ssp. advena (Ait.) Kartesz & Gandhi 2595 | Montana Indian 151 | b05 73 | 17 | Food 1 | Soup 56 | Seeds ground into meal used for thickening soups. | Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, page 17 |
23620 | Nelumbo lutea Willd. 2570 | Winnebago 280 | g19 17 | 79 | Food 1 | Soup 56 | Hard, nut-like seeds cracked, freed from the shells and used with meat to make soup. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 79 |
23615 | Nelumbo lutea Willd. 2570 | Ponca 205 | g19 17 | 79 | Food 1 | Soup 56 | Hard, nut-like seeds cracked, freed from the shells and used with meat to make soup. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 79 |
23612 | Nelumbo lutea Willd. 2570 | Pawnee 190 | g19 17 | 79 | Food 1 | Soup 56 | Hard, nut-like seeds cracked, freed from the shells and used with meat to make soup. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 79 |
23608 | Nelumbo lutea Willd. 2570 | Omaha 177 | g19 17 | 79 | Food 1 | Soup 56 | Hard, nut-like seeds cracked, freed from the shells and used with meat to make soup. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 79 |
23599 | Nelumbo lutea Willd. 2570 | Dakota 61 | g19 17 | 79 | Food 1 | Soup 56 | Hard, nut-like seeds cracked, freed from the shells and used with meat to make soup. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 79 |
22869 | Mentzelia albicaulis (Dougl. ex Hook.) Dougl. ex Torr. & Gray 2447 | Havasupai 89 | ws85 2 | 73 | Food 1 | Soup 56 | Seeds and Indian millet seeds ground and used to make soup or mush. | 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 73 |
21448 | Lycium pallidum Miers 2316 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 74 | Food 1 | Soup 56 | Fruits boiled, dried, stored for winter use and made into a soup. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 74 |
21447 | Lycium pallidum Miers 2316 | Navajo 157 | l86 121 | 32 | Food 1 | Soup 56 | Berries used to make soup and stew. | Lynch, Regina H., 1986, Cookbook, Chinle, AZ. Navajo Curriculum Center, Rough Rock Demonstration School, page 32 |
20766 | Lomatium cous (S. Wats.) Coult. & Rose 2234 | Oregon Indian 178 | m90 111 | 12 | Food 1 | Soup 56 | Roots and fish used to make stew. These roots were eaten at the first feast of the new year. This was called the Root Feast. | Murphey, Edith Van Allen, 1990, Indian Uses of Native Plants, Glenwood, Ill. Meyerbooks. Originally published in 1959, page 12 |
20758 | Lomatium cous (S. Wats.) Coult. & Rose 2234 | Montana Indian 151 | h92 30 | 26 | Food 1 | Soup 56 | Roots pulverized, moistened, partially baked, mixed in water and eaten as soup. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 26 |
20543 | Lithocarpus densiflorus (Hook. & Arn.) Rehd. 2212 | Yurok 289 | b81 70 | 35 | Food 1 | Soup 56 | Acorns used to make soup. | Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 35 |
20540 | Lithocarpus densiflorus (Hook. & Arn.) Rehd. 2212 | Yuki 287 | c57ii 69 | 88 | Food 1 | Soup 56 | Acorns used to make soup. | Curtin, L. S. M., 1957, Some Plants Used by the Yuki Indians ... II. Food Plants, The Masterkey 31:85-94, page 88 |
20534 | Lithocarpus densiflorus (Hook. & Arn.) Rehd. 2212 | Shasta 230 | h46 149 | 308 | Food 1 | Soup 56 | Acorns pounded, winnowed, leached and made into thin soup. | Holt, Catharine, 1946, Shasta Ethnography, Anthropological Records 3(4):308, page 308 |
20523 | Lithocarpus densiflorus (Hook. & Arn.) Rehd. 2212 | Pomo 200 | g67 80 | 12 | Food 1 | Soup 56 | Leached acorns used for soup. | Gifford, E. W., 1967, Ethnographic Notes on the Southwestern Pomo, Anthropological Records 25:10-15, page 12 |
20522 | Lithocarpus densiflorus (Hook. & Arn.) Rehd. 2212 | Pomo 200 | b52 96 | 67 | Food 1 | Soup 56 | Acorns used to make soup. | Barrett, S. A., 1952, Material Aspects of Pomo Culture, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 20, page 67 |
20295 | Lilium philadelphicum L. 2188 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 103 | Food 1 | Soup 56 | Bulbs eaten with soup. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 103 |
20283 | Lilium columbianum hort. ex Baker 2184 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 126 | Food 1 | Soup 56 | Bulbs used to make a soup like clam chowder. A vegetable soup was made with salmon heads, bitterroot, tiger lily bulbs, water horehound roots, chocolate lily bulbs, the 'dry' variety of saskatoon berries, dried powdered bracken fern rhizome and chopped wild onions. | 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 126 |
18845 | Juniperus osteosperma (Torr.) Little 2060 | Acoma 2 | w39 37 | 63 | Food 1 | Soup 56 | Berries cooked in a stew. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 63 |
18318 | Juglans nigra L. 2034 | Winnebago 280 | g19 17 | 74 | Food 1 | Soup 56 | Nuts used to make soup. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 74 |
18312 | Juglans nigra L. 2034 | Ponca 205 | g19 17 | 74 | Food 1 | Soup 56 | Nuts used to make soup. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 74 |
18309 | Juglans nigra L. 2034 | Pawnee 190 | g19 17 | 74 | Food 1 | Soup 56 | Nuts used to make soup. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 74 |
18305 | Juglans nigra L. 2034 | Omaha 177 | g19 17 | 74 | Food 1 | Soup 56 | Nuts used to make soup. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 74 |
18290 | Juglans nigra L. 2034 | Iroquois 100 | w16 112 | 123 | Food 1 | Soup 56 | Nut meats crushed and added to corn soup. | Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 123 |
18264 | Juglans nigra L. 2034 | Dakota 61 | g19 17 | 74 | Food 1 | Soup 56 | Nuts used to make soup. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 74 |
18209 | Juglans cinerea L. 2031 | Iroquois 100 | w16 112 | 123 | Food 1 | Soup 56 | Nut meats crushed and added to corn soup. | Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 123 |
17282 | Hippuris vulgaris L. 1898 | Eskimo, Inuktitut 71 | w78 64 | 191 | Food 1 | Soup 56 | Used as a condiment for soups. | Wilson, Michael R., 1978, Notes on Ethnobotany in Inuktitut, The Western Canadian Journal of Anthropology 8:180-196, page 191 |
17280 | Hippuris vulgaris L. 1898 | Eskimo, Alaska 67 | aa80 152 | 37 | Food 1 | Soup 56 | Plant added to seal blood soup and tomcod liver soup. | Ager, Thomas A. and Lynn Price Ager, 1980, Ethnobotany of The Eskimos of Nelson Island, Alaska, Arctic Anthropology 27:26-48, page 37 |
17278 | Hippuris vulgaris L. 1898 | Alaska Native 4 | h53 132 | 135 | Food 1 | Soup 56 | Whole plant used to make soup. | Heller, Christine A., 1953, Edible and Poisonous Plants of Alaska, University of Alaska, page 135 |
16789 | Heracleum maximum Bartr. 1851 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 103 | Food 1 | Soup 56 | Stem pieces dipped in blood, stored and used to make soup and broths. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 103 |
16451 | Hedeoma drummondii Benth. 1803 | Lakota 125 | r80 108 | 49 | Food 1 | Soup 56 | Leaves used to make soup. | 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 49 |
15742 | Gaylussacia baccata (Wangenh.) K. Koch 1707 | Iroquois 100 | p10 107 | 96 | Food 1 | Soup 56 | Fruits dried, soaked in water and used in soups. | Parker, Arthur Caswell, 1910, Iroquois Uses of Maize and Other Food Plants, Albany, NY. University of the State of New York, page 96 |
15417 | Gaillardia aristata Pursh 1675 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 113 | Food 1 | Soup 56 | Flower heads used to absorb soups and broth. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 113 |
15369 | Fritillaria pudica (Pursh) Spreng. 1669 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 102 | Food 1 | Soup 56 | Bulbs eaten with soup. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 102 |
15356 | Fritillaria camschatcensis (L.) Ker-Gawl. 1668 | Alaska Native 4 | h53 132 | 119 | Food 1 | Soup 56 | Bulbs dried and used in fish and meat stews. | Heller, Christine A., 1953, Edible and Poisonous Plants of Alaska, University of Alaska, page 119 |
14679 | Fagus grandifolia Ehrh. 1603 | Iroquois 100 | w16 112 | 123 | Food 1 | Soup 56 | Nut meats crushed and added to corn soup. | Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 123 |
14637 | Eurybia macrophylla (L.) Cass. 1595 | Ojibwa 173 | smith32 20 | 398 | Food 1 | Soup 56 | Roots used as a soup material. | Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 398 |
14354 | Erythronium grandiflorum Pursh 1561 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 121 | Food 1 | Soup 56 | Raw, dried corms used in soups and stews. | 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 121 |
14338 | Erythronium grandiflorum Pursh 1561 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 102 | Food 1 | Soup 56 | Bulbs eaten with soup. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 102 |
12990 | Elaeagnus commutata Bernh. ex Rydb. 1374 | Tanana, Upper 255 | k85 36 | 13 | Food 1 | Soup 56 | Berries used to make soup. | Kari, Priscilla Russe, 1985, Upper Tanana Ethnobotany, Anchorage. Alaska Historical Commission, page 13 |
12969 | Elaeagnus commutata Bernh. ex Rydb. 1374 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 102 | Food 1 | Soup 56 | Peeled berries used to make soups and broths. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 102 |
12702 | Dryopteris expansa (K. Presl) Fraser-Jenkins & Jermy 1338 | Eskimo, Alaska 67 | aa80 152 | 34 | Food 1 | Soup 56 | Fiddleheads, with the chaffy coverings removed, added to soups. | Ager, Thomas A. and Lynn Price Ager, 1980, Ethnobotany of The Eskimos of Nelson Island, Alaska, Arctic Anthropology 27:26-48, page 34 |
12404 | Descurainia sophia (L.) Webb ex Prantl 1274 | Pueblo 207 | c35 19 | 25 | Food 1 | Soup 56 | Plant made into a stew with wild onions, wild celery, tallow or bits of meat. | Castetter, Edward F., 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest I. Uncultivated Native Plants Used as Sources of Food, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(1):1-44, page 25 |
12369 | Descurainia pinnata ssp. halictorum (Cockerell) Detling 1272 | Pueblo 207 | c35 19 | 25 | Food 1 | Soup 56 | Plant made into a stew with wild onions, wild celery, tallow or bits of meat. | Castetter, Edward F., 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest I. Uncultivated Native Plants Used as Sources of Food, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(1):1-44, page 25 |
12066 | Dasylirion wheeleri S. Wats. 1237 | Apache, Mescalero 12 | b74 52 | 41 | Food 1 | Soup 56 | Head hearts cooked with bones to make soup. | Basehart, Harry W., 1974, Apache Indians XII. Mescalero Apache Subsistence Patterns and Socio-Political Organization, New York. Garland Publishing Inc., page 41 |
11848 | Cymopterus sp. 1190 | Hualapai 97 | w82 127 | 46 | Food 1 | Soup 56 | Roots boiled for stew. | Watahomigie, Lucille J., 1982, Hualapai Ethnobotany, Peach Springs, AZ. Hualapai Bilingual Program, Peach Springs School District #8, page 46 |
11811 | Cymopterus acaulis (Pursh) Raf. 1180 | Navajo 157 | c35 19 | 24 | Food 1 | Soup 56 | Used with the Rocky Mountain bee plant to make stew. | Castetter, Edward F., 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest I. Uncultivated Native Plants Used as Sources of Food, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(1):1-44, page 24 |
11663 | Cucurbita moschata (Duchesne ex Lam.) Duchesne ex Poir. 1163 | Havasupai 89 | ws85 2 | 67 | Food 1 | Soup 56 | Seeds parched, ground and used to make soup or mush. | 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 67 |
11662 | Cucurbita moschata (Duchesne ex Lam.) Duchesne ex Poir. 1163 | Havasupai 89 | ws85 2 | 74 | Food 1 | Soup 56 | Flowers and amaranth leaves boiled, ground and fresh or dried corn and water added to make soup. | 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 74 |
11232 | Corylus americana Walt. 1110 | Winnebago 280 | g19 17 | 74 | Food 1 | Soup 56 | Nuts used as a body for soup. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 74 |
11230 | Corylus americana Walt. 1110 | Ponca 205 | g19 17 | 74 | Food 1 | Soup 56 | Nuts used as a body for soup. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 74 |
11227 | Corylus americana Walt. 1110 | Omaha 177 | g19 17 | 74 | Food 1 | Soup 56 | Nuts used as a body for soup. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 74 |
11208 | Corylus americana Walt. 1110 | Iroquois 100 | w16 112 | 123 | Food 1 | Soup 56 | Nut meats crushed and added to corn soup. | Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 123 |
11190 | Corylus americana Walt. 1110 | Dakota 61 | g19 17 | 74 | Food 1 | Soup 56 | Nuts used as a body for soup. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 74 |
10319 | Cleome serrulata Pursh 1026 | Navajo 157 | c35 19 | 24 | Food 1 | Soup 56 | Plant made into stew with wild onions, wild celery, tallow or bits of meat. | Castetter, Edward F., 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest I. Uncultivated Native Plants Used as Sources of Food, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(1):1-44, page 24 |
10318 | Cleome serrulata Pursh 1026 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 50 | Food 1 | Soup 56 | Leaves, onions, wild celery and tallow or meat used to make stew. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 50 |
10317 | Cleome serrulata Pursh 1026 | Navajo 157 | l86 121 | 13 | Food 1 | Soup 56 | Dried leaves used to make stew. | Lynch, Regina H., 1986, Cookbook, Chinle, AZ. Navajo Curriculum Center, Rough Rock Demonstration School, page 13 |
10290 | Cleome multicaulis DC. 1025 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 51 | Food 1 | Soup 56 | Leaves used to make a watery stew. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 51 |
10183 | Claytonia tuberosa Pallas ex J.A. Schultes 1010 | Alaska Native 4 | h53 132 | 117 | Food 1 | Soup 56 | Corms cooked and added to stews. | Heller, Christine A., 1953, Edible and Poisonous Plants of Alaska, University of Alaska, page 117 |
10179 | Claytonia sp. 1009 | Eskimo, Alaska 67 | aa80 152 | 35 | Food 1 | Soup 56 | Corm added to duck or goose soup. | Ager, Thomas A. and Lynn Price Ager, 1980, Ethnobotany of The Eskimos of Nelson Island, Alaska, Arctic Anthropology 27:26-48, page 35 |
9949 | Cirsium edule Nutt. 958 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 178 | Food 1 | Soup 56 | Dried roots rehydrated, scraped, chopped and cooked in stews. The roots were pit cooked after which they usually turned dark brown. One or two bags of dried roots were stored each year by a family and were said to be 'full of vitamins.' One informant said that the roots caused 'gas' if too many were eaten. | 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 178 |
9423 | Chenopodium album L. 894 | Pawnee 190 | g19 17 | 78 | Food 1 | Soup 56 | Young, tender plant cooked as pottage. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 78 |
9422 | Chenopodium album L. 894 | Papago 188 | cu35 27 | 16 | Food 1 | Soup 56 | Mixed with roasted cholla buds and eaten as a vegetable stew. | 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 16 |
9418 | Chenopodium album L. 894 | Omaha 177 | g19 17 | 78 | Food 1 | Soup 56 | Young, tender plant cooked as pottage. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 78 |
9381 | Chenopodium album L. 894 | Dakota 61 | g19 17 | 78 | Food 1 | Soup 56 | Young, tender plant cooked as pottage. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 78 |
8767 | Celastrus scandens L. 820 | Ojibwa 173 | smith32 20 | 398 | Food 1 | Soup 56 | Inner bark used to make a thick soup when other food unobtainable in the winter. The Ojibwe name of the bitter-sweet is 'manidobima' kwit' which means 'spirit twisted' and 'refers to the twisted intestines of the their culture hero, Winabojo. | Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 398 |
8431 | Castanea dentata (Marsh.) Borkh. 774 | Iroquois 100 | w16 112 | 123 | Food 1 | Soup 56 | Nut meats crushed and added to corn soup. | Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 123 |
8397 | Carya sp. 769 | Cherokee 32 | perry75 86 | 40 | Food 1 | Soup 56 | Nuts and shells ground into a fine meal and used to make soup. | Perry, Myra Jean, 1975, Food Use of 'Wild' Plants by Cherokee Indians, The University of Tennessee, M.S. Thesis, page 40 |
8371 | Carya ovata (P. Mill.) K. Koch 767 | Winnebago 280 | g19 17 | 74 | Food 1 | Soup 56 | Nuts used to make soup. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 74 |
8365 | Carya ovata (P. Mill.) K. Koch 767 | Ponca 205 | g19 17 | 74 | Food 1 | Soup 56 | Nuts used to make soup. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 74 |
8361 | Carya ovata (P. Mill.) K. Koch 767 | Pawnee 190 | g19 17 | 74 | Food 1 | Soup 56 | Nuts used to make soup. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 74 |
8357 | Carya ovata (P. Mill.) K. Koch 767 | Omaha 177 | g19 17 | 74 | Food 1 | Soup 56 | Nuts used to make soup. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 74 |
8346 | Carya ovata (P. Mill.) K. Koch 767 | Iroquois 100 | w16 112 | 123 | Food 1 | Soup 56 | Nut meats crushed and added to corn soup. | Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 123 |
8330 | Carya ovata (P. Mill.) K. Koch 767 | Dakota 61 | g19 17 | 74 | Food 1 | Soup 56 | Nuts used to make soup. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 74 |
8291 | Carya cordiformis (Wangenh.) K. Koch 763 | Iroquois 100 | w16 112 | 123 | Food 1 | Soup 56 | Nut meats crushed and added to corn soup. | Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 123 |
8280 | Carya alba (L.) Nutt. ex Ell. 762 | Choctaw 39 | bd09 118 | 8 | Food 1 | Soup 56 | Pounded nut meat boiled, made into a paste and eaten as a broth or soup. | Bushnell, Jr., David I., 1909, The Choctaw of Bayou Lacomb, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, SI-BAE Bulletin #48, page 8 |
7995 | Capsicum annuum var. glabriusculum (Dunal) Heiser & Pickersgill 726 | Keresan 108 | w45 90 | 560 | Food 1 | Soup 56 | Used in stews. | White, Leslie A, 1945, Notes on the Ethnobotany of the Keres, Papers of the Michigan Academy of Arts, Sciences and Letters 30:557-568, page 560 |
7857 | Camassia quamash (Pursh) Greene 700 | Flathead 76 | h92 30 | 14 | Food 1 | Soup 56 | Simmered with moss in blood into a soup and used for food. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 14 |
7852 | Camassia quamash (Pursh) Greene 700 | Chehalis 31 | g73 25 | 24 | Food 1 | Soup 56 | Bulbs smashed, pressed together like cheese and boiled in a stew with salmon. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 24 |
7762 | Calochortus nuttallii Torr. & Gray 677 | Paiute, Northern 185 | f89 50 | 44 | Food 1 | Soup 56 | Roots dried and eaten or ground and cooked in soup. | 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 44 |
7728 | Calochortus leichtlinii Hook. f. 674 | Paiute, Northern 185 | f89 50 | 44 | Food 1 | Soup 56 | Roots dried and eaten or ground and cooked in soup. | 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 44 |
6756 | Avena barbata Pott ex Link 527 | Miwok 144 | bg33 100 | 152 | Food 1 | Soup 56 | Parched, stone-boiled seeds pulverized and eaten as a soup. | Barrett, S. A. and E. W. Gifford, 1933, Miwok Material Culture, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 2(4):11, page 152 |
6737 | Atriplex wrightii S. Wats. 520 | Papago 188 | cu35 27 | 16 | Food 1 | Soup 56 | Mixed with roasted cholla buds and eaten as a vegetable stew. | 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 16 |
6378 | Asclepias viridiflora Raf. 449 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 101 | Food 1 | Soup 56 | Root pieces stored for winter soups. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 101 |
6327 | Asclepias syriaca L. 446 | Potawatomi 206 | smith33 43 | 96 | Food 1 | Soup 56 | Flowers and buds used to thicken meat soups and to impart a very pleasing flavor to the dish. | Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 96 |
6306 | Asclepias syriaca L. 446 | Meskwaki 139 | smith28 21 | 256 | Food 1 | Soup 56 | Buds used in soups. | Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 256 |
6207 | Asclepias speciosa Torr. 442 | Cheyenne 33 | g72 39 | 184 | Food 1 | Soup 56 | Whole buds boiled with meat or in water to make soup. | Grinnell, George Bird, 1972, The Cheyenne Indians - Their History and Ways of Life Vol.2, Lincoln. University of Nebraska Press, page 184 |
6138 | Asclepias incarnata L. 434 | Menominee 138 | s23 51 | 62 | Food 1 | Soup 56 | Heads, deer broth or fat used to make soup. | Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 62 |
4684 | Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (L.) Spreng. 347 | Thompson 259 | p52 55 | 38 | Food 1 | Soup 56 | Insipid fruits boiled in soups. | Perry, F., 1952, Ethno-Botany of the Indians in the Interior of British Columbia, Museum and Art Notes 2(2):36-43., page 38 |
4683 | Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (L.) Spreng. 347 | Thompson 259 | steed28 33 | 486 | Food 1 | Soup 56 | Drupes boiled in soups. | Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 486 |
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