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134 rows where use_subcategory = 57 sorted by id descending
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id ▲ | species | tribe | source | pageno | use_category | use_subcategory | notes | rawsource |
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24665 | Opuntia fragilis (Nutt.) Haw. 2659 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 194 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Mucilaginous material from cut stems used for glue by some people, but not considered very good. | 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 194 |
24222 | Oemleria cerasiformis (Torr. & Gray ex Hook. & Arn.) Landon 2610 | Makah 133 | g83 3 | 264 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Inner bark strips used to bind harpoons. | Gill, Steven J., 1983, Ethnobotany of the Makah and Ozette People, Olympic Peninsula, Washington (USA), Washington State University, Ph.D. Thesis, page 264 |
20116 | Leymus mollis ssp. mollis 2162 | Nitinaht 166 | ttco83 101 | 88 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Tough, sharply pointed leaves used as 'needle-and-thread' for sewing and tying material. | 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 88 |
20108 | Leymus mollis ssp. mollis 2162 | Haisla and Hanaksiala 87 | c93 14 | 205 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Blades used to tie Pacific silverweed roots together before steaming. | 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 205 |
19308 | Koeleria macrantha (Ledeb.) J.A. Schultes 2077 | Isleta 101 | j31 76 | 33 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Straw mixed with adobe to give strength and adhesion. | Jones, Volney H., 1931, The Ethnobotany of the Isleta Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 33 |
17944 | Ipomopsis aggregata ssp. aggregata 1996 | Ute 272 | m90 111 | 56 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Whole plant boiled for glue. | Murphey, Edith Van Allen, 1990, Indian Uses of Native Plants, Glenwood, Ill. Meyerbooks. Originally published in 1959, page 56 |
17340 | Holodiscus discolor (Pursh) Maxim. 1904 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 126 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Wood used to make teepee pins. | 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 126 |
16260 | Grindelia stricta var. stricta 1782 | Pomo, Kashaya 202 | gl80 40 | 55 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Sticky sap used like glue. | Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 55 |
15332 | Fremontodendron californicum (Torr.) Coville 1663 | Shoshoni 232 | m66 109 | 447 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Bark used to bind bundles of fine brush for acorn caches. | Merriam, C. Hart, 1966, Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes, University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley, page 447 |
14761 | Ficus aurea Nutt. 1616 | Seminole 228 | s54 88 | 95 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Root bark twisted and used to bind together the pole frame of the medical training school house. | Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 95 |
14760 | Ficus aurea Nutt. 1616 | Seminole 228 | s54 88 | 481 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Plant used to make house lashings and cane mill lashings. | Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 481 |
14664 | Fagus grandifolia Ehrh. 1603 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 25 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Wood used to make buttons. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 25 |
13537 | Equisetum telmateia var. braunii (Milde) Milde 1431 | Pomo, Kashaya 202 | gl80 40 | 58 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Plant used as binding to fasten feathers onto the coat of a wale-pu. | Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 58 |
13097 | Encelia farinosa Gray ex Torr. 1395 | Papago 188 | cu35 27 | 71 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | 'Gum' used to fasten arrow points to the slit ends of arrow twigs. | 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 71 |
12623 | Dirca palustris L. 1317 | Ojibwa 173 | r28 8 | 240 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Used for withes. | Reagan, Albert B., 1928, Plants Used by the Bois Fort Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indians of Minnesota, Wisconsin Archeologist 7(4):230-248, page 240 |
12595 | Dirca palustris L. 1317 | Chippewa 38 | gil33 15 | 137 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Tough, pliant bark used for tying and binding. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1933, Some Chippewa Uses of Plants, Ann Arbor. University of Michigan Press, page 137 |
12467 | Dichelostemma capitatum ssp. capitatum 1292 | Kawaiisu 106 | z81 60 | 16 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Corms rubbed on metate into an adhesive & spread on seed gathering baskets to close the interstices. | Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 16 |
11327 | Coursetia glandulosa Gray 1119 | Papago 188 | cu35 27 | 21 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Transparent, yellowish-brown gum mixed with adobe and used to make jars of syrup air tight. | 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 21 |
11035 | Cornus sericea ssp. sericea 1102 | Crow 60 | h92 30 | 21 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Branches used to make tipi stakes and pins. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 21 |
9753 | Chlorogalum sp. 924 | Mewuk 140 | m66 109 | 352 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Bulbs made into glue and used to fasten sinew on the backs of the sinew backed bows. | Merriam, C. Hart, 1966, Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes, University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley, page 352 |
9727 | Chlorogalum pomeridianum (DC.) Kunth 922 | Mendocino Indian 137 | c02 89 | 319 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Bulbs roasted and the juice used as a substitute for glue in attaching feathers to arrows. | Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 319 |
9714 | Chlorogalum pomeridianum (DC.) Kunth 922 | Kawaiisu 106 | z81 60 | 19 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Bulbs boiled into liquid starch & applied to twined seed gathering baskets to close the interstices. | Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 19 |
9083 | Chamaecyparis nootkatensis (D. Don) Spach 860 | Haisla and Hanaksiala 87 | c93 14 | 159 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Wooden pegs used to hold together bent boxes of red cedar. | 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 159 |
9025 | Chaenactis stevioides Hook. & Arn. 852 | Navajo, Kayenta 158 | wh51 106 | 46 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Juice used as glue to mend broken ceremonial items. | Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 46 |
7388 | Bloomeria crocea (Torr.) Coville 595 | Kawaiisu 106 | z81 60 | 16 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Corms rubbed on metate into an adhesive & spread on seed gathering baskets to close the interstices. | Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 16 |
7049 | Berchemia scandens (Hill) K. Koch 569 | Houma 96 | speck41 49 | 57 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Stems used to fasten dugout canoes to the shore and for general fastening purposes. | Speck, Frank G., 1941, A List of Plant Curatives Obtained From the Houma Indians of Louisiana, Primitive Man 14:49-75, page 57 |
6300 | Asclepias syriaca L. 446 | Mahuna 131 | r54 5 | 51 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Milky juice used to mount precious stones into necklaces, earrings, collars, and bracelets. | Romero, John Bruno, 1954, The Botanical Lore of the California Indians, New York. Vantage Press, Inc., page 51 |
6256 | Asclepias speciosa Torr. 442 | Thompson 259 | steed28 33 | 498 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Inner bark used for binding or tying. | Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 498 |
3775 | Apocynum androsaemifolium L. 296 | Thompson 259 | p52 55 | 39 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Fiber used as thread or twine for binding or tying. | Perry, F., 1952, Ethno-Botany of the Indians in the Interior of British Columbia, Museum and Art Notes 2(2):36-43., page 39 |
3766 | Apocynum androsaemifolium L. 296 | Okanagon 176 | p52 55 | 39 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Fiber used as thread or twine for binding or tying. | Perry, F., 1952, Ethno-Botany of the Indians in the Interior of British Columbia, Museum and Art Notes 2(2):36-43., page 39 |
2952 | Amelanchier alnifolia (Nutt.) Nutt. ex M. Roemer 204 | Crow 60 | h92 30 | 9 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Wood used for tipi stakes and closure pins. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 9 |
2714 | Amaranthus blitoides S. Wats. 186 | Kiowa 111 | vs39 140 | 26 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Used to make a glue. | Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 26 |
1501 | Adenostoma fasciculatum Hook. & Arn. 66 | Luiseno 128 | s08 24 | 205 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Gum used to secure stone points to arrows. | Sparkman, Philip S., 1908, The Culture of the Luiseno Indians, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 8(4):187-234, page 205 |
450 | Acer glabrum Torr. 23 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 59 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Wood used to make teepee pegs. | Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 59 |
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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) );