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id | species | tribe | source | pageno | use_category | use_subcategory | notes | rawsource ▼ |
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30345 | Prunus emarginata (Dougl. ex Hook.) D. Dietr. 3166 | Hesquiat 92 | te82 41 | 73 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Bark used to wrap the joints of implements such as harpoons, where the head is fixed to the shaft. First some pitch was smeared over the joint, then the cherry bark was wrapped around and bound tightly with twine or sinew. Finally more pitch was plastered over to make the joint completely watertight. Cherry bark is both strong and flexible and is decorative as well. | Turner, Nancy J. and Barbara S. Efrat, 1982, Ethnobotany of the Hesquiat Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 73 |
30382 | Prunus emarginata (Dougl. ex Hook.) D. Dietr. 3166 | Nitinaht 166 | ttco83 101 | 120 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Smooth, tough bark used for binding and wrapping joints of fishing and hunting implements. | 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 120 |
27238 | Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr. 2938 | Nitinaht 166 | ttco83 101 | 71 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Roots used for binding gaff implement joints. | 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 |
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 |
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 |
24784 | Opuntia polyacantha Haw. 2667 | 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 |
36332 | Salix sp. 3551 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 279 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Branches with the bark and leaves twisted and used for tying and binding in construction. The branches were used for tying and binding, especially in constructing the underground winter pit houses and in making fish traps, weirs and rafts. | 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 279 |
36333 | Salix sp. 3551 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 279 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Long shoots made into ropes and used for lashing together fish drying racks and fish weir stakes. | 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 279 |
36334 | Salix sp. 3551 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 279 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Softened stems twisted to make rope and used to lash together fish drying racks. | 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 279 |
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 |
29318 | Populus balsamifera ssp. trichocarpa (Torr. & Gray ex Hook.) Brayshaw 3097 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 134 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Bud scale resin used to glue arrowhead onto shafts and in making spears, fish hooks and canoes. | 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 134 |
35682 | Salix bebbiana Sarg. 3520 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 136 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Bark twisted into cord and used to tie things together. | 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 136 |
35827 | Salix exigua Nutt. 3527 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 136 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Bark twisted into cord and used to tie things together. | 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 136 |
36070 | Salix scouleriana Barratt ex Hook. 3547 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 136 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Bark twisted into cord and used to tie things together. | 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 136 |
28014 | Pinus ponderosa P.& C. Lawson 2968 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 29 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Pitch used to cement feathers onto arrow shafts. | 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 29 |
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 |
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 |
43906 | Yucca baccata Torr. 4225 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 21 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Leaf juice mixed with pottery paste. | 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 21 |
27585 | Pinus edulis Engelm. 2959 | Hualapai 97 | w82 127 | 35 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Pitch spread on the palms of the hand to make gripping rope easier. | Watahomigie, Lucille J., 1982, Hualapai Ethnobotany, Peach Springs, AZ. Hualapai Bilingual Program, Peach Springs School District #8, page 35 |
27586 | Pinus edulis Engelm. 2959 | Hualapai 97 | w82 127 | 35 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Pitch used to glue arrows and cradleboards. | Watahomigie, Lucille J., 1982, Hualapai Ethnobotany, Peach Springs, AZ. Hualapai Bilingual Program, Peach Springs School District #8, page 35 |
43754 | Yucca angustissima Engelm. ex Trel. 4224 | Havasupai 89 | ws85 2 | 213 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Leaves used to tie or repair holes in sacking. | 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 213 |
27572 | Pinus edulis Engelm. 2959 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 63 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Gum used in making turquoise mosaics. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 63 |
27823 | Pinus monophylla Torr. & Fr‚m. 2965 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 63 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Gum used in making turquoise mosaics. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 63 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
31949 | Quercus chrysolepis Liebm. 3255 | Kawaiisu 106 | z81 60 | 56 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Acorn meal used to mend cracks in clay pots. | Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 56 |
31974 | Quercus douglasii Hook. & Arn. 3256 | Kawaiisu 106 | z81 60 | 56 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Acorn meal used to mend cracks in clay pots. | Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 56 |
32011 | Quercus dumosa Nutt. 3257 | Kawaiisu 106 | z81 60 | 56 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Acorn meal used to mend cracks in clay pots. | Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 56 |
32152 | Quercus garryana var. semota Jepson 3266 | Kawaiisu 106 | z81 60 | 56 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Acorn meal used to mend cracks in clay pots. | Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 56 |
32198 | Quercus kelloggii Newberry 3270 | Kawaiisu 106 | z81 60 | 56 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Acorn meal used to mend cracks in clay pots. | Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 56 |
32251 | Quercus lobata N‚e 3272 | Kawaiisu 106 | z81 60 | 56 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Acorn meal used to mend cracks in clay pots. | Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 56 |
32605 | Quercus wislizeni var. frutescens Engelm. 3296 | Kawaiisu 106 | z81 60 | 56 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Acorn meal used to mend cracks in clay pots. | Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 56 |
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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) );