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id | species | tribe | source | pageno | use_category | use_subcategory ▲ | notes | rawsource |
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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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
24763 | Opuntia polyacantha Haw. 2667 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 65 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Juice used to adhere buckskin cuttings and trimmings to the buckskin war shirt. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 65 |
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 |
26912 | Picea glauca (Moench) Voss 2934 | Cree, Woodlands 58 | l85 47 | 48 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Wood pegs used to fasten the tabs on the bottom & top pieces to the basket body during construction. | Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 48 |
26959 | Picea glauca (Moench) Voss 2934 | Koyukon 118 | n83 158 | 50 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Roots skinned and used to lash birchbark baskets. | Nelson, Richard K., 1983, Make Prayers to the Raven--A Koyukon View of the Northern Forest, Chicago. The University of Chicago Press, page 50 |
27032 | Picea glauca (Moench) Voss 2934 | Tanana, Upper 255 | k85 36 | 2 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Warmed pitch used as glue to patch birchbark canoes and to attach feathers to arrows. | Kari, Priscilla Russe, 1985, Upper Tanana Ethnobotany, Anchorage. Alaska Historical Commission, page 2 |
27104 | Picea mariana (P. Mill.) B.S.P. 2935 | Koyukon 118 | n83 158 | 50 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Roots skinned and used to lash birchbark baskets. | Nelson, Richard K., 1983, Make Prayers to the Raven--A Koyukon View of the Northern Forest, Chicago. The University of Chicago Press, page 50 |
27180 | Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr. 2938 | Haisla and Hanaksiala 87 | c93 14 | 175 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Branches and roots made into pegs, dipped in pitch and used as nails to hold together bent boxes. | 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 175 |
27193 | Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr. 2938 | Hesquiat 92 | te82 41 | 41 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Rendered pitch used as a glue for arrows and harpoons before they were tied. | Turner, Nancy J. and Barbara S. Efrat, 1982, Ethnobotany of the Hesquiat Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 41 |
27219 | Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr. 2938 | Kwakiutl, Southern 122 | tb73 63 | 269 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Roots burned, dried, split and used as strings to tie nets, hooks and harpoons together. | Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Southern Kwakiutl Indians of British Columbia, Economic Botany 27:257-310, page 269 |
27231 | Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr. 2938 | Makah 133 | g83 3 | 234 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Pitch used as glue to repair items such as harpoons. | Gill, Steven J., 1983, Ethnobotany of the Makah and Ozette People, Olympic Peninsula, Washington (USA), Washington State University, Ph.D. Thesis, page 234 |
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 |
27394 | Pinus contorta Dougl. ex Loud. 2953 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 116 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Resin boiled with buffalo phallus and used as a glue for headdresses and bows. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 116 |
27395 | Pinus contorta Dougl. ex Loud. 2953 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 116 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Sticks notched to act as fasteners on designated food storage bags. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 116 |
27425 | Pinus contorta Dougl. ex Loud. 2953 | Hesquiat 92 | te82 41 | 44 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Pitch used on joints of implements, arrows and harpoons, before bound with twine. | Turner, Nancy J. and Barbara S. Efrat, 1982, Ethnobotany of the Hesquiat Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 44 |
27455 | Pinus contorta Dougl. ex Loud. 2953 | Salish, Coast 217 | tb71 23 | 70 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Pitch used to fasten arrowheads onto shafts. | Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1971, The Ethnobotany of the Coast Salish Indians of Vancouver Island, I and II, Economic Botany 25(1):63-104, 335-339, page 70 |
27571 | Pinus edulis Engelm. 2959 | Hopi 95 | c74 82 | 347 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Gum used in making turquoise mosaics. | Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 347 |
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 |
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 |
27634 | Pinus edulis Engelm. 2959 | Navajo 157 | h56 141 | 162 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Resin used to cement turquoise in jewelry. | Hocking, George M., 1956, Some Plant Materials Used Medicinally and Otherwise by the Navaho Indians in the Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, El Palacio 56:146-165, page 162 |
27684 | Pinus edulis Engelm. 2959 | Tewa 257 | c74 82 | 347 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Gum used in making turquoise mosaics. | Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 347 |
27708 | Pinus elliottii Engelm. 2960 | Seminole 228 | s54 88 | 480 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Plant used to make arrow point glue. | Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 480 |
27756 | Pinus lambertiana Dougl. 2964 | Karok 105 | sg52 71 | 378 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Pitch used as an adhesive. | Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 378 |
27799 | Pinus monophylla Torr. & Fr‚m. 2965 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 102 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Pitch used as an adhesive for mending pottery and baskets and attaching arrowpoints to shafts. | 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 102 |
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 |
27914 | Pinus monticola Dougl. ex D. Don 2966 | Salish, Coast 217 | tb71 23 | 71 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Pitch used to fasten arrowheads onto shafts. | Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1971, The Ethnobotany of the Coast Salish Indians of Vancouver Island, I and II, Economic Botany 25(1):63-104, 335-339, page 71 |
27928 | Pinus muricata D. Don 2967 | Pomo, Kashaya 202 | gl80 40 | 92 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Pitch used like glue. | Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 92 |
27943 | Pinus ponderosa P.& C. Lawson 2968 | Crow 60 | h92 30 | 50 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Pitch used as glue. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 50 |
27973 | Pinus ponderosa P.& C. Lawson 2968 | Mendocino Indian 137 | c02 89 | 307 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Pitch used for the adhesive qualities. | Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 307 |
27996 | Pinus ponderosa P.& C. Lawson 2968 | Nez Perce 162 | h92 30 | 50 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Pitch used as glue. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 50 |
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 |
28026 | Pinus ponderosa P.& C. Lawson 2968 | Paiute 183 | m53 98 | 40 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Pitch used as glue in arrow making and other manufactures. | Mahar, James Michael., 1953, Ethnobotany of the Oregon Paiutes of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, Reed College, B.A. Thesis, page 40 |
28089 | Pinus quadrifolia Parl. ex Sudworth 2972 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 102 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Pitch used as an adhesive for mending pottery and baskets and attaching arrowpoints to shafts. | 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 102 |
28141 | Pinus sabiniana Dougl. ex Dougl. 2975 | Pomo 200 | c02 89 | 307 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Pitch exudations used to fasten feathers on 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 307 |
28158 | Pinus sabiniana Dougl. ex Dougl. 2975 | Yuki 287 | c02 89 | 307 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Formerly used like a glue to hold feathers on the body in times of war. | Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 307 |
28578 | Platanus occidentalis L. 3017 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 58 | 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 58 |
29294 | Populus balsamifera ssp. trichocarpa (Torr. & Gray ex Hook.) Brayshaw 3097 | Karok 105 | m66 109 | 209 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Leaf buds, in spring, used as glue to stick feathers to arrows. | Merriam, C. Hart, 1966, Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes, University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley, page 209 |
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 |
29323 | Populus balsamifera ssp. trichocarpa (Torr. & Gray ex Hook.) Brayshaw 3097 | Oweekeno 181 | c93 14 | 116 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Buds used as a binding agent to glue duck feathers to red cedar hoops used for festive applications. | 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 116 |
29972 | Prosopis glandulosa var. glandulosa 3154 | Apache, Western 14 | b86 87 | 176 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Pitch used to attach arrow points to shafts. | Buskirk, Winfred, 1986, The Western Apache: Living With the Land Before 1950, Norman. University of Oklahoma Press, page 176 |
30022 | Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana (L. Benson) M.C. Johnston 3155 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 107 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Gum used as an adhesive for arrows. | 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 107 |
30023 | Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana (L. Benson) M.C. Johnston 3155 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 107 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Gum used to secure foreshafts to arrows and baskets to mortars. | 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 107 |
30115 | Prosopis velutina Woot. 3158 | Papago 188 | cu35 27 | 68 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | 'Gum' used to fasten handles to gourds. | 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 68 |
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 |
30395 | Prunus emarginata (Dougl. ex Hook.) D. Dietr. 3166 | Quinault 210 | g73 25 | 37 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Bark used to tie the prongs of fish spears. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 37 |
30426 | Prunus emarginata (Dougl. ex Hook.) D. Dietr. 3166 | Thompson 259 | steed28 33 | 498 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Bark used to bind bows in the middle and ends for strength. | Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 498 |
30776 | Prunus virginiana L. 3181 | Crow 60 | h92 30 | 42 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Sap mixed with the neck portion of certain animals and used to make a glue. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 42 |
30777 | Prunus virginiana L. 3181 | Crow 60 | h92 30 | 42 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Wood used to make tipi stakes and pins. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 42 |
30897 | Prunus virginiana var. demissa (Nutt.) Torr. 3182 | Karok 105 | sg52 71 | 384 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Gum used to fasten foreshafts to the end of arrows. | Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 384 |
31153 | Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirbel) Franco 3199 | Haisla and Hanaksiala 87 | c93 14 | 179 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Pitch used for bindings. | 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 179 |
31186 | Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirbel) Franco 3199 | Pomo, Kashaya 202 | gl80 40 | 49 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Pitch used like glue. | Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 49 |
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 |
32321 | Quercus palustris Muenchh. 3279 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 47 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Wood used to make pins or small pegs. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 47 |
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 |
33801 | Robinia hispida L. 3404 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 43 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Wood used to make pegs for log cabins. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 43 |
33822 | Robinia pseudoacacia L. 3406 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 43 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Wood used to make pegs for log cabins. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 43 |
35665 | Salix bebbiana Sarg. 3520 | Cree, Woodlands 58 | l85 47 | 58 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Bark used to tie or fasten many things. Bark was used to tie the fish roasting sticks, rock fish net weights, birch bark moose calls, and snowshoe frames, which were tied together before they were bent, as well as bundles to be carried by hand. | Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 58 |
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 |
35769 | Salix discolor Muhl. 3525 | Cree, Woodlands 58 | l85 47 | 58 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Bark used to tie or fasten many things. Bark was used to tie the fish roasting sticks, rock fish net weights, birch bark moose calls, and snowshoe frames, which were tied together before they were bent, as well as bundles to be carried by hand. | Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 58 |
35809 | Salix exigua Nutt. 3527 | Lakota 125 | k90 156 | 33 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Peeled bark used for tying together sweatlodge poles. | Kraft, Shelly Katheren, 1990, Recent Changes in the Ethnobotany of Standing Rock Indian Reservation, University of North Dakota, M.A. Thesis, page 33 |
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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) );