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id ▼ | species | tribe | source | pageno | use_category | use_subcategory | notes | rawsource |
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57 | Abies balsamea (L.) P. Mill. 2 | Cree, Woodlands 58 | l85 47 | 21 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Boughs used to make a brush shelter. | Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 21 |
120 | Abies concolor (Gord. & Glend.) Lindl. ex Hildebr. 3 | Mewuk 140 | m66 109 | 346 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Branches used to line acorn caches. | Merriam, C. Hart, 1966, Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes, University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley, page 346 |
206 | Abies grandis (Dougl. ex D. Don) Lindl. 5 | Thompson 259 | steed28 33 | 496 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Bark used for covering lodges. | Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 496 |
207 | Abies grandis (Dougl. ex D. Don) Lindl. 5 | Thompson 259 | steed28 33 | 496 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Branches used to make temporary lodge flooring. | Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 496 |
327 | Abies sp. 8 | Carrier 27 | c73 134 | 70 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Wood used to make shingles for roofs. | Carrier Linguistic Committee, 1973, Plants of Carrier Country, Fort St. James, BC. Carrier Linguistic Committee, page 70 |
373 | Acacia greggii Gray 15 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 29 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Considered an outstanding construction material and a fine firewood. | 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 29 |
388 | Acacia greggii Gray 15 | Pima 193 | c49 11 | 90 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Bushes dried, piled high and used as brush fences. | Curtin, L. S. M., 1949, By the Prophet of the Earth, Sante Fe. San Vicente Foundation, page 90 |
425 | Acer circinatum Pursh 22 | Quinault 210 | g73 25 | 40 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Poles used to hold down roof planks on houses. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 40 |
446 | Acer glabrum Torr. 23 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 59 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Wood used to make the frame of a woman's sweathouse. | 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 |
475 | Acer macrophyllum Pursh 26 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 29 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Limbs used for house construction and considered good firewood. | 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 29 |
505 | Acer macrophyllum Pursh 26 | Nisqually 165 | g73 25 | 39 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Boughs used to cover temporary housing. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 39 |
614 | Acer rubrum L. 32 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 44 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Wood used for lumber. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 44 |
642 | Acer saccharinum L. 34 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 44 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Wood used for lumber. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 44 |
670 | Acer saccharum Marsh. 35 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 44 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Wood used for lumber. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 44 |
1491 | Adenostoma fasciculatum Hook. & Arn. 66 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 29 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Branches used to build ramadas and fences. | 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 29 |
1511 | Adenostoma sparsifolium Torr. 67 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 30 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Wood used for building material and fenceposts. | 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 30 |
1522 | Adenostoma sparsifolium Torr. 67 | Coahuilla 42 | b67 168 | 77 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Used as building material. | Barrows, David Prescott, 1967, The Ethno-Botany of the Coahuilla Indians of Southern California, Banning CA. Malki Museum Press. Originally Published 1900, page 77 |
1626 | Aesculus flava Ait. 74 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 27 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Wood used for lumber. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 27 |
1735 | Agave americana L. 89 | Papago 188 | cu35 27 | 53 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Leaves split and used for the weft of wrapped weaving in house frames. | 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 53 |
3132 | Amelanchier pallida Greene 212 | Pomo, Kashaya 202 | gl80 40 | 104 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Stems and foliage used to thatch inland houses. | Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 104 |
3303 | Andropogon gerardii Vitman 240 | Omaha 177 | g19 17 | 68 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Grass used on poles to support earth coverings of lodges. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 68 |
3305 | Andropogon gerardii Vitman 240 | Ponca 205 | g19 17 | 68 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Grass used on poles to support earth coverings of lodges. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 68 |
3881 | Apocynum ?floribundum Greene (pro sp.) [androsaemifolium ? cannabinum] 295 | Havasupai 89 | ws85 2 | 236 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Stems used for thatch on houses. | 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 236 |
4200 | Arbutus menziesii Pursh 322 | Mendocino Indian 137 | c02 89 | 374 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Wood used for lodge poles. | Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 374 |
4351 | Arctostaphylos glandulosa Eastw. 335 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 40 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Branches used in house construction. | 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 40 |
4370 | Arctostaphylos glauca Lindl. 336 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 40 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Branches used in house construction. | 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 40 |
4459 | Arctostaphylos pungens Kunth 343 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 40 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Branches used in house construction. | 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 40 |
5411 | Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt. 399 | Pomo 200 | m66 109 | 282 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Used to thatch the sweat house. | Merriam, C. Hart, 1966, Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes, University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley, page 282 |
5601 | Artemisia tilesii Ledeb. 406 | Tanana, Upper 255 | k85 36 | 17 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Wood used as a floor covering in the steambath. | Kari, Priscilla Russe, 1985, Upper Tanana Ethnobotany, Anchorage. Alaska Historical Commission, page 17 |
5608 | Artemisia tridentata Nutt. 407 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 43 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Shoots laid across the rafters for roofing material or used in the construction of the walls. | 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 43 |
5631 | Artemisia tridentata Nutt. 407 | Havasupai 89 | ws85 2 | 246 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Plant used for thatch. | 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 246 |
5670 | Artemisia tridentata Nutt. 407 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 82 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Used between the poles of the sweathouse to prevent the sand from sifting through. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 82 |
5725 | Artemisia tridentata Nutt. 407 | Paiute 183 | m53 98 | 119 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Wood used for drills, hearths and tinder in the creation of fire by friction. | Mahar, James Michael., 1953, Ethnobotany of the Oregon Paiutes of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, Reed College, B.A. Thesis, page 119 |
5916 | Arundinaria gigantea (Walt.) Muhl. 417 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 21 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Used to make cane webbing, plastered with mud, supported with wood and used as a dwelling. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 21 |
6743 | Aulacomnium sp. 521 | Shuswap 233 | palmer75 92 | 49 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Moss mixed with clay and used between the logs of a log house. | Palmer, Gary, 1975, Shuswap Indian Ethnobotany, Syesis 8:29-51, page 49 |
6781 | Baccharis emoryi Gray 532 | Havasupai 89 | ws85 2 | 246 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Used to make fence posts and in brush house construction. | 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 246 |
6792 | Baccharis salicifolia (Ruiz & Pav¢n) Pers. 535 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 46 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Limbs and branches used in house construction. | 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 46 |
6809 | Baccharis sp. 537 | Hualapai 97 | w82 127 | 17 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Long, straight stems used for ramada roofs. | Watahomigie, Lucille J., 1982, Hualapai Ethnobotany, Peach Springs, AZ. Hualapai Bilingual Program, Peach Springs School District #8, page 17 |
6828 | Baileya multiradiata Harvey & Gray ex Gray 541 | Jemez 102 | c30 28 | 20 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Plant mixed with clay, used in making adobes and plant used in plaster. | Cook, Sarah Louise, 1930, The Ethnobotany of Jemez Indians., University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 20 |
7075 | Betula alleghaniensis var. alleghaniensis 575 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 25 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Wood used for lumber. | 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 |
7085 | Betula alleghaniensis var. alleghaniensis 575 | Ojibwa 173 | r28 8 | 241 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Bark used to build dwellings and lodges. | Reagan, Albert B., 1928, Plants Used by the Bois Fort Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indians of Minnesota, Wisconsin Archeologist 7(4):230-248, page 241 |
7092 | Betula alleghaniensis var. alleghaniensis 575 | Potawatomi 206 | smith33 43 | 112 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Branches used as poles for the wigwam or medicine lodge. | Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 112 |
7110 | Betula lenta L. 576 | Ojibwa 173 | r28 8 | 241 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Bark used to build dwellings and lodges. | Reagan, Albert B., 1928, Plants Used by the Bois Fort Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indians of Minnesota, Wisconsin Archeologist 7(4):230-248, page 241 |
7131 | Betula occidentalis Hook. 579 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 17 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Wands, sharpened at both ends, used to construct the dome shape of the sweat lodge. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 17 |
7148 | Betula papyrifera Marsh. 580 | Algonquin, Tete-de-Boule 8 | ray45 113 | 119 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Plant used to make houses, tents and shelters. | Raymond, Marcel., 1945, Notes Ethnobotaniques Sur Les Tete-De-Boule De Manouan, Contributions de l'Institut botanique l'Universite de Montreal 55:113-134, page 119 |
7163 | Betula papyrifera Marsh. 580 | Chippewa 38 | d28 4 | 377 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Used as coverings for dwellings. | Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 377 |
7179 | Betula papyrifera Marsh. 580 | Cree, Woodlands 58 | l85 47 | 32 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Bark used to cover a tipi. | Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 32 |
7180 | Betula papyrifera Marsh. 580 | Cree, Woodlands 58 | l85 47 | 32 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Bark used to make bath tubs. | Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 32 |
7181 | Betula papyrifera Marsh. 580 | Cree, Woodlands 58 | l85 47 | 32 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Wood used as poles to frame a tipi. | Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 32 |
7218 | Betula papyrifera Marsh. 580 | Meskwaki 139 | smith28 21 | 267 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Bark strips used as the waterproof, top coverings of wigwams. | Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 267 |
7221 | Betula papyrifera Marsh. 580 | Micmac 141 | sd51 182 | 258 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Bark used to make house coverings. | Speck, Frank G. and R.W. Dexter, 1951, Utilization of Animals and Plants by the Micmac Indians of New Brunswick, Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 41:250-259, page 258 |
7235 | Betula papyrifera Marsh. 580 | Ojibwa 173 | smith32 20 | 413 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Bark used for wigwam coverings. | Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 413 |
7236 | Betula papyrifera Marsh. 580 | Ojibwa 173 | r28 8 | 241 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Bark used to build dwellings and lodges. | Reagan, Albert B., 1928, Plants Used by the Bois Fort Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indians of Minnesota, Wisconsin Archeologist 7(4):230-248, page 241 |
7237 | Betula papyrifera Marsh. 580 | Ojibwa 173 | smith32 20 | 416 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Sheets of bark sewn together, made into rolls and used as waterproof roofing for wigwams. | Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 416 |
7268 | Betula papyrifera Marsh. 580 | Potawatomi 206 | smith33 43 | 112 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Bark furnished a waterproof cover for the top of the wigwam. | Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 112 |
7276 | Betula papyrifera Marsh. 580 | Tanana, Upper 255 | k85 36 | 5 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Bark used as roofing material. | Kari, Priscilla Russe, 1985, Upper Tanana Ethnobotany, Anchorage. Alaska Historical Commission, page 5 |
7277 | Betula papyrifera Marsh. 580 | Tanana, Upper 255 | k85 36 | 5 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Bark used in the construction of some buildings. | Kari, Priscilla Russe, 1985, Upper Tanana Ethnobotany, Anchorage. Alaska Historical Commission, page 5 |
7305 | Betula papyrifera Marsh. 580 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 189 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Tough, waterproof bark used as material for walls and roofing. | 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 189 |
7683 | Calocedrus decurrens (Torr.) Florin 667 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 85 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Bark used to make conical shaped houses for temporary use while camped to gather and process acorns. | 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 85 |
7684 | Calocedrus decurrens (Torr.) Florin 667 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 85 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Wood used for permanent construction. | 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 85 |
7686 | Calocedrus decurrens (Torr.) Florin 667 | Karok 105 | sg52 71 | 379 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Wood used to make boards. | Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 379 |
7695 | Calocedrus decurrens (Torr.) Florin 667 | Paiute 183 | m53 98 | 46 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Tree used for fence posts. | Mahar, James Michael., 1953, Ethnobotany of the Oregon Paiutes of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, Reed College, B.A. Thesis, page 46 |
8154 | Carnegia gigantea (Engelm.) Britt. & Rose 757 | Papago 188 | cu35 27 | 53 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Ribs used for roofing. | 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 53 |
8155 | Carnegia gigantea (Engelm.) Britt. & Rose 757 | Papago 188 | cu35 27 | 53 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Slats joined with one or two rows of deer hide thong and used to make screen doors. | 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 53 |
8156 | Carnegia gigantea (Engelm.) Britt. & Rose 757 | Papago 188 | cu35 27 | 66 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Used for the roofing of houses. | 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 66 |
8238 | Carpinus caroliniana Walt. 758 | Chippewa 38 | gil33 15 | 127 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Tree used for the main supporting posts for the ridgepole of the wigwam or tent. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1933, Some Chippewa Uses of Plants, Ann Arbor. University of Michigan Press, page 127 |
8404 | Cassiope tetragona (L.) D. Don 772 | Eskimo, Alaska 67 | a39 167 | 715 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Plant, mosses and lichens gathered for insulating houses against cold. | Anderson, J. P., 1939, Plants Used by the Eskimo of the Northern Bering Sea and Arctic Regions of Alaska, American Journal of Botany 26:714-16, page 715 |
8416 | Castanea dentata (Marsh.) Borkh. 774 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 29 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Wood used for lumber and fence rails. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 29 |
8869 | Cercis canadensis var. texensis (S. Wats.) M. Hopkins 838 | Havasupai 89 | ws85 2 | 226 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Wood used to make fence posts. | 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 226 |
8951 | Cercocarpus montanus Raf. 842 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 53 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Wood used to make the handle of the weaving distaff, dice and the sweathouse for ceremonies. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 53 |
9068 | Chamaecyparis lawsoniana (A. Murr.) Parl. 859 | Karok 105 | sg52 71 | 379 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Wood made into planks and used to build sweathouses. | Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 379 |
9069 | Chamaecyparis lawsoniana (A. Murr.) Parl. 859 | Karok 105 | sg52 71 | 379 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Wood used as the main post in house construction. | Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 379 |
9093 | Chamaecyparis nootkatensis (D. Don) Spach 860 | Kitasoo 112 | c93 14 | 313 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Wood used for construction. | 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 313 |
9568 | Chilopsis linearis (Cav.) Sweet 912 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 53 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Wood used to make house frames and granaries. | 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 53 |
9801 | Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus (Hook.) Nutt. 935 | Hopi 95 | vest40 126 | 167 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Used as a sand break to protect young corn and melons. | Vestal, Paul A, 1940, Notes on a Collection of Plants from the Hopi Indian Region of Arizona Made by J. G. Owens in 1891, Botanical Museum Leaflets (Harvard University) 8(8):153-168, page 167 |
9807 | Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus (Hook.) Nutt. 935 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 84 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Plant used as thatch to prevent the sand on top of the sweathouse from sifting through. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 84 |
9818 | Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus ssp. viscidiflorus var. stenophyllus (Gray) Hall 936 | Hopi 95 | vest40 126 | 167 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Used as a sand break to protect young corn and melons. | Vestal, Paul A, 1940, Notes on a Collection of Plants from the Hopi Indian Region of Arizona Made by J. G. Owens in 1891, Botanical Museum Leaflets (Harvard University) 8(8):153-168, page 167 |
10110 | Cladrastis kentukea (Dum.-Cours.) Rudd 990 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 62 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Wood used for lumber. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 62 |
10790 | Cornus alternifolia L. f. 1088 | Ojibwa 173 | smith32 20 | 417 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Twigs used for thatching and various other purposes. | Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 417 |
11108 | Cornus sericea ssp. sericea 1102 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 96 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Large limbs used as frame poles. | 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 96 |
11361 | Crataegus douglasii Lindl. 1123 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 124 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Wooden withes used to repair barbed wire fences. | 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 124 |
12490 | Dicranum sp. 1297 | Shuswap 233 | palmer75 92 | 49 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Moss mixed with clay and used between the logs of a log house. | Palmer, Gary, 1975, Shuswap Indian Ethnobotany, Syesis 8:29-51, page 49 |
13273 | Epilobium sp. 1417 | Mewuk 140 | m66 109 | 362 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Used to line acorn caches. | Merriam, C. Hart, 1966, Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes, University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley, page 362 |
13652 | Ericameria nauseosa ssp. nauseosa var. nauseosa 1454 | Hopi 95 | c74 82 | 303 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Brush used to make wind breaks. | Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 303 |
13692 | Ericameria palmeri var. palmeri 1457 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 75 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Plant used to build fences as a protection from cold winds. | 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 75 |
13700 | Ericameria parryi var. howardii (Parry ex Gray) Nesom & Baird 1459 | Hopi 95 | vest40 126 | 167 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Used in rows in the sand to act as a sandbreak. | Vestal, Paul A, 1940, Notes on a Collection of Plants from the Hopi Indian Region of Arizona Made by J. G. Owens in 1891, Botanical Museum Leaflets (Harvard University) 8(8):153-168, page 167 |
13701 | Ericameria parryi var. howardii (Parry ex Gray) Nesom & Baird 1459 | Hopi 95 | vest40 126 | 167 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Used in rows in the sand to act as a sandbreak. | Vestal, Paul A, 1940, Notes on a Collection of Plants from the Hopi Indian Region of Arizona Made by J. G. Owens in 1891, Botanical Museum Leaflets (Harvard University) 8(8):153-168, page 167 |
13705 | Ericameria parryi var. parryi 1460 | Hopi 95 | vest40 126 | 167 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Used in rows in the sand to act as a sandbreak. | Vestal, Paul A, 1940, Notes on a Collection of Plants from the Hopi Indian Region of Arizona Made by J. G. Owens in 1891, Botanical Museum Leaflets (Harvard University) 8(8):153-168, page 167 |
14663 | Fagus grandifolia Ehrh. 1603 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 25 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Wood used for lumber. | 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 |
14814 | Fouquieria sp. 1629 | Hualapai 97 | w82 127 | 22 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Branches used to construct huts. | Watahomigie, Lucille J., 1982, Hualapai Ethnobotany, Peach Springs, AZ. Hualapai Bilingual Program, Peach Springs School District #8, page 22 |
14815 | Fouquieria splendens Engelm. 1630 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 74 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Wood used to make fences to prevent rodents from attacking cultivated crops. | 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 74 |
14821 | Fouquieria splendens Engelm. 1630 | Papago 188 | c49 11 | 89 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Used for house construction. | Curtin, L. S. M., 1949, By the Prophet of the Earth, Sante Fe. San Vicente Foundation, page 89 |
14822 | Fouquieria splendens Engelm. 1630 | Papago 188 | cu35 27 | 53 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Used for the warp of wrapped weaving in house frames. | 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 53 |
14823 | Fouquieria splendens Engelm. 1630 | Papago 188 | cu35 27 | 66 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Withes used to bind together the house dome ribs. | 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 66 |
14827 | Fouquieria splendens Engelm. 1630 | Pima 193 | c49 11 | 89 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Stalks freed from thorns, bound together with rawhide or wire and used as shelves. | Curtin, L. S. M., 1949, By the Prophet of the Earth, Sante Fe. San Vicente Foundation, page 89 |
14829 | Fouquieria splendens Engelm. 1630 | Seri 229 | d44 29 | 136 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Branches used to make sun and wind shelters. | Dawson, E. Yale, 1944, Some Ethnobotanical Notes on the Seri Indians, Desert Plant Life 9:133-138, page 136 |
15243 | Fraxinus nigra Marsh. 1659 | Chippewa 38 | d28 4 | 377 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Bark used to cover wigwams. | Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 377 |
15265 | Fraxinus pennsylvanica Marsh. 1660 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 23 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Wood used for firewood and lumber. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 23 |
15270 | Fraxinus pennsylvanica Marsh. 1660 | Cheyenne 33 | h81 57 | 46 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Trunks used to construct the medicine lodge for the Sun Dance ceremony. | Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 46 |
15271 | Fraxinus pennsylvanica Marsh. 1660 | Cheyenne 33 | h92 30 | 20 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Wood used to make Sundance lodges. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 20 |
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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) );