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id | species | tribe | source | pageno ▼ | use_category | use_subcategory | notes | rawsource |
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27477 | Pinus contorta Dougl. ex Loud. 2953 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 102 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Delimbed trunks used as framework poles for traditional sleeping platforms. | 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 102 |
27793 | Pinus monophylla Torr. & Fr‚m. 2965 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 102 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Bark used as roofing material 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 102 |
28083 | Pinus quadrifolia Parl. ex Sudworth 2972 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 102 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Bark used as roofing material 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 102 |
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 |
28053 | Pinus ponderosa P.& C. Lawson 2968 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 104 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Needles used as insulation on the roofs of pit houses. | 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 104 |
28597 | Platanus racemosa Nutt. 3018 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 105 | 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 105 |
28629 | Pluchea sericea (Nutt.) Coville 3025 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 105 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Long, slender, pliable stems with leaves interwoven with stronger materials into walls of houses. | 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 105 |
28630 | Pluchea sericea (Nutt.) Coville 3025 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 105 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Long, slender, pliable stems with leaves used as a roofing material. | 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 105 |
28631 | Pluchea sericea (Nutt.) Coville 3025 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 105 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Used in the construction of ramadas, windbreaks, fences 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 105 |
30009 | Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana (L. Benson) M.C. Johnston 3155 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 107 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Large limbs used as corner posts for houses, as rafters and granary posts. | 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 |
30010 | Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana (L. Benson) M.C. Johnston 3155 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 107 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Leaves used for roofing houses. | 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 |
31214 | Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirbel) Franco 3199 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 107 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Logs considered important for construction. | 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 107 |
31215 | Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirbel) Franco 3199 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 107 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Young, second growth boughs used to make early summer lodges. | 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 107 |
15296 | Fraxinus pennsylvanica Marsh. 1660 | Omaha 177 | g19 17 | 108 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Wood and cottonwood used to make the sacred pole. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 108 |
15304 | Fraxinus pennsylvanica Marsh. 1660 | Ponca 205 | g19 17 | 108 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Wood and cottonwood used to make the sacred pole. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 108 |
29486 | Populus fremontii S. Wats. 3102 | Pima 193 | c49 11 | 109 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Used to make fence posts. | Curtin, L. S. M., 1949, By the Prophet of the Earth, Sante Fe. San Vicente Foundation, page 109 |
18701 | Juniperus monosperma (Engelm.) Sarg. 2058 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 11 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Bark used as lining in sweat houses. | 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 11 |
18702 | Juniperus monosperma (Engelm.) Sarg. 2058 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 11 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Boughs used for the sides and roofs of shade houses or special hogans for the Enemyway ceremonial. | 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 11 |
18703 | Juniperus monosperma (Engelm.) Sarg. 2058 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 11 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Wood used for fence posts and hogan poles. | 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 11 |
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 |
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 |
41361 | Typha latifolia L. 4049 | Potawatomi 206 | smith33 43 | 114 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Leaves sewn together to make a wind-proof and waterproof side mat to be applied to 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 114 |
37424 | Schoenoplectus acutus var. acutus 3603 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 115 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Stems laid in an overlapping fashion and used for 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 115 |
41588 | Ulmus rubra Muhl. 4052 | Potawatomi 206 | smith33 43 | 115 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Bark used to make wigwam sides. | Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 115 |
27390 | Pinus contorta Dougl. ex Loud. 2953 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 116 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Wood used to make travois and tipi poles. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 116 |
30057 | Prosopis pubescens Benth. 3156 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 118 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Large limbs used in 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 118 |
35835 | Salix exigua Nutt. 3527 | Pomo, Kashaya 202 | gl80 40 | 118 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Large branches used as the framework for thatched summer homes, sudatories and other construction. | Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 118 |
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 |
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 |
27654 | Pinus edulis Engelm. 2959 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 12 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Branches used to cover a sweathouse. | 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 12 |
27655 | Pinus edulis Engelm. 2959 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 12 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Rot and wood-eating beetle resistant logs used as the chief building material for hogans. | 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 12 |
27656 | Pinus edulis Engelm. 2959 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 12 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Wood used for fence posts and corral construction. | 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 12 |
27657 | Pinus edulis Engelm. 2959 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 12 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Wood used to make summer shade houses. | 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 12 |
36124 | Salix sp. 3551 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 122 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Boughs used to make sweatlodge frames. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 122 |
40860 | Tsuga canadensis (L.) Carr. 4041 | Chippewa 38 | gil33 15 | 123 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Bark strips used for wigwam coverings. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1933, Some Chippewa Uses of Plants, Ann Arbor. University of Michigan Press, page 123 |
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 |
41201 | Typha latifolia L. 4049 | Chippewa 38 | gil33 15 | 124 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Leaves used as mats for roofing wigwams. The leaves were laid parallel, with one overlapping another, and were then stitched together with basswood, dogbane or swamp milkweed fiber. The leaves were said to be quite effective in shedding the rain. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1933, Some Chippewa Uses of Plants, Ann Arbor. University of Michigan Press, page 124 |
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 |
41429 | Ulmus americana L. 4051 | Chippewa 38 | gil33 15 | 129 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Bark peeled during raspberry ripening time and used in the winter for house roofing material. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1933, Some Chippewa Uses of Plants, Ann Arbor. University of Michigan Press, page 129 |
27988 | Pinus ponderosa P.& C. Lawson 2968 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 13 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Branches often used to cover a sweathouse. | 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 13 |
27989 | Pinus ponderosa P.& C. Lawson 2968 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 13 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Wood used for hogans, fence posts and corral construction. | 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 13 |
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 |
37529 | Scirpus sp. 3614 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 139 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Stalks used for roofing. | 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 139 |
18987 | Juniperus scopulorum Sarg. 2062 | Montana Indian 151 | b05 73 | 14 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Wood used for fence posts. | Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, page 14 |
37468 | Schoenoplectus robustus (Pursh) M.T. Strong 3608 | Pomo 200 | b08 179 | 140 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Stems used as foundation material. | Barrett, S. A., 1908, Pomo Indian Basketry, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 7:134-308, page 140 |
37469 | Schoenoplectus robustus (Pursh) M.T. Strong 3608 | Pomo 200 | b08 179 | 140 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Stems used for thatch. | Barrett, S. A., 1908, Pomo Indian Basketry, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 7:134-308, page 140 |
41390 | Typha latifolia L. 4049 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 144 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Leaves & stems made into mats used as wall insulators and in constructing temporary summer houses. The mats were twined with fiber of Indian hemp or silverberry. | 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 144 |
43546 | Washingtonia filifera (L. Linden) H. Wendl. 4190 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 145 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Long fronds used to make ramadas. | 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 145 |
43547 | Washingtonia filifera (L. Linden) H. Wendl. 4190 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 145 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Long fronds used to make the sides and roofs of waterproof and windproof houses. | 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 145 |
28133 | Pinus sabiniana Dougl. ex Dougl. 2975 | Miwok 144 | bg33 100 | 149 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Bark used for house coverings. | 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 149 |
28134 | Pinus sabiniana Dougl. ex Dougl. 2975 | Miwok 144 | bg33 100 | 149 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Needles used for thatch. | 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 149 |
39961 | Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don 3951 | Gitksan 78 | g92 166 | 153 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Bark sheets used for roofing. | Gottesfeld, Leslie M. J., 1992, The Importance of Bark Products in the Aboriginal Economies of Northwestern British Columbia, Canada, Economic Botany 46(2):148-157, page 153 |
40275 | Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don 3951 | Tsimshian 267 | g92 166 | 153 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Bark sheets used for roofing and tarpaulins. | Gottesfeld, Leslie M. J., 1992, The Importance of Bark Products in the Aboriginal Economies of Northwestern British Columbia, Canada, Economic Botany 46(2):148-157, page 153 |
40290 | Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don 3951 | Wet'suwet'en 278 | g92 166 | 153 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Bark sheets used for roofing. | Gottesfeld, Leslie M. J., 1992, The Importance of Bark Products in the Aboriginal Economies of Northwestern British Columbia, Canada, Economic Botany 46(2):148-157, page 153 |
35922 | Salix irrorata Anderss. 3535 | Apache, White Mountain 15 | r29 45 | 160 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Split withes used as tipi and wickiup thatching. | Reagan, Albert B., 1929, Plants Used by the White Mountain Apache Indians of Arizona, Wisconsin Archeologist 8:143-61., page 160 |
38284 | Solanum fendleri Gray ex Torr. 3721 | Apache, White Mountain 15 | r29 45 | 160 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Used for thatching. | Reagan, Albert B., 1929, Plants Used by the White Mountain Apache Indians of Arizona, Wisconsin Archeologist 8:143-61., page 160 |
41181 | Typha latifolia L. 4049 | Apache, White Mountain 15 | r29 45 | 161 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Flags used for thatching the tipis and wickiups. | Reagan, Albert B., 1929, Plants Used by the White Mountain Apache Indians of Arizona, Wisconsin Archeologist 8:143-61., page 161 |
39975 | Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don 3951 | Haisla and Hanaksiala 87 | c93 14 | 162 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Bark used for roofing. | 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 162 |
39976 | Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don 3951 | Haisla and Hanaksiala 87 | c93 14 | 162 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Bark used to partition long houses and make temporary shelters. | 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 162 |
39977 | Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don 3951 | Haisla and Hanaksiala 87 | c93 14 | 162 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Wood used for house posts and planks in traditional house 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 162 |
39978 | Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don 3951 | Haisla and Hanaksiala 87 | c93 14 | 162 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Wood used to make dancing platforms. | 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 162 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
19112 | Juniperus sp. 2063 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 17 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Bark used in the construction of hogans. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 17 |
19113 | Juniperus sp. 2063 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 17 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Boughs used to build the corral for public exhibitions at the close of a ceremony. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 17 |
19114 | Juniperus sp. 2063 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 17 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Boughs used to make the summer shelters where the women weave. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 17 |
36125 | Salix sp. 3551 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 17 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Branches used to construct the many different sweat lodges. The Horn Society sweat lodge was constructed of fourteen willows. The Holy Woman's sweat lodge in the Sun Dance was made of one hundred willows, which had been gathered by members of the Pigeon Society. The Motokiks Society (a woman's society) constructed its lodge with twelve willows. Medicine Pipes had fourteen. The used frame of a sweat lodge was left on the prairie. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 17 |
36127 | Salix sp. 3551 | 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 |
41068 | Tsuga heterophylla (Raf.) Sarg. 4043 | Quinault 210 | g73 25 | 17 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Boughs used as shelters for hunters. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 17 |
27500 | Pinus contorta var. latifolia Engelm. ex S. Wats. 2955 | Blackfoot 23 | j87 146 | 18 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Wood used to make tipi frames. | Johnston, Alex, 1987, Plants and the Blackfoot, Lethbridge, Alberta. Lethbridge Historical Society, page 18 |
27508 | Pinus contorta var. murrayana (Grev. & Balf.) Engelm. 2956 | Montana Indian 151 | b05 73 | 18 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Smaller trees stripped of the bark and used for lodge poles and extensively for lumber. | Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, page 18 |
27977 | Pinus ponderosa P.& C. Lawson 2968 | Montana Indian 151 | b05 73 | 18 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Most important lumber tree in the state. | Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, page 18 |
40966 | Tsuga heterophylla (Raf.) Sarg. 4043 | Haisla and Hanaksiala 87 | c93 14 | 180 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Boughs used for making temporary shelters or huts by hunters. | 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 180 |
24006 | Nolina microcarpa S. Wats. 2590 | Apache, Western 14 | b86 87 | 183 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Grass used as a thatching material for wickiup or ramada. | Buskirk, Winfred, 1986, The Western Apache: Living With the Land Before 1950, Norman. University of Oklahoma Press, page 183 |
26921 | Picea glauca (Moench) Voss 2934 | Eskimo, Inuktitut 71 | w78 64 | 188 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Wood used to make cabins and caches. | Wilson, Michael R., 1978, Notes on Ethnobotany in Inuktitut, The Western Canadian Journal of Anthropology 8:180-196, page 188 |
27079 | Picea mariana (P. Mill.) B.S.P. 2935 | Eskimo, Inuktitut 71 | w78 64 | 188 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Wood used to make cabins and caches. | Wilson, Michael R., 1978, Notes on Ethnobotany in Inuktitut, The Western Canadian Journal of Anthropology 8:180-196, page 188 |
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 |
18675 | Juniperus monosperma (Engelm.) Sarg. 2058 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 19 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Wood used to make a canopy to protect a new born child from the sparks of the fire. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 19 |
18676 | Juniperus monosperma (Engelm.) Sarg. 2058 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 19 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Wood used to make fence posts and hogan roofs. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 19 |
29171 | Populus angustifolia James 3094 | Montana Indian 151 | b05 73 | 19 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Wood used for fire and shelter during the winter. | Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, page 19 |
29214 | Populus balsamifera L. 3095 | Montana Indian 151 | b05 73 | 19 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Wood used for fire and shelter during the winter. | Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, page 19 |
29375 | Populus deltoides Bartr. ex Marsh. 3098 | Kiowa 111 | vs39 140 | 19 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Used to make poles for the ceremonial tepee. | Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 19 |
29384 | Populus deltoides Bartr. ex Marsh. 3098 | Montana Indian 151 | b05 73 | 19 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Wood used for fire and shelter during the winter. | Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, page 19 |
29629 | Populus tremuloides Michx. 3106 | Montana Indian 151 | b05 73 | 19 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Wood used for fire and shelter during the winter. | Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, page 19 |
36201 | Salix sp. 3551 | Kiowa 111 | vs39 140 | 19 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Branches used in construction of summer shelters. | Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 19 |
40248 | Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don 3951 | Snuqualmie 246 | g73 25 | 19 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Limbs used to tie the poles of summer houses together. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 19 |
39950 | Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don 3951 | Clallam 41 | f80 99 | 195 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Wood used for house planks, posts and roof boards. | Fleisher, Mark S., 1980, The Ethnobotany of the Clallam Indians of Western Washington, Northwest Anthropological Research Notes 14(2):192-210, page 195 |
21114 | Lonicera ciliosa (Pursh) Poir. ex DC. 2259 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 196 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Vines used with other plants as building materials. The vines were used with willow withes to reinforce suspension bridges across canyons and rivers. The vines were also twisted with coyote willow to lash together the framing poles of underground pit houses and to make a pliable ladder on the outside of the pit house, running from the opening down to the ground. | 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 196 |
27016 | Picea glauca (Moench) Voss 2934 | Tanana, Upper 255 | k85 36 | 2 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Bark used as siding and roofing material for steambath houses and other structures. | Kari, Priscilla Russe, 1985, Upper Tanana Ethnobotany, Anchorage. Alaska Historical Commission, page 2 |
27017 | Picea glauca (Moench) Voss 2934 | Tanana, Upper 255 | k85 36 | 2 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Wood used for fuel and building logs. | Kari, Priscilla Russe, 1985, Upper Tanana Ethnobotany, Anchorage. Alaska Historical Commission, page 2 |
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 |
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 |
31177 | Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirbel) Franco 3199 | Montana Indian 151 | b05 73 | 20 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Wood used extensively for lumber. | Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, page 20 |
40143 | Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don 3951 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 20 | Fiber 4 | Building Material 91 | Bark used to make a covering for sweathouse frames and insulation for tule tipis. | 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 20 |
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