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id | species | tribe | source | pageno | use_category | use_subcategory | notes ▼ | rawsource |
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37667 | Senecio flaccidus var. douglasii (DC.) B.L. Turner & T.M. Barkl. 3642 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 88 | Fiber 4 | Brushes & Brooms 93 | Tops used as brooms to brush the spines from cactus fruit. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 88 |
12029 | Dalea purpurea var. purpurea 1226 | Pawnee 190 | g19 17 | 94 | Fiber 4 | Brushes & Brooms 93 | Tough, elastic stems made into brooms and used to sweep the lodge. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 94 |
30245 | Prunus americana Marsh. 3160 | Dakota 61 | g19 17 | 87 | Fiber 4 | Brushes & Brooms 93 | Tough, elastic twigs bound into bundles and used as brooms for sweeping the floor. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 87 |
30281 | Prunus americana Marsh. 3160 | Omaha 177 | g19 17 | 87 | Fiber 4 | Brushes & Brooms 93 | Tough, elastic twigs bound into bundles and used as brooms for sweeping the floor. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 87 |
30292 | Prunus americana Marsh. 3160 | Ponca 205 | g19 17 | 87 | Fiber 4 | Brushes & Brooms 93 | Tough, elastic twigs bound into bundles and used as brooms for sweeping the floor. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 87 |
30297 | Prunus americana Marsh. 3160 | Winnebago 280 | g19 17 | 87 | Fiber 4 | Brushes & Brooms 93 | Tough, elastic twigs bound into bundles and used as brooms for sweeping the floor. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 87 |
14094 | Eriogonum nudum Dougl. ex Benth. 1520 | Miwok 144 | bg33 100 | 161 | Fiber 4 | Brushes & Brooms 93 | Twigs and leaves used as a brush to clear ground under manzanita bushes before knocking off berries. | 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 161 |
379 | Acacia greggii Gray 15 | Havasupai 89 | ws85 2 | 225 | Fiber 4 | Brushes & Brooms 93 | Twigs made into a brush and used to brush off metates. | 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 225 |
11218 | Corylus americana Walt. 1110 | Meskwaki 139 | smith28 21 | 267 | Fiber 4 | Brushes & Brooms 93 | Twigs made into brushes for cleaning the earthen floors of the 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 |
27015 | Picea glauca (Moench) Voss 2934 | Tanana, Upper 255 | k85 36 | 2 | Fiber 4 | Brushes & Brooms 93 | Twigs used by young menstruating girls to clean their teeth and to scratch their heads with. | Kari, Priscilla Russe, 1985, Upper Tanana Ethnobotany, Anchorage. Alaska Historical Commission, page 2 |
43998 | Yucca baileyi var. navajoa (J.M. Webber) J.M. Webber 4226 | Hopi 95 | c74 82 | 370 | Fiber 4 | Brushes & Brooms 93 | Twigs used to make snow brooms. | Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 370 |
9713 | Chlorogalum pomeridianum (DC.) Kunth 922 | Kawaiisu 106 | z81 60 | 19 | Fiber 4 | Brushes & Brooms 93 | Upper fiber ends dipped in starch, tied together and used as brushes. The brush was used in the following ways: (1) to clean out the bedrock mortar hole before tobacco leaves were pounded and to remove the pulverized tobacco afterwards--a usage that probably applied to other materials--(2) to sweep fine meal off the sifting tray; (3) to brush the hair--an old brush must be used for this purpose or 'the hair ends will split'--and (4) when wet, to scrub things clean. | Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 19 |
16360 | Gutierrezia sp. 1787 | Hualapai 97 | w82 127 | 16 | Fiber 4 | Brushes & Brooms 93 | Used as a utilitarian brush to remove stickers off prickly pear fruits and for sweeping the floor. | Watahomigie, Lucille J., 1982, Hualapai Ethnobotany, Peach Springs, AZ. Hualapai Bilingual Program, Peach Springs School District #8, page 16 |
23545 | Muhlenbergia sp. 2544 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 25 | Fiber 4 | Brushes & Brooms 93 | Used in the making of brushes and brooms. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 25 |
23520 | Muhlenbergia pungens Thurb. 2541 | Hopi 95 | f96 72 | 16 | Fiber 4 | Brushes & Brooms 93 | Used to make a hair brush and broom. | Fewkes, J. Walter, 1896, A Contribution to Ethnobotany, American Anthropologist 9:14-21, page 16 |
14704 | Fallugia paradoxa (D. Don) Endl. ex Torr. 1604 | Keresan 108 | w45 90 | 558 | Fiber 4 | Brushes & Brooms 93 | Used to make arrows and brooms. | White, Leslie A, 1945, Notes on the Ethnobotany of the Keres, Papers of the Michigan Academy of Arts, Sciences and Letters 30:557-568, page 558 |
7333 | Betula sp. 585 | Malecite 134 | sd52 78 | 6 | Fiber 4 | Brushes & Brooms 93 | Used to make brooms. | Speck, Frank G. and R.W. Dexter, 1952, Utilization of Animals and Plants by the Malecite Indians of New Brunswick, Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 42:1-7, page 6 |
23521 | Muhlenbergia pungens Thurb. 2541 | Hopi 95 | vest40 126 | 158 | Fiber 4 | Brushes & Brooms 93 | Used to make brooms. | 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 158 |
17563 | Hymenoclea sp. 1941 | Hualapai 97 | w82 127 | 47 | Fiber 4 | Brushes & Brooms 93 | Used to make brushes and brooms. | Watahomigie, Lucille J., 1982, Hualapai Ethnobotany, Peach Springs, AZ. Hualapai Bilingual Program, Peach Springs School District #8, page 47 |
1867 | Agave utahensis Engelm. 97 | Havasupai 89 | ws85 2 | 212 | Fiber 4 | Brushes & Brooms 93 | Used to make brushes for the hair and for cleaning grinding stones. To make the brushes, the dried matter of a dead and rotten leaf was knocked free from the fibers, which were then bent in two. The upper end of this brush was wrapped with a cord and the bent portion was covered with buckskin or cloth. The loose fibers were cut to the right length and hardened by burning the ends. | 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 212 |
39457 | Taxus brevifolia Nutt. 3902 | Cowlitz 53 | g73 25 | 16 | Fiber 4 | Brushes & Brooms 93 | Used to make combs. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 16 |
39540 | Taxus brevifolia Nutt. 3902 | Quinault 210 | g73 25 | 16 | Fiber 4 | Brushes & Brooms 93 | Used to make combs. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 16 |
26375 | Philadelphus lewisii Pursh 2875 | Cowlitz 53 | g73 25 | 31 | Fiber 4 | Brushes & Brooms 93 | Wood used to make combs. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 31 |
26380 | Philadelphus lewisii Pursh 2875 | Lummi 129 | g73 25 | 31 | Fiber 4 | Brushes & Brooms 93 | Wood used to make combs. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 31 |
26412 | Philadelphus lewisii Pursh 2875 | Thompson 259 | steed28 33 | 499 | Fiber 4 | Brushes & Brooms 93 | Wood used to make combs. | Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 499 |
32124 | Quercus garryana Dougl. ex Hook. 3265 | Cowlitz 53 | g73 25 | 27 | Fiber 4 | Brushes & Brooms 93 | Wood used to make combs. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 27 |
39497 | Taxus brevifolia Nutt. 3902 | Kwakiutl, Southern 122 | tb73 63 | 271 | Fiber 4 | Brushes & Brooms 93 | Wood used to make combs. | 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 271 |
39519 | Taxus brevifolia Nutt. 3902 | Oweekeno 181 | c93 14 | 75 | Fiber 4 | Brushes & Brooms 93 | Wood used to make combs. | 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 75 |
39545 | Taxus brevifolia Nutt. 3902 | Salish, Coast 217 | tb71 23 | 72 | Fiber 4 | Brushes & Brooms 93 | Wood used to make combs. | 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 72 |
40219 | Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don 3951 | Salish, Coast 217 | tb71 23 | 71 | Fiber 4 | Brushes & Brooms 93 | Wood used to make combs. | 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 |
26942 | Picea glauca (Moench) Voss 2934 | Iroquois 100 | r45i 116 | 83 | Fiber 4 | Brushes & Brooms 93 | Wood used to make scrub brushes. | Rousseau, Jacques, 1945, Le Folklore Botanique De L'ile Aux Coudres, Contributions de l'Institut botanique l'Universite de Montreal 55:75-111, page 83 |
27091 | Picea mariana (P. Mill.) B.S.P. 2935 | Iroquois 100 | r45i 116 | 83 | Fiber 4 | Brushes & Brooms 93 | Wood used to make scrub brushes. | Rousseau, Jacques, 1945, Le Folklore Botanique De L'ile Aux Coudres, Contributions de l'Institut botanique l'Universite de Montreal 55:75-111, page 83 |
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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) );