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id | species | tribe | source | pageno | use_category | use_subcategory | notes | rawsource |
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13338 | 1422 | 21 | 53 | 196 | 4 | 124 | Stems formerly used for sandpaper to smooth wooden objects. | Turner, Nancy J., 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Bella Coola Indians of British Columbia, Syesis 6:193-220, page 196 |
13339 | 1422 | 23 | 146 | 16 | 2 | 34 | Decoction of foliage used in horse medicine as a drench. | Johnston, Alex, 1987, Plants and the Blackfoot, Lethbridge, Alberta. Lethbridge Historical Society, page 16 |
13340 | 1422 | 23 | 42 | 276 | 2 | 34 | Decoction of plant used as a horse medicine. | McClintock, Walter, 1909, Medizinal- Und Nutzpflanzen Der Schwarzfuss Indianer, Zeitschriff fur Ethnologie 41:273-9, page 276 |
13341 | 1422 | 23 | 30 | 58 | 2 | 34 | Infusion used as a drench for horse medicine. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 58 |
13342 | 1422 | 23 | 42 | 276 | 1 | 27 | Blades boiled to make a drink. | McClintock, Walter, 1909, Medizinal- Und Nutzpflanzen Der Schwarzfuss Indianer, Zeitschriff fur Ethnologie 41:273-9, page 276 |
13343 | 1422 | 27 | 134 | 84 | 2 | 3 | Decoction of plant taken for kidney problems. | Carrier Linguistic Committee, 1973, Plants of Carrier Country, Fort St. James, BC. Carrier Linguistic Committee, page 84 |
13344 | 1422 | 27 | 134 | 84 | 2 | 80 | Decoction of plant taken for the inability to pass water. | Carrier Linguistic Committee, 1973, Plants of Carrier Country, Fort St. James, BC. Carrier Linguistic Committee, page 84 |
13345 | 1422 | 32 | 1 | 39 | 2 | 3 | Infusion taken for kidneys. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 39 |
13346 | 1422 | 32 | 1 | 39 | 2 | 36 | Strong infusion taken for constipation. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 39 |
13347 | 1422 | 33 | 57 | 4 | 2 | 34 | Plant used as a medicine for horses. | Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 4 |
13348 | 1422 | 38 | 4 | 366 | 2 | 129 | Leaves burned as a disinfectant. | Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 366 |
13349 | 1422 | 38 | 4 | 377 | 4 | 124 | Used for scouring. | Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 377 |
13350 | 1422 | 50 | 16 | 247 | 4 | 43 | Roots used in basketry. | Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 247 |
13351 | 1422 | 53 | 25 | 15 | 4 | 124 | Used to polish arrow shafts. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 15 |
13352 | 1422 | 53 | 25 | 15 | 1 | 4 | Stalk tops dried, mashed, mixed with salmon eggs and eaten. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 15 |
13353 | 1422 | 53 | 25 | 15 | 3 | 76 | Decoction of stalks used as a wash for hair infested with vermin. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 15 |
13354 | 1422 | 54 | 146 | 16 | 2 | 84 | Decoction of plant and two unknown roots used to correct menstrual irregularities. | Johnston, Alex, 1987, Plants and the Blackfoot, Lethbridge, Alberta. Lethbridge Historical Society, page 16 |
13355 | 1422 | 54 | 30 | 58 | 2 | 84 | Used for irregular menstruation. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 58 |
13356 | 1422 | 60 | 30 | 58 | 2 | 6 | Poultice used for bladder and prostate pains. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 58 |
13357 | 1422 | 60 | 30 | 58 | 2 | 117 | Infusion of stems used as a diuretic. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 58 |
13358 | 1422 | 76 | 30 | 58 | 2 | 117 | Infusion of stems used as a diuretic. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 58 |
13359 | 1422 | 79 | 38 | 368 | 3 | 24 | Used by children as whistles. | Chamberlin, Ralph V., 1911, The Ethno-Botany of the Gosiute Indians of Utah, Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association 2(5):331-405., page 368 |
13360 | 1422 | 89 | 2 | 204 | 3 | 17 | Joints pulled apart and used by children to produce a whistling sound. | 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 204 |
13361 | 1422 | 94 | 77 | 57 | 2 | 12 | Rootstocks eaten during medicinal ceremonies. | Reagan, Albert B., 1936, Plants Used by the Hoh and Quileute Indians, Kansas Academy of Science 37:55-70, page 57 |
13362 | 1422 | 94 | 77 | 57 | 1 | 4 | Rootstocks dried and used for food. | Reagan, Albert B., 1936, Plants Used by the Hoh and Quileute Indians, Kansas Academy of Science 37:55-70, page 57 |
13363 | 1422 | 94 | 77 | 57 | 1 | 47 | Rootstocks eaten during puberty ceremonies. | Reagan, Albert B., 1936, Plants Used by the Hoh and Quileute Indians, Kansas Academy of Science 37:55-70, page 57 |
13364 | 1422 | 94 | 77 | 57 | 1 | Rootstocks used for food. | Reagan, Albert B., 1936, Plants Used by the Hoh and Quileute Indians, Kansas Academy of Science 37:55-70, page 57 | |
13365 | 1422 | 100 | 59 | 33 | 2 | 80 | Infusion of rhizomes taken by old people 'when the urine is too red.' | Rousseau, Jacques, 1945, Le Folklore Botanique De Caughnawaga, Contributions de l'Institut botanique l'Universite de Montreal 55:7-72, page 33 |
13366 | 1422 | 105 | 71 | 378 | 2 | 12 | Plant used in ceremonial cleansing for the priests in First Salmon ceremony. | Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 378 |
13367 | 1422 | 105 | 71 | 378 | 2 | 25 | Decoction of plant used as a wash or poultice of stalks applied for sore eyes. | Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 378 |
13368 | 1422 | 115 | 66 | 88 | 4 | 124 | Used to smooth arrow shafts. | Coville, Frederick V., 1897, Notes On The Plants Used By The Klamath Indians Of Oregon., Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 5(2):87-110, page 88 |
13369 | 1422 | 125 | 108 | 25 | 1 | 50 | Plant given to horses to fatten them. | Rogers, Dilwyn J, 1980, Lakota Names and Traditional Uses of Native Plants by Sicangu (Brule) People in the Rosebud Area, South Dakota, St. Francis, SD. Rosebud Educational Scoiety, page 25 |
13370 | 1422 | 131 | 5 | 21 | 2 | 80 | Infusion of dried plants taken for prostate gland troubles. | Romero, John Bruno, 1954, The Botanical Lore of the California Indians, New York. Vantage Press, Inc., page 21 |
13371 | 1422 | 133 | 25 | 15 | 2 | 68 | Raw shoots chewed for diarrhea. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 15 |
13372 | 1422 | 138 | 51 | 34 | 2 | 22 | Decoction of rushes taken after childbirth 'to clear up the system.' | Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 34 |
13373 | 1422 | 138 | 51 | 34 | 2 | 3 | Decoction of rushes taken for kidney troubles. | Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 34 |
13374 | 1422 | 138 | 51 | 75 | 4 | 124 | Used as a scouring rush for pots and pans. | Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 75 |
13375 | 1422 | 139 | 21 | 220 | 2 | 46 | Infusion of whole plant taken by both men and women for gonorrhea. | Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 220 |
13376 | 1422 | 139 | 21 | 268 | 4 | 124 | Used to scour pots and pans. | Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 268 |
13377 | 1422 | 139 | 21 | 273 | 1 | 50 | Plant fed to ponies to make them fat in a week. | Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 273 |
13378 | 1422 | 143 | 30 | 58 | 4 | 67 | Used to make mats. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 58 |
13379 | 1422 | 151 | 30 | 58 | 4 | 124 | Abrasive stems used to polish pipes, bows and arrows and formerly used to scrub tins and floors. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 58 |
13380 | 1422 | 173 | 20 | 418 | 2 | Plant used as a medicine. | Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 418 | |
13381 | 1422 | 173 | 20 | 418 | 4 | 124 | Handful of stems used to scour the kettles and pans. | Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 418 |
13382 | 1422 | 175 | 32 | 17 | 2 | 92 | Infusion of stems taken for lumbago. | 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 17 |
13383 | 1422 | 175 | 32 | 17 | 2 | 8 | Decoction of stems used as a wash on children for skin sores. | 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 17 |
13384 | 1422 | 175 | 32 | 17 | 2 | 8 | Plant pounded, mixed with water and used to wash areas of the body affected by poison ivy. | 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 17 |
13385 | 1422 | 175 | 32 | 17 | 2 | 117 | Infusion of stems taken as a diuretic to stimulate the kidneys. | 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 17 |
13386 | 1422 | 175 | 32 | 17 | 2 | 25 | Stem fluid used as an eyewash. | 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 17 |
13387 | 1422 | 175 | 32 | 17 | 2 | 39 | Infusion of stems taken for backaches. | 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 17 |
13388 | 1422 | 175 | 32 | 17 | 2 | 42 | Decoction of stems used as a wash on children for skin sores. | 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 17 |
13389 | 1422 | 175 | 32 | 17 | 2 | 90 | Infusion of stems taken for sluggishness due to a cold. | 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 17 |
13390 | 1422 | 175 | 32 | 17 | 2 | 46 | Decoction of plant and false box taken or used as a bath for syphilis and gonorrhea. | 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 17 |
13391 | 1422 | 175 | 32 | 17 | 2 | 34 | Given to thin, old horses with diarrhea after eating fresh grass in spring. | 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 17 |
13392 | 1422 | 175 | 32 | 17 | 4 | 124 | Stems used as sandpaper to polish bone tools and soapstone pipes. | 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 17 |
13393 | 1422 | 175 | 32 | 17 | 4 | 124 | Used to polish fingernails. | 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 17 |
13394 | 1422 | 175 | 32 | 17 | 1 | 50 | Used in winter for fodder during hay shortage. | 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 17 |
13395 | 1422 | 175 | 32 | 17 | 3 | 32 | Hollow stems used to administer medicines to babies. | 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 17 |
13396 | 1422 | 209 | 77 | 57 | 2 | 12 | Rootstocks eaten during medicinal ceremonies. | Reagan, Albert B., 1936, Plants Used by the Hoh and Quileute Indians, Kansas Academy of Science 37:55-70, page 57 |
13397 | 1422 | 209 | 25 | 15 | 2 | 134 | Plant rubbed on swimmers to make them feel strong. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 15 |
13398 | 1422 | 209 | 77 | 57 | 1 | 4 | Rootstocks dried and used for food. | Reagan, Albert B., 1936, Plants Used by the Hoh and Quileute Indians, Kansas Academy of Science 37:55-70, page 57 |
13399 | 1422 | 209 | 77 | 57 | 1 | 47 | Rootstocks eaten during puberty ceremonies. | Reagan, Albert B., 1936, Plants Used by the Hoh and Quileute Indians, Kansas Academy of Science 37:55-70, page 57 |
13400 | 1422 | 209 | 77 | 57 | 1 | Rootstocks used for food. | Reagan, Albert B., 1936, Plants Used by the Hoh and Quileute Indians, Kansas Academy of Science 37:55-70, page 57 | |
13401 | 1422 | 210 | 25 | 15 | 2 | 84 | Decoction taken to regulate menses, informant insisted not an abortive. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 15 |
13402 | 1422 | 210 | 25 | 15 | 2 | 25 | Infusion of roots or root juice used as a wash for sore eyes. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 15 |
13403 | 1422 | 210 | 25 | 15 | 4 | 124 | Used to polish arrow shafts. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 15 |
13404 | 1422 | 225 | 44 | 218 | 2 | 149 | Used as a drinking tube for medicine and used for giving medicine to infants. | Ray, Verne F., 1932, The Sanpoil and Nespelem: Salishan Peoples of Northeastern Washington, University of Washington Publications in Anthropology, Vol. 5, page 218 |
13405 | 1422 | 225 | 44 | 218 | 2 | 42 | Used as a drinking tube for medicine and used for giving medicine to infants. | Ray, Verne F., 1932, The Sanpoil and Nespelem: Salishan Peoples of Northeastern Washington, University of Washington Publications in Anthropology, Vol. 5, page 218 |
13406 | 1422 | 226 | 32 | 17 | 4 | 43 | Roots used to imbricate woven bags and baskets. | 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 17 |
13407 | 1422 | 238 | 30 | 58 | 3 | 24 | Stems formerly used by children to make whistles. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 58 |
13408 | 1422 | 259 | 10 | 86 | 2 | 25 | Stem liquid used for sore eyes or decoction of stems used for sore, itchy eyes or cataracts. The stem liquid, which was collected in the springtime, could be stored in the refrigerator and used whenever needed. The stem decoction was used as an eyewash for sore or itchy eyes or for impending blindness such as that caused by cataracts. | 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 86 |
13409 | 1422 | 259 | 10 | 86 | 2 | 22 | Decoction of roots taken during difficult childbirth, to accelerate it. | 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 86 |
13410 | 1422 | 259 | 10 | 86 | 2 | 22 | Decoction or infusion of stems taken after childbirth to expel the afterbirth more quickly. The decoction or infusion was taken immediately after childbirth to expel the afterbirth more quickly. The stems were usually gathered ahead of time being pulled up, the roots cut off and the stems cut into short segments and dried. Then, just before childbirth, a small handful of the cut stems was steeped in boiling water for five or ten minutes. The woman could drink this tea for several days. | 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 86 |
13411 | 1422 | 259 | 10 | 86 | 2 | 80 | Decoction of new growths taken for bladder trouble. | 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 86 |
13412 | 1422 | 259 | 10 | 86 | 4 | 124 | Rough, silicon impregnated stems used to smooth and polish implements of wood, bone and steatite. The stems were used to do the final polishing of wooden spoons and to polish the soft rock used for pipe bowls. | 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 86 |
13413 | 1422 | 259 | 10 | 86 | 3 | 186 | Stem liquid used to kill any type of weed. The stem segments were pulled apart and the water was splashed over the weeds. | 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 86 |