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id | species | tribe | source | pageno | use_category | use_subcategory | notes | rawsource |
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314 | 6 | 259 | 10 | 97 | 3 | 106 | Sweet smelling bough used by 'old people' to wash their skin, to give their bodies a nice scent. | 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 97 |
2259 | 160 | 23 | 26 | 107 | 3 | 106 | Bulbs and water used to shine arrows. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 107 |
3509 | 262 | 87 | 14 | 211 | 3 | 106 | Leaves used with devil's club to wash the human smell from one's body. | 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 211 |
4411 | 337 | 200 | 89 | 375 | 3 | 106 | Leaves boiled and the yellowish red extract used as a cleansing body wash. | Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 375 |
4999 | 388 | 23 | 26 | 123 | 3 | 106 | Infusion of roots cleansed and used for scalp infections. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 123 |
5245 | 397 | 23 | 26 | 109 | 3 | 106 | Plant used to clean paint applicators made from broken buffalo shoulder blades. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 109 |
5296 | 397 | 238 | 30 | 45 | 3 | 106 | Decoction used for bathing. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 45 |
6611 | 503 | 65 | 122 | 217 | 3 | 106 | Leaves formerly used as soap. | Hinton, Leanne, 1975, Notes on La Huerta Diegueno Ethnobotany, Journal of California Anthropology 2:214-222, page 217 |
6680 | 508 | 24 | 31 | 45 | 3 | 106 | Crushed leaves and roots used as a soap and rubbed into articles for cleaning. | 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 45 |
6688 | 508 | 193 | 11 | 66 | 3 | 106 | Leaves rubbed in water and lather and used for washing clothing and baskets. | Curtin, L. S. M., 1949, By the Prophet of the Earth, Sante Fe. San Vicente Foundation, page 66 |
8650 | 811 | 202 | 40 | 23 | 3 | 106 | Fresh or dried flowers mixed with water and used as a soap for washing hands, face and body. | Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 23 |
8667 | 814 | 106 | 60 | 18 | 3 | 106 | Viscid fruits dipped into water by children and used as soap by rubbing them between the hands. | Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 18 |
8676 | 817 | 25 | 111 | 57 | 3 | 106 | Flowers used to make soap suds. | Murphey, Edith Van Allen, 1990, Indian Uses of Native Plants, Glenwood, Ill. Meyerbooks. Originally published in 1959, page 57 |
8682 | 817 | 50 | 16 | 250 | 3 | 106 | Decoction used as a detergent. | Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 250 |
8687 | 818 | 202 | 40 | 23 | 3 | 106 | Fresh or dried flowers mixed with water and used as a soap for washing hands, face and body. | Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 23 |
8724 | 819 | 259 | 10 | 252 | 3 | 106 | Infusion of leaves and twigs with Indian hellebore used as a wash for bathing. | 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 252 |
9468 | 897 | 50 | 16 | 249 | 3 | 106 | Scraped roots and water used to produce detergent foam. | Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 249 |
9469 | 897 | 65 | 85 | 17 | 3 | 106 | Mashed root used to clean and whiten clothes. | Hedges, Ken, 1986, Santa Ysabel Ethnobotany, San Diego Museum of Man Ethnic Technology Notes, No. 20, page 17 |
9473 | 897 | 106 | 60 | 19 | 3 | 106 | Grated root used as soap. | Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 19 |
9475 | 897 | 128 | 24 | 210 | 3 | 106 | Grated root used as soap. | Sparkman, Philip S., 1908, The Culture of the Luiseno Indians, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 8(4):187-234, page 210 |
9696 | 920 | 105 | 71 | 380 | 3 | 106 | Bulbs pounded, mixed with water and used as a detergent for washing clothes and buckskin blankets. | Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 380 |
9703 | 922 | 24 | 31 | 54 | 3 | 106 | Crushed bulb used as soap. | 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 54 |
9709 | 922 | 50 | 16 | 255 | 3 | 106 | Bulbs produced a detergent foam used in washing. | Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 255 |
9712 | 922 | 105 | 71 | 380 | 3 | 106 | Bulbs pounded, mixed with water and used as a detergent for washing clothes and buckskin blankets. | Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 380 |
9717 | 922 | 128 | 24 | 210 | 3 | 106 | Grated root used as soap. | Sparkman, Philip S., 1908, The Culture of the Luiseno Indians, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 8(4):187-234, page 210 |
9718 | 922 | 131 | 5 | 39 | 3 | 106 | Fibrous bulbs used as soap bars for washing clothes. | Romero, John Bruno, 1954, The Botanical Lore of the California Indians, New York. Vantage Press, Inc., page 39 |
9739 | 922 | 202 | 40 | 107 | 3 | 106 | Bulb used as soap for washing body, hair and utensils. | Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 107 |
9751 | 922 | 287 | 69 | 93 | 3 | 106 | Bulbs pounded, rubbed between the hands and used as hair shampoo. | Curtin, L. S. M., 1957, Some Plants Used by the Yuki Indians ... II. Food Plants, The Masterkey 31:85-94, page 93 |
11598 | 1161 | 24 | 31 | 57 | 3 | 106 | Root and pepo (fruit) useful as a soap and bleach. | 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 57 |
11601 | 1161 | 65 | 85 | 17 | 3 | 106 | Mashed pulp and seeds boiled in with the wash to whiten the clothes. | Hedges, Ken, 1986, Santa Ysabel Ethnobotany, San Diego Museum of Man Ethnic Technology Notes, No. 20, page 17 |
11606 | 1161 | 106 | 60 | 22 | 3 | 106 | Gourds used as soap when washing clothes. | Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 22 |
11611 | 1161 | 111 | 140 | 53 | 3 | 106 | Fruit used to cleanse hides and clothes by rubbing the dried fruit into the stains before washing. | Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 53 |
11612 | 1161 | 111 | 140 | 53 | 3 | 106 | Fruit used to cleanse hides and clothes by rubbing the dried fruit into the stains before washing. | Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 53 |
11614 | 1161 | 128 | 24 | 210 | 3 | 106 | Fruit used as soap to clean miscellaneous articles. | Sparkman, Philip S., 1908, The Culture of the Luiseno Indians, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 8(4):187-234, page 210 |
11615 | 1161 | 131 | 5 | 39 | 3 | 106 | Gourds used for washing buckskin cloths and blankets. | Romero, John Bruno, 1954, The Botanical Lore of the California Indians, New York. Vantage Press, Inc., page 39 |
11616 | 1161 | 131 | 5 | 39 | 3 | 106 | Roots used as soap bars for washing clothes. | Romero, John Bruno, 1954, The Botanical Lore of the California Indians, New York. Vantage Press, Inc., page 39 |
11627 | 1161 | 188 | 27 | 52 | 3 | 106 | Fruits dried, grated into soapy water and used to bleach clothes. | 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 52 |
12972 | 1374 | 23 | 42 | 277 | 3 | 106 | Berries used to make soap. | McClintock, Walter, 1909, Medizinal- Und Nutzpflanzen Der Schwarzfuss Indianer, Zeitschriff fur Ethnologie 41:273-9, page 277 |
13291 | 1421 | 23 | 26 | 112 | 3 | 106 | Plant used by children to shine their bouncing arrows. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 112 |
15474 | 1682 | 166 | 101 | 125 | 3 | 106 | Used as a hair wash. | Turner, Nancy J., John Thomas, Barry F. Carlson and Robert T. Ogilvie, 1983, Ethnobotany of the Nitinaht Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 125 |
15531 | 1691 | 166 | 101 | 125 | 3 | 106 | Used as a hair wash. | Turner, Nancy J., John Thomas, Barry F. Carlson and Robert T. Ogilvie, 1983, Ethnobotany of the Nitinaht Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 125 |
16288 | 1786 | 101 | 76 | 31 | 3 | 106 | Infusion of leaves used as pleasant and refreshing bath. | Jones, Volney H., 1931, The Ethnobotany of the Isleta Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 31 |
16460 | 1805 | 107 | 79 | 47 | 3 | 106 | Infusion of plant used as a hair wash and body bath. | Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 47 |
16581 | 1821 | 102 | 28 | 23 | 3 | 106 | Seeds boiled and water used to wash in. | Cook, Sarah Louise, 1930, The Ethnobotany of Jemez Indians., University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 23 |
17216 | 1896 | 23 | 146 | 20 | 3 | 106 | Leaves soaked in water and used as a hairwash. | Johnston, Alex, 1987, Plants and the Blackfoot, Lethbridge, Alberta. Lethbridge Historical Society, page 20 |
17217 | 1896 | 23 | 30 | 28 | 3 | 106 | Leaves soaked in water and used as a hairwash. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 28 |
17236 | 1896 | 82 | 30 | 28 | 3 | 106 | Leaves soaked in water and used as a hairwash. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 28 |
17706 | 1976 | 228 | 88 | 466 | 3 | 106 | Plant used as soap. | Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 466 |
18538 | 2054 | 259 | 33 | 505 | 3 | 106 | Stems and leaf whorls boiled and used as a body wash by hunters, warriors and widowers. | Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 505 |
20211 | 2177 | 76 | 30 | 24 | 3 | 106 | Roots and buckbrush leaves used to make a special hair rinse. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 24 |
20434 | 2205 | 259 | 33 | 504 | 3 | 106 | Flowers, leaves and stems soaked in cold water and used by girls at puberty as a head and face wash. | Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 504 |
21272 | 2275 | 65 | 122 | 218 | 3 | 106 | Roots used for soap. | Hinton, Leanne, 1975, Notes on La Huerta Diegueno Ethnobotany, Journal of California Anthropology 2:214-222, page 218 |
22389 | 2413 | 50 | 16 | 251 | 3 | 106 | Root used to make detergent lather. | Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 251 |
22787 | 2443 | 259 | 10 | 233 | 3 | 106 | Whole plant soaked in warm water to make a solution used as a hair dressing. | 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 233 |
23433 | 2523 | 60 | 73 | 16 | 3 | 106 | Used as a substitute for soap. | Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, page 16 |
24010 | 2590 | 14 | 87 | 182 | 3 | 106 | Roots used as soap. | Buskirk, Winfred, 1986, The Western Apache: Living With the Land Before 1950, Norman. University of Oklahoma Press, page 182 |
24044 | 2592 | 14 | 87 | 183 | 3 | 106 | Crowns and bases of leaves pounded together and mixed with water to make soap. | Buskirk, Winfred, 1986, The Western Apache: Living With the Land Before 1950, Norman. University of Oklahoma Press, page 183 |
24478 | 2640 | 87 | 14 | 217 | 3 | 106 | Decoction or infusion of bark used to wipe one's body after bathing. | 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 217 |
25465 | 2740 | 101 | 76 | 36 | 3 | 106 | Ground stolons mixed with soapweed and used in washing hair. | Jones, Volney H., 1931, The Ethnobotany of the Isleta Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 36 |
26392 | 2875 | 175 | 32 | 108 | 3 | 106 | Leaves rubbed with water, made into a frothy lather and used to wash the hands and hair. | 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 108 |
26400 | 2875 | 233 | 92 | 63 | 3 | 106 | Bark soaked in warm water and used for washing the face. | Palmer, Gary, 1975, Shuswap Indian Ethnobotany, Syesis 8:29-51, page 63 |
26879 | 2933 | 259 | 33 | 505 | 3 | 106 | Branch tips and needles boiled and used as a wash by hunters, warriors and boys at puberty. | Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 505 |
29050 | 3081 | 158 | 106 | 16 | 3 | 106 | Used as lotion to wash a snake figurine before painting it. | Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 16 |
29350 | 3097 | 259 | 10 | 276 | 3 | 106 | Dried inner bark packaged into small, fist sized bundles and used as a soap substitute. Each person carried his own package with him. Men's and women's were packaged differently. The soap was also used as a laundry soap. | 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 276 |
31244 | 3200 | 175 | 32 | 34 | 3 | 106 | Boughs used to scrub the body during a sweatbath to impart a nice smell and make the skin clean. | 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 34 |
34789 | 3463 | 53 | 25 | 34 | 3 | 106 | Bark boiled and used for soap. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 34 |
37124 | 3585 | 32 | 1 | 26 | 3 | 106 | Used for soap. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 26 |
37127 | 3585 | 131 | 5 | 40 | 3 | 106 | Juice used as a hair shampoo. | Romero, John Bruno, 1954, The Botanical Lore of the California Indians, New York. Vantage Press, Inc., page 40 |
39028 | 3847 | 24 | 31 | 141 | 3 | 106 | Plant used in making soap. | 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 141 |
39111 | 3849 | 259 | 33 | 455 | 3 | 106 | Mild decoction of wood used to wash babies. | Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 455 |
39243 | 3880 | 100 | 7 | 277 | 3 | 106 | Infusion of powdered root used as wash to 'cure strong smell under your arm.' | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 277 |
42669 | 4105 | 78 | 165 | 26 | 3 | 106 | Roots grated, added to laundry water and used to cleanse clothing. | Gottesfeld, Leslie M. J. and Beverley Anderson, 1988, Gitksan Traditional Medicine: Herbs And Healing, Journal of Ethnobiology 8(1):13-33, page 26 |
42898 | 4116 | 95 | 37 | 99 | 3 | 106 | Plant soaked in bath water. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 99 |
43753 | 4224 | 10 | 58 | 57 | 3 | 106 | Roots pounded and placed in water to form suds used in bathing and shampooing. | Bell, Willis H and Edward F. Castetter, 1941, Ethnobiological Studies in the Southwest VII. The Utilization of of Yucca, Sotol and Beargrass by the Aborigines in the American Southwest, University of New Mexico Bulletin 5(5):1-74, page 57 |
43769 | 4224 | 95 | 37 | 71 | 3 | 106 | Roots crushed with stones and used as soap. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 71 |
43790 | 4225 | 10 | 58 | 57 | 3 | 106 | Roots pounded and placed in water to form suds used in bathing and shampooing. | Bell, Willis H and Edward F. Castetter, 1941, Ethnobiological Studies in the Southwest VII. The Utilization of of Yucca, Sotol and Beargrass by the Aborigines in the American Southwest, University of New Mexico Bulletin 5(5):1-74, page 57 |
43802 | 4225 | 12 | 52 | 33 | 3 | 106 | Large roots used to make soap. | Basehart, Harry W., 1974, Apache Indians XII. Mescalero Apache Subsistence Patterns and Socio-Political Organization, New York. Garland Publishing Inc., page 33 |
43806 | 4225 | 14 | 87 | 182 | 3 | 106 | Roots used as soap. | Buskirk, Winfred, 1986, The Western Apache: Living With the Land Before 1950, Norman. University of Oklahoma Press, page 182 |
43811 | 4225 | 15 | 45 | 148 | 3 | 106 | Roots used for soap. | Reagan, Albert B., 1929, Plants Used by the White Mountain Apache Indians of Arizona, Wisconsin Archeologist 8:143-61., page 148 |
43817 | 4225 | 89 | 2 | 212 | 3 | 106 | Roots used as a soap for washing the hair. | 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 |
43829 | 4225 | 95 | 72 | 17 | 3 | 106 | Root used for soap. | Fewkes, J. Walter, 1896, A Contribution to Ethnobotany, American Anthropologist 9:14-21, page 17 |
43830 | 4225 | 95 | 37 | 71 | 3 | 106 | Roots used as soap. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 71 |
43831 | 4225 | 95 | 82 | 371 | 3 | 106 | Roots used for soap. | Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 371 |
43838 | 4225 | 97 | 127 | 39 | 3 | 106 | Roots used for soap. | Watahomigie, Lucille J., 1982, Hualapai Ethnobotany, Peach Springs, AZ. Hualapai Bilingual Program, Peach Springs School District #8, page 39 |
43855 | 4225 | 107 | 79 | 74 | 3 | 106 | Crushed leaves mixed with water for soap. | Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 74 |
43891 | 4225 | 157 | 121 | 31 | 3 | 106 | Roots used to wash hair and garments. | Lynch, Regina H., 1986, Cookbook, Chinle, AZ. Navajo Curriculum Center, Rough Rock Demonstration School, page 31 |
43907 | 4225 | 159 | 18 | 21 | 3 | 106 | Root made into soap used for washing wool or clothing, shampooing the hair and bathing the body. The root, pounded with rocks to remove the bark and to soften it, was stirred vigorously in warm water to whip up suds. | 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 21 |
43918 | 4225 | 188 | 58 | 56 | 3 | 106 | Plant macerated, placed in water to form suds and used for washing hair. | Bell, Willis H and Edward F. Castetter, 1941, Ethnobiological Studies in the Southwest VII. The Utilization of of Yucca, Sotol and Beargrass by the Aborigines in the American Southwest, University of New Mexico Bulletin 5(5):1-74, page 56 |
43929 | 4225 | 193 | 58 | 56 | 3 | 106 | Plant macerated, placed in water to form suds and used for washing hair. | Bell, Willis H and Edward F. Castetter, 1941, Ethnobiological Studies in the Southwest VII. The Utilization of of Yucca, Sotol and Beargrass by the Aborigines in the American Southwest, University of New Mexico Bulletin 5(5):1-74, page 56 |
43930 | 4225 | 193 | 104 | 72 | 3 | 106 | Stems reduced to pulp and used as soap. | Russell, Frank, 1908, The Pima Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #26:1-390, page 72 |
43958 | 4225 | 248 | 58 | 55 | 3 | 106 | Leaves pounded and used in washing. | Bell, Willis H and Edward F. Castetter, 1941, Ethnobiological Studies in the Southwest VII. The Utilization of of Yucca, Sotol and Beargrass by the Aborigines in the American Southwest, University of New Mexico Bulletin 5(5):1-74, page 55 |
43965 | 4225 | 257 | 61 | 49 | 3 | 106 | Roots bruised, placed in water and used to wash woolens, cotton fabrics, feathers and hair. | Robbins, W.W., J.P. Harrington and B. Freire-Marreco, 1916, Ethnobotany of the Tewa Indians, SI-BAE Bulletin #55, page 49 |
43974 | 4225 | 284 | 58 | 56 | 3 | 106 | Root, stem and leaves pounded and worked in water to form lather for washing hair and body. | Bell, Willis H and Edward F. Castetter, 1941, Ethnobiological Studies in the Southwest VII. The Utilization of of Yucca, Sotol and Beargrass by the Aborigines in the American Southwest, University of New Mexico Bulletin 5(5):1-74, page 56 |
43993 | 4225 | 291 | 58 | 55 | 3 | 106 | Roots pounded, made into suds in cold water and used for washing. | Bell, Willis H and Edward F. Castetter, 1941, Ethnobiological Studies in the Southwest VII. The Utilization of of Yucca, Sotol and Beargrass by the Aborigines in the American Southwest, University of New Mexico Bulletin 5(5):1-74, page 55 |
44003 | 4226 | 95 | 82 | 370 | 3 | 106 | Crushed roots used for soap. | Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 370 |
44036 | 4228 | 14 | 87 | 183 | 3 | 106 | Roots used for soap. | Buskirk, Winfred, 1986, The Western Apache: Living With the Land Before 1950, Norman. University of Oklahoma Press, page 183 |
44038 | 4228 | 157 | 74 | 33 | 3 | 106 | Roots used for soap. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 33 |
44047 | 4228 | 193 | 104 | 72 | 3 | 106 | Used as soap. | Russell, Frank, 1908, The Pima Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #26:1-390, page 72 |
44058 | 4229 | 32 | 1 | 25 | 3 | 106 | Roots pounded, boiled and used instead of soap to wash blankets. | 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 |
44064 | 4230 | 10 | 45 | 148 | 3 | 106 | Roots used for soap. | Reagan, Albert B., 1929, Plants Used by the White Mountain Apache Indians of Arizona, Wisconsin Archeologist 8:143-61., page 148 |
44081 | 4230 | 23 | 146 | 25 | 3 | 106 | Roots used as a soap substitute and hair wash. | Johnston, Alex, 1987, Plants and the Blackfoot, Lethbridge, Alberta. Lethbridge Historical Society, page 25 |