Cupressaceae Juniperus scopulorum Sarg.

Rocky Mountain Juniper

Okanagan-Colville - Other, Hunting & Fishing Item

Use documented by:
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 19

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Scientific name: Juniperus scopulorum Sarg.
USDA symbol: JUSC2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Rocky Mountain Juniper
Family: Cupressaceae
Family (APG): Cupressaceae
Native American Tribe: Okanagan-Colville
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Hunting & Fishing Item
Notes: Pounded branches, berries and water used to soak arrowheads and render them poisonous. Arrowheads, soaked overnight in a solution of pounded juniper branches (with berries) and water, were said to cause a deer's blood to coagulate when it was wounded so that it couldn't run far. This 'poison' worked effectively, even if the deer were only nicked with the arrowhead. It was said not to affect the edibility of the meat.

RECRD: 12092 id: 19011

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