Asteraceae Artemisia douglasiana Bess.

Douglas' Sagewort

Kawaiisu - Other, Ceremonial Items

Use documented by:
Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 12

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Scientific name: Artemisia douglasiana Bess.
USDA symbol: ARDO3 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Douglas' Sagewort
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Kawaiisu
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Ceremonial Items
Notes: Plant and meat chewed by a boy and his parents after his first kill. A boy did not eat the meat of his first kill but, together with his parents, chewed the meat mixed with California mugwort and then spit it into the fire. If this custom were neglected, the boy would never kill deer and would become a transvestite.

RECRD: 4153 id: 5066

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