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Calochortus nuttallii Torr. & Gray
Sego Lily
USDA CANU3
Gosiute Food, Dried Food
Bulbs formerly dried and preserved for winter use.
Chamberlin, Ralph V., 1911, The Ethno-Botany of the Gosiute Indians of Utah, Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association 2(5):331-405., page 364
Calochortus nuttallii Torr. & Gray
Sego Lily
USDA CANU3
Gosiute Food, Unspecified
Bulbs formerly used for food.
Chamberlin, Ralph V., 1911, The Ethno-Botany of the Gosiute Indians of Utah, Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association 2(5):331-405., page 364
Calochortus nuttallii Torr. & Gray
Sego Lily
USDA CANU3
Great Basin Indian Food, Winter Use Food
Bulbs used for food during the winter.
Nickerson, Gifford S., 1966, Some Data on Plains and Great Basin Indian Uses of Certain Native Plants, Tebiwa 9(1):45-51, page 47
Calochortus nuttallii Torr. & Gray
Sego Lily
USDA CANU3
Havasupai Food, Unspecified
Bulbs eaten with bread and mescal.
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
Calochortus nuttallii Torr. & Gray
Sego Lily
USDA CANU3
Hopi Food, Candy
Raw roots filled with sugar and eaten by children in early spring.
Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 295
Calochortus nuttallii Torr. & Gray
Sego Lily
USDA CANU3
Hopi Food, Unspecified
Seeds and flowers ground to make yellow pollen.
Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 295
Calochortus nuttallii Torr. & Gray
Sego Lily
USDA CANU3
Hopi Other, Ceremonial Items
Yellow flower used ceremonially. In the spring, the flower is collected in quantity together with larkspur. Boys holding handfuls of these two plants above their heads are chased by the girls upon certain occasions.
Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 295
Calochortus nuttallii Torr. & Gray
Sego Lily
USDA CANU3
Navajo Food, Baby Food
Bulbs, a children's food, eaten by children while playing.
Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 32
Calochortus nuttallii Torr. & Gray
Sego Lily
USDA CANU3
Navajo Food, Starvation Food
Bulbs formerly used for food in times of scarcity.
Lynch, Regina H., 1986, Cookbook, Chinle, AZ. Navajo Curriculum Center, Rough Rock Demonstration School, page 24
Calochortus nuttallii Torr. & Gray
Sego Lily
USDA CANU3
Navajo Food, Unspecified
Bulbs eaten raw.
Lynch, Regina H., 1986, Cookbook, Chinle, AZ. Navajo Curriculum Center, Rough Rock Demonstration School, page 24
Calochortus nuttallii Torr. & Gray
Sego Lily
USDA CANU3
Paiute, Nevada Food, Unspecified
Bulbs used for food during the spring.
Nickerson, Gifford S., 1966, Some Data on Plains and Great Basin Indian Uses of Certain Native Plants, Tebiwa 9(1):45-51, page 47
Calochortus nuttallii Torr. & Gray
Sego Lily
USDA CANU3
Paiute, Northern Food, Dried Food
Roots dried and eaten.
Fowler, Catherine S., 1989, Willards Z. Park's Ethnographic Notes on the Northern Paiute of Western Nevada 1933-1940, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 44
Calochortus nuttallii Torr. & Gray
Sego Lily
USDA CANU3
Paiute, Northern Food, Soup
Roots dried and eaten or ground and cooked in soup.
Fowler, Catherine S., 1989, Willards Z. Park's Ethnographic Notes on the Northern Paiute of Western Nevada 1933-1940, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 44
Calochortus nuttallii Torr. & Gray
Sego Lily
USDA CANU3
Paiute, Northern Food, Vegetable
Roots and tubers peeled and eaten roasted or raw.
Fowler, Catherine S., 1989, Willards Z. Park's Ethnographic Notes on the Northern Paiute of Western Nevada 1933-1940, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 44
Calochortus nuttallii Torr. & Gray
Sego Lily
USDA CANU3
Ute Food, Starvation Food
Bulbs used for food in starving times.
Murphey, Edith Van Allen, 1990, Indian Uses of Native Plants, Glenwood, Ill. Meyerbooks. Originally published in 1959, page 15
Calochortus nuttallii Torr. & Gray
Sego Lily
USDA CANU3
Ute Food, Unspecified
Bulbs formerly used for food.
Chamberlin, Ralph V., 1909, Some Plant Names of the Ute Indians, American Anthropologist 11:27-40, page 33