| Ribes cereum Dougl. Wax Currant USDA RICEC2 |
Havasupai Other, Hunting & Fishing Item Stems made into arrow shafts and used in hunting large game. 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 221 |
| Ribes cereum Dougl. Wax Currant USDA RICEC2 |
Havasupai Other, Weapon Stems made into arrow shafts and used in war. 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 221 |
| Ribes cereum Dougl. Wax Currant USDA RICEC2 |
Hopi Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid Used for stomach pains. Vestal, Paul A, 1940, Notes on a Collection of Plants from the Hopi Indian Region of Arizona Made by J. G. Owens in 1891, Botanical Museum Leaflets (Harvard University) 8(8):153-168, page 163 |
| Ribes cereum Dougl. Wax Currant USDA RICEC2 |
Hopi Food, Fruit Berries used for food. Fewkes, J. Walter, 1896, A Contribution to Ethnobotany, American Anthropologist 9:14-21, page 16 |
| Ribes cereum Dougl. Wax Currant USDA RICEC2 |
Keres, Western Food, Fruit Berries used for food. Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 66 |
| Ribes cereum Dougl. Wax Currant USDA RICEC2 |
Klamath Food, Fruit Berries used for food. 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 97 |
| Ribes cereum Dougl. Wax Currant USDA RICEC2 |
Montana Indian Food, Fruit Fruit highly esteemed as an article of diet. Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, page 21 |
| Ribes cereum Dougl. Wax Currant USDA RICEC2 |
Okanagan-Colville Drug, Eye Medicine Infusion of inner bark used to wash sore eyes. 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 107 |
| Ribes cereum Dougl. Wax Currant USDA RICEC2 |
Okanagan-Colville Food, Forage Berries eaten by grouse and pheasant. 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 107 |
| Ribes cereum Dougl. Wax Currant USDA RICEC2 |
Okanagan-Colville Food, Fruit Berries eaten fresh. 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 107 |
| Ribes cereum Dougl. Wax Currant USDA RICEC2 |
Okanagan-Colville Other, Season Indicator First plant to sprout green leaves 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 107 |
| Ribes cereum Dougl. Wax Currant USDA RICEC2 |
Okanagon Food, Fruit Insipid, bright orange-red fruits used for food. Perry, F., 1952, Ethno-Botany of the Indians in the Interior of British Columbia, Museum and Art Notes 2(2):36-43., page 38 |
| Ribes cereum Dougl. Wax Currant USDA RICEC2 |
Okanagon Food, Staple Berries used as a principle food. Teit, James A., 1928, The Salishan Tribes of the Western Plateaus, SI-BAE Annual Report #45, page 239 |
| Ribes cereum Dougl. Wax Currant USDA RICEC2 |
Paiute Food, Fruit Fruits eaten fresh. Kelly, Isabel T., 1932, Ethnography of the Surprise Valley Paiute, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 31(3):67-210, page 100 |
| Ribes cereum Dougl. Wax Currant USDA RICEC2 |
Sanpoil and Nespelem Food, Fruit Berries eaten raw. Only currants from the bushes growing along the Columbia River were eaten. Berries from bushes growing in the hills were not eaten because it was thought that they caused headaches, nose bleeds and sore eyes. Ray, Verne F., 1932, The Sanpoil and Nespelem: Salishan Peoples of Northeastern Washington, University of Washington Publications in Anthropology, Vol. 5, page 102 |
| Ribes cereum Dougl. Wax Currant USDA RICEC2 |
Shoshoni Drug, Emetic Fruit used as an emetic. Nickerson, Gifford S., 1966, Some Data on Plains and Great Basin Indian Uses of Certain Native Plants, Tebiwa 9(1):45-51, page 48 |
| Ribes cereum Dougl. Wax Currant USDA RICEC2 |
Thompson Drug, Antidiarrheal Berries eaten for diarrhea. 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 226 |
| Ribes cereum Dougl. Wax Currant USDA RICEC2 |
Thompson Drug, Pediatric Aid Decoction of branches with many other branches used to wash babies to make them strong. A decoction of the branches, squaw currant and red osier dogwood branches and the boughs of Douglas fir or tamarack was used to bathe babies four to six times over a period of several weeks to make them strong, independent and good natured. 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 226 |
| Ribes cereum Dougl. Wax Currant USDA RICEC2 |
Thompson Drug, Strengthener Decoction of branches with many other branches used to wash babies to make them strong. A decoction of the branches, squaw currant and red osier dogwood branches and the boughs of Douglas fir or tamarack was used to bathe babies four to six times over a period of several weeks to make them strong, independent and good natured. 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 226 |
| Ribes cereum Dougl. Wax Currant USDA RICEC2 |
Thompson Food, Fruit Insipid, bright orange-red fruits used for food. Perry, F., 1952, Ethno-Botany of the Indians in the Interior of British Columbia, Museum and Art Notes 2(2):36-43., page 38 |
| Ribes cereum Dougl. Wax Currant USDA RICEC2 |
Thompson Food, Fruit Insipid, rubbery berries used for food. 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 226 |
| Ribes cereum var. pedicellare Brewer & S. Wats. Whisky Currant USDA RICEP |
Acoma Food, Fruit Fruits eaten fresh. Castetter, Edward F., 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest I. Uncultivated Native Plants Used as Sources of Food, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(1):1-44, page 49 |
| Ribes cereum var. pedicellare Brewer & S. Wats. Whisky Currant USDA RICEP |
Acoma Food, Preserves Fruits preserved and eaten. Castetter, Edward F., 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest I. Uncultivated Native Plants Used as Sources of Food, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(1):1-44, page 49 |
| Ribes cereum var. pedicellare Brewer & S. Wats. Whisky Currant USDA RICEP |
Apache, White Mountain Food, Fruit Fruit eaten raw and cooked. Reagan, Albert B., 1929, Plants Used by the White Mountain Apache Indians of Arizona, Wisconsin Archeologist 8:143-61., page 160 |
| Ribes cereum var. pedicellare Brewer & S. Wats. Whisky Currant USDA RICEP |
Cheyenne Food, Dried Food Pounded berries formed into cakes, dried and stewed with buffalo hide chips. Grinnell, George Bird, 1972, The Cheyenne Indians - Their History and Ways of Life Vol.2, Lincoln. University of Nebraska Press, page 175 |
| Ribes cereum var. pedicellare Brewer & S. Wats. Whisky Currant USDA RICEP |
Havasupai Other, Hunting & Fishing Item Stems made into arrow shafts and used in hunting large game. 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 221 |
| Ribes cereum var. pedicellare Brewer & S. Wats. Whisky Currant USDA RICEP |
Havasupai Other, Weapon Stems made into arrow shafts and used in war. 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 221 |
| Ribes cereum var. pedicellare Brewer & S. Wats. Whisky Currant USDA RICEP |
Hopi Food, Fruit Berries eaten with fresh piki bread. Nequatewa, Edmund, 1943, Some Hopi Recipes for the Preparation of Wild Plant Foods, Plateau 18:18-20, page 18 |
| Ribes cereum var. pedicellare Brewer & S. Wats. Whisky Currant USDA RICEP |
Hopi Other, Hunting & Fishing Item Wood used for arrows. Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 78 |
| Ribes cereum var. pedicellare Brewer & S. Wats. Whisky Currant USDA RICEP |
Isleta Food, Fruit Fruit eaten fresh. Jones, Volney H., 1931, The Ethnobotany of the Isleta Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 42 |
| Ribes cereum var. pedicellare Brewer & S. Wats. Whisky Currant USDA RICEP |
Isleta Food, Preserves Fruit eaten preserved. Jones, Volney H., 1931, The Ethnobotany of the Isleta Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 42 |
| Ribes cereum var. pedicellare Brewer & S. Wats. Whisky Currant USDA RICEP |
Laguna Food, Fruit Fruits eaten fresh. Castetter, Edward F., 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest I. Uncultivated Native Plants Used as Sources of Food, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(1):1-44, page 49 |
| Ribes cereum var. pedicellare Brewer & S. Wats. Whisky Currant USDA RICEP |
Laguna Food, Preserves Fruits preserved and eaten. Castetter, Edward F., 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest I. Uncultivated Native Plants Used as Sources of Food, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(1):1-44, page 49 |
| Ribes cereum var. pedicellare Brewer & S. Wats. Whisky Currant USDA RICEP |
Navajo Food, Fruit Fruits eaten for food. Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 52 |
| Ribes cereum var. pedicellare Brewer & S. Wats. Whisky Currant USDA RICEP |
Navajo Other, Hunting & Fishing Item Wood used to make arrow shafts. Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 52 |
| Ribes cereum var. pedicellare Brewer & S. Wats. Whisky Currant USDA RICEP |
Navajo Other, Tools Wood used to make the distaff used in spinning. Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 52 |
| Ribes cereum var. pedicellare Brewer & S. Wats. Whisky Currant USDA RICEP |
Navajo, Kayenta Drug, Ceremonial Medicine Plant used as an Evilway, Nightway and Mountain-top-way emetic. Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 26 |
| Ribes cereum var. pedicellare Brewer & S. Wats. Whisky Currant USDA RICEP |
Navajo, Kayenta Drug, Dermatological Aid Poultice of plant applied to sores. Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 26 |
| Ribes cereum var. pedicellare Brewer & S. Wats. Whisky Currant USDA RICEP |
Navajo, Kayenta Drug, Emetic Plant used as an Evilway, Nightway and Mountain-top-way emetic. Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 26 |
| Ribes cereum var. pedicellare Brewer & S. Wats. Whisky Currant USDA RICEP |
Navajo, Kayenta Drug, Pediatric Aid Plant used to purify a child who has seen a forbidden sand painting. Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 26 |
| Ribes cereum var. pedicellare Brewer & S. Wats. Whisky Currant USDA RICEP |
Navajo, Ramah Food, Fruit Berries eaten raw. 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 30 |
| Ribes cereum var. pedicellare Brewer & S. Wats. Whisky Currant USDA RICEP |
Navajo, Ramah Other, Hunting & Fishing Item Stems used to make arrow shafts. 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 30 |
| Ribes cereum var. pedicellare Brewer & S. Wats. Whisky Currant USDA RICEP |
Navajo, Ramah Other, Season Indicator Green plant indicated time for plowing and leafy plant indicated time to plant maize. 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 30 |
| Ribes cereum var. pedicellare Brewer & S. Wats. Whisky Currant USDA RICEP |
Tewa Food, Fruit Fruits eaten for food. Robbins, W.W., J.P. Harrington and B. Freire-Marreco, 1916, Ethnobotany of the Tewa Indians, SI-BAE Bulletin #55, page 48 |
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Tewa Other, Hunting & Fishing Item Wood used to make bows. Robbins, W.W., J.P. Harrington and B. Freire-Marreco, 1916, Ethnobotany of the Tewa Indians, SI-BAE Bulletin #55, page 48 |
| Ribes cereum var. pedicellare Brewer & S. Wats. Whisky Currant USDA RICEP |
Zuni Food, Fruit Highly relished berries used for food. Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 70 |
| Ribes cereum var. pedicellare Brewer & S. Wats. Whisky Currant USDA RICEP |
Zuni Food, Unspecified Fresh leaves eaten with uncooked mutton fat or with deer fat. Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 70 |
| Ribes cereum var. pedicellare Brewer & S. Wats. Whisky Currant USDA RICEP |
Zuni Food, Unspecified Leaves eaten with uncooked mutton fat or deer fat. Castetter, Edward F., 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest I. Uncultivated Native Plants Used as Sources of Food, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(1):1-44, page 49 |