| Sporobolus wrightii Munro ex Scribn. Giant Sacaton USDA SPWR2 |
Apache, Chiricahua & Mescalero Fiber, Brushes & Brooms Stiff stems made into a brush and used to clean spines of cacti. Castetter, Edward F. and M. E. Opler, 1936, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest III. The Ethnobiology of the Chiricahua and Mescalero Apache, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(5):1-63, page 40 |
| Sporobolus wrightii Munro ex Scribn. Giant Sacaton USDA SPWR2 |
Navajo, Ramah Food, Porridge Ground seeds alone or with corn made into mush or bread. 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 17 |
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Papago Food, Dried Food Seeds basket winnowed, parched, sun dried, cooked, stored and used for food. 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 24 |