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Costanoan Fiber, Basketry Shoots used in basketry. Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 251 |
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Costanoan Other, Containers Leaves used to wrap bread. Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 251 |
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Diegueno Drug, Eye Medicine Decoction of roots used in the eyes for tiny sores inside the lids and to improve vision. Hedges, Ken, 1986, Santa Ysabel Ethnobotany, San Diego Museum of Man Ethnic Technology Notes, No. 20, page 43 |
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Karok Drug, Contraceptive Leaf swallowed in the spring as a prophylactic. Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 385 |
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Karok Drug, Poison Plant considered poisonous. Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 58 |
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Karok Food, Candy Plant chewed like tobacco, 'just to raise heck.' Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 58 |
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Karok Other, Containers Leaves used to cover soap plant while cooking in the earth oven. Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 385 |
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Karok Other, Cooking Tools Branches used to prop salmon filet open. Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 58 |
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Karok Other, Cooking Tools Twigs used to spit the salmon steaks during smoking. Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 385 |
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Mahuna Drug, Preventive Medicine Infusion of dried roots taken as an immunity against any further poisoning. Romero, John Bruno, 1954, The Botanical Lore of the California Indians, New York. Vantage Press, Inc., page 11 |
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Mendocino Indian Drug, Dermatological Aid Moxa of plant used for warts and ringworms. Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 364 |
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Mendocino Indian Fiber, Basketry Slender stems used for circular withes in basket making. Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 364 |
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Mendocino Indian Food, Forage Fruits and leaves eaten by hogs as forage. Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 364 |
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Mendocino Indian Food, Forage Fruits eaten by yellowhammers and squirrels as forage. Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 364 |
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Mendocino Indian Other, Cooking Tools Fresh leaves formerly used to wrap up acorn meal for baking. Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 364 |
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Mendocino Indian Other, Decorations Black juice used to apply temporary tattoo marks onto the skin. Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 364 |
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Pomo Dye, Black Ashes rubbed on children to make skin color darker. The ashes were rubbed on those children who were fathered by a white man to make them look more 'Indian' in color. Gifford, E. W., 1967, Ethnographic Notes on the Southwestern Pomo, Anthropological Records 25:10-15, page 14 |
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Pomo Dye, Black Charcoal or soot used for tattoo pigment. Gifford, E. W., 1967, Ethnographic Notes on the Southwestern Pomo, Anthropological Records 25:10-15, page 14 |
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Pomo Dye, Black Juice used as a black dye for blackroot sedge. Murphey, Edith Van Allen, 1990, Indian Uses of Native Plants, Glenwood, Ill. Meyerbooks. Originally published in 1959, page 6 |
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Pomo, Kashaya Other, Designs Burned wood ashes made into a paste for tattooing. Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 81 |
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Tolowa Drug, Antidote Buds eaten in the spring to obtain immunity from the plant poisons. Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 58 |
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Tolowa Drug, Poison Plant considered poisonous. Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 58 |
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Wailaki Drug, Snake Bite Remedy Poultice of fresh leaves applied to rattlesnake bites. Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 364 |
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Yuki Drug, Dermatological Aid Plant juice used on warts. Curtin, L. S. M., 1957, Some Plants Used by the Yuki Indians ... II. Food Plants, The Masterkey 31:85-94, page 46 |
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Yurok Drug, Poison Plant considered poisonous. Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 58 |