| Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. Vanillagrass USDA HIALA |
Flathead Other, Insecticide Used as an incense to 'keep the bugs away.' Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 28 |
| Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. Vanillagrass USDA HIALA |
Gros Ventre Other, Soap Leaves soaked in water and used as a hairwash. Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 28 |
| Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. Vanillagrass USDA HIALA |
Haisla and Hanaksiala Fiber, Basketry Blades used to make baskets. Compton, Brian Douglas, 1993, Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants..., Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia, page 207 |
| Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. Vanillagrass USDA HIALA |
Iroquois Fiber, Basketry Plant used to make baskets. Rousseau, Jacques, 1945, Le Folklore Botanique De Caughnawaga, Contributions de l'Institut botanique l'Universite de Montreal 55:7-72, page 67 |
| Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. Vanillagrass USDA HIALA |
Kiowa Drug, Dermatological Aid Dried foliage employed as a perfume. Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 15 |
| Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. Vanillagrass USDA HIALA |
Kiowa Drug, Dermatological Aid Dried foliage employed as a perfume. Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 15 |
| Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. Vanillagrass USDA HIALA |
Kiowa Drug, Dermatological Aid Dried foliage employed as a perfume. Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 15 |
| Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. Vanillagrass USDA HIALA |
Kiowa Drug, Dermatological Aid Dried foliage employed as a perfume. Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 15 |
| Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. Vanillagrass USDA HIALA |
Kiowa Fiber, Mats, Rugs & Bedding Fragrant leaves used as stuffing for pillows and mattresses. Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 15 |
| Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. Vanillagrass USDA HIALA |
Kiowa Fiber, Mats, Rugs & Bedding Fragrant leaves used as stuffing for pillows and mattresses. Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 15 |
| Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. Vanillagrass USDA HIALA |
Kiowa Fiber, Mats, Rugs & Bedding Fragrant leaves used as stuffing for pillows and mattresses. Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 15 |
| Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. Vanillagrass USDA HIALA |
Kiowa Fiber, Mats, Rugs & Bedding Fragrant leaves used as stuffing for pillows and mattresses. Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 15 |
| Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. Vanillagrass USDA HIALA |
Kiowa Other, Incense & Fragrance Dried leaves sprinkled over the fire to yield incense and used during the peyote ceremony. Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 15 |
| Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. Vanillagrass USDA HIALA |
Kiowa Other, Incense & Fragrance Dried leaves sprinkled over the fire to yield incense and used during the peyote ceremony. Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 15 |
| Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. Vanillagrass USDA HIALA |
Kiowa Other, Incense & Fragrance Dried leaves sprinkled over the fire to yield incense and used during the peyote ceremony. Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 15 |
| Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. Vanillagrass USDA HIALA |
Kiowa Other, Incense & Fragrance Dried leaves sprinkled over the fire to yield incense and used during the peyote ceremony. Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 15 |
| Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. Vanillagrass USDA HIALA |
Lakota Other, Ceremonial Items Grass used in religious ceremonies. Rogers, Dilwyn J, 1980, Lakota Names and Traditional Uses of Native Plants by Sicangu (Brule) People in the Rosebud Area, South Dakota, St. Francis, SD. Rosebud Educational Scoiety, page 30 |
| Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. Vanillagrass USDA HIALA |
Lakota Other, Ceremonial Items Strands of grass burned to bring guardian spirits. Kraft, Shelly Katheren, 1990, Recent Changes in the Ethnobotany of Standing Rock Indian Reservation, University of North Dakota, M.A. Thesis, page 49 |
| Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. Vanillagrass USDA HIALA |
Lakota Other, Incense & Fragrance Used as a perfume. Kraft, Shelly Katheren, 1990, Recent Changes in the Ethnobotany of Standing Rock Indian Reservation, University of North Dakota, M.A. Thesis, page 49 |
| Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. Vanillagrass USDA HIALA |
Malecite Fiber, Basketry Used to make baskets. Speck, Frank G. and R.W. Dexter, 1952, Utilization of Animals and Plants by the Malecite Indians of New Brunswick, Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 42:1-7, page 6 |
| Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. Vanillagrass USDA HIALA |
Menominee Drug, Dermatological Aid Grass used in basketry and as a perfume. Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 75 |
| Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. Vanillagrass USDA HIALA |
Menominee Fiber, Basketry Grass used in basketry and as a perfume. Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 75 |
| Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. Vanillagrass USDA HIALA |
Menominee Fiber, Sewing Material Wet grass used for sewing, dried tight and resin used over the stitches. Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 75 |
| Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. Vanillagrass USDA HIALA |
Menominee Other, Sacred Items Grass used to burn as an oblation to the deities. Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 75 |
| Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. Vanillagrass USDA HIALA |
Micmac Fiber, Basketry Used to make baskets. Speck, Frank G. and R.W. Dexter, 1951, Utilization of Animals and Plants by the Micmac Indians of New Brunswick, Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 41:250-259, page 258 |
| Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. Vanillagrass USDA HIALA |
Micmac Fiber, Mats, Rugs & Bedding Used to make mats. Speck, Frank G. and R.W. Dexter, 1951, Utilization of Animals and Plants by the Micmac Indians of New Brunswick, Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 41:250-259, page 258 |
| Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. Vanillagrass USDA HIALA |
Montana Indian Other, Ceremonial Items Burned as incense for spiritual protection and purification. Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 28 |
| Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. Vanillagrass USDA HIALA |
Montana Indian Other, Incense & Fragrance Used as a clothes and body perfume. Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 28 |
| Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. Vanillagrass USDA HIALA |
Okanagan-Colville Other, Incense & Fragrance Blades braided together and packed amongst clothes to give them a nice smell. 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 55 |
| Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. Vanillagrass USDA HIALA |
Omaha Drug, Ceremonial Medicine Plant used as incense in ceremony to invoke good powers and in peace ceremony. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 66 |
| Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. Vanillagrass USDA HIALA |
Omaha Drug, Ceremonial Medicine Plant used in various rituals. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1913, A Study in the Ethnobotany of the Omaha Indians, Nebraska State Historical Society Collections 17:314-57., page 322 |
| Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. Vanillagrass USDA HIALA |
Omaha Other, Ceremonial Items Plant used as incense. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1913, A Study in the Ethnobotany of the Omaha Indians, Nebraska State Historical Society Collections 17:314-57., page 320 |
| Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. Vanillagrass USDA HIALA |
Omaha Other, Incense & Fragrance Plant used as perfume. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1913, A Study in the Ethnobotany of the Omaha Indians, Nebraska State Historical Society Collections 17:314-57., page 323 |
| Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. Vanillagrass USDA HIALA |
Pawnee Drug, Ceremonial Medicine Plant used as incense in ceremony to invoke good powers and in peace ceremony. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 66 |
| Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. Vanillagrass USDA HIALA |
Plains Indian Drug, Veterinary Aid Leaves given to horses to make them long winded on the chase. Johnston, Alex, 1987, Plants and the Blackfoot, Lethbridge, Alberta. Lethbridge Historical Society, page 20 |
| Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. Vanillagrass USDA HIALA |
Ponca Drug, Ceremonial Medicine Plant used as incense in ceremony to invoke good powers and in peace ceremony. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 66 |
| Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. Vanillagrass USDA HIALA |
Sioux Other, Ceremonial Items Leaves ceremonially smoked with tobacco. Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 28 |
| Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. Vanillagrass USDA HIALA |
Sioux Other, Ceremonial Items Smoke from burning grass used to purify Sundance dancers. Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 28 |
| Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. Vanillagrass USDA HIALA |
Thompson Drug, Dermatological Aid Infusion or decoction of plant used as a wash for the hair and body. Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 476 |
| Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. Vanillagrass USDA HIALA |
Thompson Other, Incense & Fragrance Grass tied in the hair and on neck and arm ornaments as a scent. Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 503 |
| Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. Vanillagrass USDA HIALA |
Thompson Other, Toys & Games Easily braided grass used in play by children. 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 141 |
| Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. Vanillagrass USDA HIALA |
Winnebago Drug, Ceremonial Medicine Plant used as incense in ceremony to invoke good powers and in peace ceremony. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 66 |