| Acer negundo L. Boxelder USDA ACNEN |
Ojibwa Food, Beverage Sap mixed with the sap of the sugar maple and used as a beverage. Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 394 |
| Acer negundo L. Boxelder USDA ACNEN |
Omaha Food, Sweetener Sap boiled to make sugar and syrup. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1913, A Study in the Ethnobotany of the Omaha Indians, Nebraska State Historical Society Collections 17:314-57., page 329 |
| Acer negundo L. Boxelder USDA ACNEN |
Omaha Food, Sweetener Sap used to make sugar. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 101 |
| Acer negundo L. Boxelder USDA ACNEN |
Omaha Other, Ceremonial Items Wood made into charcoal and used for ceremonial painting and tattooing. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 101 |
| Acer negundo L. Boxelder USDA ACNEN |
Omaha Other, Decorations Plant made into charcoal and used for tribal tattooing of girls. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1913, A Study in the Ethnobotany of the Omaha Indians, Nebraska State Historical Society Collections 17:314-57., page 336 |
| Acer negundo L. Boxelder USDA ACNEN |
Pawnee Food, Sweetener Sap used to make sugar. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 101 |
| Acer negundo L. Boxelder USDA ACNEN |
Ponca Food, Sweetener Sap used to make sugar. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 101 |
| Acer negundo L. Boxelder USDA ACNEN |
Sioux Other, Ceremonial Items Wood made into charcoal and used for ceremonial painting and tattooing. Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 4 |
| Acer negundo L. Boxelder USDA ACNEN |
Winnebago Food, Sweetener Sap used to make sugar. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 101 |
| Acer negundo var. interius (Britt.) Sarg. Boxelder Maple USDA ACNEI2 |
Cree Food, Sweetener Sap used to make sugar. Johnston, Alex, 1987, Plants and the Blackfoot, Lethbridge, Alberta. Lethbridge Historical Society, page 44 |
| Acer negundo var. interius (Britt.) Sarg. Boxelder Maple USDA ACNEI2 |
Tewa Other, Smoking Tools Twigs used for making pipe stems. Robbins, W.W., J.P. Harrington and B. Freire-Marreco, 1916, Ethnobotany of the Tewa Indians, SI-BAE Bulletin #55, page 38 |
| Acer negundo var. negundo Boxelder USDA ACNEN |
Kiowa Other, Ceremonial Items Wood burned in the altar fire of 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 40 |
| Acer negundo var. negundo Boxelder USDA ACNEN |
Kiowa Other, Ceremonial Items Wood burned in the altar fire of 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 40 |
| Acer negundo var. negundo Boxelder USDA ACNEN |
Sioux Food, Staple Sap boiled down in the spring and made into sugar. Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, page 16 |
| Acer nigrum Michx. f. Black Maple USDA ACNI5 |
Ojibwa Food, Sweetener Sap used to make sugar. Reagan, Albert B., 1928, Plants Used by the Bois Fort Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indians of Minnesota, Wisconsin Archeologist 7(4):230-248, page 234 |
| Acer nigrum Michx. f. Black Maple USDA ACNI5 |
Ojibwa Other, Hunting & Fishing Item Wood used to make arrows. Reagan, Albert B., 1928, Plants Used by the Bois Fort Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indians of Minnesota, Wisconsin Archeologist 7(4):230-248, page 234 |
| Acer nigrum Michx. f. Black Maple USDA ACNI5 |
Ojibwa Other, Toys & Games Root used to make the bowl for the dice bowl game. Reagan, Albert B., 1928, Plants Used by the Bois Fort Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indians of Minnesota, Wisconsin Archeologist 7(4):230-248, page 234 |
| Acer nigrum Michx. f. Black Maple USDA ACNI5 |
Ojibwa, South Drug, Antidiarrheal Decoction of inner bark used for diarrhea. Hoffman, W.J., 1891, The Midewiwin or 'Grand Medicine Society' of the Ojibwa, SI-BAE Annual Report #7, page 199 |
| Acer nigrum Michx. f. Black Maple USDA ACNI5 |
Ojibwa, South Drug, Diuretic 'Arbor liquore abundans, ex quo liquor tanquam urina vehementer projicitur.' Hoffman, W.J., 1891, The Midewiwin or 'Grand Medicine Society' of the Ojibwa, SI-BAE Annual Report #7, page 199 |
| Acer pensylvanicum L. Striped Maple USDA ACPE |
Abnaki Drug, Respiratory Aid Used for bronchial troubles. Rousseau, Jacques, 1947, Ethnobotanique Abenakise, Archives de Folklore 11:145-182, page 154 |
| Acer pensylvanicum L. Striped Maple USDA ACPE |
Algonquin, Quebec Drug, Unspecified Infusion of plant used as a medicinal tea. Black, Meredith Jean, 1980, Algonquin Ethnobotany: An Interpretation of Aboriginal Adaptation in South Western Quebec, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series Number 65, page 196 |
| Acer pensylvanicum L. Striped Maple USDA ACPE |
Algonquin, Quebec Drug, Veterinary Aid Plant eaten by a moose with a broken bone to aid its healing. Black, Meredith Jean, 1980, Algonquin Ethnobotany: An Interpretation of Aboriginal Adaptation in South Western Quebec, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series Number 65, page 196 |
| Acer pensylvanicum L. Striped Maple USDA ACPE |
Cherokee Other, Fuel Wood used for firewood. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 44 |
| Acer pensylvanicum L. Striped Maple USDA ACPE |
Iroquois Drug, Emetic Decoction of bark taken as an emetic. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 378 |
| Acer pensylvanicum L. Striped Maple USDA ACPE |
Iroquois Drug, Laxative Compound decoction of bark taken as a laxative. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 378 |
| Acer pensylvanicum L. Striped Maple USDA ACPE |
Iroquois Drug, Orthopedic Aid Decoction of bark applied as poultice for paralysis. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 378 |
| Acer pensylvanicum L. Striped Maple USDA ACPE |
Micmac Drug, Antihemorrhagic Wood used for spitting blood. Chandler, R. Frank, Lois Freeman and Shirley N. Hooper, 1979, Herbal Remedies of the Maritime Indians, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1:49-68, page 53 |
| Acer pensylvanicum L. Striped Maple USDA ACPE |
Micmac Drug, Cold Remedy Bark used for colds. Chandler, R. Frank, Lois Freeman and Shirley N. Hooper, 1979, Herbal Remedies of the Maritime Indians, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1:49-68, page 53 |
| Acer pensylvanicum L. Striped Maple USDA ACPE |
Micmac Drug, Cough Medicine Bark used for coughs. Chandler, R. Frank, Lois Freeman and Shirley N. Hooper, 1979, Herbal Remedies of the Maritime Indians, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1:49-68, page 53 |
| Acer pensylvanicum L. Striped Maple USDA ACPE |
Micmac Drug, Kidney Aid Wood used for kidney trouble. Chandler, R. Frank, Lois Freeman and Shirley N. Hooper, 1979, Herbal Remedies of the Maritime Indians, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1:49-68, page 53 |
| Acer pensylvanicum L. Striped Maple USDA ACPE |
Micmac Drug, Misc. Disease Remedy Bark used for 'grippe.' Chandler, R. Frank, Lois Freeman and Shirley N. Hooper, 1979, Herbal Remedies of the Maritime Indians, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1:49-68, page 53 |
| Acer pensylvanicum L. Striped Maple USDA ACPE |
Micmac Drug, Orthopedic Aid Unspecified plant parts used for 'trouble with the limbs.' Chandler, R. Frank, Lois Freeman and Shirley N. Hooper, 1979, Herbal Remedies of the Maritime Indians, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1:49-68, page 53 |
| Acer pensylvanicum L. Striped Maple USDA ACPE |
Micmac Drug, Venereal Aid Wood used for gonorrhea. Chandler, R. Frank, Lois Freeman and Shirley N. Hooper, 1979, Herbal Remedies of the Maritime Indians, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1:49-68, page 53 |
| Acer pensylvanicum L. Striped Maple USDA ACPE |
Micmac Food, Beverage Bark used to make a beverage. 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 |
| Acer pensylvanicum L. Striped Maple USDA ACPE |
Ojibwa Other, Hunting & Fishing Item Wood used to make arrows. Reagan, Albert B., 1928, Plants Used by the Bois Fort Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indians of Minnesota, Wisconsin Archeologist 7(4):230-248, page 234 |
| Acer pensylvanicum L. Striped Maple USDA ACPE |
Ojibwa Other, Toys & Games Root used to make the bowl for the dice bowl game. Reagan, Albert B., 1928, Plants Used by the Bois Fort Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indians of Minnesota, Wisconsin Archeologist 7(4):230-248, page 234 |
| Acer pensylvanicum L. Striped Maple USDA ACPE |
Ojibwa, South Drug, Emetic Decoction of inner bark taken as an emetic. Hoffman, W.J., 1891, The Midewiwin or 'Grand Medicine Society' of the Ojibwa, SI-BAE Annual Report #7, page 200 |
| Acer pensylvanicum L. Striped Maple USDA ACPE |
Penobscot Drug, Antihemorrhagic Compound infusion of plant taken for 'spitting up blood.' Speck, Frank G., 1917, Medicine Practices of the Northeastern Algonquians, Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Americanists Pp. 303-321, page 311 |
| Acer pensylvanicum L. Striped Maple USDA ACPE |
Penobscot Drug, Dermatological Aid Poultice of steeped bark applied to swollen limbs. Speck, Frank G., 1917, Medicine Practices of the Northeastern Algonquians, Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Americanists Pp. 303-321, page 310 |
| Acer pensylvanicum L. Striped Maple USDA ACPE |
Penobscot Drug, Kidney Aid Compound infusion of plant taken for kidney trouble. Speck, Frank G., 1917, Medicine Practices of the Northeastern Algonquians, Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Americanists Pp. 303-321, page 311 |
| Acer pensylvanicum L. Striped Maple USDA ACPE |
Penobscot Drug, Tonic Compound infusion of plant taken as a tonic. Speck, Frank G., 1917, Medicine Practices of the Northeastern Algonquians, Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Americanists Pp. 303-321, page 311 |
| Acer pensylvanicum L. Striped Maple USDA ACPE |
Penobscot Drug, Venereal Aid Compound infusion of plant taken for gonorrhea . Speck, Frank G., 1917, Medicine Practices of the Northeastern Algonquians, Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Americanists Pp. 303-321, page 311 |
| Acer rubrum L. Red Maple USDA ACRUR |
Abnaki Food, Sweetener Sap used to make sugar. Rousseau, Jacques, 1947, Ethnobotanique Abenakise, Archives de Folklore 11:145-182, page 170 |
| Acer rubrum L. Red Maple USDA ACRUR |
Abnaki Food, Sweetener Used as a sweetener. Rousseau, Jacques, 1947, Ethnobotanique Abenakise, Archives de Folklore 11:145-182, page 152 |
| Acer rubrum L. Red Maple USDA ACRUR |
Algonquin, Quebec Food, Sauce & Relish Sap used to make syrup. Black, Meredith Jean, 1980, Algonquin Ethnobotany: An Interpretation of Aboriginal Adaptation in South Western Quebec, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series Number 65, page 99 |
| Acer rubrum L. Red Maple USDA ACRUR |
Algonquin, Quebec Food, Sweetener Sap used to make sugar. Black, Meredith Jean, 1980, Algonquin Ethnobotany: An Interpretation of Aboriginal Adaptation in South Western Quebec, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series Number 65, page 99 |
| Acer rubrum L. Red Maple USDA ACRUR |
Cherokee Drug, Analgesic Infusion of bark taken for cramps. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 44 |
| Acer rubrum L. Red Maple USDA ACRUR |
Cherokee Drug, Antidiarrheal Infusion taken for dysentery. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 44 |
| Acer rubrum L. Red Maple USDA ACRUR |
Cherokee Drug, Dermatological Aid Infusion taken for hives. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 44 |
| Acer rubrum L. Red Maple USDA ACRUR |
Cherokee Drug, Eye Medicine Decoction of inner bark boiled to a syrup and used as a wash for sore eyes. Witthoft, John, 1947, An Early Cherokee Ethnobotanical Note, Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 37(3):73-75, page 73 |