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Aesculus pavia L.
Red Buckeye
USDA AEPAP
Cherokee Other, Good Luck Charm
Nut carried in the pocket for good luck.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 27
Agastache foeniculum (Pursh) Kuntze
Blue Giant Hyssop
USDA AGFO
Cheyenne Drug, Febrifuge
Powdered leaves rubbed on the body for high fevers.
Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 27
Agave americana L.
American Century Plant
USDA AGAMA2
Apache Food, Dried Food
Heads and young leaves roasted, sun dried and used immediately or stored.
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 10
Agave americana L.
American Century Plant
USDA AGAMA2
Apache, White Mountain Food, Winter Use Food
Tubers pit baked and stored for future use.
Reagan, Albert B., 1929, Plants Used by the White Mountain Apache Indians of Arizona, Wisconsin Archeologist 8:143-61., page 145
Agave deserti Engelm.
Desert Agave
USDA AGDED
Cahuilla Food, Dried Food
Baked leaves dried and stored for future use.
Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel, 1972, Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants, Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press, page 31
Agave deserti Engelm.
Desert Agave
USDA AGDED
Cocopa Food, Unspecified
Crowns gathered and pit-baked.
Castetter, Edward F. and Willis H. Bell, 1951, Yuman Indian Agriculture, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, page 202
Agave deserti Engelm.
Desert Agave
USDA AGDED
Pima, Gila River Food, Dried Food
Hearts dried and stored indefinitely.
Rea, Amadeo M., 1991, Gila River Pima Dietary Reconstruction, Arid Lands Newsletter 31:3-10, page 4
Agave lechuguilla Torr.
Lechuguilla
USDA AGLE
Papago Other, Cash Crop
Fibers and the cordage made from them bartered with the Pimas for blankets and cotton.
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 61
Agave palmeri Engelm.
Palmer's Century Plant
USDA AGPA3
Apache, Western Fiber, Sewing Material
Thorn used as needle and thread.
Buskirk, Winfred, 1986, The Western Apache: Living With the Land Before 1950, Norman. University of Oklahoma Press, page 169
Agave palmeri Engelm.
Palmer's Century Plant
USDA AGPA3
Apache, Western Food, Beverage
Crowns cooked, fermented in a vessel, ground, boiled and the liquor again fermented.
Buskirk, Winfred, 1986, The Western Apache: Living With the Land Before 1950, Norman. University of Oklahoma Press, page 169
Agave palmeri Engelm.
Palmer's Century Plant
USDA AGPA3
Apache, Western Food, Beverage
Flower stalk baked and chewed for juice.
Buskirk, Winfred, 1986, The Western Apache: Living With the Land Before 1950, Norman. University of Oklahoma Press, page 169
Agave palmeri Engelm.
Palmer's Century Plant
USDA AGPA3
Apache, Western Food, Beverage
Juice fermented into a drink.
Buskirk, Winfred, 1986, The Western Apache: Living With the Land Before 1950, Norman. University of Oklahoma Press, page 169
Agave palmeri Engelm.
Palmer's Century Plant
USDA AGPA3
Apache, Western Food, Beverage
Juice strained and mixed with 'tiswin water,' a liquor of fermented maize.
Buskirk, Winfred, 1986, The Western Apache: Living With the Land Before 1950, Norman. University of Oklahoma Press, page 169
Agave palmeri Engelm.
Palmer's Century Plant
USDA AGPA3
Apache, Western Food, Candy
Heart of the crown eaten by children as candy.
Buskirk, Winfred, 1986, The Western Apache: Living With the Land Before 1950, Norman. University of Oklahoma Press, page 169
Agave palmeri Engelm.
Palmer's Century Plant
USDA AGPA3
Apache, Western Food, Dried Food
Plant eaten dried.
Buskirk, Winfred, 1986, The Western Apache: Living With the Land Before 1950, Norman. University of Oklahoma Press, page 169
Agave palmeri Engelm.
Palmer's Century Plant
USDA AGPA3
Apache, Western Food, Substitution Food
Used in absence of other foods.
Buskirk, Winfred, 1986, The Western Apache: Living With the Land Before 1950, Norman. University of Oklahoma Press, page 169
Agave palmeri Engelm.
Palmer's Century Plant
USDA AGPA3
Apache, Western Food, Unspecified
Crowns used for food.
Buskirk, Winfred, 1986, The Western Apache: Living With the Land Before 1950, Norman. University of Oklahoma Press, page 169
Agave palmeri Engelm.
Palmer's Century Plant
USDA AGPA3
Apache, Western Other, Decorations
Juice used by young girls to daub on their cheeks.
Buskirk, Winfred, 1986, The Western Apache: Living With the Land Before 1950, Norman. University of Oklahoma Press, page 169
Agave palmeri Engelm.
Palmer's Century Plant
USDA AGPA3
Apache, Western Other, Paint
Juice covering pit stones after baking used to paint stripes on buckskin.
Buskirk, Winfred, 1986, The Western Apache: Living With the Land Before 1950, Norman. University of Oklahoma Press, page 169
Agave palmeri Engelm.
Palmer's Century Plant
USDA AGPA3
Apache, Western Other, Tools
Stalk fashioned into hoe handles.
Buskirk, Winfred, 1986, The Western Apache: Living With the Land Before 1950, Norman. University of Oklahoma Press, page 169
Agave palmeri Engelm.
Palmer's Century Plant
USDA AGPA3
Apache, Western Other, Weapon
Stalk used for a lance shaft.
Buskirk, Winfred, 1986, The Western Apache: Living With the Land Before 1950, Norman. University of Oklahoma Press, page 169
Agave parryi Engelm.
Parry's Agave
USDA AGPAP5
Apache Food, Dried Food
Heads and young leaves roasted, sun dried and used immediately or stored.
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 10
Agave parryi Engelm.
Parry's Agave
USDA AGPAP5
Apache Food, Dried Food
Heads and young leaves roasted, sun dried and used immediately or stored.
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 10
Agave parryi Engelm.
Parry's Agave
USDA AGPAP5
Apache, Chiricahua & Mescalero Food, Vegetable
Stalks boiled, dried and stored to be used as vegetables.
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 38
Agave parryi Engelm.
Parry's Agave
USDA AGPAP5
Apache, Western Fiber, Sewing Material
Thorn used as needle and thread.
Buskirk, Winfred, 1986, The Western Apache: Living With the Land Before 1950, Norman. University of Oklahoma Press, page 169
Agave parryi Engelm.
Parry's Agave
USDA AGPAP5
Apache, Western Fiber, Sewing Material
Thorn used as needle and thread.
Buskirk, Winfred, 1986, The Western Apache: Living With the Land Before 1950, Norman. University of Oklahoma Press, page 169
Agave parryi Engelm.
Parry's Agave
USDA AGPAP5
Apache, Western Food, Beverage
Crowns cooked, fermented in a vessel, ground, boiled and the liquor again fermented.
Buskirk, Winfred, 1986, The Western Apache: Living With the Land Before 1950, Norman. University of Oklahoma Press, page 169
Agave parryi Engelm.
Parry's Agave
USDA AGPAP5
Apache, Western Food, Beverage
Crowns cooked, fermented in a vessel, ground, boiled and the liquor again fermented.
Buskirk, Winfred, 1986, The Western Apache: Living With the Land Before 1950, Norman. University of Oklahoma Press, page 169
Agave parryi Engelm.
Parry's Agave
USDA AGPAP5
Apache, Western Food, Beverage
Flower stalk baked and chewed for juice.
Buskirk, Winfred, 1986, The Western Apache: Living With the Land Before 1950, Norman. University of Oklahoma Press, page 169
Agave parryi Engelm.
Parry's Agave
USDA AGPAP5
Apache, Western Food, Beverage
Flower stalk baked and chewed for juice.
Buskirk, Winfred, 1986, The Western Apache: Living With the Land Before 1950, Norman. University of Oklahoma Press, page 169
Agave parryi Engelm.
Parry's Agave
USDA AGPAP5
Apache, Western Food, Beverage
Juice fermented into a drink.
Buskirk, Winfred, 1986, The Western Apache: Living With the Land Before 1950, Norman. University of Oklahoma Press, page 169
Agave parryi Engelm.
Parry's Agave
USDA AGPAP5
Apache, Western Food, Beverage
Juice fermented into a drink.
Buskirk, Winfred, 1986, The Western Apache: Living With the Land Before 1950, Norman. University of Oklahoma Press, page 169
Agave parryi Engelm.
Parry's Agave
USDA AGPAP5
Apache, Western Food, Beverage
Juice strained and mixed with 'tiswin water,' a liquor of fermented maize.
Buskirk, Winfred, 1986, The Western Apache: Living With the Land Before 1950, Norman. University of Oklahoma Press, page 169
Agave parryi Engelm.
Parry's Agave
USDA AGPAP5
Apache, Western Food, Beverage
Juice strained and mixed with 'tiswin water,' a liquor of fermented maize.
Buskirk, Winfred, 1986, The Western Apache: Living With the Land Before 1950, Norman. University of Oklahoma Press, page 169
Agave parryi Engelm.
Parry's Agave
USDA AGPAP5
Apache, Western Food, Candy
Heart of the crown eaten by children as candy.
Buskirk, Winfred, 1986, The Western Apache: Living With the Land Before 1950, Norman. University of Oklahoma Press, page 169
Agave parryi Engelm.
Parry's Agave
USDA AGPAP5
Apache, Western Food, Candy
Heart of the crown eaten by children as candy.
Buskirk, Winfred, 1986, The Western Apache: Living With the Land Before 1950, Norman. University of Oklahoma Press, page 169
Agave parryi Engelm.
Parry's Agave
USDA AGPAP5
Apache, Western Food, Dried Food
Plant eaten dried.
Buskirk, Winfred, 1986, The Western Apache: Living With the Land Before 1950, Norman. University of Oklahoma Press, page 169
Agave parryi Engelm.
Parry's Agave
USDA AGPAP5
Apache, Western Food, Dried Food
Plant eaten dried.
Buskirk, Winfred, 1986, The Western Apache: Living With the Land Before 1950, Norman. University of Oklahoma Press, page 169
Agave parryi Engelm.
Parry's Agave
USDA AGPAP5
Apache, Western Food, Substitution Food
Used in absence of other foods.
Buskirk, Winfred, 1986, The Western Apache: Living With the Land Before 1950, Norman. University of Oklahoma Press, page 169
Agave parryi Engelm.
Parry's Agave
USDA AGPAP5
Apache, Western Food, Substitution Food
Used in absence of other foods.
Buskirk, Winfred, 1986, The Western Apache: Living With the Land Before 1950, Norman. University of Oklahoma Press, page 169
Agave parryi Engelm.
Parry's Agave
USDA AGPAP5
Apache, Western Food, Unspecified
Crowns used for food.
Buskirk, Winfred, 1986, The Western Apache: Living With the Land Before 1950, Norman. University of Oklahoma Press, page 169
Agave parryi Engelm.
Parry's Agave
USDA AGPAP5
Apache, Western Food, Unspecified
Crowns used for food.
Buskirk, Winfred, 1986, The Western Apache: Living With the Land Before 1950, Norman. University of Oklahoma Press, page 169
Agave parryi Engelm.
Parry's Agave
USDA AGPAP5
Apache, Western Other, Decorations
Juice used by young girls to daub on their cheeks.
Buskirk, Winfred, 1986, The Western Apache: Living With the Land Before 1950, Norman. University of Oklahoma Press, page 169
Agave parryi Engelm.
Parry's Agave
USDA AGPAP5
Apache, Western Other, Decorations
Juice used by young girls to daub on their cheeks.
Buskirk, Winfred, 1986, The Western Apache: Living With the Land Before 1950, Norman. University of Oklahoma Press, page 169
Agave parryi Engelm.
Parry's Agave
USDA AGPAP5
Apache, Western Other, Paint
Juice covering pit stones after baking used to paint stripes on buckskin.
Buskirk, Winfred, 1986, The Western Apache: Living With the Land Before 1950, Norman. University of Oklahoma Press, page 169
Agave parryi Engelm.
Parry's Agave
USDA AGPAP5
Apache, Western Other, Paint
Juice covering pit stones after baking used to paint stripes on buckskin.
Buskirk, Winfred, 1986, The Western Apache: Living With the Land Before 1950, Norman. University of Oklahoma Press, page 169
Agave parryi Engelm.
Parry's Agave
USDA AGPAP5
Apache, Western Other, Tools
Stalk fashioned into hoe handles.
Buskirk, Winfred, 1986, The Western Apache: Living With the Land Before 1950, Norman. University of Oklahoma Press, page 169
Agave parryi Engelm.
Parry's Agave
USDA AGPAP5
Apache, Western Other, Tools
Stalk fashioned into hoe handles.
Buskirk, Winfred, 1986, The Western Apache: Living With the Land Before 1950, Norman. University of Oklahoma Press, page 169
Agave parryi Engelm.
Parry's Agave
USDA AGPAP5
Apache, Western Other, Weapon
Stalk used for a lance shaft.
Buskirk, Winfred, 1986, The Western Apache: Living With the Land Before 1950, Norman. University of Oklahoma Press, page 169
Agave parryi Engelm.
Parry's Agave
USDA AGPAP5
Apache, Western Other, Weapon
Stalk used for a lance shaft.
Buskirk, Winfred, 1986, The Western Apache: Living With the Land Before 1950, Norman. University of Oklahoma Press, page 169