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Salix discolor Muhl.
Pussy Willow
USDA SADI
Iroquois Drug, Hemorrhoid Remedy
Infusion of bark used for bleeding piles.
Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 294
Salix discolor Muhl.
Pussy Willow
USDA SADI
Iroquois Drug, Psychological Aid
Compound decoction taken to vomit to reduce loneliness.
Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 294
Salix discolor Muhl.
Pussy Willow
USDA SADI
Iroquois Drug, Tuberculosis Remedy
Compound decoction taken to vomit during initial stages of consumption.
Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 294
Salix discolor Muhl.
Pussy Willow
USDA SADI
Ojibwa Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid
Plant used for stomach troubles.
Reagan, Albert B., 1928, Plants Used by the Bois Fort Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indians of Minnesota, Wisconsin Archeologist 7(4):230-248, page 243
Salix discolor Muhl.
Pussy Willow
USDA SADI
Ojibwa Drug, Sedative
Plant used for trembling.
Reagan, Albert B., 1928, Plants Used by the Bois Fort Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indians of Minnesota, Wisconsin Archeologist 7(4):230-248, page 243
Salix discolor Muhl.
Pussy Willow
USDA SADI
Ojibwa Drug, Stimulant
Plant used for fainting.
Reagan, Albert B., 1928, Plants Used by the Bois Fort Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indians of Minnesota, Wisconsin Archeologist 7(4):230-248, page 243
Salix discolor Muhl.
Pussy Willow
USDA SADI
Ojibwa Drug, Unspecified
Bark used for medicinal purposes.
Reagan, Albert B., 1928, Plants Used by the Bois Fort Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indians of Minnesota, Wisconsin Archeologist 7(4):230-248, page 243
Salix discolor Muhl.
Pussy Willow
USDA SADI
Potawatomi Drug, Hemostat
Decoction of root bark used for hemorrhages.
Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 81, 82
Salix discolor Muhl.
Pussy Willow
USDA SADI
Potawatomi Drug, Panacea
Bark used as a universal remedy.
Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 81
Salix eriocephala Michx.
Missouri River Willow
USDA SAER
Lakota Other, Walking Sticks
Wood used to make canes and staffs.
Kraft, Shelly Katheren, 1990, Recent Changes in the Ethnobotany of Standing Rock Indian Reservation, University of North Dakota, M.A. Thesis, page 34
Salix eriocephala Michx.
Missouri River Willow
USDA SAER
Ute Fiber, Basketry
Used in basketry.
Chamberlin, Ralph V., 1909, Some Plant Names of the Ute Indians, American Anthropologist 11:27-40, page 36
Salix exigua Nutt.
Sandbar Willow
USDA SAEX
Blackfoot Fiber, Building Material
Used to make the framework of the sweat lodges.
Johnston, Alex, 1987, Plants and the Blackfoot, Lethbridge, Alberta. Lethbridge Historical Society, page 30
Salix exigua Nutt.
Sandbar Willow
USDA SAEX
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 249
Salix exigua Nutt.
Sandbar Willow
USDA SAEX
Costanoan Other, Fuel
Twigs used for kindling.
Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 249
Salix exigua Nutt.
Sandbar Willow
USDA SAEX
Flathead Fiber, Basketry
Willow made into baskets cemented with gum and used to cook fish.
Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, page 22
Salix exigua Nutt.
Sandbar Willow
USDA SAEX
Havasupai Fiber, Basketry
Young shoots used for basketry.
Weber, Steven A. and P. David Seaman, 1985, Havasupai Habitat: A. F. Whiting's Ethnography of a Traditional Indian Culture, Tucson. The University of Arizona Press, page 215
Salix exigua Nutt.
Sandbar Willow
USDA SAEX
Havasupai Other, Tools
Used to make tongs for removing cactus fruit.
Weber, Steven A. and P. David Seaman, 1985, Havasupai Habitat: A. F. Whiting's Ethnography of a Traditional Indian Culture, Tucson. The University of Arizona Press, page 215
Salix exigua Nutt.
Sandbar Willow
USDA SAEX
Jemez Fiber, Building Material
Straight branches used for the inside roofs.
Cook, Sarah Louise, 1930, The Ethnobotany of Jemez Indians., University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 27
Salix exigua Nutt.
Sandbar Willow
USDA SAEX
Karok Fiber, Basketry
Roots scraped, dried and used on the inside of the overlaid twined baskets.
Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 381
Salix exigua Nutt.
Sandbar Willow
USDA SAEX
Karok Fiber, Basketry
Stems used for the main ribs in baskets as an alternate for Corylus stems.
Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 53
Salix exigua Nutt.
Sandbar Willow
USDA SAEX
Karok Fiber, Basketry
Twigs used to make the warp sticks for twined baskets.
Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 381
Salix exigua Nutt.
Sandbar Willow
USDA SAEX
Kawaiisu Fiber, Building Material
Used as the poles for the winterhouse and sweathouse construction.
Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 61
Salix exigua Nutt.
Sandbar Willow
USDA SAEX
Kawaiisu Fiber, Building Material
Used in house construction.
Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 61
Salix exigua Nutt.
Sandbar Willow
USDA SAEX
Kawaiisu Food, Candy
Sticky, sweet substance relished like candy and honey.
Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 61
Salix exigua Nutt.
Sandbar Willow
USDA SAEX
Kawaiisu Other, Containers
Twigs with leaves used as 'wrappers' to hold buckeye nuts and fish.
Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 61
Salix exigua Nutt.
Sandbar Willow
USDA SAEX
Kawaiisu Other, Hunting & Fishing Item
Used to make bows and arrows for hunting small game and birds.
Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 61
Salix exigua Nutt.
Sandbar Willow
USDA SAEX
Kawaiisu Other, Smoking Tools
Twigs with leaves used as 'wrappers' to hold tobacco.
Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 61
Salix exigua Nutt.
Sandbar Willow
USDA SAEX
Kawaiisu Other, Tools
Used to make long needles for sewing tule into mats.
Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 61
Salix exigua Nutt.
Sandbar Willow
USDA SAEX
Kawaiisu Other, Toys & Games
Split stems used to make clappers and whistles.
Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 61
Salix exigua Nutt.
Sandbar Willow
USDA SAEX
Keres, Western Fiber, Basketry
Young branches used to make baskets.
Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 67
Salix exigua Nutt.
Sandbar Willow
USDA SAEX
Keres, Western Fiber, Mats, Rugs & Bedding
Young branches used to make mats.
Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 67
Salix exigua Nutt.
Sandbar Willow
USDA SAEX
Lakota Fiber, Building Material
Branches used for building sweatlodges.
Kraft, Shelly Katheren, 1990, Recent Changes in the Ethnobotany of Standing Rock Indian Reservation, University of North Dakota, M.A. Thesis, page 33
Salix exigua Nutt.
Sandbar Willow
USDA SAEX
Lakota Other, Fasteners
Peeled bark used for tying together sweatlodge poles.
Kraft, Shelly Katheren, 1990, Recent Changes in the Ethnobotany of Standing Rock Indian Reservation, University of North Dakota, M.A. Thesis, page 33
Salix exigua Nutt.
Sandbar Willow
USDA SAEX
Mandan Fiber, Mats, Rugs & Bedding
Leaves woven into mats and used in the sweat tepees.
Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, page 22
Salix exigua Nutt.
Sandbar Willow
USDA SAEX
Montana Indian Drug, Adjuvant
Poles used for framework of 'sweat tepee' for colds and rheumatism.
Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, page 22
Salix exigua Nutt.
Sandbar Willow
USDA SAEX
Montana Indian Drug, Antirheumatic (External)
Poles used for framework of 'sweat tepee' for rheumatism.
Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, page 22
Salix exigua Nutt.
Sandbar Willow
USDA SAEX
Montana Indian Drug, Cold Remedy
Poles used for framework of 'sweat tepee' for colds.
Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, page 22
Salix exigua Nutt.
Sandbar Willow
USDA SAEX
Montana Indian Drug, Febrifuge
Bark used for certain fevers.
Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, page 22
Salix exigua Nutt.
Sandbar Willow
USDA SAEX
Montana Indian Fiber, Cordage
Used extensively for cordage.
Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, page 22
Salix exigua Nutt.
Sandbar Willow
USDA SAEX
Navajo Food, Beverage
Leaves used to make a drink 'like orange juice.'
Hocking, George M., 1956, Some Plant Materials Used Medicinally and Otherwise by the Navaho Indians in the Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, El Palacio 56:146-165, page 155
Salix exigua Nutt.
Sandbar Willow
USDA SAEX
Navajo Food, Fodder
Leaves and bark used as food for both wild and domesticated animals.
Hocking, George M., 1956, Some Plant Materials Used Medicinally and Otherwise by the Navaho Indians in the Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, El Palacio 56:146-165, page 155
Salix exigua Nutt.
Sandbar Willow
USDA SAEX
Navajo Food, Forage
Leaves and bark used as food for both wild and domesticated animals.
Hocking, George M., 1956, Some Plant Materials Used Medicinally and Otherwise by the Navaho Indians in the Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, El Palacio 56:146-165, page 155
Salix exigua Nutt.
Sandbar Willow
USDA SAEX
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Ceremonial Medicine
Decoction of leaves used as ceremonial emetic.
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 22
Salix exigua Nutt.
Sandbar Willow
USDA SAEX
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Emetic
Decoction of leaves used as ceremonial emetic.
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 22
Salix exigua Nutt.
Sandbar Willow
USDA SAEX
Navajo, Ramah Other, Ceremonial Items
Stem used to make Lightningway hoop.
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 22
Salix exigua Nutt.
Sandbar Willow
USDA SAEX
Okanagan-Colville Fiber, Clothing
Bark twisted into cord and used to make bags and dresses.
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 136
Salix exigua Nutt.
Sandbar Willow
USDA SAEX
Okanagan-Colville Fiber, Cordage
Bark used to make excellent cord.
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 136
Salix exigua Nutt.
Sandbar Willow
USDA SAEX
Okanagan-Colville Fiber, Sewing Material
Bark used for sewing birch bark onto basket frames.
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 136
Salix exigua Nutt.
Sandbar Willow
USDA SAEX
Okanagan-Colville Other, Containers
Bark twisted into cord and used to make bags and dresses.
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 136
Salix exigua Nutt.
Sandbar Willow
USDA SAEX
Okanagan-Colville Other, Containers
Branches used under fish to keep them clean.
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 136