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Mahonia repens (Lindl.) G. Don
Oregongrape
USDA MARE11
Montana Indian Dye, Yellow
Bark shredded, boiled and used as a brilliant yellow dye.
Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 18
Mahonia repens (Lindl.) G. Don
Oregongrape
USDA MARE11
Montana Indian Food, Beverage
Berries crushed, mixed with sugar and water and made into a refreshing beverage.
Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 18
Mahonia repens (Lindl.) G. Don
Oregongrape
USDA MARE11
Montana Indian Food, Beverage
Fruit used to make wine and 'lemonade.'
Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, page 8
Mahonia repens (Lindl.) G. Don
Oregongrape
USDA MARE11
Montana Indian Food, Fruit
Fruit eaten raw.
Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, page 8
Mahonia repens (Lindl.) G. Don
Oregongrape
USDA MARE11
Montana Indian Food, Preserves
Berries used to make jams and jellies.
Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 18
Mahonia repens (Lindl.) G. Don
Oregongrape
USDA MARE11
Montana Indian Food, Preserves
Fruit used to make jelly.
Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, page 8
Mahonia repens (Lindl.) G. Don
Oregongrape
USDA MARE11
Navajo Drug, Antirheumatic (Internal)
Decoction of leaves and twigs taken for rheumatic stiffness.
Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 48
Mahonia repens (Lindl.) G. Don
Oregongrape
USDA MARE11
Navajo, Kayenta Drug, Panacea
Infusion of plant taken and poultice of plant applied as a cure all.
Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 23
Mahonia repens (Lindl.) G. Don
Oregongrape
USDA MARE11
Navajo, Kayenta Other, Ceremonial Items
Sprinkled on grass where lightning struck near livestock.
Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 23
Mahonia repens (Lindl.) G. Don
Oregongrape
USDA MARE11
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Ceremonial Medicine
Whole plant used as a 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 28
Mahonia repens (Lindl.) G. Don
Oregongrape
USDA MARE11
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Dermatological Aid
Cold infusion of plant used as a lotion on scorpion bites.
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 28
Mahonia repens (Lindl.) G. Don
Oregongrape
USDA MARE11
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Emetic
Whole plant used as a 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 28
Mahonia repens (Lindl.) G. Don
Oregongrape
USDA MARE11
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Laxative
Decoction of root used for constipation.
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 28
Mahonia repens (Lindl.) G. Don
Oregongrape
USDA MARE11
Paiute Drug, Antidiarrheal
Decoction of root taken to prevent or stop bloody dysentery.
Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 51, 52
Mahonia repens (Lindl.) G. Don
Oregongrape
USDA MARE11
Paiute Drug, Blood Medicine
Decoction of root taken as a blood tonic or purifier.
Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 51, 52
Mahonia repens (Lindl.) G. Don
Oregongrape
USDA MARE11
Paiute Drug, Blood Medicine
Decoction of root taken to 'thicken the blood of haemophilic persons.'
Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 51, 52
Mahonia repens (Lindl.) G. Don
Oregongrape
USDA MARE11
Paiute Drug, Cough Medicine
Decoction of root, sometimes with whiskey, taken for coughs.
Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 51, 52
Mahonia repens (Lindl.) G. Don
Oregongrape
USDA MARE11
Paiute Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid
Decoction of stems taken as a tonic for stomach troubles.
Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 51, 52
Mahonia repens (Lindl.) G. Don
Oregongrape
USDA MARE11
Paiute Drug, Urinary Aid
Decoction of root taken for bladder difficulties.
Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 51, 52
Mahonia repens (Lindl.) G. Don
Oregongrape
USDA MARE11
Paiute Drug, Venereal Aid
Decoction of roots taken for venereal disease.
Kelly, Isabel T., 1932, Ethnography of the Surprise Valley Paiute, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 31(3):67-210, page 198
Mahonia repens (Lindl.) G. Don
Oregongrape
USDA MARE11
Paiute Drug, Venereal Aid
Decoction of roots taken for venereal diseases.
Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 51, 52
Mahonia repens (Lindl.) G. Don
Oregongrape
USDA MARE11
Shoshoni Drug, Analgesic
Decoction of leaves taken or root used for general aches or rheumatic pains.
Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 51, 52
Mahonia repens (Lindl.) G. Don
Oregongrape
USDA MARE11
Shoshoni Drug, Antidiarrheal
Decoction of root taken to prevent or stop bloody dysentery.
Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 51, 52
Mahonia repens (Lindl.) G. Don
Oregongrape
USDA MARE11
Shoshoni Drug, Antirheumatic (Internal)
Decoction of roots or leaves taken for general aches or rheumatic pains.
Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 51, 52
Mahonia repens (Lindl.) G. Don
Oregongrape
USDA MARE11
Shoshoni Drug, Blood Medicine
Infusion or decoction of root taken as a blood tonic or purifier.
Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 51, 52
Mahonia repens (Lindl.) G. Don
Oregongrape
USDA MARE11
Shoshoni Drug, Cough Medicine
Decoction of root, sometimes with whiskey, taken for coughs.
Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 51, 52
Mahonia repens (Lindl.) G. Don
Oregongrape
USDA MARE11
Shoshoni Drug, Kidney Aid
Decoction of root taken as a kidney medicine.
Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 51, 52
Mahonia repens (Lindl.) G. Don
Oregongrape
USDA MARE11
Shoshoni Drug, Venereal Aid
Decoction of roots taken for venereal diseases.
Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 51, 52
Mahonia repens (Lindl.) G. Don
Oregongrape
USDA MARE11
Shuswap Drug, Blood Medicine
Decoction of leaves and stems taken as a blood tonic.
Palmer, Gary, 1975, Shuswap Indian Ethnobotany, Syesis 8:29-51, page 59
Mahonia repens (Lindl.) G. Don
Oregongrape
USDA MARE11
Shuswap Food, Fruit
Ripe berries used for food.
Palmer, Gary, 1975, Shuswap Indian Ethnobotany, Syesis 8:29-51, page 59
Mahonia repens (Lindl.) G. Don
Oregongrape
USDA MARE11
Tolowa Drug, Blood Medicine
Roots used in a concoction for blood purification.
Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 38
Mahonia repens (Lindl.) G. Don
Oregongrape
USDA MARE11
Tolowa Drug, Cough Medicine
Roots used in a concoction for coughs.
Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 38
Mahonia sp.
Oregon Grape
Coeur d'Alene Food, Fruit
Berries eaten fresh.
Teit, James A., 1928, The Salishan Tribes of the Western Plateaus, SI-BAE Annual Report #45, page 90
Mahonia sp.
Oregon Grape
Cowlitz Drug, Dermatological Aid
Infusion of bark used as a wash for skin sores.
Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 30
Mahonia sp.
Oregon Grape
Cowlitz Drug, Oral Aid
Infusion of bark used as a wash for mouth sores.
Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 30
Mahonia sp.
Oregon Grape
Cowlitz Dye, Unspecified
Roots used to make a dye.
Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 30
Mahonia sp.
Oregon Grape
Cowlitz Food, Fruit
Berries boiled and eaten.
Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 30
Mahonia sp.
Oregon Grape
Cowlitz Food, Fruit
Berries eaten raw.
Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 30
Mahonia sp.
Oregon Grape
Lummi Food, Fruit
Berries eaten.
Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 30
Mahonia sp.
Oregon Grape
Makah Dye, Unspecified
Roots used to make a dye.
Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 30
Mahonia sp.
Oregon Grape
Modesse Drug, Blood Medicine
Infusion of plant taken as a blood medicine.
Merriam, C. Hart, 1966, Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes, University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley, page 224
Mahonia sp.
Oregon Grape
Modesse Food, Preserves
Berries used to make jelly.
Merriam, C. Hart, 1966, Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes, University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley, page 224
Mahonia sp.
Oregon Grape
Nitinaht Dye, Yellow
Formerly used to make yellow basket dyes.
Turner, Nancy J., John Thomas, Barry F. Carlson and Robert T. Ogilvie, 1983, Ethnobotany of the Nitinaht Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 79
Mahonia sp.
Oregon Grape
Okanagon Food, Staple
Berries used as a principle food.
Teit, James A., 1928, The Salishan Tribes of the Western Plateaus, SI-BAE Annual Report #45, page 239
Mahonia sp.
Oregon Grape
Quinault Drug, Cough Medicine
Decoction of roots taken for coughs.
Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 30
Mahonia sp.
Oregon Grape
Quinault Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid
Decoction of roots taken for stomach disorders.
Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 30
Mahonia sp.
Oregon Grape
Spokan Food, Fruit
Berries used for food.
Teit, James A., 1928, The Salishan Tribes of the Western Plateaus, SI-BAE Annual Report #45, page 343
Mahonia sp.
Oregon Grape
Wintoon Dye, Yellow
Used to make a yellow dye.
Merriam, C. Hart, 1966, Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes, University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley, page 264
Malus fusca (Raf.) Schneid.
Oregon Crabapple
USDA MAFU
Alaska Native Food, Cooking Agent
Used as a source of pectin for jelly making.
Heller, Christine A., 1953, Edible and Poisonous Plants of Alaska, University of Alaska, page 85
Malus fusca (Raf.) Schneid.
Oregon Crabapple
USDA MAFU
Bella Coola Drug, Eye Medicine
Compound decoction of bark or root used as an eyewash for soreness.
Smith, Harlan I., 1929, Materia Medica of the Bella Coola and Neighboring Tribes of British Columbia, National Museum of Canada Bulletin 56:47-68, page 60