| Acer alba L. White Maple |
Micmac Drug, Cough Medicine Bark used as a cough remedy. 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 circinatum Pursh Vine Maple USDA ACCI |
Chehalis Other, Hunting & Fishing Item Used to make the wattleworks of fish traps. Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 40 |
| Acer circinatum Pursh Vine Maple USDA ACCI |
Clallam Food, Dried Food Sap eaten dried. Fleisher, Mark S., 1980, The Ethnobotany of the Clallam Indians of Western Washington, Northwest Anthropological Research Notes 14(2):192-210, page 197 |
| Acer circinatum Pursh Vine Maple USDA ACCI |
Clallam Food, Unspecified Sap eaten fresh. Fleisher, Mark S., 1980, The Ethnobotany of the Clallam Indians of Western Washington, Northwest Anthropological Research Notes 14(2):192-210, page 197 |
| Acer circinatum Pursh Vine Maple USDA ACCI |
Karok Drug, Love Medicine Branches used by women as a love medicine. Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 385 |
| Acer circinatum Pursh Vine Maple USDA ACCI |
Karok Other, Cooking Tools Wood used to made acorn paddles. Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 15 |
| Acer circinatum Pursh Vine Maple USDA ACCI |
Lummi Other, Hunting & Fishing Item Used to make the wattleworks of fish traps. Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 40 |
| Acer circinatum Pursh Vine Maple USDA ACCI |
Makah Fiber, Basketry Used to make baskets. Gill, Steven J., 1983, Ethnobotany of the Makah and Ozette People, Olympic Peninsula, Washington (USA), Washington State University, Ph.D. Thesis, page 285 |
| Acer circinatum Pursh Vine Maple USDA ACCI |
Modesse Fiber, Snow Gear Branches used for the frames of snowshoes. Merriam, C. Hart, 1966, Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes, University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley, page 223 |
| Acer circinatum Pursh Vine Maple USDA ACCI |
Nitinaht Other, Containers Wood used to make small boxes and oil containers. 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 90 |
| Acer circinatum Pursh Vine Maple USDA ACCI |
Nitinaht Other, Cooking Tools Wood used to make bowls and drinking containers. 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 90 |
| Acer circinatum Pursh Vine Maple USDA ACCI |
Nitinaht Other, Hunting & Fishing Item Used to make bows. 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 76 |
| Acer circinatum Pursh Vine Maple USDA ACCI |
Nitinaht Other, Hunting & Fishing Item Wood used to make bows. 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 90 |
| Acer circinatum Pursh Vine Maple USDA ACCI |
Quileute Other, Hunting & Fishing Item Used to make the wattleworks of fish traps. Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 40 |
| Acer circinatum Pursh Vine Maple USDA ACCI |
Quinault Fiber, Basketry Straight shoots used to make openwork baskets for general household utilities. Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 40 |
| Acer circinatum Pursh Vine Maple USDA ACCI |
Quinault Fiber, Building Material Poles used to hold down roof planks on houses. Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 40 |
| Acer circinatum Pursh Vine Maple USDA ACCI |
Quinault Other, Paint Charcoal mixed with oil and used as black paint. Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 40 |
| Acer circinatum Pursh Vine Maple USDA ACCI |
Shuswap Fiber, Snow Gear Used to make snowshoes. Palmer, Gary, 1975, Shuswap Indian Ethnobotany, Syesis 8:29-51, page 56 |
| Acer circinatum Pursh Vine Maple USDA ACCI |
Skagit Fiber, Furniture Saplings used as swings for baby cradles. Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 40 |
| Acer circinatum Pursh Vine Maple USDA ACCI |
Skagit Other, Tools Saplings used to make salmon tongs. Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 40 |
| Acer circinatum Pursh Vine Maple USDA ACCI |
Thompson Drug, Antidiarrheal Wood burned to charcoal, mixed with water and brown sugar and taken for dysentery. The wood was always taken early in the morning from the sunrise side of the tree. 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 145 |
| Acer circinatum Pursh Vine Maple USDA ACCI |
Thompson Drug, Misc. Disease Remedy Wood burned to charcoal, mixed with water and brown sugar and taken for polio. The wood was always taken early in the morning from the sunrise side of the tree. 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 145 |
| Acer circinatum Pursh Vine Maple USDA ACCI |
Thompson Fiber, Furniture Wood used in making baby basket frames. 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 145 |
| Acer circinatum Pursh Vine Maple USDA ACCI |
Thompson Fiber, Snow Gear Wood used in making snowshoe frames. 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 145 |
| Acer circinatum Pursh Vine Maple USDA ACCI |
Thompson Fiber, Snow Gear Wood used to make snowshoes. Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 498 |
| Acer circinatum Pursh Vine Maple USDA ACCI |
Thompson Other, Hunting & Fishing Item Wood gathered while green, the heart removed and used in making bows, arrows and dipnet frames. 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 145 |
| Acer circinatum Pursh Vine Maple USDA ACCI |
Thompson Other, Tools Wood used in making implement handles. 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 145 |
| Acer glabrum Torr. Rocky Mountain Maple USDA ACGLG2 |
Bella Coola Other, Cooking Tools Bark used to make spoons. Turner, Nancy J., 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Bella Coola Indians of British Columbia, Syesis 6:193-220, page 200 |
| Acer glabrum Torr. Rocky Mountain Maple USDA ACGLG2 |
Bella Coola Other, Tools Straight sticks tied around a tree base, ignited and burned until the tree fell. Turner, Nancy J., 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Bella Coola Indians of British Columbia, Syesis 6:193-220, page 200 |
| Acer glabrum Torr. Rocky Mountain Maple USDA ACGLG2 |
Blackfoot Drug, Cathartic Infusion of bark taken in the morning as a cathartic. Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 65 |
| Acer glabrum Torr. Rocky Mountain Maple USDA ACGLG2 |
Blackfoot Food, Spice Dried, crushed leaves used to spice stored meat. Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 100 |
| Acer glabrum Torr. Rocky Mountain Maple USDA ACGLG2 |
Blackfoot Other, Containers Bark used to make paint containers. Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 107 |
| Acer glabrum Torr. Rocky Mountain Maple USDA ACGLG2 |
Isleta Other, Hunting & Fishing Item Straight, young tree trunks used to make bows. Jones, Volney H., 1931, The Ethnobotany of the Isleta Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 20 |
| Acer glabrum Torr. Rocky Mountain Maple USDA ACGLG2 |
Montana Indian Other, Hunting & Fishing Item Young twigs used for making fishnet hoops. Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, page 5 |
| Acer glabrum Torr. Rocky Mountain Maple USDA ACGLG2 |
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Panacea Infusion of branches used for swellings, a 'life medicine.' 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 36 |
| Acer glabrum Torr. Rocky Mountain Maple USDA ACGLG2 |
Okanagan-Colville Drug, Hunting Medicine Branch tied in a knot and placed over the bear's tracks while hunting to stop the wounded bear. 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 59 |
| Acer glabrum Torr. Rocky Mountain Maple USDA ACGLG2 |
Okanagan-Colville Fiber, Building Material Wood used to make the frame of a woman's sweathouse. 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 59 |
| Acer glabrum Torr. Rocky Mountain Maple USDA ACGLG2 |
Okanagan-Colville Fiber, Snow Gear Wood used to make snowshoes. 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 59 |
| Acer glabrum Torr. Rocky Mountain Maple USDA ACGLG2 |
Okanagan-Colville Other, Cooking Tools Wood used to make screens for smoke drying racks. 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 59 |
| Acer glabrum Torr. Rocky Mountain Maple USDA ACGLG2 |
Okanagan-Colville Other, Cooking Tools Wood used to make tongs for removing food from boiling water. 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 59 |
| Acer glabrum Torr. Rocky Mountain Maple USDA ACGLG2 |
Okanagan-Colville Other, Fasteners Wood used to make teepee pegs. 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 59 |
| Acer glabrum Torr. Rocky Mountain Maple USDA ACGLG2 |
Okanagan-Colville Other, Fuel Wood used for fuel. 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 59 |
| Acer glabrum Torr. Rocky Mountain Maple USDA ACGLG2 |
Okanagan-Colville Other, Musical Instrument Wood used to make drum hoops. 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 59 |
| Acer glabrum Torr. Rocky Mountain Maple USDA ACGLG2 |
Okanagan-Colville Other, Tools Wood used to make spear handles. 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 59 |
| Acer glabrum Torr. Rocky Mountain Maple USDA ACGLG2 |
Okanagan-Colville Other, Toys & Games Wood used to make a child's first bow. 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 59 |
| Acer glabrum Torr. Rocky Mountain Maple USDA ACGLG2 |
Thompson Drug, Antiemetic Decoction of wood and bark taken for nausea caused by smelling a corpse. Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 475 |
| Acer glabrum Torr. Rocky Mountain Maple USDA ACGLG2 |
Thompson Drug, Gynecological Aid Decoction of sticks and saskatoon sticks taken to heal women's insides and stimulate lactation. The decoction was made either with two sticks each of saskatoon and rocky mountain maple, or, for a stronger medicine, four sticks each and used after childbirth to heal women's insides and to stimulate the flow of milk for nursing. 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 146 |
| Acer glabrum Torr. Rocky Mountain Maple USDA ACGLG2 |
Thompson Drug, Snake Bite Remedy Decoction of four straight, young sticks used as a wash or taken for snakebites. The informant could not recall whether the decoction was taken internally or used as a wash. 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 146 |
| Acer glabrum Torr. Rocky Mountain Maple USDA ACGLG2 |
Thompson Fiber, Cordage Fibrous inner bark used to make twine. 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 146 |
| Acer glabrum Torr. Rocky Mountain Maple USDA ACGLG2 |
Thompson Fiber, Furniture Wood used for cradle frames. 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 146 |