| 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 |
| Acer glabrum Torr. Rocky Mountain Maple USDA ACGLG2 |
Thompson Fiber, Snow Gear Branches used whenever obtainable to make 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 146 |
| Acer glabrum Torr. Rocky Mountain Maple USDA ACGLG2 |
Thompson Fiber, Snow Gear Twigs used to make snowshoe frames. Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 500 |
| Acer glabrum Torr. Rocky Mountain Maple USDA ACGLG2 |
Thompson Fiber, Snow Gear Wood used for making snowshoes. Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 499 |
| Acer glabrum Torr. Rocky Mountain Maple USDA ACGLG2 |
Thompson Other, Hunting & Fishing Item Wood used for making bows. Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 499 |
| Acer glabrum Torr. Rocky Mountain Maple USDA ACGLG2 |
Yurok Other, Toys & Games Fruit used to play with. 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 glabrum var. douglasii (Hook.) Dippel Douglas Maple USDA ACGLD4 |
Gitksan Fiber, Basketry Inner bark used to make baskets. Gottesfeld, Leslie M. J., 1992, The Importance of Bark Products in the Aboriginal Economies of Northwestern British Columbia, Canada, Economic Botany 46(2):148-157, page 153 |
| Acer glabrum var. douglasii (Hook.) Dippel Douglas Maple USDA ACGLD4 |
Gitksan Fiber, Mats, Rugs & Bedding Inner bark used to make mats. Gottesfeld, Leslie M. J., 1992, The Importance of Bark Products in the Aboriginal Economies of Northwestern British Columbia, Canada, Economic Botany 46(2):148-157, page 153 |
| Acer glabrum var. douglasii (Hook.) Dippel Douglas Maple USDA ACGLD4 |
Haisla Other, Ceremonial Items Wood made into rattles and used by shamans. Compton, Brian Douglas, 1993, Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants..., Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia, page 209 |
| Acer glabrum var. douglasii (Hook.) Dippel Douglas Maple USDA ACGLD4 |
Haisla and Hanaksiala Fiber, Snow Gear Wood used to make snowshoes. Compton, Brian Douglas, 1993, Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants..., Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia, page 209 |
| Acer glabrum var. douglasii (Hook.) Dippel Douglas Maple USDA ACGLD4 |
Haisla and Hanaksiala Other, Ceremonial Items Wood used to make frontispieces for chief's masks. Compton, Brian Douglas, 1993, Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants..., Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia, page 209 |
| Acer glabrum var. douglasii (Hook.) Dippel Douglas Maple USDA ACGLD4 |
Haisla and Hanaksiala Other, Cooking Tools Wood used to make spoons. Compton, Brian Douglas, 1993, Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants..., Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia, page 209 |
| Acer glabrum var. douglasii (Hook.) Dippel Douglas Maple USDA ACGLD4 |
Haisla and Hanaksiala Other, Tools Wood used to make axe handles. Compton, Brian Douglas, 1993, Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants..., Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia, page 209 |
| Acer glabrum var. douglasii (Hook.) Dippel Douglas Maple USDA ACGLD4 |
Hanaksiala Other, Ceremonial Items Wood used to make the skulls for the shamanistic costumes. Compton, Brian Douglas, 1993, Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants..., Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia, page 209 |
| Acer glabrum var. douglasii (Hook.) Dippel Douglas Maple USDA ACGLD4 |
Oweekeno Other, Cooking Tools Wood used to make spoons. Compton, Brian Douglas, 1993, Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants..., Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia, page 82 |
| Acer glabrum var. neomexicanum (Greene) Kearney & Peebles New Mexico Maple USDA ACGLN2 |
Apache, Chiricahua & Mescalero Food, Sweetener Sap collected and boiled to obtain syrup and sugar. 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 44 |