| Acer negundo L. Boxelder USDA ACNEN |
Apache, Chiricahua & Mescalero Food, Dried Food Inner bark scrapings dried and kept for winter use. 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 |
| Acer negundo L. Boxelder USDA ACNEN |
Apache, Chiricahua & Mescalero Food, Sweetener Inner bark boiled until sugar crystallizes out of it. 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 |
| Acer negundo L. Boxelder USDA ACNEN |
Cheyenne Drug, Ceremonial Medicine Wood burned as incense for making spiritual medicines. Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 4 |
| Acer negundo L. Boxelder USDA ACNEN |
Cheyenne Food, Candy Sap boiled, added to animal hide shavings and eaten as a relished candy. Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 13 |
| Acer negundo L. Boxelder USDA ACNEN |
Cheyenne Food, Candy Sap mixed with shavings from inner sides of animal hides and eaten as candy. Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 4 |
| Acer negundo L. Boxelder USDA ACNEN |
Cheyenne Other, Ceremonial Items Wood burned during Sundance ceremonies. Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 4 |
| Acer negundo L. Boxelder USDA ACNEN |
Cheyenne Other, Cooking Tools Wood used to make bowls. Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 46 |
| Acer negundo L. Boxelder USDA ACNEN |
Cheyenne Other, Fuel Wood burned and used for cooking meat. Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 4 |
| Acer negundo L. Boxelder USDA ACNEN |
Cheyenne Other, Fuel Wood used as firewood for cooking meat. Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 13 |
| Acer negundo L. Boxelder USDA ACNEN |
Dakota Food, Sweetener Sap used to make sugar. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1913, Some Native Nebraska Plants With Their Uses by the Dakota, Collections of the Nebraska State Historical Society 17:358-70, page 366 |
| Acer negundo L. Boxelder USDA ACNEN |
Dakota Other, Ceremonial Items Wood made into charcoal and used for ceremonial painting and tattooing. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 101 |
| Acer negundo L. Boxelder USDA ACNEN |
Dakota Other, Decorations Wood used to obtain charcoal for tattooing. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1913, Some Native Nebraska Plants With Their Uses by the Dakota, Collections of the Nebraska State Historical Society 17:358-70, page 366 |
| Acer negundo L. Boxelder USDA ACNEN |
Keres, Western Other, Ceremonial Items Twigs made into prayer sticks. Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 24 |
| Acer negundo L. Boxelder USDA ACNEN |
Kiowa Other, Ceremonial Items Wood burned in the altar fire of the peyote ceremony. Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 40 |
| Acer negundo L. Boxelder USDA ACNEN |
Meskwaki Drug, Emetic Decoction of inner bark taken as an emetic. Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 200 |
| Acer negundo L. Boxelder USDA ACNEN |
Montana Indian Food, Sauce & Relish Sap boiled or frozen and used as a sweet syrup. Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 4 |
| Acer negundo L. Boxelder USDA ACNEN |
Montana Indian Other, Cooking Tools Large trunk burls or knots used to make bowls and dishes. Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 4 |
| Acer negundo L. Boxelder USDA ACNEN |
Montana Indian Other, Musical Instrument Large trunk burls or knots used to make drums. Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 4 |
| Acer negundo L. Boxelder USDA ACNEN |
Montana Indian Other, Smoking Tools Large trunk burls or knots used to make pipe stems. Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 4 |
| Acer negundo L. Boxelder USDA ACNEN |
Navajo Other, Tools Wood used to make tubes for bellows. Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 62 |
| Acer negundo L. Boxelder USDA ACNEN |
Ojibwa Drug, Emetic Infusion of inner bark taken as an emetic. Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 353 |
| Acer negundo L. Boxelder USDA ACNEN |
Ojibwa Food, Beverage Sap mixed with the sap of the sugar maple and used as a beverage. Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 394 |
| Acer negundo L. Boxelder USDA ACNEN |
Omaha Food, Sweetener Sap boiled to make sugar and syrup. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1913, A Study in the Ethnobotany of the Omaha Indians, Nebraska State Historical Society Collections 17:314-57., page 329 |
| Acer negundo L. Boxelder USDA ACNEN |
Omaha Food, Sweetener Sap used to make sugar. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 101 |
| Acer negundo L. Boxelder USDA ACNEN |
Omaha Other, Ceremonial Items Wood made into charcoal and used for ceremonial painting and tattooing. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 101 |
| Acer negundo L. Boxelder USDA ACNEN |
Omaha Other, Decorations Plant made into charcoal and used for tribal tattooing of girls. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1913, A Study in the Ethnobotany of the Omaha Indians, Nebraska State Historical Society Collections 17:314-57., page 336 |
| Acer negundo L. Boxelder USDA ACNEN |
Pawnee Food, Sweetener Sap used to make sugar. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 101 |
| Acer negundo L. Boxelder USDA ACNEN |
Ponca Food, Sweetener Sap used to make sugar. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 101 |
| Acer negundo L. Boxelder USDA ACNEN |
Sioux Other, Ceremonial Items Wood made into charcoal and used for ceremonial painting and tattooing. Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 4 |
| Acer negundo L. Boxelder USDA ACNEN |
Winnebago Food, Sweetener Sap used to make sugar. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 101 |
| Acer negundo var. interius (Britt.) Sarg. Boxelder Maple USDA ACNEI2 |
Cree Food, Sweetener Sap used to make sugar. Johnston, Alex, 1987, Plants and the Blackfoot, Lethbridge, Alberta. Lethbridge Historical Society, page 44 |
| Acer negundo var. interius (Britt.) Sarg. Boxelder Maple USDA ACNEI2 |
Tewa Other, Smoking Tools Twigs used for making pipe stems. Robbins, W.W., J.P. Harrington and B. Freire-Marreco, 1916, Ethnobotany of the Tewa Indians, SI-BAE Bulletin #55, page 38 |
| Acer negundo var. negundo Boxelder USDA ACNEN |
Kiowa Other, Ceremonial Items Wood burned in the altar fire of the peyote ceremony. Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 40 |
| Acer negundo var. negundo Boxelder USDA ACNEN |
Kiowa Other, Ceremonial Items Wood burned in the altar fire of the peyote ceremony. Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 40 |
| Acer negundo var. negundo Boxelder USDA ACNEN |
Sioux Food, Staple Sap boiled down in the spring and made into sugar. Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, page 16 |