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Achnatherum hymenoides (Roemer & J.A. Schultes) Barkworth
Indian Ricegrass
USDA ACHY
Apache, Western Food, Porridge
Seeds ground, mixed with corn meal and water and made into a mush.
Buskirk, Winfred, 1986, The Western Apache: Living With the Land Before 1950, Norman. University of Oklahoma Press, page 189
Achnatherum hymenoides (Roemer & J.A. Schultes) Barkworth
Indian Ricegrass
USDA ACHY
Apache, White Mountain Food, Bread & Cake
Seeds ground and used to make bread and pones.
Reagan, Albert B., 1929, Plants Used by the White Mountain Apache Indians of Arizona, Wisconsin Archeologist 8:143-61., page 149
Achnatherum hymenoides (Roemer & J.A. Schultes) Barkworth
Indian Ricegrass
USDA ACHY
Apache, White Mountain Food, Fodder
Plant used for hay.
Reagan, Albert B., 1929, Plants Used by the White Mountain Apache Indians of Arizona, Wisconsin Archeologist 8:143-61., page 157
Achnatherum hymenoides (Roemer & J.A. Schultes) Barkworth
Indian Ricegrass
USDA ACHY
Apache, White Mountain Food, Porridge
Seeds ground, mixed with meal and water and eaten as mush.
Reagan, Albert B., 1929, Plants Used by the White Mountain Apache Indians of Arizona, Wisconsin Archeologist 8:143-61., page 149
Achnatherum hymenoides (Roemer & J.A. Schultes) Barkworth
Indian Ricegrass
USDA ACHY
Apache, White Mountain Food, Unspecified
Seeds used for food.
Reagan, Albert B., 1929, Plants Used by the White Mountain Apache Indians of Arizona, Wisconsin Archeologist 8:143-61., page 157
Achnatherum hymenoides (Roemer & J.A. Schultes) Barkworth
Indian Ricegrass
USDA ACHY
Apache, White Mountain Other, Cash Crop
Plant gathered and sold.
Reagan, Albert B., 1929, Plants Used by the White Mountain Apache Indians of Arizona, Wisconsin Archeologist 8:143-61., page 149
Achnatherum hymenoides (Roemer & J.A. Schultes) Barkworth
Indian Ricegrass
USDA ACHY
Gosiute Food, Unspecified
Seeds formerly used for food.
Chamberlin, Ralph V., 1911, The Ethno-Botany of the Gosiute Indians of Utah, Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association 2(5):331-405., page 375
Achnatherum hymenoides (Roemer & J.A. Schultes) Barkworth
Indian Ricegrass
USDA ACHY
Havasupai Food, Bread & Cake
Seeds parched, ground fine, boiled, thickened, made into balls and eaten as dumplings.
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 66
Achnatherum hymenoides (Roemer & J.A. Schultes) Barkworth
Indian Ricegrass
USDA ACHY
Havasupai Food, Soup
Seeds and Indian millet seeds ground and used to make soup or mush.
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 73
Achnatherum hymenoides (Roemer & J.A. Schultes) Barkworth
Indian Ricegrass
USDA ACHY
Havasupai Food, Staple
Seeds ground and eaten as a ground or parched meal.
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 67
Achnatherum hymenoides (Roemer & J.A. Schultes) Barkworth
Indian Ricegrass
USDA ACHY
Hopi Food, Bread & Cake
Seeds ground with corn into fine meal and used to make tortilla bread.
Nequatewa, Edmund, 1943, Some Hopi Recipes for the Preparation of Wild Plant Foods, Plateau 18:18-20, page 20
Achnatherum hymenoides (Roemer & J.A. Schultes) Barkworth
Indian Ricegrass
USDA ACHY
Hopi Food, Staple
Ground seeds used to make meal.
Vestal, Paul A, 1940, Notes on a Collection of Plants from the Hopi Indian Region of Arizona Made by J. G. Owens in 1891, Botanical Museum Leaflets (Harvard University) 8(8):153-168, page 158
Achnatherum hymenoides (Roemer & J.A. Schultes) Barkworth
Indian Ricegrass
USDA ACHY
Hopi Food, Staple
Ground seeds used to make meal.
Vestal, Paul A, 1940, Notes on a Collection of Plants from the Hopi Indian Region of Arizona Made by J. G. Owens in 1891, Botanical Museum Leaflets (Harvard University) 8(8):153-168, page 158
Achnatherum hymenoides (Roemer & J.A. Schultes) Barkworth
Indian Ricegrass
USDA ACHY
Hopi Food, Staple
Ground seeds used to make meal.
Vestal, Paul A, 1940, Notes on a Collection of Plants from the Hopi Indian Region of Arizona Made by J. G. Owens in 1891, Botanical Museum Leaflets (Harvard University) 8(8):153-168, page 158
Achnatherum hymenoides (Roemer & J.A. Schultes) Barkworth
Indian Ricegrass
USDA ACHY
Hopi Food, Starvation Food
Plants formerly used for food during famines.
Jones, Volney H., 1938, An Ancient Food Plant of the Southwest and Plateau Regions, El Palacio 44:41-53, page 43
Achnatherum hymenoides (Roemer & J.A. Schultes) Barkworth
Indian Ricegrass
USDA ACHY
Hopi Food, Starvation Food
Plants formerly used for food during famines.
Jones, Volney H., 1938, An Ancient Food Plant of the Southwest and Plateau Regions, El Palacio 44:41-53, page 43
Achnatherum hymenoides (Roemer & J.A. Schultes) Barkworth
Indian Ricegrass
USDA ACHY
Hopi Food, Starvation Food
Plants formerly used for food during famines.
Jones, Volney H., 1938, An Ancient Food Plant of the Southwest and Plateau Regions, El Palacio 44:41-53, page 43
Achnatherum hymenoides (Roemer & J.A. Schultes) Barkworth
Indian Ricegrass
USDA ACHY
Hopi Food, Starvation Food
Plants formerly used for food during famines.
Jones, Volney H., 1938, An Ancient Food Plant of the Southwest and Plateau Regions, El Palacio 44:41-53, page 43
Achnatherum hymenoides (Roemer & J.A. Schultes) Barkworth
Indian Ricegrass
USDA ACHY
Hopi Food, Starvation Food
Plants formerly used for food during famines.
Jones, Volney H., 1938, An Ancient Food Plant of the Southwest and Plateau Regions, El Palacio 44:41-53, page 43
Achnatherum hymenoides (Roemer & J.A. Schultes) Barkworth
Indian Ricegrass
USDA ACHY
Hopi Food, Starvation Food
Seeds eaten, especially in time of famine.
Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 338
Achnatherum hymenoides (Roemer & J.A. Schultes) Barkworth
Indian Ricegrass
USDA ACHY
Hopi Food, Starvation Food
Seeds used during famines.
Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 65
Achnatherum hymenoides (Roemer & J.A. Schultes) Barkworth
Indian Ricegrass
USDA ACHY
Kawaiisu Food, Staple
Seeds pounded into a meal and eaten dry.
Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 46
Achnatherum hymenoides (Roemer & J.A. Schultes) Barkworth
Indian Ricegrass
USDA ACHY
Montana Indian Food, Unspecified
Seeds used for food.
Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, page 11
Achnatherum hymenoides (Roemer & J.A. Schultes) Barkworth
Indian Ricegrass
USDA ACHY
Navajo Food, Bread & Cake
Ground seeds made into cakes.
Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 26
Achnatherum hymenoides (Roemer & J.A. Schultes) Barkworth
Indian Ricegrass
USDA ACHY
Navajo Food, Bread & Cake
Seeds ground and made into bread and dumplings.
Steggerda, Morris, 1941, Navajo Foods and Their Preparation, Journal of the American Dietetic Association 17(3):217-25, page 223
Achnatherum hymenoides (Roemer & J.A. Schultes) Barkworth
Indian Ricegrass
USDA ACHY
Navajo Food, Fodder
Plant used as a fodder 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 154
Achnatherum hymenoides (Roemer & J.A. Schultes) Barkworth
Indian Ricegrass
USDA ACHY
Navajo Food, Forage
Plant used as a forage 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 154
Achnatherum hymenoides (Roemer & J.A. Schultes) Barkworth
Indian Ricegrass
USDA ACHY
Navajo Food, Porridge
Seeds ground and made into gruel.
Steggerda, Morris, 1941, Navajo Foods and Their Preparation, Journal of the American Dietetic Association 17(3):217-25, page 223
Achnatherum hymenoides (Roemer & J.A. Schultes) Barkworth
Indian Ricegrass
USDA ACHY
Navajo Food, Staple
Ground seeds used for food.
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 154
Achnatherum hymenoides (Roemer & J.A. Schultes) Barkworth
Indian Ricegrass
USDA ACHY
Navajo Food, Unspecified
Seeds used for food.
Castetter, Edward F., 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest I. Uncultivated Native Plants Used as Sources of Food, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(1):1-44, page 27
Achnatherum hymenoides (Roemer & J.A. Schultes) Barkworth
Indian Ricegrass
USDA ACHY
Navajo, Ramah Food, Fodder
Young plants used as horse feed.
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 16
Achnatherum hymenoides (Roemer & J.A. Schultes) Barkworth
Indian Ricegrass
USDA ACHY
Navajo, Ramah Food, Porridge
Seeds finely ground and cooked into a mush with milk or water.
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 16
Achnatherum hymenoides (Roemer & J.A. Schultes) Barkworth
Indian Ricegrass
USDA ACHY
Paiute Food, Porridge
Seeds ground into a meal for mush.
Murphey, Edith Van Allen, 1990, Indian Uses of Native Plants, Glenwood, Ill. Meyerbooks. Originally published in 1959, page 26-27
Achnatherum hymenoides (Roemer & J.A. Schultes) Barkworth
Indian Ricegrass
USDA ACHY
Paiute Food, Sauce & Relish
Ground seeds used for sauce.
Murphey, Edith Van Allen, 1990, Indian Uses of Native Plants, Glenwood, Ill. Meyerbooks. Originally published in 1959, page 32
Achnatherum hymenoides (Roemer & J.A. Schultes) Barkworth
Indian Ricegrass
USDA ACHY
Paiute Food, Staple
Ground seeds used for flour.
Murphey, Edith Van Allen, 1990, Indian Uses of Native Plants, Glenwood, Ill. Meyerbooks. Originally published in 1959, page 32
Achnatherum hymenoides (Roemer & J.A. Schultes) Barkworth
Indian Ricegrass
USDA ACHY
Paiute Food, Staple
Roasted and ground into flour.
Steward, Julian H., 1933, Ethnography of the Owens Valley Paiute, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 33(3):233-250, page 244
Achnatherum hymenoides (Roemer & J.A. Schultes) Barkworth
Indian Ricegrass
USDA ACHY
Paiute, Northern Food, Porridge
Seeds dried, winnowed, ground into a flour and used to make mush.
Fowler, Catherine S., 1989, Willards Z. Park's Ethnographic Notes on the Northern Paiute of Western Nevada 1933-1940, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 46
Achnatherum hymenoides (Roemer & J.A. Schultes) Barkworth
Indian Ricegrass
USDA ACHY
Paiute, Northern Food, Soup
Seeds dried, winnowed, ground into a flour and used to make soup.
Fowler, Catherine S., 1989, Willards Z. Park's Ethnographic Notes on the Northern Paiute of Western Nevada 1933-1940, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 46
Achnatherum hymenoides (Roemer & J.A. Schultes) Barkworth
Indian Ricegrass
USDA ACHY
Paiute, Northern Food, Special Food
Seeds considered a good food to eat when suffering from stomachaches, colic or aching bones. When a person was suffering from any of these sicknesses, Indian ricegrass seeds should have been the only food eaten.
Fowler, Catherine S., 1989, Willards Z. Park's Ethnographic Notes on the Northern Paiute of Western Nevada 1933-1940, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 46
Achnatherum hymenoides (Roemer & J.A. Schultes) Barkworth
Indian Ricegrass
USDA ACHY
Paiute, Northern Food, Staple
Seeds used as a staple food.
Fowler, Catherine S., 1989, Willards Z. Park's Ethnographic Notes on the Northern Paiute of Western Nevada 1933-1940, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 46
Achnatherum hymenoides (Roemer & J.A. Schultes) Barkworth
Indian Ricegrass
USDA ACHY
Paiute, Northern Food, Winter Use Food
Seeds stored for winter use.
Fowler, Catherine S., 1989, Willards Z. Park's Ethnographic Notes on the Northern Paiute of Western Nevada 1933-1940, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 46
Achnatherum hymenoides (Roemer & J.A. Schultes) Barkworth
Indian Ricegrass
USDA ACHY
Zuni Food, Staple
Ground seeds used as a staple before the availability of corn. After the introduction of corn, the ground seeds were mixed with corn meal and made into steamed balls or pats.
Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 67
Achnatherum hymenoides (Roemer & J.A. Schultes) Barkworth
Indian Ricegrass
USDA ACHY
Zuni Food, Unspecified
Used especially in earlier times as an important source of food.
Castetter, Edward F., 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest I. Uncultivated Native Plants Used as Sources of Food, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(1):1-44, page 27