| Amaranthus albus L. Prostrate Pigweed USDA AMAL |
Navajo Other, Ceremonial Items Used, with many different plants, to smoke for lewdness, which was performed at the Coyote Chant. Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 45 |
| Amaranthus cruentus L. Red Amaranth USDA AMCR4 |
Zuni Food, Cooking Agent Feathery part of plant ground into a fine meal and used to color ceremonial bread red. The bread was carried by personators of anthropic gods and thrown by them to the populace between the dances. Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 87 |
| Amaranthus cruentus L. Red Amaranth USDA AMCR4 |
Zuni Other, Ceremonial Items Feathery part of plant ground into a fine meal and used to color ceremonial bread red. The bread was carried by personators of anthropic gods and thrown by them to the populace between the dances. Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 87 |
| Amaranthus hybridus L. Slim Amaranth USDA AMHY |
Cherokee Drug, Ceremonial Medicine Used as an ingredient in a green corn medicine. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 23 |
| Amaranthus retroflexus L. Redroot Amaranth USDA AMRE |
Cherokee Drug, Ceremonial Medicine Used as an ingredient in a green corn medicine. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 23 |
| Amaranthus retroflexus L. Redroot Amaranth USDA AMRE |
Navajo, Ramah Food, Bread & Cake Seeds winnowed, ground with maize, made into bread and used as a ceremonial food in Nightway. 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 26 |
| Amaranthus retroflexus L. Redroot Amaranth USDA AMRE |
Navajo, Ramah Food, Special Food Seeds winnowed, ground with maize, made into bread and used as a ceremonial food in Nightway. 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 26 |
| Amaranthus spinosus L. Spiny Amaranth USDA AMSP |
Cherokee Drug, Ceremonial Medicine Used as an ingredient in a green corn medicine. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 23 |