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Apache, White Mountain Other, Paint Flowers used as face paint. Reagan, Albert B., 1929, Plants Used by the White Mountain Apache Indians of Arizona, Wisconsin Archeologist 8:143-61., page 155 |
| Amaranthus cruentus L. Red Amaranth USDA AMCR4 |
Hopi Dye, Red Flowers used to color bread red for certain dances. 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 162 |
| Amaranthus cruentus L. Red Amaranth USDA AMCR4 |
Hopi Dye, Red Flowers used to color bread red for certain dances. 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 162 |
| Amaranthus cruentus L. Red Amaranth USDA AMCR4 |
Hopi Dye, Unspecified Flowers used to color piki. Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 283 |
| Amaranthus cruentus L. Red Amaranth USDA AMCR4 |
Hopi Food, Cooking Agent Heads dried and used as a brilliant pink dye for wafer bread. Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 74 |
| Amaranthus cruentus L. Red Amaranth USDA AMCR4 |
Hopi Food, Cooking Agent Plant used as a red coloring for paper bread distributed at katcina exhibitions. Fewkes, J. Walter, 1896, A Contribution to Ethnobotany, American Anthropologist 9:14-21, page 18 |
| Amaranthus cruentus L. Red Amaranth USDA AMCR4 |
Keresan Food, Vegetable Leaves eaten as greens. White, Leslie A, 1945, Notes on the Ethnobotany of the Keres, Papers of the Michigan Academy of Arts, Sciences and Letters 30:557-568, page 558 |
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Keresan Other, Hunting & Fishing Item Seeds used to bait snares. White, Leslie A, 1945, Notes on the Ethnobotany of the Keres, Papers of the Michigan Academy of Arts, Sciences and Letters 30:557-568, page 558 |
| Amaranthus cruentus L. Red Amaranth USDA AMCR4 |
Navajo, Ramah Food, Staple Threshed seeds ground into flour. 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 25 |
| Amaranthus cruentus L. Red Amaranth USDA AMCR4 |
Sia Food, Unspecified Seeds used for food. White, Leslie A., 1962, The Pueblo of Sia, New Mexico, XXX SI-BAE Bulletin #, page 107 |
| Amaranthus cruentus L. Red Amaranth USDA AMCR4 |
Sia Food, Vegetable Leaves used as greens. White, Leslie A., 1962, The Pueblo of Sia, New Mexico, XXX SI-BAE Bulletin #, page 107 |
| 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 |
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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 |
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Zuni Other, Paint Crushed leaves and blossoms moistened with spittle or water and rubbed on cheeks as rouge. Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 83 |