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Cahuilla Drug, Cold Remedy Dried leaves smoked for head colds. Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel, 1972, Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants, Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press, page 45 |
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Cahuilla Drug, Cold Remedy Fresh leaves chewed for head colds. Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel, 1972, Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants, Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press, page 45 |
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Cahuilla Drug, Nose Medicine Crushed flowers, stems and leaves steamed and inhaled for nasal congestion. Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel, 1972, Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants, Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press, page 45 |
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Cahuilla Food, Porridge Seeds ground into a flour and used to make mush or small cakes. Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel, 1972, Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants, Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press, page 45 |
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Cahuilla Other, Soap Crushed leaves and roots used as a soap and rubbed into articles for cleaning. Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel, 1972, Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants, Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press, page 45 |
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Papago Food, Unspecified Seeds used for food. Castetter, Edward F. and Willis H. Bell, 1942, Pima and Papago Indian Agriculture, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press. First Edition., page 62 |
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Pima Drug, Dermatological Aid Poultice of powdered root applied to sores. Russell, Frank, 1908, The Pima Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #26:1-390, page 80 |
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Pima Drug, Dermatological Aid Poultice of powdered roots applied to sores. Curtin, L. S. M., 1949, By the Prophet of the Earth, Sante Fe. San Vicente Foundation, page 66 |
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Pima Food, Dried Food Seeds roasted, dried, parched and stored. 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 23 |
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Pima Food, Porridge Seeds pit roasted, dried, parched, added to water and eaten as a thick gruel. Russell, Frank, 1908, The Pima Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #26:1-390, page 78 |
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Pima Food, Porridge Seeds pounded into meal, cooked, mixed with water and eaten as mush. Hrdlicka, Ales, 1908, Physiological and Medical Observations Among the Indians of Southwestern United States and Northern Mexico, SI-BAE Bulletin #34:1-427, page 263 |
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Pima Food, Starvation Food Tiny seeds formerly roasted and eaten during famines. Curtin, L. S. M., 1949, By the Prophet of the Earth, Sante Fe. San Vicente Foundation, page 66 |
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Pima Other, Soap Leaves rubbed in water and lather and used for washing clothing and baskets. Curtin, L. S. M., 1949, By the Prophet of the Earth, Sante Fe. San Vicente Foundation, page 66 |
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Pima, Gila River Food, Starvation Food Seeds used as 'starvation food.' Rea, Amadeo M., 1991, Gila River Pima Dietary Reconstruction, Arid Lands Newsletter 31:3-10, page 6 |
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Pima, Gila River Food, Unspecified Seeds used for food. Rea, Amadeo M., 1991, Gila River Pima Dietary Reconstruction, Arid Lands Newsletter 31:3-10, page 7 |
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Yuma Food, Porridge Seeds boiled to make a mush. Castetter, Edward F. and Willis H. Bell, 1951, Yuman Indian Agriculture, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, page 187 |
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Yuma Food, Unspecified Seeds pounded, pit baked, ground, mixed with water to form stiff dough and eaten raw. Castetter, Edward F. and Willis H. Bell, 1951, Yuman Indian Agriculture, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, page 200 |