| Bouteloua curtipendula (Michx.) Torr. Sideoats Grama USDA BOCUC2 |
Apache, Chiricahua & Mescalero Other, Containers Moist grass laid onto hot stones to prevent steam from escaping. 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 36 |
| Bouteloua curtipendula (Michx.) Torr. Sideoats Grama USDA BOCUC2 |
Kiowa Food, Fodder Recognized as a good fodder. Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 14 |
| Bouteloua curtipendula (Michx.) Torr. Sideoats Grama USDA BOCUC2 |
Kiowa Other, Decorations Worn by those, who in battle, had killed an enemy with a lance, grass resembled the feathered lance. Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 14 |
| Bouteloua curtipendula (Michx.) Torr. Sideoats Grama USDA BOCUC2 |
Tewa Fiber, Brushes & Brooms Grass bundled, dried and used as hair brushes. Robbins, W.W., J.P. Harrington and B. Freire-Marreco, 1916, Ethnobotany of the Tewa Indians, SI-BAE Bulletin #55, page 64 |
| Bouteloua curtipendula (Michx.) Torr. Sideoats Grama USDA BOCUC2 |
Tewa Fiber, Brushes & Brooms Grass bundled, dried, made into brooms and used to sweep floors, hearths and metates. Robbins, W.W., J.P. Harrington and B. Freire-Marreco, 1916, Ethnobotany of the Tewa Indians, SI-BAE Bulletin #55, page 64 |
| Bouteloua curtipendula var. curtipendula Sideoats Grama USDA BOCUC2 |
Kiowa Food, Fodder Recognized as a good fodder. Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 14 |
| Bouteloua curtipendula var. curtipendula Sideoats Grama USDA BOCUC2 |
Kiowa Food, Fodder Recognized as a good fodder. Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 14 |
| Bouteloua curtipendula var. curtipendula Sideoats Grama USDA BOCUC2 |
Kiowa Other, Decorations Worn by those, who in battle, had killed an enemy with a lance, grass resembled the feathered lance. Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 14 |
| Bouteloua curtipendula var. curtipendula Sideoats Grama USDA BOCUC2 |
Kiowa Other, Decorations Worn by those, who in battle, had killed an enemy with a lance, grass resembled the feathered lance. Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 14 |
| Bouteloua gracilis (Willd. ex Kunth) Lag. ex Griffiths Blue Grama USDA BOGR2 |
Apache, Western Fiber, Brushes & Brooms Stem used as comb and broom material. Buskirk, Winfred, 1986, The Western Apache: Living With the Land Before 1950, Norman. University of Oklahoma Press, page 189 |
| Bouteloua gracilis (Willd. ex Kunth) Lag. ex Griffiths Blue Grama USDA BOGR2 |
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 |
| Bouteloua gracilis (Willd. ex Kunth) Lag. ex Griffiths Blue Grama USDA BOGR2 |
Apache, White Mountain Fiber, Brushes & Brooms Blades bundled by a cord, the stiff end used as a hair comb and the other end used as a broom. Reagan, Albert B., 1929, Plants Used by the White Mountain Apache Indians of Arizona, Wisconsin Archeologist 8:143-61., page 149 |
| Bouteloua gracilis (Willd. ex Kunth) Lag. ex Griffiths Blue Grama USDA BOGR2 |
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 |
| Bouteloua gracilis (Willd. ex Kunth) Lag. ex Griffiths Blue Grama USDA BOGR2 |
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 |
| Bouteloua gracilis (Willd. ex Kunth) Lag. ex Griffiths Blue Grama USDA BOGR2 |
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 |
| Bouteloua gracilis (Willd. ex Kunth) Lag. ex Griffiths Blue Grama USDA BOGR2 |
Hopi Fiber, Basketry Used as the fill of coiled basketry. Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 64 |
| Bouteloua gracilis (Willd. ex Kunth) Lag. ex Griffiths Blue Grama USDA BOGR2 |
Hopi Food, Forage Used as an important forage grass. Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 64 |
| Bouteloua gracilis (Willd. ex Kunth) Lag. ex Griffiths Blue Grama USDA BOGR2 |
Keres, Western Food, Forage Grass used for grazing purposes. Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 33 |
| Bouteloua gracilis (Willd. ex Kunth) Lag. ex Griffiths Blue Grama USDA BOGR2 |
Lakota Other, Toys & Games Most plants have two spikes: for sport, people would hunt for those with three. Rogers, Dilwyn J, 1980, Lakota Names and Traditional Uses of Native Plants by Sicangu (Brule) People in the Rosebud Area, South Dakota, St. Francis, SD. Rosebud Educational Scoiety, page 29 |
| Bouteloua gracilis (Willd. ex Kunth) Lag. ex Griffiths Blue Grama USDA BOGR2 |
Montana Indian Food, Forage Grass used for forage. Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, page 8 |
| Bouteloua gracilis (Willd. ex Kunth) Lag. ex Griffiths Blue Grama USDA BOGR2 |
Montana Indian Other, Season Indicator Plant used to foretell winter, one fruit spike-mild winter and more fruit spikes-severe winter. Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, page 8 |
| Bouteloua gracilis (Willd. ex Kunth) Lag. ex Griffiths Blue Grama USDA BOGR2 |
Navajo Other, Ceremonial Items Tied to the end of the wand carried by the girl in the Squaw Dance. Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 25 |
| Bouteloua gracilis (Willd. ex Kunth) Lag. ex Griffiths Blue Grama USDA BOGR2 |
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Antidote Compound decoction of plant taken to counteract overdose of 'life medicine.' 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 15, 16 |
| Bouteloua gracilis (Willd. ex Kunth) Lag. ex Griffiths Blue Grama USDA BOGR2 |
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Dermatological Aid Roots chewed and blown on cuts. 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 15, 16 |
| Bouteloua gracilis (Willd. ex Kunth) Lag. ex Griffiths Blue Grama USDA BOGR2 |
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Gynecological Aid Decoction of whole plant taken as a postpartum medicine. 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 15, 16 |
| Bouteloua gracilis (Willd. ex Kunth) Lag. ex Griffiths Blue Grama USDA BOGR2 |
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Panacea Cold, compound infusion of root used internally and externally as 'life medicine.' 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 15, 16 |
| Bouteloua gracilis (Willd. ex Kunth) Lag. ex Griffiths Blue Grama USDA BOGR2 |
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Veterinary Aid Roots chewed and blown on incisions of castrated colts. 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 15, 16 |
| Bouteloua gracilis (Willd. ex Kunth) Lag. ex Griffiths Blue Grama USDA BOGR2 |
Navajo, Ramah Food, Forage Important forage grass. 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 15 |
| Bouteloua gracilis (Willd. ex Kunth) Lag. ex Griffiths Blue Grama USDA BOGR2 |
Zuni Fiber, Brushes & Brooms Grass bunches tied together and the severed end used as a hairbrush, the other as a broom. Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 83 |
| Bouteloua gracilis (Willd. ex Kunth) Lag. ex Griffiths Blue Grama USDA BOGR2 |
Zuni Other, Cooking Tools Grass bunches tied together and used to strain goat's milk. Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 83 |
| Bouteloua hirsuta Lag. Hairy Grama USDA BOHIH |
Kiowa Food, Fodder Very good fodder, according to the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, for horses and mules. Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 14 |
| Bouteloua hirsuta Lag. Hairy Grama USDA BOHIH |
Navajo Other, Sacred Items Used to make sacred charcoal for certain ceremonies. Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 25 |
| Bouteloua simplex Lag. Matted Grama USDA BOSI2 |
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Dermatological Aid Ashes applied to sores. 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 |
| Bouteloua simplex Lag. Matted Grama USDA BOSI2 |
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Throat Aid Cold infusion used internally and externally for sore throat. 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 |
| Bouteloua simplex Lag. Matted Grama USDA BOSI2 |
Navajo, Ramah Food, Forage Important forage grass for a short season. 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 |
| Bouteloua sp. Grama Grass |
Apache, Chiricahua & Mescalero Other, Ceremonial Items Plant used in ceremonial contexts. 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 24 |
| Bouteloua sp. Grama Grass |
Costanoan Other, Cooking Tools Hollow stems used as straws. Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 255 |
| Bouteloua sp. Grama Grass |
Navajo Food, Fodder Used for sheep and horse feed. Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 25 |