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Castilleja parviflora Bong.
Mountain Indian Paintbrush
USDA CAPAP8 		Apache, White Mountain Dye, Unspecified
Root bark used with other substances to color various kinds of skins, especially deer skin.
Reagan, Albert B., 1929, Plants Used by the White Mountain Apache Indians of Arizona, Wisconsin Archeologist 8:143-61., page 156
Castilleja parviflora Bong.
Mountain Indian Paintbrush
USDA CAPAP8 		Karok Other, Toys & Games
Flowers used by children as pretend woodpecker scalps, a form of money or wealth.
Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 389
Castilleja parviflora Bong.
Mountain Indian Paintbrush
USDA CAPAP8 		Miwok Food, Beverage
Flowers sipped sporadically and as a pastime.
Barrett, S. A. and E. W. Gifford, 1933, Miwok Material Culture, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 2(4):11, page 163
Castilleja parviflora Bong.
Mountain Indian Paintbrush
USDA CAPAP8 		Ute Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid
Roots used for bowel troubles.
Chamberlin, Ralph V., 1909, Some Plant Names of the Ute Indians, American Anthropologist 11:27-40, page 33