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Cucumis melo L.
Cantaloupe
USDA CUME
Hopi Food, Dried Food
Rind removed, meat pressed flat or stripped, wrapped into bundles and dried.
Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 93
Cucumis melo L.
Cantaloupe
USDA CUME
Hopi Food, Unspecified
Eaten fresh.
Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 93
Cucumis melo L.
Cantaloupe
USDA CUME
Hopi Other, Ceremonial Items
Seeds mixed with juniper charcoal and water and made into a ceremonial body paint.
Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 93
Cucumis melo L.
Cantaloupe
USDA CUME
Iroquois Food, Bread & Cake
Fresh or dried flesh boiled, mashed and mixed into the paste when making corn bread.
Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 113
Cucumis melo L.
Cantaloupe
USDA CUME
Iroquois Food, Dried Food
Flesh cut into strips, dried and stored away.
Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 113
Cucumis melo L.
Cantaloupe
USDA CUME
Iroquois Food, Special Food
Squash eaten at feasts of ceremonial importance and longhouse ceremonies.
Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 113
Cucumis melo L.
Cantaloupe
USDA CUME
Iroquois Food, Vegetable
Flesh boiled, baked in ashes or boiled, mashed with butter and sugar and eaten.
Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 113
Cucumis melo L.
Cantaloupe
USDA CUME
Iroquois Food, Vegetable
Flesh fried and sweetened or seasoned with salt, pepper and butter.
Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 113
Cucumis melo L.
Cantaloupe
USDA CUME
Keresan Food, Spice
Seeds ground on metate to remove the hulls & used to flavor various foods, especially rabbit stews.
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 560
Cucumis melo L.
Cantaloupe
USDA CUME
Navajo Food, Dried Food
Fruit cut into strips, wound upon sticks in the form of a rope, sun dried and stored for months.
Steggerda, Morris, 1941, Navajo Foods and Their Preparation, Journal of the American Dietetic Association 17(3):217-25, page 222
Cucumis melo L.
Cantaloupe
USDA CUME
Navajo Food, Sauce & Relish
Dried fruit boiled with sugar and eaten like apple sauce.
Steggerda, Morris, 1941, Navajo Foods and Their Preparation, Journal of the American Dietetic Association 17(3):217-25, page 222
Cucumis melo L.
Cantaloupe
USDA CUME
Navajo, Ramah Food, Unspecified
Muskmelon cultivated and used for food.
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 46
Cucumis melo L.
Cantaloupe
USDA CUME
Okanagan-Colville Food, Unspecified
Species used for food.
Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 98
Cucumis melo L.
Cantaloupe
USDA CUME
Seminole Food, Unspecified
Plant used for food.
Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 480
Cucumis melo L.
Cantaloupe
USDA CUME
Sia Food, Unspecified
Cultivated cantaloupes used for food.
White, Leslie A., 1962, The Pueblo of Sia, New Mexico, XXX SI-BAE Bulletin #, page 106
Cucumis melo L.
Cantaloupe
USDA CUME
Thompson Food, Fruit
Fruit used for food.
Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, page 206