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Apache, White Mountain Food, Bread & Cake Blossoms baked as parts of certain kinds of cakes. Reagan, Albert B., 1929, Plants Used by the White Mountain Apache Indians of Arizona, Wisconsin Archeologist 8:143-61., page 156 |
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Apache, White Mountain Food, Unspecified Blossoms used for food. Reagan, Albert B., 1929, Plants Used by the White Mountain Apache Indians of Arizona, Wisconsin Archeologist 8:143-61., page 156 |
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Apache, White Mountain Food, Unspecified Flesh used for food. Reagan, Albert B., 1929, Plants Used by the White Mountain Apache Indians of Arizona, Wisconsin Archeologist 8:143-61., page 156 |
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Cherokee Drug, Anthelmintic Seeds eaten for worms. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 51 |
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Cherokee Drug, Ceremonial Medicine Used as an ingredient in green corn medicine. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 51 |
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Cherokee Drug, Diuretic Taken as a diuretic. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 51 |
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Cherokee Drug, Kidney Aid Taken for 'dropsy.' Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 51 |
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Cherokee Drug, Urinary Aid Browned seeds eaten for bedwetting. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 51 |
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Cherokee Drug, Urinary Aid Taken for 'gravel,' 'scalding of the urine' and spasms of urinary passage. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 51 |
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Cherokee Food, Unspecified Species used for food. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 51 |
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Cherokee Food, Vegetable Flesh used for food. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 21 |
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Cocopa Food, Dried Food Dried flesh strips stored and mixed with flesh of stored whole pumpkins to improve flavor. Gifford, E. W., 1933, The Cocopa, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 31:263-270, page 266 |
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Cocopa Food, Unspecified Parched seeds used for food. Gifford, E. W., 1933, The Cocopa, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 31:263-270, page 266 |
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Cocopa Food, Vegetable Fresh flesh boiled with rind on and sometimes mixed with maize meal. Gifford, E. W., 1933, The Cocopa, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 31:263-270, page 266 |
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Cocopa Food, Vegetable Roasted flesh eaten with fingers. Gifford, E. W., 1933, The Cocopa, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 31:263-270, page 266 |
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Cocopa Other, Protection Oily kernels rubbed on hands as protection against cold. Gifford, E. W., 1933, The Cocopa, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 31:263-270, page 266 |
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Iroquois Drug, Diuretic Infusion of seeds given to children with reduced urination. Rousseau, Jacques, 1945, Le Folklore Botanique De Caughnawaga, Contributions de l'Institut botanique l'Universite de Montreal 55:7-72, page 61 |
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Iroquois Drug, Pediatric Aid Infusion of seeds given to children with reduced urination. Rousseau, Jacques, 1945, Le Folklore Botanique De Caughnawaga, Contributions de l'Institut botanique l'Universite de Montreal 55:7-72, page 61 |
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Iroquois Food, Bread & Cake Dried flesh pounded, sifted, soaked in cold water, sweetened, grease added and baked into cakes. Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 113 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Iroquois Food, Pie & Pudding Flesh boiled, corn meal and sugar added and eaten as a pudding with sugar and milk. Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 113 |
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Iroquois Food, Sauce & Relish Dried flesh pounded into a fine meal or flour, boiled, sweetened, grease added and used as a sauce. Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 113 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Iroquois Food, Vegetable Fresh or dried flesh boiled, mashed & sweetened or boiled with green beans, butter & salt & eaten. Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 113 |
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Kamia Food, Unspecified Species used for food. Gifford, E. W., 1931, The Kamia of Imperial Valley, Washington, D.C. U.S. Government Printing Office, page 21 |
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Menominee Drug, Diuretic Pulverized seeds taken in water 'to facilitate the passage of urine.' Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 33 |
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Meskwaki Drug, Gynecological Aid Decoction of stem used for 'female ills.' Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 220 |
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Meskwaki Food, Winter Use Food Squash sliced into rings, sun dried, pressed and stored for winter use. Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 257 |
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Navajo Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid Leaves used for upset stomachs. Hocking, George M., 1956, Some Plant Materials Used Medicinally and Otherwise by the Navaho Indians in the Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, El Palacio 56:146-165, page 150 |
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Navajo Food, Vegetable Fruit pulp and seeds used for food. Hocking, George M., 1956, Some Plant Materials Used Medicinally and Otherwise by the Navaho Indians in the Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, El Palacio 56:146-165, page 150 |
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Navajo, Ramah Food, Spice Blossoms used as seasoning for soup. 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 47 |
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Navajo, Ramah Food, Unspecified Pumpkin 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 47 |
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Navajo, Ramah Food, Winter Use Food Pumpkin peeled, cut into strips, sun dried and stored in cellars or ground holes for winter use. 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 47 |
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Ojibwa Food, Dried Food Pumpkin rings dried for winter use. Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 400 |
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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 |
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Papago Food, Dried Food Rind hung in long spirals from house roofs to dry, tied in bundles, stored and used for food. Castetter, Edward F. and Ruth M. Underhill, 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest II. The Ethnobiology of the Papago Indians, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(3):1-84, page 36 |
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Papago Food, Fruit Fruit grown for food. Castetter, Edward F. and Willis H. Bell, 1942, Pima and Papago Indian Agriculture, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press. First Edition., page 101 |
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Papago Food, Staple Seeds parched, sun dried, stored, ground into flour and used as a staple food. Castetter, Edward F. and Ruth M. Underhill, 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest II. The Ethnobiology of the Papago Indians, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(3):1-84, page 45 |
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Pima Drug, Dermatological Aid Ground seed paste used to cleanse and soften the skin. Curtin, L. S. M., 1949, By the Prophet of the Earth, Sante Fe. San Vicente Foundation, page 72 |
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Pima Food, Fruit Fruit grown for food. Castetter, Edward F. and Willis H. Bell, 1942, Pima and Papago Indian Agriculture, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press. First Edition., page 101 |
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Pima Food, Unspecified Seeds roasted, cracked and the kernels eaten. Curtin, L. S. M., 1949, By the Prophet of the Earth, Sante Fe. San Vicente Foundation, page 72 |
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Rappahannock Food, Snack Food Seeds eaten as 'tid-bits.' Speck, Frank G., R.B. Hassrick and E.S. Carpenter, 1942, Rappahannock Herbals, Folk-Lore and Science of Cures, Proceedings of the Delaware County Institute of Science 10:7-55., page 30 |
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Zuni Drug, Antirheumatic (External) Ingredient in schumaakwe cakes and used externally for rheumatism and swelling. Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 45 |
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Zuni Drug, Dermatological Aid Ingredient of 'schumaakwe cakes' and used externally for rheumatism and swelling. Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 45, 46 |
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Zuni Drug, Dermatological Aid Poultice of seeds and blossoms applied to cactus scratches. Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 45, 46 |
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Zuni Food, Dried Food Fresh squash cut into spiral strips, folded into hanks and hung up to dry for winter use. Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 67 |
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Zuni Food, Special Food Blossoms cooked in grease and used as a delicacy in combination with other foods. Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 67 |