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Apache, San Carlos Food, Unspecified Blue flowers eaten raw. Hrdlicka, Ales, 1908, Physiological and Medical Observations Among the Indians of Southwestern United States and Northern Mexico, SI-BAE Bulletin #34:1-427, page 258 |
| Dichelostemma capitatum ssp. capitatum Congested Snakelily USDA DICAC5 |
Apache, San Carlos Food, Unspecified Bulbs eaten raw or cooked in spring. Hrdlicka, Ales, 1908, Physiological and Medical Observations Among the Indians of Southwestern United States and Northern Mexico, SI-BAE Bulletin #34:1-427, page 258 |
| Dichelostemma capitatum ssp. capitatum Congested Snakelily USDA DICAC5 |
Cahuilla Food, Unspecified Corms eaten raw or cooked. 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 47 |
| Dichelostemma capitatum ssp. capitatum Congested Snakelily USDA DICAC5 |
Karok Food, Unspecified Bulbs used for food. Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 27 |
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Kawaiisu Other, Fasteners Corms rubbed on metate into an adhesive & spread on seed gathering baskets to close the interstices. Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 16 |
| Dichelostemma capitatum ssp. capitatum Congested Snakelily USDA DICAC5 |
Luiseno Food, Unspecified Bulb used for food. Sparkman, Philip S., 1908, The Culture of the Luiseno Indians, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 8(4):187-234, page 233 |
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Mendocino Indian Food, Unspecified Bulbs eaten raw or cooked. Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 323 |
| Dichelostemma capitatum ssp. capitatum Congested Snakelily USDA DICAC5 |
Miwok Food, Unspecified Bulbs steamed in earth oven and eaten. 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 156 |
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Neeshenam Food, Unspecified Eaten raw, roasted or boiled. Powers, Stephen, 1874, Aboriginal Botany, Proceedings of the California Academy of Science 5:373-9., page 377 |
| Dichelostemma capitatum ssp. capitatum Congested Snakelily USDA DICAC5 |
Paiute Food, Dried Food Roots dried and stored. Steward, Julian H., 1933, Ethnography of the Owens Valley Paiute, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 33(3):233-250, page 245 |
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Paiute Food, Staple Roots roasted and ground into flour. Steward, Julian H., 1933, Ethnography of the Owens Valley Paiute, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 33(3):233-250, page 245 |
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Paiute Food, Unspecified Fresh roots eaten raw. Steward, Julian H., 1933, Ethnography of the Owens Valley Paiute, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 33(3):233-250, page 245 |
| Dichelostemma capitatum ssp. capitatum Congested Snakelily USDA DICAC5 |
Papago Food, Unspecified Bulbs eaten raw in early spring before other foods available. Castetter, Edward F. and Willis H. Bell, 1942, Pima and Papago Indian Agriculture, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press. First Edition., page 60 |
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Papago Food, Unspecified Bulbs eaten raw in spring before other crops appeared. 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 17 |
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Pima, Gila River Food, Baby Food Raw roots eaten primarily by children. Rea, Amadeo M., 1991, Gila River Pima Dietary Reconstruction, Arid Lands Newsletter 31:3-10, page 7 |
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Pima, Gila River Food, Snack Food Bulbs eaten primarily by children as snack food. Rea, Amadeo M., 1991, Gila River Pima Dietary Reconstruction, Arid Lands Newsletter 31:3-10, page 5 |
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Pomo Food, Unspecified Bulbs eaten raw or cooked. Barrett, S. A., 1952, Material Aspects of Pomo Culture, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 20, page 90 |
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Pomo, Kashaya Food, Vegetable Baked or boiled corms eaten like baked or boiled potatoes. Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 26 |
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Yuki Food, Unspecified Sweet bulbs used for food. Curtin, L. S. M., 1957, Some Plants Used by the Yuki Indians ... II. Food Plants, The Masterkey 31:85-94, page 86 |