| Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. Vanillagrass USDA HIALA |
Blackfoot Drug, Ceremonial Medicine Plant burned as ceremonial incense. McClintock, Walter, 1909, Medizinal- Und Nutzpflanzen Der Schwarzfuss Indianer, Zeitschriff fur Ethnologie 41:273-9, page 273274 |
| Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. Vanillagrass USDA HIALA |
Blackfoot Drug, Cold Remedy Burning leaf smoke inhaled for colds. Johnston, Alex, 1987, Plants and the Blackfoot, Lethbridge, Alberta. Lethbridge Historical Society, page 20 |
| Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. Vanillagrass USDA HIALA |
Blackfoot Drug, Cold Remedy Smoke from burning leaves used for colds. Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 28 |
| Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. Vanillagrass USDA HIALA |
Blackfoot Drug, Cough Medicine Infusion of plant taken for coughs. Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 72 |
| Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. Vanillagrass USDA HIALA |
Blackfoot Drug, Dermatological Aid Leaves and boiled hoof sticky substance used as a hair tonic. Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 124 |
| Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. Vanillagrass USDA HIALA |
Blackfoot Drug, Dermatological Aid Leaves used as a hairwash and incense. McClintock, Walter, 1909, Medizinal- Und Nutzpflanzen Der Schwarzfuss Indianer, Zeitschriff fur Ethnologie 41:273-9, page 278 |
| Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. Vanillagrass USDA HIALA |
Blackfoot Drug, Dermatological Aid Stems soaked in water and used for chapping and windburn. Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 77 |
| Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. Vanillagrass USDA HIALA |
Blackfoot Drug, Dermatological Aid Used to make a hair tonic. McClintock, Walter, 1909, Medizinal- Und Nutzpflanzen Der Schwarzfuss Indianer, Zeitschriff fur Ethnologie 41:273-9, page 273 |
| Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. Vanillagrass USDA HIALA |
Blackfoot Drug, Eye Medicine Stems soaked in water and used as an eyewash. Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 81 |
| Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. Vanillagrass USDA HIALA |
Blackfoot Drug, Strengthener Grass chewed as a means of extended endurance in ceremonies involving prolonged fasting. Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 9 |
| Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. Vanillagrass USDA HIALA |
Blackfoot Drug, Throat Aid Infusion of plant taken for sore throats. Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 72 |
| Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. Vanillagrass USDA HIALA |
Blackfoot Drug, Venereal Aid Infusion of blades taken by men for venereal infections. Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 69 |
| Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. Vanillagrass USDA HIALA |
Blackfoot Drug, Veterinary Aid Leaves used for saddle sores on horses. Johnston, Alex, 1987, Plants and the Blackfoot, Lethbridge, Alberta. Lethbridge Historical Society, page 20 |
| Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. Vanillagrass USDA HIALA |
Blackfoot Other, Ceremonial Items Braided plant put up on Sun Dance alters and used in religious services. Murphey, Edith Van Allen, 1990, Indian Uses of Native Plants, Glenwood, Ill. Meyerbooks. Originally published in 1959, page 51 |
| Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. Vanillagrass USDA HIALA |
Blackfoot Other, Ceremonial Items Grass braids strung on the inside of headbands of the Motokiks headdresses. Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 9 |
| Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. Vanillagrass USDA HIALA |
Blackfoot Other, Ceremonial Items Grass braids tied vertically around the base of the Horn Society staffs. Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 9 |
| Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. Vanillagrass USDA HIALA |
Blackfoot Other, Ceremonial Items Grass essential to the raising of a fallen dancer or fallen paraphernalia. Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 9 |
| Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. Vanillagrass USDA HIALA |
Blackfoot Other, Ceremonial Items Grass water used to bathe the mother 34 days after giving birth and before returning home. Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 9 |
| Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. Vanillagrass USDA HIALA |
Blackfoot Other, Ceremonial Items Leaves ceremonially smoked with tobacco. Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 28 |
| Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. Vanillagrass USDA HIALA |
Blackfoot Other, Ceremonial Items Smoke from burning grass used to purify Sundance dancers. Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 28 |
| Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. Vanillagrass USDA HIALA |
Blackfoot Other, Ceremonial Items Stems burned and prayers said during every ceremony. Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 9 |
| Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. Vanillagrass USDA HIALA |
Blackfoot Other, Ceremonial Items Used in the Sun Dance ceremony and burned on a small altar found in many lodges. Johnston, Alex, 1987, Plants and the Blackfoot, Lethbridge, Alberta. Lethbridge Historical Society, page 20 |
| Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. Vanillagrass USDA HIALA |
Blackfoot Other, Decorations Used to decorate women's hair. Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 28 |
| Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. Vanillagrass USDA HIALA |
Blackfoot Other, Incense & Fragrance Grass packed into saddles to keep them smelling good. Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 114 |
| Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. Vanillagrass USDA HIALA |
Blackfoot Other, Incense & Fragrance Grass used by everyone as incense during daily prayers. Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 9 |
| Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. Vanillagrass USDA HIALA |
Blackfoot Other, Incense & Fragrance Grass water used as incense smudge by the mother 34 days after giving birth & before returning home. Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 9 |
| Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. Vanillagrass USDA HIALA |
Blackfoot Other, Incense & Fragrance Leaves braided and placed with the clothes or carried in small bags as perfume. McClintock, Walter, 1909, Medizinal- Und Nutzpflanzen Der Schwarzfuss Indianer, Zeitschriff fur Ethnologie 41:273-9, page 278 |
| Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. Vanillagrass USDA HIALA |
Blackfoot Other, Incense & Fragrance Leaves mixed with red ochre to make it smell good. Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 124 |
| Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. Vanillagrass USDA HIALA |
Blackfoot Other, Incense & Fragrance Leaves used as a hairwash and incense. McClintock, Walter, 1909, Medizinal- Und Nutzpflanzen Der Schwarzfuss Indianer, Zeitschriff fur Ethnologie 41:273-9, page 278 |
| Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. Vanillagrass USDA HIALA |
Blackfoot Other, Incense & Fragrance Stems bound at the lower end with other stems, braided and used as incense during ceremonies. Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 9 |
| Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. Vanillagrass USDA HIALA |
Blackfoot Other, Incense & Fragrance Used as an incense, natural sachet or perfume. Johnston, Alex, 1987, Plants and the Blackfoot, Lethbridge, Alberta. Lethbridge Historical Society, page 20 |
| Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. Vanillagrass USDA HIALA |
Blackfoot Other, Soap Leaves soaked in water and used as a hairwash. Johnston, Alex, 1987, Plants and the Blackfoot, Lethbridge, Alberta. Lethbridge Historical Society, page 20 |
| Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. Vanillagrass USDA HIALA |
Blackfoot Other, Soap Leaves soaked in water and used as a hairwash. Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 28 |
| Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. Vanillagrass USDA HIALA |
Cheyenne Drug, Ceremonial Medicine Dried plant burned in many ceremonies. Grinnell, George Bird, 1972, The Cheyenne Indians - Their History and Ways of Life Vol.2, Lincoln. University of Nebraska Press, page 170 |
| Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. Vanillagrass USDA HIALA |
Cheyenne Drug, Ceremonial Medicine Plant used as a ceremonial incense for purification. Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 9 |
| Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. Vanillagrass USDA HIALA |
Cheyenne Drug, Witchcraft Medicine Plant burned in homes to prevent evil. Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 9 |
| Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. Vanillagrass USDA HIALA |
Cheyenne Other, Ceremonial Items Dried leaves burned over coals in many ceremonies. Grinnell, George Bird, 1972, The Cheyenne Indians - Their History and Ways of Life Vol.2, Lincoln. University of Nebraska Press, page 170 |
| Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. Vanillagrass USDA HIALA |
Cheyenne Other, Ceremonial Items Smoke from burning grass used for purification of rattles, sacred shields and Sundance dancers. Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 28 |
| Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. Vanillagrass USDA HIALA |
Cheyenne Other, Incense & Fragrance Dried leaves used as a perfume by wrapping the article in the leaves. Grinnell, George Bird, 1972, The Cheyenne Indians - Their History and Ways of Life Vol.2, Lincoln. University of Nebraska Press, page 170 |
| Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. Vanillagrass USDA HIALA |
Cheyenne Other, Paint Used to paint pipes in the Sun Dance and the Sacred Arrow ceremonies. Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 9 |
| Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. Vanillagrass USDA HIALA |
Cheyenne Other, Protection Burned for protection from lightning and thunder. Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 28 |
| Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. Vanillagrass USDA HIALA |
Chippewa Other, Ceremonial Items Used for ceremonial, economic and pleasurable purposes. Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 378 |
| Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. Vanillagrass USDA HIALA |
Dakota Drug, Ceremonial Medicine Plant used as incense in ceremony to invoke good powers and in peace ceremony. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 66 |
| Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. Vanillagrass USDA HIALA |
Dakota Drug, Ceremonial Medicine Plant used in propitiatory rites. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1913, Some Native Nebraska Plants With Their Uses by the Dakota, Collections of the Nebraska State Historical Society 17:358-70, page 359 |
| Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. Vanillagrass USDA HIALA |
Dakota Other, Ceremonial Items Plant used in religious ceremonies. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 91 |
| Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. Vanillagrass USDA HIALA |
Flathead Drug, Analgesic Infusion used for 'sharp pains inside.' Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 28 |
| Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. Vanillagrass USDA HIALA |
Flathead Drug, Cold Remedy Infusion used for colds. Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 28 |
| Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. Vanillagrass USDA HIALA |
Flathead Drug, Febrifuge Infusion used for fevers. Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 28 |
| Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. Vanillagrass USDA HIALA |
Flathead Drug, Respiratory Aid Infusion mixed with meadow rue seeds and used for congested nasal passages. Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 28 |
| Hierochloe odorata (L.) Beauv. Vanillagrass USDA HIALA |
Flathead Other, Decorations Used to decorate women's hair. Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 28 |