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Koeleria macrantha (Ledeb.) J.A. Schultes
Prairie Junegrass
USDA KOMA
Cheyenne Drug, Ceremonial Medicine
Plant used in the Sun Dance ceremony.
Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 10
Koeleria macrantha (Ledeb.) J.A. Schultes
Prairie Junegrass
USDA KOMA
Cheyenne Drug, Dermatological Aid
Plant used for cuts.
Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 10
Koeleria macrantha (Ledeb.) J.A. Schultes
Prairie Junegrass
USDA KOMA
Cheyenne Drug, Stimulant
Plant tied to Sun Dancers head to prevent him from getting tired.
Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 10
Koeleria macrantha (Ledeb.) J.A. Schultes
Prairie Junegrass
USDA KOMA
Cheyenne Fiber, Brushes & Brooms
Plants used as paint brushes to paint ceremonial participants.
Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 10
Koeleria macrantha (Ledeb.) J.A. Schultes
Prairie Junegrass
USDA KOMA
Havasupai Food, Bread & Cake
Seeds used to make bread.
Weber, Steven A. and P. David Seaman, 1985, Havasupai Habitat: A. F. Whiting's Ethnography of a Traditional Indian Culture, Tucson. The University of Arizona Press, page 66
Koeleria macrantha (Ledeb.) J.A. Schultes
Prairie Junegrass
USDA KOMA
Havasupai Food, Forage
Plant grazed by livestock.
Weber, Steven A. and P. David Seaman, 1985, Havasupai Habitat: A. F. Whiting's Ethnography of a Traditional Indian Culture, Tucson. The University of Arizona Press, page 209
Koeleria macrantha (Ledeb.) J.A. Schultes
Prairie Junegrass
USDA KOMA
Havasupai Food, Unspecified
Seeds used for food.
Weber, Steven A. and P. David Seaman, 1985, Havasupai Habitat: A. F. Whiting's Ethnography of a Traditional Indian Culture, Tucson. The University of Arizona Press, page 209
Koeleria macrantha (Ledeb.) J.A. Schultes
Prairie Junegrass
USDA KOMA
Havasupai Food, Winter Use Food
Seeds stored in blankets or bags of skin in caves.
Weber, Steven A. and P. David Seaman, 1985, Havasupai Habitat: A. F. Whiting's Ethnography of a Traditional Indian Culture, Tucson. The University of Arizona Press, page 209
Koeleria macrantha (Ledeb.) J.A. Schultes
Prairie Junegrass
USDA KOMA
Isleta Food, Bread & Cake
Seeds made into a meal and used to make bread.
Castetter, Edward F., 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest I. Uncultivated Native Plants Used as Sources of Food, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(1):1-44, page 22
Koeleria macrantha (Ledeb.) J.A. Schultes
Prairie Junegrass
USDA KOMA
Isleta Food, Porridge
Seeds made into a meal and used to make mush.
Castetter, Edward F., 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest I. Uncultivated Native Plants Used as Sources of Food, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(1):1-44, page 22
Koeleria macrantha (Ledeb.) J.A. Schultes
Prairie Junegrass
USDA KOMA
Isleta Food, Staple
Considered a very important source of food before the introduction of wheat.
Jones, Volney H., 1931, The Ethnobotany of the Isleta Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 33
Koeleria macrantha (Ledeb.) J.A. Schultes
Prairie Junegrass
USDA KOMA
Isleta Food, Staple
Seeds used to make flour for bread and mush.
Jones, Volney H., 1931, The Ethnobotany of the Isleta Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 33
Koeleria macrantha (Ledeb.) J.A. Schultes
Prairie Junegrass
USDA KOMA
Isleta Other, Fasteners
Straw mixed with adobe to give strength and adhesion.
Jones, Volney H., 1931, The Ethnobotany of the Isleta Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 33
Koeleria macrantha (Ledeb.) J.A. Schultes
Prairie Junegrass
USDA KOMA
Jemez Fiber, Brushes & Brooms
Blades tied together and used as a broom.
Cook, Sarah Louise, 1930, The Ethnobotany of Jemez Indians., University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 25
Koeleria macrantha (Ledeb.) J.A. Schultes
Prairie Junegrass
USDA KOMA
Navajo, Ramah Fiber, Scouring Material
Bunch about a foot long, tied with string or yucca fiber, used as a brush for cleaning metates.
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 16
Koeleria macrantha (Ledeb.) J.A. Schultes
Prairie Junegrass
USDA KOMA
Okanagan-Colville Food, Fodder
Used as a good feed for cattle and horses.
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 55