| Muhlenbergia rigens (Benth.) A.S. Hitchc. Deergrass USDA MURI2 |
Apache, Western Food, Porridge Seeds ground, mixed with corn meal and water and made into a mush. Buskirk, Winfred, 1986, The Western Apache: Living With the Land Before 1950, Norman. University of Oklahoma Press, page 189 |
| Muhlenbergia rigens (Benth.) A.S. Hitchc. Deergrass USDA MURI2 |
Apache, White Mountain Food, Bread & Cake Seeds ground and used to make bread and pones. Reagan, Albert B., 1929, Plants Used by the White Mountain Apache Indians of Arizona, Wisconsin Archeologist 8:143-61., page 149 |
| Muhlenbergia rigens (Benth.) A.S. Hitchc. Deergrass USDA MURI2 |
Apache, White Mountain Food, Fodder Plant used for hay. Reagan, Albert B., 1929, Plants Used by the White Mountain Apache Indians of Arizona, Wisconsin Archeologist 8:143-61., page 157 |
| Muhlenbergia rigens (Benth.) A.S. Hitchc. Deergrass USDA MURI2 |
Apache, White Mountain Food, Porridge Seeds ground, mixed with meal and water and eaten as mush. Reagan, Albert B., 1929, Plants Used by the White Mountain Apache Indians of Arizona, Wisconsin Archeologist 8:143-61., page 149 |
| Muhlenbergia rigens (Benth.) A.S. Hitchc. Deergrass USDA MURI2 |
Apache, White Mountain Food, Unspecified Seeds used for food. Reagan, Albert B., 1929, Plants Used by the White Mountain Apache Indians of Arizona, Wisconsin Archeologist 8:143-61., page 157 |
| Muhlenbergia rigens (Benth.) A.S. Hitchc. Deergrass USDA MURI2 |
Apache, White Mountain Other, Cash Crop Plant gathered and sold. Reagan, Albert B., 1929, Plants Used by the White Mountain Apache Indians of Arizona, Wisconsin Archeologist 8:143-61., page 149 |
| Muhlenbergia rigens (Benth.) A.S. Hitchc. Deergrass USDA MURI2 |
Cahuilla Fiber, Basketry Stalks used as the horizontal or foundation around which the coils were wrapped in basketmaking. 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 89 |
| Muhlenbergia rigens (Benth.) A.S. Hitchc. Deergrass USDA MURI2 |
Diegueno Fiber, Basketry Seed stems used as the foundation material for coiled baskets. Hedges, Ken, 1986, Santa Ysabel Ethnobotany, San Diego Museum of Man Ethnic Technology Notes, No. 20, page 25 |
| Muhlenbergia rigens (Benth.) A.S. Hitchc. Deergrass USDA MURI2 |
Hopi Food, Bread & Cake Ground seed meal used to make bread. Vestal, Paul A, 1940, Notes on a Collection of Plants from the Hopi Indian Region of Arizona Made by J. G. Owens in 1891, Botanical Museum Leaflets (Harvard University) 8(8):153-168, page 158 |
| Muhlenbergia rigens (Benth.) A.S. Hitchc. Deergrass USDA MURI2 |
Hopi Food, Bread & Cake Ground seed meal used to make bread. Vestal, Paul A, 1940, Notes on a Collection of Plants from the Hopi Indian Region of Arizona Made by J. G. Owens in 1891, Botanical Museum Leaflets (Harvard University) 8(8):153-168, page 158 |
| Muhlenbergia rigens (Benth.) A.S. Hitchc. Deergrass USDA MURI2 |
Kawaiisu Fiber, Basketry Stems used as the multiple rod foundation material in coiled basketry. Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 42 |
| Muhlenbergia rigens (Benth.) A.S. Hitchc. Deergrass USDA MURI2 |
Kawaiisu Other, Tools Stems used in pierced ears to keep the hole from growing together. Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 42 |
| Muhlenbergia rigens (Benth.) A.S. Hitchc. Deergrass USDA MURI2 |
Luiseno Fiber, Basketry Long grass used to make coiled baskets. Sparkman, Philip S., 1908, The Culture of the Luiseno Indians, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 8(4):187-234, page 204 |
| Muhlenbergia rigens (Benth.) A.S. Hitchc. Deergrass USDA MURI2 |
Luiseno Fiber, Clothing Long grass made into coiled, conical baskets and used as hats. Sparkman, Philip S., 1908, The Culture of the Luiseno Indians, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 8(4):187-234, page 204 |
| Muhlenbergia rigens (Benth.) A.S. Hitchc. Deergrass USDA MURI2 |
Luiseno Other, Containers Long grass made into large, coiled baskets and used for storing 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 204 |
| Muhlenbergia rigens (Benth.) A.S. Hitchc. Deergrass USDA MURI2 |
Luiseno Other, Cooking Tools Long grass made into coiled, conical baskets and used as eating and drinking vessels. Sparkman, Philip S., 1908, The Culture of the Luiseno Indians, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 8(4):187-234, page 204 |
| Muhlenbergia rigens (Benth.) A.S. Hitchc. Deergrass USDA MURI2 |
Luiseno Other, Cooking Tools Long grass made into nearly flat, coiled baskets and used for winnowing and cleaning seeds. Sparkman, Philip S., 1908, The Culture of the Luiseno Indians, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 8(4):187-234, page 204 |
| Muhlenbergia rigens (Benth.) A.S. Hitchc. Deergrass USDA MURI2 |
Shoshoni Fiber, Sewing Material Grass used as thread, very white, long and fine. Murphey, Edith Van Allen, 1990, Indian Uses of Native Plants, Glenwood, Ill. Meyerbooks. Originally published in 1959, page 8 |
| Muhlenbergia rigens (Benth.) A.S. Hitchc. Deergrass USDA MURI2 |
Zuni Other, Ceremonial Items Grass attached to sticks of plume offerings to anthropic gods. This grass was used only by Galaxy and Shu'maakwe fraternities. The sticks designated the god to whom the offerings were made and the plumes of the eagle and of other birds conveyed the breath prayers to the gods. Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 91 |