| Nelumbo lutea Willd. American Lotus USDA NELU |
Comanche Food, Unspecified Boiled roots used for food. Carlson, Gustav G. and Volney H. Jones, 1940, Some Notes on Uses of Plants by the Comanche Indians, Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters 25:517-542, page 523 |
| Nelumbo lutea Willd. American Lotus USDA NELU |
Dakota Food, Soup Hard, nut-like seeds cracked, freed from the shells and used with meat to make soup. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 79 |
| Nelumbo lutea Willd. American Lotus USDA NELU |
Dakota Food, Unspecified Peeled tubers cooked with meat or hominy and used for food. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 79 |
| Nelumbo lutea Willd. American Lotus USDA NELU |
Dakota Other, Ceremonial Items Plant characterized as having mystic powers. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 79 |
| Nelumbo lutea Willd. American Lotus USDA NELU |
Huron Food, Starvation Food Roots used with acorns during famine. Aller, Wilma F., 1954, Aboriginal Food Utilization of Vegetation by the Indians of the Great Lake Region As Recorded in the Jesuit Relations, Wisconsin Archeologist 35:59-73, page 63 |
| Nelumbo lutea Willd. American Lotus USDA NELU |
Huron Food, Starvation Food Roots used with acorns during famine. Aller, Wilma F., 1954, Aboriginal Food Utilization of Vegetation by the Indians of the Great Lake Region As Recorded in the Jesuit Relations, Wisconsin Archeologist 35:59-73, page 63 |
| Nelumbo lutea Willd. American Lotus USDA NELU |
Meskwaki Food, Unspecified Seeds cooked with corn. Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 262 |
| Nelumbo lutea Willd. American Lotus USDA NELU |
Meskwaki Food, Winter Use Food Terminal shoots cut crosswise, strung on string and dried 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 262 |
| Nelumbo lutea Willd. American Lotus USDA NELU |
Ojibwa Food, Unspecified Hard chestnut-like seeds roasted and made into a sweet meal. Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 407 |
| Nelumbo lutea Willd. American Lotus USDA NELU |
Ojibwa Food, Unspecified Shoots cooked with venison, corn or beans. The terminal shoots are cut off at either end of the underground creeping rootstock and the remainder is their potato. These shoots are similar in shape and size to a banana, and form the starchy storage reservoirs for future growth. They have pores inside, but have more substance to them than the stems. They are cut crosswise and strung upon basswood strings, to hang from the rafters for winter use. Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 407 |
| Nelumbo lutea Willd. American Lotus USDA NELU |
Omaha Food, Soup Hard, nut-like seeds cracked, freed from the shells and used with meat to make soup. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 79 |
| Nelumbo lutea Willd. American Lotus USDA NELU |
Omaha Food, Unspecified Peeled tubers cooked with meat or hominy and used for food. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 79 |
| Nelumbo lutea Willd. American Lotus USDA NELU |
Omaha Food, Vegetable Roots boiled and eaten as vegetables. Fletcher, Alice C. and Francis La Flesche, 1911, The Omaha Tribe, SI-BAE Annual Report #27, page 341 |
| Nelumbo lutea Willd. American Lotus USDA NELU |
Omaha Other, Ceremonial Items Plant characterized as having mystic powers. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 79 |
| Nelumbo lutea Willd. American Lotus USDA NELU |
Pawnee Food, Soup Hard, nut-like seeds cracked, freed from the shells and used with meat to make soup. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 79 |
| Nelumbo lutea Willd. American Lotus USDA NELU |
Pawnee Food, Unspecified Peeled tubers cooked with meat or hominy and used for food. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 79 |
| Nelumbo lutea Willd. American Lotus USDA NELU |
Pawnee Other, Ceremonial Items Plant characterized as having mystic powers. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 79 |
| Nelumbo lutea Willd. American Lotus USDA NELU |
Ponca Food, Soup Hard, nut-like seeds cracked, freed from the shells and used with meat to make soup. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 79 |
| Nelumbo lutea Willd. American Lotus USDA NELU |
Ponca Food, Unspecified Peeled tubers cooked with meat or hominy and used for food. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 79 |
| Nelumbo lutea Willd. American Lotus USDA NELU |
Ponca Other, Ceremonial Items Plant characterized as having mystic powers. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 79 |
| Nelumbo lutea Willd. American Lotus USDA NELU |
Potawatomi Food, Unspecified Seeds gathered and roasted like chestnuts. Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 105 |
| Nelumbo lutea Willd. American Lotus USDA NELU |
Potawatomi Food, Winter Use Food Roots gathered, cut and strung for winter use. Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 105 |
| Nelumbo lutea Willd. American Lotus USDA NELU |
Winnebago Food, Soup Hard, nut-like seeds cracked, freed from the shells and used with meat to make soup. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 79 |
| Nelumbo lutea Willd. American Lotus USDA NELU |
Winnebago Food, Unspecified Peeled tubers cooked with meat or hominy and used for food. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 79 |
| Nelumbo lutea Willd. American Lotus USDA NELU |
Winnebago Other, Ceremonial Items Plant characterized as having mystic powers. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 79 |