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Abnaki Food, Vegetable Beans used for food. Rousseau, Jacques, 1947, Ethnobotanique Abenakise, Archives de Folklore 11:145-182, page 169 |
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Apache, White Mountain Food, Vegetable Beans used for food. Reagan, Albert B., 1929, Plants Used by the White Mountain Apache Indians of Arizona, Wisconsin Archeologist 8:143-61., page 159 |
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Cherokee Food, Bread & Cake Beans used to make bean bread. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 24 |
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Cherokee Food, Soup Beans used to make hickory nut soup. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 24 |
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Cherokee Food, Vegetable Beans used for food. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 21 |
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Diegueno Other, Cash Crop Plant grown and traded to the Cocopa Indians. Castetter, Edward F. and Willis H. Bell, 1951, Yuman Indian Agriculture, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, page 108 |
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Havasupai Food, Soup Beans parched, ground and added to hot water to make a soup. 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 227 |
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Havasupai Food, Vegetable Beans cooked with fresh corn, cooked in hot ashes under a fire or boiled. 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 227 |
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Havasupai Food, Winter Use Food Beans stored in granaries or in frame houses for later use. 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 227 |
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Iroquois Food, Bread & Cake Seeds cooked, mixed with corn bread paste and again cooked in the making of the bread. Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 103 |
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Iroquois Food, Dried Food Seed pods boiled, dried in evaporating baskets or on flat boards and stored away in bags or barrels. Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 103 |
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Iroquois Food, Soup Beans boiled with green sweet corn, meat and seasoned with salt, pepper and butter or fat. Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 103 |
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Iroquois Food, Soup Dried seed pods soaked, boiled, seasoning and butter added and eaten as a soup. Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 103 |
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Iroquois Food, Soup Ripe seeds boiled with beef or venison, mashed until thoroughly mixed and eaten as soup. Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 103 |
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Iroquois Food, Soup Seed pods cooked and used to make soup. Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 103 |
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Iroquois Food, Soup Seeds washed with hot water, cooked until soft and sugar added to make a sweet soup. Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 103 |
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Iroquois Food, Vegetable Seed pods cooked and eaten whole or cooked with butter, squash or meat. Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 103 |
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Iroquois Food, Vegetable Seeds boiled or fried in bear or sunflower oil, seasoned and eaten. Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 103 |
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Iroquois Food, Vegetable Seeds cooked 'like potatoes' and mashed or pounded. Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 103 |
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Iroquois Other, Ceremonial Items Seeds intimately associated with the annual ceremonies of planting time & the harvest thanksgiving. Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 103 |
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Kiliwa Other, Cash Crop Plant grown and traded to the Cocopa Indians. Castetter, Edward F. and Willis H. Bell, 1951, Yuman Indian Agriculture, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, page 108 |
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Menominee Food, Staple Berry used as a staple article of food. Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 69 |
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Navajo Food, Soup Beans boiled and used in stews. Steggerda, Morris, 1941, Navajo Foods and Their Preparation, Journal of the American Dietetic Association 17(3):217-25, page 221 |
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Navajo Food, Vegetable Beans formed a large part of the vegetable diet. Steggerda, Morris, 1941, Navajo Foods and Their Preparation, Journal of the American Dietetic Association 17(3):217-25, page 221 |
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Navajo, Ramah Food, Fodder Plants, after harvesting the beans, used as stock feed. 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 33 |
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Navajo, Ramah Food, Winter Use Food Beans cultivated and stored for use during the winter. 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 33 |
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Navajo, Ramah Other, Cash Crop Beans cultivated as a commercial crop. 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 33 |
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Ojibwa Food, Vegetable Original source of all best commercial pole beans, used alone or in many peculiar combinations. Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 406 |
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Ojibwa Food, Vegetable Similar to the white man's Navy bean. Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 406 |
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Paipai Other, Cash Crop Plant grown and traded to the Cocopa Indians. Castetter, Edward F. and Willis H. Bell, 1951, Yuman Indian Agriculture, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, page 108 |
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Papago Food, Dried Food Beans threshed, dried on the ground or roofs, stored and used for food. 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 32 |
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Papago Food, Unspecified Beans grown for food. Castetter, Edward F. and Willis H. Bell, 1942, Pima and Papago Indian Agriculture, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press. First Edition., page 99 |
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Potawatomi Food, Vegetable A great number of varieties of beans were used. Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 104 |
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Sia Food, Vegetable Cultivated beans used for food. White, Leslie A., 1962, The Pueblo of Sia, New Mexico, XXX SI-BAE Bulletin #, page 106 |
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Tewa Food, Staple Used as a staple food. Robbins, W.W., J.P. Harrington and B. Freire-Marreco, 1916, Ethnobotany of the Tewa Indians, SI-BAE Bulletin #55, page 100 |
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Zuni Food, Vegetable Beans boiled & fried or crushed, boiled beans mixed with mush, baked in corn husks & used for food. Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 69 |
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Zuni Food, Vegetable Boiled and fried beans used for food. Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 69 |