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Cahuilla Drug, Dermatological Aid Gum diluted with water and used as a wash for open wounds and sores. 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 107 |
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Cahuilla Drug, Eye Medicine Gum diluted with water and used as a wash for sore eyes. 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 107 |
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Cahuilla Fiber, Building Material Large limbs used as corner posts for houses, as rafters and granary posts. 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 107 |
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Cahuilla Fiber, Building Material Leaves used for roofing houses. 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 107 |
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Cahuilla Fiber, Clothing Pounded, rubbed & pulled bark used as a soft fiber for weaving skirts and making diapers for babies. 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 107 |
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Cahuilla Fiber, Cordage Pounded, rubbed and pulled bark used as a soft fiber to make a carrying net for pottery. 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 107 |
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Cahuilla Food, Beverage Blossoms used to make tea. 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 107 |
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Cahuilla Food, Beverage Pod meal and water used to make a beverage. 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 107 |
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Cahuilla Food, Beverage Pods crushed into a pulpy juice and used to make a beverage. 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 107 |
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Cahuilla Food, Bread & Cake Pod meal and water used to make cakes. 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 107 |
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Cahuilla Food, Porridge Pod meal and water used to make mush. 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 107 |
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Cahuilla Food, Staple Pods dried and ground into a meal. 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 107 |
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Cahuilla Food, Unspecified Pods eaten fresh. 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 107 |
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Cahuilla Food, Unspecified Roasted blossoms stored in pottery vessels and cooked in boiling water when needed. 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 107 |
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Cahuilla Other, Cooking Tools Trunk used to make wooden mortars. 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 107 |
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Cahuilla Other, Fasteners Gum used as an adhesive for arrows. 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 107 |
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Cahuilla Other, Fasteners Gum used to secure foreshafts to arrows and baskets to mortars. 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 107 |
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Cahuilla Other, Fuel Bark used as kindling for cooking and firewood in sweathouses. 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 107 |
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Cahuilla Other, Fuel Wood used as firewood for cooking, baking pottery and warmth. 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 107 |
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Cahuilla Other, Hunting & Fishing Item Fire hardened branches used as the foreshaft inserted into the mainshaft of an arrow. 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 107 |
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Cahuilla Other, Hunting & Fishing Item Smaller limbs used for bowmaking. 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 107 |
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Cahuilla Other, Paper Bark used as a wrapping. 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 107 |
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Cahuilla Other, Protection Trees used by women as shaded working areas, out of the direct rays of the sun, for grinding food. 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 114 |
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Cahuilla Other, Tools Thorns used to puncture the skin for tattooing. 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 107 |
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Cocopa Food, Unspecified Pods used for food. Gifford, E. W., 1933, The Cocopa, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 31:263-270, page 267 |
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Cocopa Food, Winter Use Food Pods stored for later use. Gifford, E. W., 1933, The Cocopa, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 31:263-270, page 267 |
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Diegueno Drug, Eye Medicine Infusion of leaves used as an eyewash. Hinton, Leanne, 1975, Notes on La Huerta Diegueno Ethnobotany, Journal of California Anthropology 2:214-222, page 218 |
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Diegueno Drug, Febrifuge Infusion of leaves taken for fevers. Hinton, Leanne, 1975, Notes on La Huerta Diegueno Ethnobotany, Journal of California Anthropology 2:214-222, page 218 |
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Diegueno Food, Bread & Cake Beans ground into a meal and used to make cakes. Hedges, Ken, 1986, Santa Ysabel Ethnobotany, San Diego Museum of Man Ethnic Technology Notes, No. 20, page 32 |
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Diegueno Other, Cooking Tools Wood used to make wooden spoons and other utensils. Hedges, Ken, 1986, Santa Ysabel Ethnobotany, San Diego Museum of Man Ethnic Technology Notes, No. 20, page 32 |
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Diegueno Other, Fuel Wood used for firewood. Hinton, Leanne, 1975, Notes on La Huerta Diegueno Ethnobotany, Journal of California Anthropology 2:214-222, page 218 |
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Diegueno Other, Tools Wood used to make knives for cutting yucca stalks, pottery paddles & tools for digging pottery clay. Hedges, Ken, 1986, Santa Ysabel Ethnobotany, San Diego Museum of Man Ethnic Technology Notes, No. 20, page 32 |
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Kawaiisu Food, Bread & Cake Pods crushed into a meal, molded into a dry cake and stored and eaten at a later time. Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 54 |
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Kawaiisu Food, Bread & Cake Seeds pounded and molded into a cake without cooking. Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 54 |
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Kawaiisu Food, Porridge Pods crushed into a meal and eaten with water. Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 54 |
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Pima Food, Beverage Beans sun dried, pounded into meal, mixed with cold water and used as a drink. Hrdlicka, Ales, 1908, Physiological and Medical Observations Among the Indians of Southwestern United States and Northern Mexico, SI-BAE Bulletin #34:1-427, page 261 |
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Yavapai Food, Unspecified Parched, ground seeds dampened, sometimes mixed with ground saguaro seed, and used for food. Gifford, E. W., 1936, Northeastern and Western Yavapai, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 34:247-345, page 256 |
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Yavapai Food, Unspecified Seeds used for food. Gifford, E. W., 1932, The Southeastern Yavapai, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 29:177-252, page 211 |
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Yuma Food, Beverage Pods crushed and steeped in water to make a beverage. Castetter, Edward F. and Willis H. Bell, 1951, Yuman Indian Agriculture, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, page 181 |
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Yuma Food, Dried Food Pit cooked pods dried and stored in baskets. Castetter, Edward F. and Willis H. Bell, 1951, Yuman Indian Agriculture, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, page 181 |
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Yuma Food, Dried Food Pods dried on roof tops and stored. Castetter, Edward F. and Willis H. Bell, 1951, Yuman Indian Agriculture, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, page 181 |
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Yuma Food, Staple Beans dried thoroughly and pounded into meal. Castetter, Edward F. and Willis H. Bell, 1951, Yuman Indian Agriculture, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, page 181 |
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Yuma Food, Unspecified Pit cooked pods pounded in a mortar and prepared as food. Castetter, Edward F. and Willis H. Bell, 1951, Yuman Indian Agriculture, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, page 181 |