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Quercus lobata N‚e
California White Oak
USDA QULO
Concow Dye, Black
Bark used to blacken strands of red buds for basket making.
Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 343
Quercus lobata N‚e
California White Oak
USDA QULO
Kawaiisu Drug, Burn Dressing
Poultice of ground galls and salt applied to burns.
Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 56
Quercus lobata N‚e
California White Oak
USDA QULO
Kawaiisu Drug, Dermatological Aid
Poultice of ground galls and salt applied to sores and cuts.
Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 56
Quercus lobata N‚e
California White Oak
USDA QULO
Kawaiisu Drug, Eye Medicine
Ground gall powder & salt wrapped in a small piece of cloth & dipped in water applied to sore eyes.
Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 56
Quercus lobata N‚e
California White Oak
USDA QULO
Kawaiisu Fiber, Building Material
Logs used in house construction.
Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 56
Quercus lobata N‚e
California White Oak
USDA QULO
Kawaiisu Food, Bread & Cake
Acorns made into a fine meal, cooked into a mush and allowed to stand and harden into a 'cake.'
Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 56
Quercus lobata N‚e
California White Oak
USDA QULO
Kawaiisu Food, Staple
Acorns dried, pounded, sifted into a fine meal and leached.
Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 56
Quercus lobata N‚e
California White Oak
USDA QULO
Kawaiisu Food, Winter Use Food
Acorns stored for future use. Acorns were stored in several different ways. The granaries, elevated about a foot above the ground to keep out rodents, were made of hardwood poles, usually oak, with sides, top and bottom covered with bark and lined with gray California buckwheat leaves. Stone lined pits were covered with brush, acorns were piled on a large flat stone and covered with bark.
Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 56
Quercus lobata N‚e
California White Oak
USDA QULO
Kawaiisu Other, Fasteners
Acorn meal used to mend cracks in clay pots.
Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 56
Quercus lobata N‚e
California White Oak
USDA QULO
Kawaiisu Other, Toys & Games
Acorn cupule used to make a top for children.
Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 56
Quercus lobata N‚e
California White Oak
USDA QULO
Mendocino Indian Food, Bread & Cake
Large acorns used to make bread.
Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 343
Quercus lobata N‚e
California White Oak
USDA QULO
Miwok Drug, Cough Medicine
Decoction of bark taken as a cough medicine.
Barrett, S. A. and E. W. Gifford, 1933, Miwok Material Culture, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 2(4):11, page 172
Quercus lobata N‚e
California White Oak
USDA QULO
Miwok Drug, Dermatological Aid
Pulverized, outer bark dusted on running sores and particularly used for babies with sore umbilicus.
Barrett, S. A. and E. W. Gifford, 1933, Miwok Material Culture, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 2(4):11, page 172
Quercus lobata N‚e
California White Oak
USDA QULO
Miwok Drug, Pediatric Aid
Pulverized, outer bark dusted on running sores and particularly used for babies with umbilicus.
Barrett, S. A. and E. W. Gifford, 1933, Miwok Material Culture, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 2(4):11, page 172
Quercus lobata N‚e
California White Oak
USDA QULO
Miwok Food, Bread & Cake
Acorns ground into a meal and used to make bread and biscuits.
Barrett, S. A. and E. W. Gifford, 1933, Miwok Material Culture, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 2(4):11, page 142
Quercus lobata N‚e
California White Oak
USDA QULO
Miwok Food, Soup
Acorns ground into a meal and used to make soup.
Barrett, S. A. and E. W. Gifford, 1933, Miwok Material Culture, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 2(4):11, page 142
Quercus lobata N‚e
California White Oak
USDA QULO
Miwok Food, Staple
Acorns considered a staple food and used to make mush.
Barrett, S. A. and E. W. Gifford, 1933, Miwok Material Culture, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 2(4):11, page 142
Quercus lobata N‚e
California White Oak
USDA QULO
Miwok Food, Winter Use Food
Whole acorns stored for winter use.
Barrett, S. A. and E. W. Gifford, 1933, Miwok Material Culture, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 2(4):11, page 142
Quercus lobata N‚e
California White Oak
USDA QULO
Pomo Food, Bread & Cake
Acorns used to make bread.
Merriam, C. Hart, 1966, Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes, University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley, page 290
Quercus lobata N‚e
California White Oak
USDA QULO
Pomo Food, Bread & Cake
Acorns used to make white and black bread.
Barrett, S. A., 1952, Material Aspects of Pomo Culture, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 20, page 67
Quercus lobata N‚e
California White Oak
USDA QULO
Pomo Food, Porridge
Acorns used to make gruel and mush.
Barrett, S. A., 1952, Material Aspects of Pomo Culture, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 20, page 67
Quercus lobata N‚e
California White Oak
USDA QULO
Pomo Food, Porridge
Acorns used to make mush.
Merriam, C. Hart, 1966, Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes, University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley, page 290
Quercus lobata N‚e
California White Oak
USDA QULO
Pomo Food, Soup
Acorns used to make soup.
Barrett, S. A., 1952, Material Aspects of Pomo Culture, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 20, page 67
Quercus lobata N‚e
California White Oak
USDA QULO
Pomo, Kashaya Food, Porridge
Acorns used to make mush or soup rather than bread.
Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 84
Quercus lobata N‚e
California White Oak
USDA QULO
Tubatulabal Food, Unspecified
Acorns used extensively for food.
Voegelin, Ermine W., 1938, Tubatulabal Ethnography, Anthropological Records 2(1):1-84, page 15
Quercus lobata N‚e
California White Oak
USDA QULO
Wintoon Food, Unspecified
Roasted seeds used for food.
Merriam, C. Hart, 1966, Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes, University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley, page 274
Quercus lobata N‚e
California White Oak
USDA QULO
Yokut Food, Unspecified
Acorns used for food.
Merriam, C. Hart, 1966, Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes, University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley, page 420
Quercus lobata N‚e
California White Oak
USDA QULO
Yuki Drug, Antidiarrheal
Bark used for diarrhea.
Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 343
Quercus lobata N‚e
California White Oak
USDA QULO
Yuki Food, Bread & Cake
Nut meats pounded into fine meal, winnowed and made into bread.
Curtin, L. S. M., 1957, Some Plants Used by the Yuki Indians ... II. Food Plants, The Masterkey 31:85-94, page 89
Quercus lobata N‚e
California White Oak
USDA QULO
Yuki Food, Porridge
Nut meats pounded into fine meal, winnowed, boiled and eaten as mush.
Curtin, L. S. M., 1957, Some Plants Used by the Yuki Indians ... II. Food Plants, The Masterkey 31:85-94, page 89