| Sarcobatus vermiculatus (Hook.) Torr. Greasewood USDA SAVE4 |
Cheyenne Drug, Blood Medicine Sharpened stick used to draw out bad blood. Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 17 |
| Sarcobatus vermiculatus (Hook.) Torr. Greasewood USDA SAVE4 |
Cheyenne Drug, Ceremonial Medicine Sharpened stick used in acupuncture ceremony. Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 17 |
| Sarcobatus vermiculatus (Hook.) Torr. Greasewood USDA SAVE4 |
Cheyenne Drug, Veterinary Aid Stick used to make holes in horse's shoulder for sprained or bruised legs. Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 17 |
| Sarcobatus vermiculatus (Hook.) Torr. Greasewood USDA SAVE4 |
Cheyenne Other, Ceremonial Items Sticks used to make man designs upon which Sun Dancers stood. Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 17 |
| Sarcobatus vermiculatus (Hook.) Torr. Greasewood USDA SAVE4 |
Cheyenne Other, Hunting & Fishing Item Used to make arrow shafts. Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 46 |
| Sarcobatus vermiculatus (Hook.) Torr. Greasewood USDA SAVE4 |
Cheyenne Other, Hunting & Fishing Item Wood used for arrow shafts. Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 17 |
| Sarcobatus vermiculatus (Hook.) Torr. Greasewood USDA SAVE4 |
Cheyenne Other, Smoking Tools Small sticks wrapped with buffalo hair and used as a tamper for tobacco pipes. Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 17 |
| Sarcobatus vermiculatus (Hook.) Torr. Greasewood USDA SAVE4 |
Hopi Drug, Ceremonial Medicine Plant used for kiva fuel. Fewkes, J. Walter, 1896, A Contribution to Ethnobotany, American Anthropologist 9:14-21, page 18 |
| Sarcobatus vermiculatus (Hook.) Torr. Greasewood USDA SAVE4 |
Hopi Fiber, Building Material Strong wood used in general construction. Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 74 |
| Sarcobatus vermiculatus (Hook.) Torr. Greasewood USDA SAVE4 |
Hopi Fiber, Building Material Wood used for construction. Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 358 |
| Sarcobatus vermiculatus (Hook.) Torr. Greasewood USDA SAVE4 |
Hopi Fiber, Furniture Wood used for clothes hooks in houses. Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 358 |
| Sarcobatus vermiculatus (Hook.) Torr. Greasewood USDA SAVE4 |
Hopi Other, Cooking Tools Strong wood used to make stirring rods. Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 74 |
| Sarcobatus vermiculatus (Hook.) Torr. Greasewood USDA SAVE4 |
Hopi Other, Cooking Tools Wood used for stirring rods. Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 358 |
| Sarcobatus vermiculatus (Hook.) Torr. Greasewood USDA SAVE4 |
Hopi Other, Fuel Shrub used as one of the four prescribed fuels for the kivas. Fewkes, J. Walter, 1896, A Contribution to Ethnobotany, American Anthropologist 9:14-21, page 18 |
| Sarcobatus vermiculatus (Hook.) Torr. Greasewood USDA SAVE4 |
Hopi Other, Fuel Strong wood used as the chief kiva fuel. Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 74 |
| Sarcobatus vermiculatus (Hook.) Torr. Greasewood USDA SAVE4 |
Hopi Other, Fuel Wood used for fuel. Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 358 |
| Sarcobatus vermiculatus (Hook.) Torr. Greasewood USDA SAVE4 |
Hopi Other, Hunting & Fishing Item Strong wood used to make arrows. Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 74 |
| Sarcobatus vermiculatus (Hook.) Torr. Greasewood USDA SAVE4 |
Hopi Other, Hunting & Fishing Item Wood used for rabbit sticks and arrows. Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 358 |
| Sarcobatus vermiculatus (Hook.) Torr. Greasewood USDA SAVE4 |
Hopi Other, Musical Instrument Strong wood used to make musical rasps. Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 74 |
| Sarcobatus vermiculatus (Hook.) Torr. Greasewood USDA SAVE4 |
Hopi Other, Musical Instrument Wood used for musical rasps. Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 358 |
| Sarcobatus vermiculatus (Hook.) Torr. Greasewood USDA SAVE4 |
Hopi Other, Tools Strong wood used for rabbit sticks, planting sticks, lease rods and clothes hooks. Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 74 |
| Sarcobatus vermiculatus (Hook.) Torr. Greasewood USDA SAVE4 |
Hopi Other, Tools Used to make planting sticks and poorer boomerangs. 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 162 |
| Sarcobatus vermiculatus (Hook.) Torr. Greasewood USDA SAVE4 |
Hopi Other, Tools Used to make planting sticks and poorer boomerangs. 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 162 |
| Sarcobatus vermiculatus (Hook.) Torr. Greasewood USDA SAVE4 |
Hopi Other, Tools Wood used for planting and lease rods. Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 358 |
| Sarcobatus vermiculatus (Hook.) Torr. Greasewood USDA SAVE4 |
Jemez Other, Toys & Games Plant part kicked to see who kicked it the farthest, in racing games. Cook, Sarah Louise, 1930, The Ethnobotany of Jemez Indians., University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 27 |
| Sarcobatus vermiculatus (Hook.) Torr. Greasewood USDA SAVE4 |
Keres, Western Drug, Dermatological Aid Crushed leaves used for insect bites. Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 68 |
| Sarcobatus vermiculatus (Hook.) Torr. Greasewood USDA SAVE4 |
Keres, Western Drug, Emetic Infusion of leaves used as an emetic for lightning shock. Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 68 |
| Sarcobatus vermiculatus (Hook.) Torr. Greasewood USDA SAVE4 |
Keres, Western Food, Forage Shrub used as winter pasture for sheep. Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 68 |
| Sarcobatus vermiculatus (Hook.) Torr. Greasewood USDA SAVE4 |
Montana Indian Food, Vegetable Young twigs used for greens. Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, page 23 |
| Sarcobatus vermiculatus (Hook.) Torr. Greasewood USDA SAVE4 |
Navajo Drug, Dermatological Aid Plant used for insect bites. Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 97 |
| Sarcobatus vermiculatus (Hook.) Torr. Greasewood USDA SAVE4 |
Navajo Food, Forage Used as forage by sheep and eaten for the salt. Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 44 |
| Sarcobatus vermiculatus (Hook.) Torr. Greasewood USDA SAVE4 |
Navajo Food, Fruit 'Seeds' (actually fruits) used for food. Hocking, George M., 1956, Some Plant Materials Used Medicinally and Otherwise by the Navaho Indians in the Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, El Palacio 56:146-165, page 155 |
| Sarcobatus vermiculatus (Hook.) Torr. Greasewood USDA SAVE4 |
Navajo Other, Ceremonial Items Roots carved into an image of a snake for the Lightning Chant, Beauty Chant and Mountain Chant. Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 44 |
| Sarcobatus vermiculatus (Hook.) Torr. Greasewood USDA SAVE4 |
Navajo Other, Fuel Used as firewood. Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 44 |
| Sarcobatus vermiculatus (Hook.) Torr. Greasewood USDA SAVE4 |
Navajo Other, Tools Wood used to make planting sticks, knitting needles, heddle sticks, distaff handles used in weaving. Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 44 |
| Sarcobatus vermiculatus (Hook.) Torr. Greasewood USDA SAVE4 |
Navajo Other, Toys & Games Wood used to make dice. Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 44 |
| Sarcobatus vermiculatus (Hook.) Torr. Greasewood USDA SAVE4 |
Navajo Other, Weapon Wood used to make war bows. Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 44 |
| Sarcobatus vermiculatus (Hook.) Torr. Greasewood USDA SAVE4 |
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid Warm infusion of leaves taken to kill a swallowed red ant. 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 25 |
| Sarcobatus vermiculatus (Hook.) Torr. Greasewood USDA SAVE4 |
Navajo, Ramah Food, Fodder Used for sheep and horse feed in the spring. 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 25 |
| Sarcobatus vermiculatus (Hook.) Torr. Greasewood USDA SAVE4 |
Navajo, Ramah Other, Cooking Tools Stems tied together with buckskin and used for mush stirring sticks. 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 25 |
| Sarcobatus vermiculatus (Hook.) Torr. Greasewood USDA SAVE4 |
Paiute Drug, Antidiarrheal Infusion of burned plant taken for diarrhea. Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 138139 |
| Sarcobatus vermiculatus (Hook.) Torr. Greasewood USDA SAVE4 |
Paiute Drug, Antihemorrhagic Infusion of burned plant taken for rectal bleeding. Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 138139 |
| Sarcobatus vermiculatus (Hook.) Torr. Greasewood USDA SAVE4 |
Paiute Other, Tools Twigs used as needles in the manufacture of tule and cattail mats. Mahar, James Michael., 1953, Ethnobotany of the Oregon Paiutes of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, Reed College, B.A. Thesis, page 69 |
| Sarcobatus vermiculatus (Hook.) Torr. Greasewood USDA SAVE4 |
Paiute, Northern Drug, Toothache Remedy Wood or roots heated until burned or blackened and used on aching and decayed teeth. Fowler, Catherine S., 1989, Willards Z. Park's Ethnographic Notes on the Northern Paiute of Western Nevada 1933-1940, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 129 |
| Sarcobatus vermiculatus (Hook.) Torr. Greasewood USDA SAVE4 |
Pima Food, Forage Succulent, young leaves and branches eaten by cattle and sheep. Curtin, L. S. M., 1949, By the Prophet of the Earth, Sante Fe. San Vicente Foundation, page 71 |
| Sarcobatus vermiculatus (Hook.) Torr. Greasewood USDA SAVE4 |
Pima Food, Starvation Food Seeds roasted and eaten during 'hard times.' Curtin, L. S. M., 1949, By the Prophet of the Earth, Sante Fe. San Vicente Foundation, page 71 |