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Schoenoplectus acutus var. acutus
Hardstem Bulrush
USDA SCACA
Paiute, Northern Other, Fasteners
Used as ties for sandals.
Fowler, Catherine S., 1990, Tule Technology: Northern Paiute Uses of Marsh Resources in Western Nevada, Washington, D.C. Smithsonian Institution Press, page 81
Schoenoplectus acutus var. acutus
Hardstem Bulrush
USDA SCACA
Paiute, Northern Other, Fasteners
Used for wefts and binding tule items.
Fowler, Catherine S., 1990, Tule Technology: Northern Paiute Uses of Marsh Resources in Western Nevada, Washington, D.C. Smithsonian Institution Press, page 81
Schoenoplectus acutus var. acutus
Hardstem Bulrush
USDA SCACA
Pomo Fiber, Basketry
Stems used to make plain-twined baskets.
Barrett, S. A., 1908, Pomo Indian Basketry, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 7:134-308, page 140
Schoenoplectus acutus var. acutus
Hardstem Bulrush
USDA SCACA
Pomo Fiber, Canoe Material
Stems used to make boats.
Barrett, S. A., 1908, Pomo Indian Basketry, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 7:134-308, page 140
Schoenoplectus acutus var. acutus
Hardstem Bulrush
USDA SCACA
Pomo Fiber, Clothing
Skins used as swaddling clothes or soft padding.
Barrett, S. A., 1952, Material Aspects of Pomo Culture, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 20, page 92
Schoenoplectus acutus var. acutus
Hardstem Bulrush
USDA SCACA
Pomo Food, Unspecified
New sprouts eaten in the spring.
Merriam, C. Hart, 1966, Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes, University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley, page 284
Schoenoplectus acutus var. acutus
Hardstem Bulrush
USDA SCACA
Pomo Food, Vegetable
Roots eaten as greens.
Barrett, S. A., 1952, Material Aspects of Pomo Culture, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 20, page 92
Schoenoplectus acutus var. acutus
Hardstem Bulrush
USDA SCACA
Pomo Food, Vegetable
Young shoots eaten as greens.
Barrett, S. A., 1952, Material Aspects of Pomo Culture, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 20, page 92
Schoenoplectus acutus var. acutus
Hardstem Bulrush
USDA SCACA
Pomo, Kashaya Fiber, Basketry
Root used to form the black part of the basket design.
Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 28
Schoenoplectus acutus var. acutus
Hardstem Bulrush
USDA SCACA
Shuswap Fiber, Building Material
Used for weaving entrance covers, curtains, windbreaks and for drying salmon.
Palmer, Gary, 1975, Shuswap Indian Ethnobotany, Syesis 8:29-51, page 54
Schoenoplectus acutus var. acutus
Hardstem Bulrush
USDA SCACA
Sioux Food, Unspecified
Young, spring shoots used for food.
Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, page 23
Schoenoplectus acutus var. acutus
Hardstem Bulrush
USDA SCACA
Snohomish Fiber, Mats, Rugs & Bedding
Used to make mats.
Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 22
Schoenoplectus acutus var. acutus
Hardstem Bulrush
USDA SCACA
Thompson Drug, Hemostat
Burned stalk ashes used on baby's bleeding navel.
Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, page 115
Schoenoplectus acutus var. acutus
Hardstem Bulrush
USDA SCACA
Thompson Drug, Pediatric Aid
Burned stalk ashes used on baby's bleeding navel.
Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, page 115
Schoenoplectus acutus var. acutus
Hardstem Bulrush
USDA SCACA
Thompson Fiber, Building Material
Stems laid in an overlapping fashion and used for roofing.
Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, page 115
Schoenoplectus acutus var. acutus
Hardstem Bulrush
USDA SCACA
Thompson Fiber, Clothing
Stems woven or sewn with Indian hemp twine to make capes, bags and Indian doctor headdresses.
Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, page 115
Schoenoplectus acutus var. acutus
Hardstem Bulrush
USDA SCACA
Thompson Fiber, Mats, Rugs & Bedding
Stems woven or sewn with Indian hemp twine to make mats. Food was placed on tule mats in order to dry it. The mats were also used as place mats for eating, as floor covering in lodges, as room partitions in pit houses, as walls for summer lodges and as mattresses and pillows.
Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, page 115
Schoenoplectus acutus var. acutus
Hardstem Bulrush
USDA SCACA
Thompson Other, Containers
Stems woven or sewn with Indian hemp twine to make bags.
Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, page 115
Schoenoplectus acutus var. acutus
Hardstem Bulrush
USDA SCACA
Thompson Other, Decorations
Stems woven or sewn with Indian hemp twine to make Indian doctor headdresses.
Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, page 115
Schoenoplectus acutus var. acutus
Hardstem Bulrush
USDA SCACA
Tubatulabal Food, Unspecified
Roots used for food.
Voegelin, Ermine W., 1938, Tubatulabal Ethnography, Anthropological Records 2(1):1-84, page 15