| Sporobolus contractus A.S. Hitchc. Spike Dropseed USDA SPCO4 |
Apache, Western Food, Porridge Seeds ground, mixed with corn meal and water and made into a mush. Buskirk, Winfred, 1986, The Western Apache: Living With the Land Before 1950, Norman. University of Oklahoma Press, page 189 |
| Sporobolus contractus A.S. Hitchc. Spike Dropseed USDA SPCO4 |
Apache, White Mountain Food, Bread & Cake Seeds ground and used to make bread and pones. Reagan, Albert B., 1929, Plants Used by the White Mountain Apache Indians of Arizona, Wisconsin Archeologist 8:143-61., page 149 |
| Sporobolus contractus A.S. Hitchc. Spike Dropseed USDA SPCO4 |
Apache, White Mountain Food, Porridge Seeds ground, mixed with meal and water and eaten as mush. Reagan, Albert B., 1929, Plants Used by the White Mountain Apache Indians of Arizona, Wisconsin Archeologist 8:143-61., page 149 |
| Sporobolus contractus A.S. Hitchc. Spike Dropseed USDA SPCO4 |
Apache, White Mountain Other, Cash Crop Plant gathered and sold. Reagan, Albert B., 1929, Plants Used by the White Mountain Apache Indians of Arizona, Wisconsin Archeologist 8:143-61., page 149 |
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Navajo Food, Bread & Cake Seeds used to make bread. Steggerda, Morris, 1941, Navajo Foods and Their Preparation, Journal of the American Dietetic Association 17(3):217-25, page 223 |
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Zuni Fiber, Building Material Grass bunches fastened together and used to construct shelters in or near the distant fields. Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 81 |
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Zuni Fiber, Mats, Rugs & Bedding Grass bunches fastened together to make mats for covering hatchways and other openings in the house. Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 81 |