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Apache, Chiricahua & Mescalero Food, Bread & Cake Seeds threshed, winnowed, ground and the flour used to make bread. Castetter, Edward F. and M. E. Opler, 1936, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest III. The Ethnobiology of the Chiricahua and Mescalero Apache, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(5):1-63, page 48 |
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Apache, Chiricahua & Mescalero Food, Porridge Seeds boiled and eaten as porridge. Castetter, Edward F. and M. E. Opler, 1936, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest III. The Ethnobiology of the Chiricahua and Mescalero Apache, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(5):1-63, page 48 |
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Hopi Food, Bread & Cake Plant used to make bread. Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 364 |
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Hopi Food, Pie & Pudding Plant used to make pudding. Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 364 |
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Keres, Western Food, Fodder Grass considered good pony feed. Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 72 |
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Kiowa Food, Fodder Foliage was a valuable fodder. Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 17 |
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Kiowa Food, Fodder Foliage was a valuable fodder. Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 17 |
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Kiowa Food, Fodder Foliage was a valuable fodder. Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 17 |
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Navajo Food, Bread & Cake Seeds ground to make dumplings, rolls, griddle cakes and tortillas. Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 26 |
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Navajo Food, Forage Used as forage by animals. 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 163 |
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Navajo, Ramah Drug, Veterinary Aid Cold infusion of plant applied to sores or bruises on horse's leg. 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 17 |
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Navajo, Ramah Fiber, Scouring Material Bunch about a foot long, tied with string or yucca fiber, used as a brush for cleaning metates. 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 17 |
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Navajo, Ramah Food, Porridge Ground seeds alone or with corn made into mush or bread. 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 17 |