| Yucca baccata Torr. Banana Yucca USDA YUBAB |
Apache Other, Soap Roots pounded and placed in water to form suds used in bathing and shampooing. Bell, Willis H and Edward F. Castetter, 1941, Ethnobiological Studies in the Southwest VII. The Utilization of of Yucca, Sotol and Beargrass by the Aborigines in the American Southwest, University of New Mexico Bulletin 5(5):1-74, page 57 |
| Yucca baccata Torr. Banana Yucca USDA YUBAB |
Apache Other, Tools Stalk used to make fire drills. Bell, Willis H and Edward F. Castetter, 1941, Ethnobiological Studies in the Southwest VII. The Utilization of of Yucca, Sotol and Beargrass by the Aborigines in the American Southwest, University of New Mexico Bulletin 5(5):1-74, page 51 |
| Yucca baccata Torr. Banana Yucca USDA YUBAB |
Apache, Chiricahua & Mescalero Food, Bread & Cake Fruit pulp ground, made into large cakes and stored indefinitely. 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 39 |
| Yucca baccata Torr. Banana Yucca USDA YUBAB |
Apache, Chiricahua & Mescalero Food, Bread & Cake Fruit roasted, split, seeds removed and pulp ground into large cakes. 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 39 |
| Yucca baccata Torr. Banana Yucca USDA YUBAB |
Apache, Chiricahua & Mescalero Food, Soup Leaves cooked in soups. 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 39 |
| Yucca baccata Torr. Banana Yucca USDA YUBAB |
Apache, Chiricahua & Mescalero Food, Unspecified Leaves boiled with meat. 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 39 |
| Yucca baccata Torr. Banana Yucca USDA YUBAB |
Apache, Chiricahua & Mescalero Food, Vegetable Flowers eaten if obtained before the summer rain; otherwise they taste bitter. 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 39 |
| Yucca baccata Torr. Banana Yucca USDA YUBAB |
Apache, Mescalero Fiber, Basketry Small roots used for basket work. Basehart, Harry W., 1974, Apache Indians XII. Mescalero Apache Subsistence Patterns and Socio-Political Organization, New York. Garland Publishing Inc., page 33 |
| Yucca baccata Torr. Banana Yucca USDA YUBAB |
Apache, Mescalero Fiber, Cordage Leaves used to make twine or rope. Basehart, Harry W., 1974, Apache Indians XII. Mescalero Apache Subsistence Patterns and Socio-Political Organization, New York. Garland Publishing Inc., page 33 |
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Apache, Mescalero Food, Beverage Fruits used to make a drink. Basehart, Harry W., 1974, Apache Indians XII. Mescalero Apache Subsistence Patterns and Socio-Political Organization, New York. Garland Publishing Inc., page 33 |
| Yucca baccata Torr. Banana Yucca USDA YUBAB |
Apache, Mescalero Food, Dried Food Ripe fruits cooked, split, cleaned of seeds, dried and used for food. Basehart, Harry W., 1974, Apache Indians XII. Mescalero Apache Subsistence Patterns and Socio-Political Organization, New York. Garland Publishing Inc., page 33 |
| Yucca baccata Torr. Banana Yucca USDA YUBAB |
Apache, Mescalero Food, Sauce & Relish Fruits made into a syrup and placed on fruits before drying. Basehart, Harry W., 1974, Apache Indians XII. Mescalero Apache Subsistence Patterns and Socio-Political Organization, New York. Garland Publishing Inc., page 33 |
| Yucca baccata Torr. Banana Yucca USDA YUBAB |
Apache, Mescalero Other, Soap Large roots used to make soap. Basehart, Harry W., 1974, Apache Indians XII. Mescalero Apache Subsistence Patterns and Socio-Political Organization, New York. Garland Publishing Inc., page 33 |
| Yucca baccata Torr. Banana Yucca USDA YUBAB |
Apache, Western Fiber, Cordage Leaves split and sections tied together by square knots to make cordage. Buskirk, Winfred, 1986, The Western Apache: Living With the Land Before 1950, Norman. University of Oklahoma Press, page 182 |
| Yucca baccata Torr. Banana Yucca USDA YUBAB |
Apache, Western Food, Dried Food Fruit roasted, dried, wrapped and stored indefinitely. Buskirk, Winfred, 1986, The Western Apache: Living With the Land Before 1950, Norman. University of Oklahoma Press, page 181 |
| Yucca baccata Torr. Banana Yucca USDA YUBAB |
Apache, Western Food, Sauce & Relish Fruit pounded together to make gravy. Buskirk, Winfred, 1986, The Western Apache: Living With the Land Before 1950, Norman. University of Oklahoma Press, page 182 |
| Yucca baccata Torr. Banana Yucca USDA YUBAB |
Apache, Western Other, Soap Roots used as soap. Buskirk, Winfred, 1986, The Western Apache: Living With the Land Before 1950, Norman. University of Oklahoma Press, page 182 |
| Yucca baccata Torr. Banana Yucca USDA YUBAB |
Apache, White Mountain Fiber, Clothing Leaves reduced to fiber and made into cloth. Reagan, Albert B., 1929, Plants Used by the White Mountain Apache Indians of Arizona, Wisconsin Archeologist 8:143-61., page 147 |
| Yucca baccata Torr. Banana Yucca USDA YUBAB |
Apache, White Mountain Fiber, Cordage Leaves used to make string. Reagan, Albert B., 1929, Plants Used by the White Mountain Apache Indians of Arizona, Wisconsin Archeologist 8:143-61., page 147 |
| Yucca baccata Torr. Banana Yucca USDA YUBAB |
Apache, White Mountain Food, Dried Food Pods dried for future use. Reagan, Albert B., 1929, Plants Used by the White Mountain Apache Indians of Arizona, Wisconsin Archeologist 8:143-61., page 147 |
| Yucca baccata Torr. Banana Yucca USDA YUBAB |
Apache, White Mountain Food, Unspecified Pods roasted and used for food. Reagan, Albert B., 1929, Plants Used by the White Mountain Apache Indians of Arizona, Wisconsin Archeologist 8:143-61., page 147 |
| Yucca baccata Torr. Banana Yucca USDA YUBAB |
Apache, White Mountain Other, Soap Roots used for soap. Reagan, Albert B., 1929, Plants Used by the White Mountain Apache Indians of Arizona, Wisconsin Archeologist 8:143-61., page 148 |
| Yucca baccata Torr. Banana Yucca USDA YUBAB |
Cochiti Food, Unspecified Used as a source of food. Castetter, Edward F., 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest I. Uncultivated Native Plants Used as Sources of Food, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(1):1-44, page 14 |
| Yucca baccata Torr. Banana Yucca USDA YUBAB |
Havasupai Fiber, Cordage Leaf fiber braided into ropes. The leaves contained a good fiber. The terminal spine and a section of the back of the leaf were removed and pounded to free this fiber from the fleshy portion of the leaf. The fiber was often braided into rope, three to six ply, from twelve to thirty feet long that were used for many purposes, including handling horses. Weber, Steven A. and P. David Seaman, 1985, Havasupai Habitat: A. F. Whiting's Ethnography of a Traditional Indian Culture, Tucson. The University of Arizona Press, page 212 |
| Yucca baccata Torr. Banana Yucca USDA YUBAB |
Havasupai Food, Beverage Plant used to make a drink. Weber, Steven A. and P. David Seaman, 1985, Havasupai Habitat: A. F. Whiting's Ethnography of a Traditional Indian Culture, Tucson. The University of Arizona Press, page 66 |
| Yucca baccata Torr. Banana Yucca USDA YUBAB |
Havasupai Food, Dried Food Fruits split, sun dried and prepared for storage in the shape of a mat. Weber, Steven A. and P. David Seaman, 1985, Havasupai Habitat: A. F. Whiting's Ethnography of a Traditional Indian Culture, Tucson. The University of Arizona Press, page 212 |
| Yucca baccata Torr. Banana Yucca USDA YUBAB |
Havasupai Food, Dried Food Sheet of fruit flesh dried and the bits eaten dry when needed. Bell, Willis H and Edward F. Castetter, 1941, Ethnobiological Studies in the Southwest VII. The Utilization of of Yucca, Sotol and Beargrass by the Aborigines in the American Southwest, University of New Mexico Bulletin 5(5):1-74, page 17 |
| Yucca baccata Torr. Banana Yucca USDA YUBAB |
Havasupai Other, Soap Roots used as a soap for washing the hair. Weber, Steven A. and P. David Seaman, 1985, Havasupai Habitat: A. F. Whiting's Ethnography of a Traditional Indian Culture, Tucson. The University of Arizona Press, page 212 |
| Yucca baccata Torr. Banana Yucca USDA YUBAB |
Havasupai Other, Tools Terminal spines used as needles. Weber, Steven A. and P. David Seaman, 1985, Havasupai Habitat: A. F. Whiting's Ethnography of a Traditional Indian Culture, Tucson. The University of Arizona Press, page 212 |
| Yucca baccata Torr. Banana Yucca USDA YUBAB |
Havasupai Other, Toys & Games Ring of leaves wrapped in buckskin used in the hoop and pole game. Weber, Steven A. and P. David Seaman, 1985, Havasupai Habitat: A. F. Whiting's Ethnography of a Traditional Indian Culture, Tucson. The University of Arizona Press, page 212 |
| Yucca baccata Torr. Banana Yucca USDA YUBAB |
Havasupai Other, Waterproofing Agent Dried leaves boiled with gum, hardened, powdered, mixed with water & used to waterproof baskets. Weber, Steven A. and P. David Seaman, 1985, Havasupai Habitat: A. F. Whiting's Ethnography of a Traditional Indian Culture, Tucson. The University of Arizona Press, page 212 |
| Yucca baccata Torr. Banana Yucca USDA YUBAB |
Hopi Fiber, Basketry Leaves occasionally used in basketry. Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 71 |
| Yucca baccata Torr. Banana Yucca USDA YUBAB |
Hopi Fiber, Basketry Leaves used in basketry. Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 371 |
| Yucca baccata Torr. Banana Yucca USDA YUBAB |
Hopi Fiber, Basketry Used for basketry. Fewkes, J. Walter, 1896, A Contribution to Ethnobotany, American Anthropologist 9:14-21, page 17 |
| Yucca baccata Torr. Banana Yucca USDA YUBAB |
Hopi Food, Fruit Baked fruits used for food. Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 371 |
| Yucca baccata Torr. Banana Yucca USDA YUBAB |
Hopi Food, Fruit Fruit used for food. Fewkes, J. Walter, 1896, A Contribution to Ethnobotany, American Anthropologist 9:14-21, page 17 |
| Yucca baccata Torr. Banana Yucca USDA YUBAB |
Hopi Food, Fruit Fruits eaten for food. Robbins, W.W., J.P. Harrington and B. Freire-Marreco, 1916, Ethnobotany of the Tewa Indians, SI-BAE Bulletin #55, page 51 |
| Yucca baccata Torr. Banana Yucca USDA YUBAB |
Hopi Food, Fruit Large fruits oven baked. Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 71 |
| Yucca baccata Torr. Banana Yucca USDA YUBAB |
Hopi Food, Preserves Fruits sun dried, boiled into jam and eaten with corn dumplings or boiled bread. Nequatewa, Edmund, 1943, Some Hopi Recipes for the Preparation of Wild Plant Foods, Plateau 18:18-20, page 18 |
| Yucca baccata Torr. Banana Yucca USDA YUBAB |
Hopi Other, Soap Root used for soap. Fewkes, J. Walter, 1896, A Contribution to Ethnobotany, American Anthropologist 9:14-21, page 17 |
| Yucca baccata Torr. Banana Yucca USDA YUBAB |
Hopi Other, Soap Roots used as soap. Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 71 |
| Yucca baccata Torr. Banana Yucca USDA YUBAB |
Hopi Other, Soap Roots used for soap. Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 371 |
| Yucca baccata Torr. Banana Yucca USDA YUBAB |
Hualapai Fiber, Clothing Stems used to make shoes. Watahomigie, Lucille J., 1982, Hualapai Ethnobotany, Peach Springs, AZ. Hualapai Bilingual Program, Peach Springs School District #8, page 39 |
| Yucca baccata Torr. Banana Yucca USDA YUBAB |
Hualapai Fiber, Cordage Stems used to make rope. Watahomigie, Lucille J., 1982, Hualapai Ethnobotany, Peach Springs, AZ. Hualapai Bilingual Program, Peach Springs School District #8, page 39 |
| Yucca baccata Torr. Banana Yucca USDA YUBAB |
Hualapai Food, Beverage Fruit used to make a fermented beverage. Watahomigie, Lucille J., 1982, Hualapai Ethnobotany, Peach Springs, AZ. Hualapai Bilingual Program, Peach Springs School District #8, page 39 |
| Yucca baccata Torr. Banana Yucca USDA YUBAB |
Hualapai Food, Dried Food Fruit baked, prepared and dried for winter use. Watahomigie, Lucille J., 1982, Hualapai Ethnobotany, Peach Springs, AZ. Hualapai Bilingual Program, Peach Springs School District #8, page 39 |
| Yucca baccata Torr. Banana Yucca USDA YUBAB |
Hualapai Food, Fruit Fruit eaten raw. Watahomigie, Lucille J., 1982, Hualapai Ethnobotany, Peach Springs, AZ. Hualapai Bilingual Program, Peach Springs School District #8, page 39 |
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Hualapai Food, Staple Fruit cooked and ground into a meal. Watahomigie, Lucille J., 1982, Hualapai Ethnobotany, Peach Springs, AZ. Hualapai Bilingual Program, Peach Springs School District #8, page 39 |
| Yucca baccata Torr. Banana Yucca USDA YUBAB |
Hualapai Other, Soap Roots used for soap. Watahomigie, Lucille J., 1982, Hualapai Ethnobotany, Peach Springs, AZ. Hualapai Bilingual Program, Peach Springs School District #8, page 39 |
| Yucca baccata Torr. Banana Yucca USDA YUBAB |
Isleta Fiber, Basketry Fibers used to make baskets. Jones, Volney H., 1931, The Ethnobotany of the Isleta Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 45 |