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Celtis occidentalis L.
Common Hackberry
USDA CEOC
Dakota Food, Spice
Berries used to flavor meat.
Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 76
Celtis occidentalis L.
Common Hackberry
USDA CEOC
Dakota Food, Spice
Dried fruit pounded to make a condiment used for seasoning meat in cooking.
Gilmore, Melvin R., 1913, Some Native Nebraska Plants With Their Uses by the Dakota, Collections of the Nebraska State Historical Society 17:358-70, page 362
Celtis occidentalis L.
Common Hackberry
USDA CEOC
Houma Drug, Throat Aid
Decoction of bark taken for sore throat.
Speck, Frank G., 1941, A List of Plant Curatives Obtained From the Houma Indians of Louisiana, Primitive Man 14:49-75, page 57
Celtis occidentalis L.
Common Hackberry
USDA CEOC
Houma Drug, Venereal Aid
Compound decoction of bark with powdered shells taken for venereal disease.
Speck, Frank G., 1941, A List of Plant Curatives Obtained From the Houma Indians of Louisiana, Primitive Man 14:49-75, page 57
Celtis occidentalis L.
Common Hackberry
USDA CEOC
Iroquois Drug, Abortifacient
Decoction taken 'for suppressed menses in girls, cause: working in the sun.'
Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 306
Celtis occidentalis L.
Common Hackberry
USDA CEOC
Iroquois Drug, Cold Remedy
Compound decoction taken by 'women when they catch cold with the menses.'
Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 306
Celtis occidentalis L.
Common Hackberry
USDA CEOC
Iroquois Drug, Gynecological Aid
Decoction of bark used as 'woman's medicine' and regulated menses.
Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 306
Celtis occidentalis L.
Common Hackberry
USDA CEOC
Keres, Western Food, Fruit
Berries used extensively for food.
Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 35
Celtis occidentalis L.
Common Hackberry
USDA CEOC
Kiowa Food, Fruit
Berries pounded into a paste like consistency, molded onto a stick and baked over an open fire.
Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 23
Celtis occidentalis L.
Common Hackberry
USDA CEOC
Kiowa Other, Fuel
Wood used as fuel for the altar fire in the peyote ceremony.
Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 22
Celtis occidentalis L.
Common Hackberry
USDA CEOC
Meskwaki Drug, Veterinary Aid
Inner bark fed to ponies as a conditioner.
Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 250
Celtis occidentalis L.
Common Hackberry
USDA CEOC
Meskwaki Food, Porridge
Ground, hard berries made into a mush.
Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 265
Celtis occidentalis L.
Common Hackberry
USDA CEOC
Omaha Food, Fruit
Berries used occasionally for food.
Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 76
Celtis occidentalis L.
Common Hackberry
USDA CEOC
Pawnee Food, Fruit
Berries pounded fine, mixed with a little fat and parched corn and used for food.
Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 76