| Cucurbita moschata (Duchesne ex Lam.) Duchesne ex Poir. Crookneck Squash USDA CUMO |
Hopi Food, Cooking Agent Seeds used to oil the 'piki' stones. Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 93 |
| Cucurbita moschata (Duchesne ex Lam.) Duchesne ex Poir. Crookneck Squash USDA CUMO |
Hopi Food, Dried Food Meat cut spirally, wound into long bundles, tied in pairs and dried for winter use. Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 93 |
| Cucurbita moschata (Duchesne ex Lam.) Duchesne ex Poir. Crookneck Squash USDA CUMO |
Hopi Food, Special Food Flowers used to make special foods. Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 93 |
| Cucurbita moschata (Duchesne ex Lam.) Duchesne ex Poir. Crookneck Squash USDA CUMO |
Hopi Food, Unspecified Meat boiled or baked. Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 93 |
| Cucurbita moschata (Duchesne ex Lam.) Duchesne ex Poir. Crookneck Squash USDA CUMO |
Hopi Food, Unspecified Seeds roasted and eaten. Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 93 |
| Cucurbita moschata (Duchesne ex Lam.) Duchesne ex Poir. Crookneck Squash USDA CUMO |
Hopi Other, Containers Dried shell used by children to carry parched corn. Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 93 |
| Cucurbita moschata (Duchesne ex Lam.) Duchesne ex Poir. Crookneck Squash USDA CUMO |
Hopi Other, Musical Instrument Shell dried and used as a sounding board for musical rasps. Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 93 |
| Cucurbita moschata (Duchesne ex Lam.) Duchesne ex Poir. Crookneck Squash USDA CUMO |
Iroquois Food, Bread & Cake Fresh or dried flesh boiled, mashed and mixed into the paste when making corn bread. Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 113 |
| Cucurbita moschata (Duchesne ex Lam.) Duchesne ex Poir. Crookneck Squash USDA CUMO |
Iroquois Food, Dried Food Flesh cut into strips, dried and stored away. Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 113 |
| Cucurbita moschata (Duchesne ex Lam.) Duchesne ex Poir. Crookneck Squash USDA CUMO |
Iroquois Food, Special Food Squash eaten at feasts of ceremonial importance and longhouse ceremonies. Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 113 |
| Cucurbita moschata (Duchesne ex Lam.) Duchesne ex Poir. Crookneck Squash USDA CUMO |
Iroquois Food, Vegetable Flesh boiled, baked in ashes or boiled, mashed with butter and sugar and eaten. Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 113 |
| Cucurbita moschata (Duchesne ex Lam.) Duchesne ex Poir. Crookneck Squash USDA CUMO |
Iroquois Food, Vegetable Flesh fried and sweetened or seasoned with salt, pepper and butter. Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 113 |
| Cucurbita moschata (Duchesne ex Lam.) Duchesne ex Poir. Crookneck Squash USDA CUMO |
Maricopa Food, Dried Food Fruit cut spirally into strips, dried and stored. Castetter, Edward F. and Willis H. Bell, 1951, Yuman Indian Agriculture, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, page 111 |
| Cucurbita moschata (Duchesne ex Lam.) Duchesne ex Poir. Crookneck Squash USDA CUMO |
Maricopa Food, Dried Food Fruit peeled, cut spirally into strips, dried and stored. Castetter, Edward F. and Willis H. Bell, 1951, Yuman Indian Agriculture, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, page 111 |
| Cucurbita moschata (Duchesne ex Lam.) Duchesne ex Poir. Crookneck Squash USDA CUMO |
Maricopa Food, Fruit Fruits cut into pieces and boiled with mesquite pods. Castetter, Edward F. and Willis H. Bell, 1951, Yuman Indian Agriculture, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, page 111 |
| Cucurbita moschata (Duchesne ex Lam.) Duchesne ex Poir. Crookneck Squash USDA CUMO |
Maricopa Food, Vegetable Pumpkin eaten as a cooked, mushy vegetable. Castetter, Edward F. and Willis H. Bell, 1951, Yuman Indian Agriculture, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, page 111 |
| Cucurbita moschata (Duchesne ex Lam.) Duchesne ex Poir. Crookneck Squash USDA CUMO |
Navajo Food, Dried Food Fruit cut into strips and dried for future use, could be kept for years. Steggerda, Morris, 1941, Navajo Foods and Their Preparation, Journal of the American Dietetic Association 17(3):217-25, page 221 |
| Cucurbita moschata (Duchesne ex Lam.) Duchesne ex Poir. Crookneck Squash USDA CUMO |
Navajo Food, Preserves Dried fruit boiled with large amounts of sugar into a preserve. Steggerda, Morris, 1941, Navajo Foods and Their Preparation, Journal of the American Dietetic Association 17(3):217-25, page 221 |
| Cucurbita moschata (Duchesne ex Lam.) Duchesne ex Poir. Crookneck Squash USDA CUMO |
Navajo Food, Sauce & Relish Dried fruit boiled and eaten with sugar as a sauce. Steggerda, Morris, 1941, Navajo Foods and Their Preparation, Journal of the American Dietetic Association 17(3):217-25, page 221 |
| Cucurbita moschata (Duchesne ex Lam.) Duchesne ex Poir. Crookneck Squash USDA CUMO |
Papago Food, Dried Food Rind hung in long spirals from house roofs to dry, tied in bundles, stored and used for food. Castetter, Edward F. and Ruth M. Underhill, 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest II. The Ethnobiology of the Papago Indians, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(3):1-84, page 36 |
| Cucurbita moschata (Duchesne ex Lam.) Duchesne ex Poir. Crookneck Squash USDA CUMO |
Papago Food, Fruit Fruit grown for food. Castetter, Edward F. and Willis H. Bell, 1942, Pima and Papago Indian Agriculture, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press. First Edition., page 101 |
| Cucurbita moschata (Duchesne ex Lam.) Duchesne ex Poir. Crookneck Squash USDA CUMO |
Pima Food, Dried Food Seeds parched and eaten. Russell, Frank, 1908, The Pima Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #26:1-390, page 71 |
| Cucurbita moschata (Duchesne ex Lam.) Duchesne ex Poir. Crookneck Squash USDA CUMO |
Pima Food, Fruit Fruit grown for food. Castetter, Edward F. and Willis H. Bell, 1942, Pima and Papago Indian Agriculture, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press. First Edition., page 101 |
| Cucurbita moschata (Duchesne ex Lam.) Duchesne ex Poir. Crookneck Squash USDA CUMO |
Seminole Food, Unspecified Plant used for food. Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 490 |
| Cucurbita moschata (Duchesne ex Lam.) Duchesne ex Poir. Crookneck Squash USDA CUMO |
Sia Food, Unspecified Cultivated pumpkins used for food. White, Leslie A., 1962, The Pueblo of Sia, New Mexico, XXX SI-BAE Bulletin #, page 106 |
| Cucurbita moschata (Duchesne ex Lam.) Duchesne ex Poir. Crookneck Squash USDA CUMO |
Yuma Food, Dried Food Seed sun dried, parched, cracked and the meat eaten. Castetter, Edward F. and Willis H. Bell, 1951, Yuman Indian Agriculture, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, page 111 |
| Cucurbita pepo L. Field Pumpkin USDA CUPEP |
Apache, White Mountain Food, Bread & Cake Blossoms baked as parts of certain kinds of cakes. Reagan, Albert B., 1929, Plants Used by the White Mountain Apache Indians of Arizona, Wisconsin Archeologist 8:143-61., page 156 |
| Cucurbita pepo L. Field Pumpkin USDA CUPEP |
Apache, White Mountain Food, Unspecified Blossoms used for food. Reagan, Albert B., 1929, Plants Used by the White Mountain Apache Indians of Arizona, Wisconsin Archeologist 8:143-61., page 156 |
| Cucurbita pepo L. Field Pumpkin USDA CUPEP |
Apache, White Mountain Food, Unspecified Flesh used for food. Reagan, Albert B., 1929, Plants Used by the White Mountain Apache Indians of Arizona, Wisconsin Archeologist 8:143-61., page 156 |
| Cucurbita pepo L. Field Pumpkin USDA CUPEP |
Cherokee Drug, Anthelmintic Seeds eaten for worms. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 51 |
| Cucurbita pepo L. Field Pumpkin USDA CUPEP |
Cherokee Drug, Ceremonial Medicine Used as an ingredient in green corn medicine. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 51 |
| Cucurbita pepo L. Field Pumpkin USDA CUPEP |
Cherokee Drug, Diuretic Taken as a diuretic. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 51 |
| Cucurbita pepo L. Field Pumpkin USDA CUPEP |
Cherokee Drug, Kidney Aid Taken for 'dropsy.' Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 51 |
| Cucurbita pepo L. Field Pumpkin USDA CUPEP |
Cherokee Drug, Urinary Aid Browned seeds eaten for bedwetting. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 51 |
| Cucurbita pepo L. Field Pumpkin USDA CUPEP |
Cherokee Drug, Urinary Aid Taken for 'gravel,' 'scalding of the urine' and spasms of urinary passage. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 51 |
| Cucurbita pepo L. Field Pumpkin USDA CUPEP |
Cherokee Food, Unspecified Species used for food. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 51 |
| Cucurbita pepo L. Field Pumpkin USDA CUPEP |
Cherokee Food, Vegetable Flesh used for food. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 21 |
| Cucurbita pepo L. Field Pumpkin USDA CUPEP |
Cocopa Food, Dried Food Dried flesh strips stored and mixed with flesh of stored whole pumpkins to improve flavor. Gifford, E. W., 1933, The Cocopa, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 31:263-270, page 266 |
| Cucurbita pepo L. Field Pumpkin USDA CUPEP |
Cocopa Food, Unspecified Parched seeds used for food. Gifford, E. W., 1933, The Cocopa, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 31:263-270, page 266 |
| Cucurbita pepo L. Field Pumpkin USDA CUPEP |
Cocopa Food, Vegetable Fresh flesh boiled with rind on and sometimes mixed with maize meal. Gifford, E. W., 1933, The Cocopa, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 31:263-270, page 266 |
| Cucurbita pepo L. Field Pumpkin USDA CUPEP |
Cocopa Food, Vegetable Roasted flesh eaten with fingers. Gifford, E. W., 1933, The Cocopa, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 31:263-270, page 266 |
| Cucurbita pepo L. Field Pumpkin USDA CUPEP |
Cocopa Other, Protection Oily kernels rubbed on hands as protection against cold. Gifford, E. W., 1933, The Cocopa, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 31:263-270, page 266 |
| Cucurbita pepo L. Field Pumpkin USDA CUPEP |
Iroquois Drug, Diuretic Infusion of seeds given to children with reduced urination. Rousseau, Jacques, 1945, Le Folklore Botanique De Caughnawaga, Contributions de l'Institut botanique l'Universite de Montreal 55:7-72, page 61 |
| Cucurbita pepo L. Field Pumpkin USDA CUPEP |
Iroquois Drug, Pediatric Aid Infusion of seeds given to children with reduced urination. Rousseau, Jacques, 1945, Le Folklore Botanique De Caughnawaga, Contributions de l'Institut botanique l'Universite de Montreal 55:7-72, page 61 |
| Cucurbita pepo L. Field Pumpkin USDA CUPEP |
Iroquois Food, Bread & Cake Dried flesh pounded, sifted, soaked in cold water, sweetened, grease added and baked into cakes. Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 113 |
| Cucurbita pepo L. Field Pumpkin USDA CUPEP |
Iroquois Food, Bread & Cake Fresh or dried flesh boiled, mashed and mixed into the paste when making corn bread. Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 113 |
| Cucurbita pepo L. Field Pumpkin USDA CUPEP |
Iroquois Food, Dried Food Flesh cut into strips, dried and stored away. Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 113 |
| Cucurbita pepo L. Field Pumpkin USDA CUPEP |
Iroquois Food, Pie & Pudding Flesh boiled, corn meal and sugar added and eaten as a pudding with sugar and milk. Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 113 |
| Cucurbita pepo L. Field Pumpkin USDA CUPEP |
Iroquois Food, Sauce & Relish Dried flesh pounded into a fine meal or flour, boiled, sweetened, grease added and used as a sauce. Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 113 |
| Cucurbita pepo L. Field Pumpkin USDA CUPEP |
Iroquois Food, Special Food Squash eaten at feasts of ceremonial importance and longhouse ceremonies. Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 113 |