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Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr.
Sitka Spruce
USDA PISI
Nitinaht Other, Waterproofing Agent
Pitch used to waterproof boxes. These boxes were used only for cold materials, as hot water would melt the pitch.
Gill, Steven J., 1983, Ethnobotany of the Makah and Ozette People, Olympic Peninsula, Washington (USA), Washington State University, Ph.D. Thesis, page 234
Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr.
Sitka Spruce
USDA PISI
Oweekeno Drug, Antirheumatic (External)
Decoction of bark used as a soak for soreness.
Compton, Brian Douglas, 1993, Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants..., Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia, page 68
Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr.
Sitka Spruce
USDA PISI
Oweekeno Drug, Antirheumatic (External)
Pitch mixed with badge moss and used for arthritic joints.
Compton, Brian Douglas, 1993, Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants..., Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia, page 68
Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr.
Sitka Spruce
USDA PISI
Oweekeno Drug, Dermatological Aid
Pitch boiled and used for dermatitis.
Compton, Brian Douglas, 1993, Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants..., Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia, page 68
Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr.
Sitka Spruce
USDA PISI
Oweekeno Drug, Dermatological Aid
Pitch mixed with pounded dogtooth lichens and used for wounds.
Compton, Brian Douglas, 1993, Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants..., Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia, page 68
Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr.
Sitka Spruce
USDA PISI
Oweekeno Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid
Decoction of bark used for gastrointestinal difficulties.
Compton, Brian Douglas, 1993, Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants..., Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia, page 68
Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr.
Sitka Spruce
USDA PISI
Oweekeno Drug, Unspecified
Pitch eaten as medicine.
Compton, Brian Douglas, 1993, Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants..., Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia, page 68
Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr.
Sitka Spruce
USDA PISI
Oweekeno Fiber, Basketry
Roots used for structural elements in basketry.
Compton, Brian Douglas, 1993, Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants..., Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia, page 68
Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr.
Sitka Spruce
USDA PISI
Oweekeno Food, Candy
Pitch boiled and used for chewing.
Compton, Brian Douglas, 1993, Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants..., Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia, page 68
Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr.
Sitka Spruce
USDA PISI
Poliklah Fiber, Basketry
Roots used to make baskets. The body material of baskets was spruce roots, which were dug out and cut off in lengths of two and a half to three feet and from one half inch to one inch in diameter. These were at once (while full of sap and soft) split into broad flat bands, and these in turn were subdivided by knife and teeth until the desired size was obtained--a little larger than coarse thread, about like small twine. The vertical rods were hazel. The overlay was bear grass. The design was commonly of black maidenhair fern stem or salmon red strands made by dying the stem bundles of Woodwardia fern with chewed alder bark.
Merriam, C. Hart, 1966, Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes, University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley, page 170
Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr.
Sitka Spruce
USDA PISI
Quileute Fiber, Basketry
Roots used for basketry.
Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 17
Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr.
Sitka Spruce
USDA PISI
Quileute Fiber, Building Material
Timber used to make shakes, clapboards and framing timbers.
Reagan, Albert B., 1936, Plants Used by the Hoh and Quileute Indians, Kansas Academy of Science 37:55-70, page 59
Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr.
Sitka Spruce
USDA PISI
Quileute Fiber, Caulking Material
Pitch used for caulking canoes.
Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 17
Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr.
Sitka Spruce
USDA PISI
Quileute Fiber, Clothing
Roots used for rain hats.
Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 17
Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr.
Sitka Spruce
USDA PISI
Quileute Fiber, Cordage
Limbs and roots shredded, pounded and used to make cord and rope.
Reagan, Albert B., 1936, Plants Used by the Hoh and Quileute Indians, Kansas Academy of Science 37:55-70, page 59
Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr.
Sitka Spruce
USDA PISI
Quileute Other, Hunting & Fishing Item
Roots used to tie the tines of salmon spears.
Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 17
Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr.
Sitka Spruce
USDA PISI
Quileute Other, Hunting & Fishing Item
Saplings used for the spring poles of snares for deer, elk and other game animals.
Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 17
Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr.
Sitka Spruce
USDA PISI
Quileute Other, Toys & Games
Timber used to make toys.
Reagan, Albert B., 1936, Plants Used by the Hoh and Quileute Indians, Kansas Academy of Science 37:55-70, page 59
Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr.
Sitka Spruce
USDA PISI
Quinault Drug, Dermatological Aid
Poultice of gum applied to cuts and wounds.
Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 17
Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr.
Sitka Spruce
USDA PISI
Quinault Drug, Throat Aid
Infusion of inner bark taken for throat problems.
Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 17
Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr.
Sitka Spruce
USDA PISI
Quinault Fiber, Caulking Material
Pitch used for caulking canoes.
Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 17
Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr.
Sitka Spruce
USDA PISI
Quinault Food, Candy
Pitch chewed as gum for pleasure.
Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 17
Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr.
Sitka Spruce
USDA PISI
Quinault Other, Hunting & Fishing Item
Roots used to tie the tines of salmon spears.
Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 17
Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr.
Sitka Spruce
USDA PISI
Sikani Drug, Cough Medicine
Inner bark chewed for a cough.
Smith, Harlan I., 1929, Materia Medica of the Bella Coola and Neighboring Tribes of British Columbia, National Museum of Canada Bulletin 56:47-68, page 51, 52
Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr.
Sitka Spruce
USDA PISI
Thompson Drug, Antidiarrheal
Decoction of burned cone ashes taken for dysentery.
Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, page 100
Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr.
Sitka Spruce
USDA PISI
Thompson Drug, Eye Medicine
Needles used to restore eyesight. A blind person, or one with poor eyesight, rubbed his hands with the needles and then rubbed his eyes with his hands to restore his eyesight.
Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, page 100
Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr.
Sitka Spruce
USDA PISI
Thompson Drug, Panacea
Decoction of boughs used for any kind of illness.
Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, page 100
Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr.
Sitka Spruce
USDA PISI
Thompson Drug, Unspecified
Decoction of inner bark taken as a medicine.
Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, page 100
Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr.
Sitka Spruce
USDA PISI
Thompson Drug, Unspecified
Evergreen tops considered good medicine.
Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, page 100
Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr.
Sitka Spruce
USDA PISI
Thompson Drug, Unspecified
Infusion of bark taken as a medicine.
Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, page 100
Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr.
Sitka Spruce
USDA PISI
Thompson Other, Protection
Branches rubbed on skin to protect one against evil or 'witchcraft.' The protective powers were attributed to the prickly needles.
Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, page 100
Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr.
Sitka Spruce
USDA PISI
Tlingit Drug, Toothache Remedy
Compound containing warmed seeds used for toothache.
Krause, Aurel, 1956, The Tlingit Indians. Translated by Erna Gunther, Seattle. University of Washington Press, page 284
Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr.
Sitka Spruce
USDA PISI
Tlingit Drug, Venereal Aid
Compound poultice of sap applied for syphilis.
Krause, Aurel, 1956, The Tlingit Indians. Translated by Erna Gunther, Seattle. University of Washington Press, page 284
Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr.
Sitka Spruce
USDA PISI
Tsimshian Drug, Hunting Medicine
Boughs used by shamans, hunters and fishers during preparatory and purification rituals.
Compton, Brian Douglas, 1993, Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants..., Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia, page 317
Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr.
Sitka Spruce
USDA PISI
Tsimshian Other, Ceremonial Items
Boughs used by shamans, hunters and fishers during preparatory and purification rituals.
Compton, Brian Douglas, 1993, Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants..., Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia, page 317
Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr.
Sitka Spruce
USDA PISI
Yurok Fiber, Basketry
Roots used to make the horizontal weave in coarse baskets used for drying foods in the smoke house.
Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 43