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Apache, Chiricahua & Mescalero Food, Beverage Fresh or stored portions boiled in water and liquid consumed with or without sugar. 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 53 |
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Apache, Chiricahua & Mescalero Food, Beverage Leaves and young stems boiled to make a non-intoxicating beverage. 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 53 |
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Hopi Dye, Red-Brown Flowers used as a reddish brown dye for basket making yucca fibers. Fewkes, J. Walter, 1896, A Contribution to Ethnobotany, American Anthropologist 9:14-21, page 15 |
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Hopi Dye, Red-Brown Used to make a fine reddish-brown basketry and textile dye. Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 98 |
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Hopi Food, Beverage Flowers and tips of young leaves dried, boiled and used to make tea. Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 98 |
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Hopi Food, Beverage Flowers used to make a beverage. Fewkes, J. Walter, 1896, A Contribution to Ethnobotany, American Anthropologist 9:14-21, page 15 |
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Hopi Food, Beverage Used to make coffee. Vestal, Paul A, 1940, Notes on a Collection of Plants from the Hopi Indian Region of Arizona Made by J. G. Owens in 1891, Botanical Museum Leaflets (Harvard University) 8(8):153-168, page 168 |
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Keres, Western Drug, Pediatric Aid Plant formerly used for children with tuberculosis. 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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Keres, Western Drug, Tuberculosis Remedy Plant formerly used for children with tuberculosis. 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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Keres, Western Food, Beverage Infusion of plant used as a beverage. 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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Keresan Food, Beverage Leaves and roots boiled to make tea. White, Leslie A, 1945, Notes on the Ethnobotany of the Keres, Papers of the Michigan Academy of Arts, Sciences and Letters 30:557-568, page 563 |
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Navajo Drug, Stimulant Infusion of leaves and stems taken as a 'nervous stimulant.' Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 89 |
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Navajo Drug, Toothache Remedy Infusion of leaves and stems taken for the teeth. Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 89 |
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Navajo Food, Substitution Food Leaves and stems used as a substitute for tea. Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 89 |
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Navajo, Ramah Dye, Orange-Yellow Boiled roots used as an orange-yellow dye for wool. 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 53 |
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Navajo, Ramah Food, Beverage Decoction of leaves and flowers, with lots of sugar, used as a tea. 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 53 |
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Tewa Food, Beverage Leaves steeped and the tea drunk as a beverage. Robbins, W.W., J.P. Harrington and B. Freire-Marreco, 1916, Ethnobotany of the Tewa Indians, SI-BAE Bulletin #55, page 61 |