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Acoma Food, Unspecified Tender shoots eaten without preparation. 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 53 |
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Hopi Food, Vegetable Plant used for greens. Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 369 |
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Keres, Western Food, Unspecified Tender shoots eaten for food. Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 73 |
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Laguna Food, Unspecified Tender shoots eaten without preparation. 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 53 |
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Meskwaki Drug, Diuretic Infusion of root used as a 'urinary.' Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 209 |
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Meskwaki Drug, Psychological Aid Root gum inserted in cut on head 'to stop craziness.' Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 209 |
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Navajo, Kayenta Drug, Love Medicine Plant used as an aphrodisiac. Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 16 |
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Navajo, Ramah Drug, Disinfectant Cold infusion of root used internally and externally for 'deer infection.' 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 20 |
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Navajo, Ramah Drug, Internal Medicine Decoction of root taken for internal injury. 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 20 |
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Navajo, Ramah Drug, Veterinary Aid Cold simple or compound infusion given to livestock as an aphrodisiac. 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 20 |