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Acoma Food, Unspecified Roots and tender shoots salted and eaten as food. 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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Alaska Native Food, Unspecified Green flower spikes boiled in salted water and eaten. Heller, Christine A., 1953, Edible and Poisonous Plants of Alaska, University of Alaska, page 137 |
| Typha latifolia L. Broadleaf Cattail USDA TYLA |
Alaska Native Food, Unspecified Shoots eaten boiled or roasted. Heller, Christine A., 1953, Edible and Poisonous Plants of Alaska, University of Alaska, page 137 |
| Typha latifolia L. Broadleaf Cattail USDA TYLA |
Apache Food, Unspecified Roots used for food. 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 |
| Typha latifolia L. Broadleaf Cattail USDA TYLA |
Apache, Chiricahua & Mescalero Food, Unspecified Rootstocks cooked with meat. 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 47 |
| Typha latifolia L. Broadleaf Cattail USDA TYLA |
Apache, Mescalero Food, Unspecified Species used for food. Basehart, Harry W., 1974, Apache Indians XII. Mescalero Apache Subsistence Patterns and Socio-Political Organization, New York. Garland Publishing Inc., page 46 |
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Apache, Mescalero Food, Unspecified Stem bases eaten raw or cooked with other foods in early spring. Basehart, Harry W., 1974, Apache Indians XII. Mescalero Apache Subsistence Patterns and Socio-Political Organization, New York. Garland Publishing Inc., page 46 |
| Typha latifolia L. Broadleaf Cattail USDA TYLA |
Blackfoot Food, Unspecified Rootstocks used for food. Johnston, Alex, 1987, Plants and the Blackfoot, Lethbridge, Alberta. Lethbridge Historical Society, page 19 |
| Typha latifolia L. Broadleaf Cattail USDA TYLA |
Cahuilla Food, Porridge Pollen used to make cakes and mush. Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel, 1972, Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants, Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press, page 142 |
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Cahuilla Food, Staple Dried roots ground into a meal. Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel, 1972, Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants, Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press, page 142 |
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Carrier Food, Unspecified Stems peeled and eaten. Carrier Linguistic Committee, 1973, Plants of Carrier Country, Fort St. James, BC. Carrier Linguistic Committee, page 85 |
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Chehalis Food, Unspecified Roots and inner stalks baked in ashes and eaten. Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 21 |
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Clallam Food, Unspecified Fleshy interior eaten raw or pit cooked. Fleisher, Mark S., 1980, The Ethnobotany of the Clallam Indians of Western Washington, Northwest Anthropological Research Notes 14(2):192-210, page 197 |
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Costanoan Food, Unspecified Pollen used for food. Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 255 |
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Costanoan Food, Unspecified Roots used for food. Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 255 |
| Typha latifolia L. Broadleaf Cattail USDA TYLA |
Costanoan Food, Unspecified Shoots used for food. Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 255 |
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Cree, Woodlands Food, Dried Food Peeled roots dried over a fire for winter storage. Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 62 |
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Cree, Woodlands Food, Unspecified Fresh stem bases and young shoots eaten in July. Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 62 |
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Cree, Woodlands Food, Unspecified Raw roots used for food. Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 62 |
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Cree, Woodlands Food, Unspecified Roots taken just before the plant bloomed and eaten raw or dipped in boiling water. Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 62 |
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Gosiute Food, Unspecified Seeds roasted and used for food. Chamberlin, Ralph V., 1911, The Ethno-Botany of the Gosiute Indians of Utah, Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association 2(5):331-405., page 383 |
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Keres, Western Food, Unspecified Roots and tender shoots eaten with salt 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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Klamath Food, Unspecified Rootstocks used for food. Coville, Frederick V., 1897, Notes On The Plants Used By The Klamath Indians Of Oregon., Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 5(2):87-110, page 90 |
| Typha latifolia L. Broadleaf Cattail USDA TYLA |
Laguna Food, Unspecified Roots and tender shoots salted and eaten as food. 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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Lakota Food, Staple Pollen used as flour. Kraft, Shelly Katheren, 1990, Recent Changes in the Ethnobotany of Standing Rock Indian Reservation, University of North Dakota, M.A. Thesis, page 50 |
| Typha latifolia L. Broadleaf Cattail USDA TYLA |
Mendocino Indian Food, Unspecified Roots and stem bases used for food. Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 310 |
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Montana Indian Food, Unspecified Young roots and shoots eaten raw. Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, page 25 |
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Navajo, Ramah Food, Unspecified Rhizomes eaten raw in summer. 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 14 |
| Typha latifolia L. Broadleaf Cattail USDA TYLA |
Navajo, Ramah Food, Unspecified Young stalks just appearing above the ground used for food. 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 14 |
| Typha latifolia L. Broadleaf Cattail USDA TYLA |
Ojibwa Food, Dried Food Green flower dried and used for food. Arnason, Thor, Richard J. Hebda and Timothy Johns, 1981, Use of Plants for Food and Medicine by Native Peoples of Eastern Canada, Canadian Journal of Botany 59(11):2189-2325, page 2226 |
| Typha latifolia L. Broadleaf Cattail USDA TYLA |
Ojibwa Food, Staple Pollen used for flour. Arnason, Thor, Richard J. Hebda and Timothy Johns, 1981, Use of Plants for Food and Medicine by Native Peoples of Eastern Canada, Canadian Journal of Botany 59(11):2189-2325, page 2226 |
| Typha latifolia L. Broadleaf Cattail USDA TYLA |
Ojibwa Food, Unspecified Green flower boiled and used for food. Arnason, Thor, Richard J. Hebda and Timothy Johns, 1981, Use of Plants for Food and Medicine by Native Peoples of Eastern Canada, Canadian Journal of Botany 59(11):2189-2325, page 2226 |
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Okanagan-Colville Food, Fruit Young, fruiting heads boiled or roasted and eaten. Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 57 |
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Okanagan-Colville Food, Unspecified Roots pit cooked and eaten. Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 57 |
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Okanagan-Colville Food, Unspecified Young sprouts used for food. Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 57 |
| Typha latifolia L. Broadleaf Cattail USDA TYLA |
Paiute Food, Unspecified Seeds used for food. 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 |
| Typha latifolia L. Broadleaf Cattail USDA TYLA |
Paiute, Northern Food, Bread & Cake Dried rhizomes ground into flour, made into mush and the mush used to make cakes. Fowler, Catherine S., 1990, Tule Technology: Northern Paiute Uses of Marsh Resources in Western Nevada, Washington, D.C. Smithsonian Institution Press, page 69 |
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Paiute, Northern Food, Bread & Cake Pollen mixed with water, kneaded, formed into cakes and baked. Fowler, Catherine S., 1990, Tule Technology: Northern Paiute Uses of Marsh Resources in Western Nevada, Washington, D.C. Smithsonian Institution Press, page 69 |
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Paiute, Northern Food, Bread & Cake Seeds gathered into a dough, kneaded, made into flat cakes and roasted under hot coals. Fowler, Catherine S., 1989, Willards Z. Park's Ethnographic Notes on the Northern Paiute of Western Nevada 1933-1940, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 48 |
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Paiute, Northern Food, Bread & Cake Seeds roasted, winnowed, ground into fine flour, boiled, made into round cakes and sun dried. Fowler, Catherine S., 1989, Willards Z. Park's Ethnographic Notes on the Northern Paiute of Western Nevada 1933-1940, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 48 |
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Paiute, Northern Food, Dried Food Rhizomes peeled and dried for future use. Fowler, Catherine S., 1990, Tule Technology: Northern Paiute Uses of Marsh Resources in Western Nevada, Washington, D.C. Smithsonian Institution Press, page 69 |
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Paiute, Northern Food, Dried Food Roots dried for future use. Fowler, Catherine S., 1989, Willards Z. Park's Ethnographic Notes on the Northern Paiute of Western Nevada 1933-1940, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 49 |
| Typha latifolia L. Broadleaf Cattail USDA TYLA |
Paiute, Northern Food, Porridge Dried rhizomes ground into flour and made into mush. Fowler, Catherine S., 1990, Tule Technology: Northern Paiute Uses of Marsh Resources in Western Nevada, Washington, D.C. Smithsonian Institution Press, page 69 |
| Typha latifolia L. Broadleaf Cattail USDA TYLA |
Paiute, Northern Food, Porridge Roots dried, ground into flour and made into a sweet mush. Fowler, Catherine S., 1989, Willards Z. Park's Ethnographic Notes on the Northern Paiute of Western Nevada 1933-1940, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 49 |
| Typha latifolia L. Broadleaf Cattail USDA TYLA |
Paiute, Northern Food, Porridge Seeds roasted, ground into a meal and stone boiled into a mush. Fowler, Catherine S., 1990, Tule Technology: Northern Paiute Uses of Marsh Resources in Western Nevada, Washington, D.C. Smithsonian Institution Press, page 69 |
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Paiute, Northern Food, Soup Seeds ground into meal and made into soup. Fowler, Catherine S., 1989, Willards Z. Park's Ethnographic Notes on the Northern Paiute of Western Nevada 1933-1940, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 48 |
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Paiute, Northern Food, Staple Seeds roasted, ground into a meal and eaten with a little water without boiling. Fowler, Catherine S., 1990, Tule Technology: Northern Paiute Uses of Marsh Resources in Western Nevada, Washington, D.C. Smithsonian Institution Press, page 69 |
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Paiute, Northern Food, Unspecified Green spikes eaten fresh. The green spikes later formed the brown pollen and seed bearing heads. Fowler, Catherine S., 1990, Tule Technology: Northern Paiute Uses of Marsh Resources in Western Nevada, Washington, D.C. Smithsonian Institution Press, page 69 |
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Paiute, Northern Food, Unspecified Rhizomes peeled and eaten fresh. Fowler, Catherine S., 1990, Tule Technology: Northern Paiute Uses of Marsh Resources in Western Nevada, Washington, D.C. Smithsonian Institution Press, page 69 |
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Paiute, Northern Food, Unspecified Roots peeled and eaten fresh. Fowler, Catherine S., 1989, Willards Z. Park's Ethnographic Notes on the Northern Paiute of Western Nevada 1933-1940, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 49 |