21 entries
Bromus anomalus Rupr. ex Fourn.
Nodding Brome; Poaceae
Navajo, Ramah Food (Fodder)
Used for horse feed.
Vestal, Paul A. 1952 The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho. Papers of the
Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94 (p. 16)
Bromus carinatus Hook. & Arn.
California Brome; Poaceae
Hesquiat Drug (Poison)
Long, sharp-awned fruit were said to be very dangerous if swallowed.
Turner, Nancy J. and Barbara S. Efrat 1982 Ethnobotany of the Hesquiat
Indians of Vancouver Island. Victoria. British Columbia Provincial
Museum (p. 56)
Bromus carinatus Hook. & Arn.
California Brome; Poaceae
Neeshenam Food (Bread & Cake)
Seeds parched, ground into flour and used to make bread.
Powers, Stephen 1874 Aboriginal Botany. Proceedings of the California
Academy of Science 5:373-9. (p. 377)
Bromus carinatus Hook. & Arn.
California Brome; Poaceae
Neeshenam Food (Porridge)
Seeds parched, ground into flour and used to make mush.
Powers, Stephen 1874 Aboriginal Botany. Proceedings of the California
Academy of Science 5:373-9. (p. 377)
Bromus carinatus Hook. & Arn.
California Brome; Poaceae
Neeshenam Food (Staple)
Seeds parched, ground into flour and used for food.
Powers, Stephen 1874 Aboriginal Botany. Proceedings of the California
Academy of Science 5:373-9. (p. 377)
Bromus catharticus Vahl
Rescuegrass; Poaceae
Kiowa Food (Fodder)
Grass recognized as an important fodder.
Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes 1939 The Economic Botany of
the Kiowa Indians. Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University
(p. 14)
Bromus catharticus Vahl
Rescuegrass; Poaceae
Kiowa Food (Fodder)
Grass recognized as an important fodder.
Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes 1939 The Economic Botany of
the Kiowa Indians. Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University
(p. 14)
Bromus ciliatus L.
Fringed Brome; Poaceae
Iroquois Other (Fertilizer)
Decoction of plant used as a soak for corn, a "corn planting medicine."
Herrick, James William 1977 Iroquois Medical Botany. State University
of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis (p. 273)
Bromus diandrus Roth
Ripgut Brome; Poaceae
Karok Food (Porridge)
Seeds parched, pounded into a meal and mixed with water into a gruel.
Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford 1952 Karok Ethnobotany.
Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392 (p. 380)
Bromus diandrus Roth
Ripgut Brome; Poaceae
Luiseno Food (Unspecified)
Seeds used for food.
Sparkman, Philip S. 1908 The Culture of the Luiseno Indians. University
of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology
8(4):187-234 (p. 234)
Bromus diandrus Roth
Ripgut Brome; Poaceae
Miwok Food (Unspecified)
Pulverized seeds made into pinole.
Barrett, S. A. and E. W. Gifford 1933 Miwok Material Culture. Bulletin
of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 2(4):11 (p. 152)
Bromus hordeaceus L.
Soft Brome; Poaceae
Karok Food (Porridge)
Seeds parched, pounded into a meal and mixed with water into a gruel.
Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford 1952 Karok Ethnobotany.
Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392 (p. 379)
Bromus marginatus Nees ex Steud.
Mountain Brome; Poaceae
Mendocino Indian Food (Staple)
Seeds formerly used for pinole.
Chestnut, V. K. 1902 Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County,
California. Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408.
(p. 312)
Bromus marginatus Nees ex Steud.
Mountain Brome; Poaceae
Keres, Western Fiber (Brushes & Brooms)
Tied bunches of plants used as hair brushes and light brooms.
Swank, George R. 1932 The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians.
University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis (p. 34)
Bromus marginatus Nees ex Steud.
Mountain Brome; Poaceae
Gosiute Food (Unspecified)
Seeds formerly eaten.
Chamberlin, Ralph V. 1911 The Ethno-Botany of the Gosiute Indians of
Utah. Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association 2(5):331-405.
(p. 364)
Bromus sp.
Brome Grass; Poaceae
Thompson Food (Forage)
Plants used as a forage crop.
Steedman, E.V. 1928 The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British
Columbia. SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522 (p. 516)
Bromus sp.
Brome Grass; Poaceae
Isleta Fiber (Brushes & Brooms)
Tied bunches of stems used to make brooms and brushes.
Jones, Volney H. 1931 The Ethnobotany of the Isleta Indians. University
of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis (p. 25)
Bromus tectorum L.
Cheatgrass; Poaceae
Navajo, Kayenta Drug (Ceremonial Medicine)
Infusion of plant used as a face wash for God-Impersonators.
Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris 1951 The Ethnobotany of the
Kayenta Navaho. Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press (p. 15)
Bromus tectorum L.
Cheatgrass; Poaceae
Cahuilla Food (Starvation Food)
Seeds, a famine food, cooked into a gruel during food shortages.
Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel 1972 Temalpakh (From the
Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants. Banning, CA.
Malki Museum Press (p. 48)
Bromus tectorum L.
Cheatgrass; Poaceae
Navajo, Ramah Food (Fodder)
Used for sheep and horse feed.
Vestal, Paul A. 1952 The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho. Papers of the
Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94 (p. 16)
Bromus tectorum L.
Cheatgrass; Poaceae
Paiute Fiber (Mats, Rugs & Bedding)
Leaves used under bedding when camping.
Mahar, James Michael. 1953 Ethnobotany of the Oregon Paiutes of the
Warm Springs Indian Reservation. Reed College, B.A. Thesis (p. 51)
