7 entries
Calamovilfa gigantea (Nutt.) Scribn.
& Merr.
Giant Sandreed; Poaceae
Hopi Other (Ceremonial Items)
Plant used to make prayer sticks.
Colton, Harold S. 1974 Hopi History And Ethnobotany. IN D. A. Horr
(ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York. (p. 296)
Calamovilfa gigantea (Nutt.) Scribn.
& Merr.
Giant Sandreed; Poaceae
Hopi Other (Ceremonial Items)
Plant used to make a carrying case for a part of the wedding garments.
Colton, Harold S. 1974 Hopi History And Ethnobotany. IN D. A. Horr
(ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York. (p. 296)
Calamovilfa gigantea (Nutt.) Scribn.
& Merr.
Giant Sandreed; Poaceae
Hopi Other (Decorations)
Plumes used to decorate mask of kachina.
Colton, Harold S. 1974 Hopi History And Ethnobotany. IN D. A. Horr
(ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York. (p. 296)
Calamovilfa gigantea (Nutt.) Scribn.
& Merr.
Giant Sandreed; Poaceae
Hopi Other (Hunting & Fishing Item)
Plant used to make bows and arrows.
Colton, Harold S. 1974 Hopi History And Ethnobotany. IN D. A. Horr
(ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York. (p. 296)
Calamovilfa gigantea (Nutt.) Scribn.
& Merr.
Giant Sandreed; Poaceae
Jemez Other (Decorations)
Plumes used to decorate masks.
Whiting, Alfred F. 1939 Ethnobotany of the Hopi. Museum of Northern
Arizona Bulletin #15 (p. 65)
Calamovilfa longifolia (Hook.) Scribn.
Prairie Sandreed; Poaceae
Lakota Other (Decorations)
Plant top, instead of a feather, worn on the head as a war charm.
Rogers, Dilwyn J 1980 Lakota Names and Traditional Uses of Native
Plants by Sicangu (Brule) People in the Rosebud Area, South Dakota. St.
Francis, SD. Rosebud Educational Scoiety (p. 29)
Calamovilfa longifolia (Hook.) Scribn.
Prairie Sandreed; Poaceae
Lakota Other (Smoking Tools)
Used for pipe cleaning.
Rogers, Dilwyn J 1980 Lakota Names and Traditional Uses of Native
Plants by Sicangu (Brule) People in the Rosebud Area, South Dakota. St.
Francis, SD. Rosebud Educational Scoiety (p. 29)
