29 entries
Clintonia andrewsiana Torr.
Western Bluebeadlily; Liliaceae
Pomo Drug (Poison)
Plant considered poisonous.
Gifford, E. W. 1967 Ethnographic Notes on the Southwestern Pomo.
Anthropological Records 25:10-15 (p. 12)
Clintonia andrewsiana Torr.
Western Bluebeadlily; Liliaceae
Pomo, Kashaya Drug (Poison)
Plant considered poisonous.
Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson 1980 Kashaya Pomo Plants. Los
Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los
Angeles (p. 34)
Clintonia borealis (Ait.) Raf.
Yellow Bluebeadlily; Liliaceae
Algonquin, Quebec Drug (Dermatological Aid)
Poultice of leaves applied to open wounds.
Black, Meredith Jean 1980 Algonquin Ethnobotany: An Interpretation of
Aboriginal Adaptation in South Western Quebec. Ottawa. National Museums
of Canada. Mercury Series Number 65 (p. 138)
Clintonia borealis (Ait.) Raf.
Yellow Bluebeadlily; Liliaceae
Algonquin, Quebec Drug (Disinfectant)
Poultice of leaves applied to infections.
Black, Meredith Jean 1980 Algonquin Ethnobotany: An Interpretation of
Aboriginal Adaptation in South Western Quebec. Ottawa. National Museums
of Canada. Mercury Series Number 65 (p. 138)
Clintonia borealis (Ait.) Raf.
Yellow Bluebeadlily; Liliaceae
Algonquin, Tete-de-Boule Drug (Dermatological Aid)
Poultice of leaves applied to wounds and ulcers.
Raymond, Marcel. 1945 Notes Ethnobotaniques Sur Les Tete-De-Boule De
Manouan. Contributions de l'Institut botanique l'Universite de Montreal
55:113-134 (p. 126)
Clintonia borealis (Ait.) Raf.
Yellow Bluebeadlily; Liliaceae
Chippewa Drug (Burn Dressing)
Poultice of fresh leaf applied to burns.
Densmore, Frances 1928 Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians. SI-BAE
Annual Report #44:273-379 (p. 354)
Clintonia borealis (Ait.) Raf.
Yellow Bluebeadlily; Liliaceae
Chippewa Drug (Dermatological Aid)
Decoction of leaves applied externally to scrofulous sores.
Densmore, Frances 1928 Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians. SI-BAE
Annual Report #44:273-379 (p. 354)
Clintonia borealis (Ait.) Raf.
Yellow Bluebeadlily; Liliaceae
Iroquois Drug (Heart Medicine)
Decoction of plant taken for the heart.
Herrick, James William 1977 Iroquois Medical Botany. State University
of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis (p. 283)
Clintonia borealis (Ait.) Raf.
Yellow Bluebeadlily; Liliaceae
Iroquois Drug (Misc. Disease Remedy)
Compound decoction of smashed whole plants taken for sugar diabetes.
Herrick, James William 1977 Iroquois Medical Botany. State University
of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis (p. 283)
Clintonia borealis (Ait.) Raf.
Yellow Bluebeadlily; Liliaceae
Menominee Drug (Antidote)
Plant put on bite of dog which has eaten plant, to draw out the poison.
Smith, Huron H. 1923 Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians. Bulletin of
the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174 (p. 40, 41)
Clintonia borealis (Ait.) Raf.
Yellow Bluebeadlily; Liliaceae
Ojibwa Drug (Antidote)
Root applied to draw poison from bite made by dog which has eaten the
plant.
Smith, Huron H. 1932 Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians. Bulletin of the
Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525 (p. 373)
Clintonia borealis (Ait.) Raf.
Yellow Bluebeadlily; Liliaceae
Ojibwa Drug (Dermatological Aid)
Poultice of roots used on wound caused by dog's northern clintonia
poisoned teeth.
Smith, Huron H. 1932 Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians. Bulletin of the
Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525 (p. 430)
Clintonia borealis (Ait.) Raf.
Yellow Bluebeadlily; Liliaceae
Ojibwa Drug (Gynecological Aid)
Infusion of root used to aid parturition.
Smith, Huron H. 1932 Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians. Bulletin of the
Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525 (p. 373)
Clintonia borealis (Ait.) Raf.
Yellow Bluebeadlily; Liliaceae
Ojibwa Drug (Poison)
Roots chewed by dogs to poison their teeth and kills animals they bite.
Smith, Huron H. 1932 Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians. Bulletin of the
Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525 (p. 430)
Clintonia borealis (Ait.) Raf.
Yellow Bluebeadlily; Liliaceae
Potawatomi Drug (Unspecified)
Plant used as a medicine for unspecified ailments.
Smith, Huron H. 1933 Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians.
Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230 (p. 62)
Clintonia borealis (Ait.) Raf.
Yellow Bluebeadlily; Liliaceae
Algonquin, Tete-de-Boule Other (Insecticide)
Crushed leaves rubbed on the face and hands as protection from
mosquitoes.
Raymond, Marcel. 1945 Notes Ethnobotaniques Sur Les Tete-De-Boule De
Manouan. Contributions de l'Institut botanique l'Universite de Montreal
55:113-134 (p. 126)
Clintonia borealis (Ait.) Raf.
Yellow Bluebeadlily; Liliaceae
Chippewa Other (Toys & Games)
Patterns bitten into leaves for entertainment.
Densmore, Frances 1928 Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians. SI-BAE
Annual Report #44:273-379 (p. 377)
Clintonia umbellulata (Michx.) Morong
White Bluebeadlily; Liliaceae
Iroquois Drug (Basket Medicine)
Decoction of whole plant "makes people buy baskets," a basket medicine.
Herrick, James William 1977 Iroquois Medical Botany. State University
of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis (p. 283)
Clintonia umbellulata (Michx.) Morong
White Bluebeadlily; Liliaceae
Iroquois Drug (Febrifuge)
Infusion of whole plant taken for chills.
Herrick, James William 1977 Iroquois Medical Botany. State University
of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis (p. 283)
Clintonia uniflora (Menzies ex J.A.
& J.H. Schultes) Kunth
Bride's Bonnet; Liliaceae
Bella Coola Drug (Dermatological Aid)
Decoction of plant used as a wash for the body.
Smith, Harlan I. 1929 Materia Medica of the Bella Coola and Neighboring
Tribes of British Columbia. National Museum of Canada Bulletin 56:47-68
(p. 53)
Clintonia uniflora (Menzies ex J.A.
& J.H. Schultes) Kunth
Bride's Bonnet; Liliaceae
Bella Coola Drug (Dermatological Aid)
Poultice of toasted leaf applied to wounds.
Smith, Harlan I. 1929 Materia Medica of the Bella Coola and Neighboring
Tribes of British Columbia. National Museum of Canada Bulletin 56:47-68
(p. 53)
Clintonia uniflora (Menzies ex J.A.
& J.H. Schultes) Kunth
Bride's Bonnet; Liliaceae
Bella Coola Drug (Eye Medicine)
Poultice of toasted leaf applied to eyes.
Smith, Harlan I. 1929 Materia Medica of the Bella Coola and Neighboring
Tribes of British Columbia. National Museum of Canada Bulletin 56:47-68
(p. 53)
Clintonia uniflora (Menzies ex J.A.
& J.H. Schultes) Kunth
Bride's Bonnet; Liliaceae
Cowlitz Drug (Dermatological Aid)
Juice from smashed plants used as a wash for cuts.
Gunther, Erna 1973 Ethnobotany of Western Washington. Seattle.
University of Washington Press. Revised edition (p. 25)
Clintonia uniflora (Menzies ex J.A.
& J.H. Schultes) Kunth
Bride's Bonnet; Liliaceae
Cowlitz Drug (Eye Medicine)
Juice from smashed plants used as a wash for sore eyes.
Gunther, Erna 1973 Ethnobotany of Western Washington. Seattle.
University of Washington Press. Revised edition (p. 25)
Clintonia uniflora (Menzies ex J.A.
& J.H. Schultes) Kunth
Bride's Bonnet; Liliaceae
Haisla and Hanaksiala Drug (Dermatological Aid)
Poultice of plant applied to wounds and decoction of plant used to wash
the body.
Compton, Brian Douglas 1993 Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian
Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants.... Ph.D. Dissertation,
University of British Columbia (p. 194)
Clintonia uniflora (Menzies ex J.A.
& J.H. Schultes) Kunth
Bride's Bonnet; Liliaceae
Haisla and Hanaksiala Drug (Eye Medicine)
Poultice of plant applied to the eyes.
Compton, Brian Douglas 1993 Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian
Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants.... Ph.D. Dissertation,
University of British Columbia (p. 194)
Clintonia uniflora (Menzies ex J.A.
& J.H. Schultes) Kunth
Bride's Bonnet; Liliaceae
Micmac Drug (Urinary Aid)
Root juice taken with water for gravel.
Speck, Frank G. 1917 Medicine Practices of the Northeastern
Algonquians. Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of
Americanists Pp. 303-321 (p. 317)
Clintonia uniflora (Menzies ex J.A.
& J.H. Schultes) Kunth
Bride's Bonnet; Liliaceae
Bella Coola Food (Forage)
Berries eaten by wolves.
Turner, Nancy J. 1973 The Ethnobotany of the Bella Coola Indians of
British Columbia. Syesis 6:193-220 (p. 199)
Clintonia uniflora (Menzies ex J.A.
& J.H. Schultes) Kunth
Bride's Bonnet; Liliaceae
Thompson Dye (Unspecified)
Mashed, blue, berry like fruits used as a dye or stain.
Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al.
1990 Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the
Thompson Indians of British Columbia. Victoria. Royal British Columbia
Museum (p. 121)
