University of Hawaii

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University of Hawaii

• University of Hawaii at Manoa offers bachelors,
  masters and doctorate degrees in ethnobotany.

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Other questions

• What kind of opportunities are there for people
  to get a degree in ethnobotany?
• University of Hawaii and minors with Botany and
  other majors in some locations
• What job opportunities are there for those
  graduates?
• Im not sure Id like to know
• What are the benefits to a tribe or a college for
  doing a study of this type?
• Preservation of culture

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Minnesota State University

• Minnesota State University at Mankato has an
  ethnobotany site http//www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/cult
  ural/ethnoarchaeology/index.shtml
• It talks about plant uses, but in a general way,
  not tribe-specific.

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Another website

• Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethno-botanical
  Databases http//www.ars-grin.gov/duke/
• (thanks Gary!)

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There are books (sometimes magazine articles) out
there

• A person has to search for a tribes name, use
  all the known names by which people have called
  that particular tribe over time, and be willing
  to use ethnobotany botanical studies
• One article about the Coeur dAlene in the
  Journal of Ethnobotany recorded how the plant was
  named, by the time of year it blooms, by the
  animals that eat it, what it looks like, its
  medical use, etc.

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Here are a few of the local plants of cultural
importance to theHo-Chunk people of Nebraska
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Xa\wi\ ska, Artemisia ludoviciana, Wild sage,
Xa\wi\ ska means herb white (Ha-wiska)
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Ma\hi\c, Asclepias syriaca, Milkweed
Ma\hi\c buds are boiled with meat for stew.
(University of Michigan ethnobotany database,
based on Moermans book.) (Ma-heench)
http//virtual.parkland.edu
http//www.all-creatures.org
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Ka\c, Prunus americanus,Wild Plum,

• Ka\c means plum.
• Ka\c -hu means plum tree.
• (Kontch)

Spring, before leaves, above August, plums
ripening, right.
Photo http//www.catnapin.com
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Wakirikirik, Ulmus rubra,Red Elm
Inner bark medicinal Trees used to make earth
lodge. Bark used for ropes. Logs used to
make corn mortars pestles for grinding
medicines. Bark used in fire-making.
(Wakidik kidik)
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Ha\k si\c, Achillea millefolium Yarrow

• Ha\k si\c
• means
• wood-chucks
• tail
• (Honk-seentch)

Plant http//www.toyen.uio.no/ Leaf
http//homepage.eircom.net
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Echinacea angustifolia E. purpurea, Purple
coneflower

• Pain reliever, burn dressing
• Snakebite remedy
• Used in the steam bath to render great heat
  endurable.
• Used to treat horses with distemper
• Known for boosting immune system

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Ca waruc, Rugi suc, Cornus amomum, Roughleaf
Dogwood,

• Bark used for smoking.
• Ca waruc means deer food, by Wisconsin Hocak.
• (Cha warootch)

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Verbena hastata, (Ma\ka\reju\ksuksik) this purple
spiky flower in the front, blooms July through
September in Nebraska.
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Pex hiucu, Bloodroot, Sanguinaria canadensis
Pex hiucu means red gourd, refers to the
use of the plant for reddening gourd
rattles. Main use in treatment of bronchitis.
Treats asthma, croup and laryngitis. Root
boiled with things to dye them red dye also used
as a decorative skin stain.
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Are there any questions?Does anyone want
handouts printed?
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Contact Information
Jan Bingen     Native IMAGE Director
CIS/Business Department Chair Little Priest
Tribal College 601 E. College Drive
Winnebago, NE 68071 Phone [phone]
Fax [phone] Email jbingen_at_lptc.bia.edu
Natalie DavisNative IMAGE Technical
AssistantCirculation Supervisor/LibraryLittle
Priest Tribal College 601 E. College
DriveWinnebago, NE 68071Phone [phone]
Fax [phone] Email ndavis_at_lptc.bia.edu
Karisa K. VlasekGeospatial Extension Research
SpecialistNASA Nebraska Space Grant
EPSCoRAviation Institute, Univ. of NE at
OmahaPhone [phone]Fax (402)
554-2695Email kvlasek_at_mail.unomaha.edu
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Thank you, and have a nice earth
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Pinagigi (thank you) to

• Jan Bingen, head of Computer Science and Program
  Director of Native IMAGE
• The whole staff of Ho-Chunk Renaissance, but
  especially Elaine Rice, Ho-Chunk language
  instructor
• Andy Thundercloud, formerly of Ho-Chunk
  Renaissance, who provided the Ho-Chunk font
• CeCe Earth, Healing Garden, Winnebago
• And many others who proofread, helped with
  technology, etc.