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Extinct Indians->Flo: The Black Drink
Posted on Sunday, April 17 @ 22:50:12 PDT (7524 reads)

Ever wonder how prehistoric man survived without coffee? Millions of Americans depend on a morning cup of coffee to jump-start their day. Florida’s own Timucua Indians had something just as good - the Black Drink. It came from a plant called Yaupon Holly, in Latin - Ilex vomitoria. How could a plant with a name like that rival modern coffee?

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AN->Inupiaq Villages: The Iñupiaq name for the bumble bee flower has been lost
Posted on Saturday, April 16 @ 20:05:32 PDT (6924 reads)

No one remembers the Iñupiaq word for the bumble bee flower. People call it that in English because bumble bees like to feed on it's flower. In modern times, the Iñupiaq have adopted the word Ipchuk to describe this plant, because it means "bumble bee which is growing", or "bee food."

This alpine tundra plant grows in drier areas on the open tundra. It's other English name, Woolly Lousewort, was given because of the characteristically woolly nature of the flower stem. The pink flowers grow on a stout stem that is only about 6 inches high. This is one of the earliest flowers to bloom in the spring time. The small leaves are serrated or compound, and are only about 2-3 inches long. The plant grows from a long yellow taproot.

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Recipes->Wild Meat: Porcupine Pot Roast
Posted on Thursday, March 24 @ 12:24:56 PST (4985 reads)

Ingredients: 1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1 teaspoon minced garlic 1/4 teaspoon pickling spices
1/4 cup Wesson oil
1/2 cup water for fresh porcupine (none needed if frozen) Carrots and celery

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Wildcrafting-> Medic: Bearberry aka kinnikinnick
Posted on Saturday, January 22 @ 21:20:55 PST (5816 reads)

Bearberry aka kinnikinnick... KEYWORDS: bearberry kinnikinnick kinickinick bear berry medicinal herbs Indian medicine wildcrafting lore

Bearberry is widespread and common in forests throughout the northern United States. The brilliant red berries remain on the plant all winter and provide survival food for bears when they emerge from their long sleep.

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TNB->Cherokee Indian: Gathering and Using Medicinal Herbs in the Cherokee Tradition
Posted on Saturday, December 11 @ 03:56:34 PST (10999 reads)

Gathering and Using Medicinal Herbs in the Cherokee Tradition.. KEYWORDS: cherokee medicinal herbs gathering use preservation of medicinal herbs cherokee herbalists

The Cherokee have been gifted by the Creator with an understanding of the gathering, use and preservation of medicinal herbs. The Cherokee believe that these plants were put on this earth to provide not only healing methods, but preventative measures, as well.

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Hist->General: Not pepper, Chris. It's a Chile.
Posted on Monday, February 17 @ 00:51:00 PST (10642 reads)

KEYWORDS: Christopher Columbus pepper chile red chile green chili art print art prints history of chili peppers Anaheim chili wildcrafting food art print R.C. Gorman art print Indian chile poster chillies

AUTHOR: Avery Holton

Chalk up another misdirected name to America's supposed discoverer.

Christopher Columbus, in his unproductive search for riches across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492, mistook America for India. He named the natives Indians, and he also took the liberty of placing an improper label on what was to become one of the Southwest's most popular vegetables.

Believing he had found an exotic form of black pepper, Columbus took plants back with him to Spain and told the Europeans it was "the world's finest pepper."

Not pepper, Chris. Chile.

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Culture-> Tribal Customs: Drought Hits Tribal Plant Rituals
Posted on Thursday, August 01 @ 16:03:33 PDT (14215 reads)

KEYWORDS: Tribal Plant Ritual Hopi Indians religious ceremonies First Mesa Native Americans wild tobacco relieving stress corn pollen communicating with holy people sacred herbs medicine plants Navajo medicine men culture four sacred peaks ceremonial plants Apache religious leaders Navajo Medicineman's Association Inc pray for rain sage snakeweed jimson weed Fort Apache Reservation

SOURCE: Associated Press

PHOENIX -- As the gatherer of wild tobacco for the Hopi Indians' many religious ceremonies, Delfred Leslie had never really worried about where he would find the next crop.

The pungent leaves usually abound within a couple of hours of his home on the tribe's isolated First Mesa in northeastern Arizona.

This year, however, drought and wildfires in the Southwest have taken a huge toll on the natural materials that Native Americans use in their ceremonies.

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