Book
Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians
Pub. by order of the board of trustees of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee • (2) • Published In 1928 • Pages: 177-326 , 37-46 plates
By: Smith, Huron H. (Huron Herbert).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This monograph on the Fox use of plants for medicine, magic, food, dyes, and fibers is based on Smith's fieldwork in 1923 as well as collections made by William Jones in 1900. Plants are identified by their scientific names and their common names in English, Fox, and Prairie Potawatomi. Indices on pages 275-307 are keyed to the scientific and common names and should be useful in locating information in the text. Since Smith's main informant on medicinal plants was a Prairie Potawatomi living amongst the Fox, it is possible that some of the medicinal uses of plants assigned to the Fox really pertain to the Potawatomi. Although Smith includes a few introductory remarks about the history and culture of the Fox, it is necessary to consult other sources for the socio-cultural context within which these plants were used.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Pharmaceuticals
- Ethnobotany
- Sociocultural trends
- Flora
- Sexual stimulation
- Diet
- Food preparation
- Collecting
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Fox
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2014
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Eastern Woodlands
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Botanist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Eleanor Swanson ; John Beierle ; 1976
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- June, September, 1923
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1900, 1923
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Tama County, Iowa, and Wisconsin, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Huron H. Smith
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 28014522
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Fox Indians--Ethnobotany
- Botany--Iowa