Vitis labrusca -L.-
fox grape


Entry Type: Species

Species Name: Vitis labrusca -L.-

Common Name: fox grape

Myaamia Name: waawiipinkwahki

Description:

Harvest Seasons: Undetermined

Harvest Comments:

Habitats: Undetermined

Uses: Food, Medicinal, Technology

Locations: Undetermined

Sources

Lamb, E.W. and Shultz, L.W 1964

Reference Type: Use - Medicinal

Archival Data:

Grapes were dried and used for boils and skin disorders.

Comments: N/A


Gravier, J. ca. 1700

Reference Type: Use - Food

Archival Data:

"I pick grapes/I remove the skin from grapes".

Comments: N/A


Dunn, J.P. 1908

Reference Type: Use - Technology

Archival Data:

Grape vines were used to make fish weirs. Gabriel Godfroy said that the Miamis used not nets or seines for fishing, but used spears, bows and arrows instead, and sometimes used movable weirs made of "wattled brush" and grape vines when fishing in a party, with which they would force the fish to the shore.

Comments: N/A


Tippman, D. 1999

Reference Type: Use - Food

Archival Data:

Wild grapes gathered and used:  "Made some beer . . . Not much luck with wine, though".

Comments: N/A


Gonella, M.P 2003-2006

Reference Type: Use - Food

Archival Data:

Grapes gathered and used to make grape cobbler. "possum [coon] grapes were gathered growing up in trees for making grape cobbler, layered thick in a big rectangular pan".

Comments: N/A


Gonella, M.P 2003-2006

Reference Type: Use - Food

Archival Data:

Grapes wild or domestic are used for grape dumplings by tribes in 8 Tribes area Miami, Oklahoma.

Comments: N/A


Dunn, J.P. ca. 1900

Reference Type: Use - Food

Archival Data:

"The fox grapes are as dark as Concord grapes, are sweet and grow east and west of Spring River, in Indian Territory.The Peorias call them asándäpákwi wawĭpĭngwakĭ".

Comments: N/A


Gatschet, A.S. ca. 1895

Reference Type: Use - Food

Archival Data:

Wine grapes are called wäwipíngwaki axsandäpákwa

Comments: N/A


Bush, L. L 1996

Reference Type: Use - Food

Archival Data:

Human charred remains of Vitis sp. were recovered from an excavation site at an early Myaamia village at the forks of the Wabash River (Fort Wayne), 1795-1812 (Ehler Site).

Comments: N/A


Bush L. L. 2003

Reference Type: Use - Food

Archival Data:

Archaeological studies in central and south-central Indiana revealed that grapes were utilized as a food source by indigenous peoples sometime during the period of A.D. 1000 to A.D. 1450.

Comments: N/A

Gleason, H.A. and Cronquist, A. 1991

Reference Type: Habitat

Archival Data :

Occurs in woods, roadsides and thickets throughout eastern Myaamia lands.

Comments: N/A

Gatschet, A.S. ca. 1895

Reference Type: Related Info

Archival Data:

"wäwipíngwaki axsandäpákwa, fox grapes".

Comments: N/A


Dunn, J.P. ca. 1900

Reference Type: Related Info

Archival Data:

"asándäpákwi wawĭpĭngwakĭ, fox grapes"

Comments: N/A

Legends

  • L.: L. stands for Carl Linneaus, a Swedish botanist and zoologist living from 1707 - 1778, who formed the binomial nomenclature system for scientific naming of species (the two part name). His initial after a scientific name indicates he was the authority for that species name.
  • sp.: Indicates the actual species name cannot or need not be specified. Example: Lilium sp. indicates a single species in the genus Lilium that is not known or does not need to be specified.
  • spp.: (plural) indicates "several species", two or more species of the given genus. Example: Lilium spp. indicates 2 or more species in the genus that cannot or do not need to be distinguished.
  • Use - Unknown: A record for this plant exists but does not include explicit information about the plant's cultural use. It is probable the Myaamia used the plant.
  • Botanical Sources: Sources of any botanical data for this plant species that is not related to its cultural use or significance.
  • Related Sources: Data indirectly related to Myaamia ethnobotany, including non-Myaamia uses of the plant in contemporary and historic times.
  • Myaamia Archival Sources: All records of plant use obtained directly from a Myaamia tribal member in an interview, recorded by a second party or by self-recording.
  • Undetermined (Plant Use): There exists use or other information about a certain, unknown plant species, but the specific species has not yet been determined.
  • Medicinal: For the purposes of this database, medicinal uses of plants and medicinal knowledge are defined as: Commonly held communal knowledge regarding the use of plant-based substances that aid in maintaining a healthy mind, body or spirit, including tonics and teas.
  • Technology: For the purposes of this database, technological uses of plants are defined as: Plants used in the making of food processing, canoes, rafts, dyes, tools, utensils, weapons, hunting and fishing gear (i.e. net, weir, etc.), cordage, string, rope, fodder plant species, firewood, any plants used in trade, etc.
  • Material: For the purposes of this database, material uses of plants are defined as: Plants used in construction of dwellings (floor mats, roofing, side walls), furniture, baskets, storage items, musical instruments, games, crafts, jewelry, cordage used in crafts, etc.
  • Food: For the purposes of this database, food uses of plants are defined as: Plants used as consumed food, spices and seasonings, but not teas or tonics.
  • Customs: For the purposes of this database, customary uses of plants are defined as: Plants involved in a customary ceremony, ritual or traditional event, including ritual smoking, chewing tobacco, war rituals, special mats used to sit on during ceremonies. Customary uses of plants, in this database, does not including plants used for recreation (material), structures where ceremonies take place (material) or medicinal smoking (medicinal).
  • Eastern Myaamia Lands: Eastern Myaamia lands (eastern myaamionki) are centered around northern Indiana, and including western Ohio, eastern Illinois, southern Michigan, and the northernmost portions of Kentucky.
  • Western Myaamia Lands: Western Myaamia lands (western myaamionki) include western Kansas and northeastern Oklahoma.