| Reference Source | Reference Type | Archival Data | Comments |
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| Burns, N.L. 1938 | Use - Customs |
A traditional story recounts some Peorias that wanted to scare off a white family looking for a house to lease. "Before the time for their [the white family] return he gathered up turkey feathers and made a large head-dress, smeared his face with red paint from redroot and some yellow clay, dressed himself in some old beaded clothing and, armed with a huge tomahawk, waited for them by the side of the road, concealed in some bushes. When they were even with him he sprang to the road with a wild yell, brandishing his tomahawk. The family left as fast as their horses would travel and never returned and Uncle John never tired of laughing over his "Wild Indian Stunt." |
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| Dunn, J.P. ca. 1900 | Use - Medicinal |
Given by Dunn as nipĭ́kĭtcĭkákwĭ, from George Finley. Dunn says “a medicinal plant, a small bush like a huckleberry, that grows on the prairies, and has a short thick red root, from which they make a tea. ‘It is good to break any disease’”. |
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| Dunn, J.P. ca. 1900 | Description |
A small bush similar to the huckleberry which grows on the prairies and has a short, thick, red root. |
| Reference Source | Reference Type | Data | Comments |
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| Gonella, M.P 2003-2006 | Habitat | Ceanothus americanus, sometimes called New Jersey tea, or redroot; or C. herbaceus, called prairie redroot, were probably both indicated by neehpikiccikaahkwi, both growing in prairies throughout eastern and western Myaamia lands. |
| Reference Source | Reference Type | Data | Comments |
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| Steyermark, J.A. 1963 | A tea was made from the leaves during the American Revolution. No caffeine is found in the leaves, but the root was once used as an expectorant and astringent, and the root bark has been found to have many blood-clotting properties. |