Entry Detail


bur oak


Entry Type:  
Species
Scientific Name:  
Common Name:  
bur oak
Myaamia Name:  
mihšiinkweemiši

Media 
Media not available.
Myaamia Archival Sources  
Reference Source Reference Type Archival Data Comments
Costa, D. 2005 Use - Medicinal

The roots are chewed and applied to wounds. "miching8eminja", "oak whose large acorn and the chewn/mashed root are good for curing a cut".

Botanical Sources  
Reference Source Reference Type Data Comments
Gleason, H.A. and Cronquist, A. 1991 Habitat 

Occurs on rich, moist and alluvial soils throughout eastern and western Myaamia lands.

Related Sources  
Reference Source Reference Type Data Comments
Gatschet, A.S. ca. 1895  

"mishingwe mishaxkatwi . . . bur oak, frequent out west, quercus macrocarpa"

Gatschet, A.S. ca. 1895  

Myaamia term for bur oak is "mihsiinkweemisaahkatwi".

Costa, D. 2005  

"miching8eminja", bur oak

Gonella, M.P 2003-2006  

The name of family a Myaamia lineage including the Shoemakers of Kokomo, Indiana.

Dunn, J.P. ca. 1900  

"bur oak, mici'ngwami'nji".