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oak tree


Entry Type:  
Species
Scientific Name:  
Common Name:  
oak tree
Myaamia Name:  
mihtekamiĊĦi

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Myaamia Archival Sources  
Reference Source Reference Type Archival Data Comments
Tippman, D. 1999 Use - Food 

Jim and family tried eating acorns as kids but remembers them being too bitter.

Gonella, M.P 2003-2006 Use - Food 

Acorns were leached in water to remove tannic acids before eating.

Gonella, M.P 2003-2006 Use - Food 

Acorns leached in water to remove tannic acids before eating.

Bush, L. L 1996 Use - Technology 

Oak timbers were recovered from excavations at an early 19th century Myaamia village site (Ehler Site, 1795-1812), Fort Wayne.

Dunn, J.P. ca. 1900 Use - Food 

Acorns are gathered and shelled, then soaked in lye before boiling.

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

Most species occurring on dry, upland soils, with other occuring in wet or flooded soils with various distributions in eastern and western Myaamia lands.

Related Sources  
Reference Source Reference Type Data Comments
Gardner, P.S. 1997  

Oak and hickory nuts are available in the fall, and have irregular peaks in production (mast), separated by a range of 1-4 years. Because masts are irregular, but fairly consistent in this irregularity, harvesters could plan to take advantage of peak masts. The largest masts occur when tree crowns are exposed to maximum sun--Native Americans could also have easily thinned trees to increase size and production of remaining trees.

Gatschet, A.S. ca. 1895  

The Miami word "aalakaya" means the cap of the acorn.