| Reference Source | Reference Type | Archival Data | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gatschet, A.S. ca. 1895 | Use - Food |
"napaletemina, raspberry" |
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| Rafert, S. 1989 | Use - Food |
Fruits eaten. |
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| Tippman, D. 1999 | Use - Food |
Berries picked and eaten. |
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| Gonella, M.P 2003-2006 | Description |
Raspberries include four species in Gleason and Cronquist (1991): flowering raspberry (R. odoratus), dwarf raspberry (R. pubescens), black raspberry (R. occidentalis), and red raspberry (R. idaeus), the last two which are by far the most common. Only two species are listed in Small (1903) and Steyermark (1963): R. ocidentalis and R. strigosus. |
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| Gatschet, A.S. ca. 1895 | Use - Food |
In the traditional story of Young Thunder William Pecongah, he describes the crops he had growing on his land 160 acres of reserve in central Indiana. "There I planted corn, wheat, potatoes, peas, tobacco, beans, apple trees, pumpkins, watermelons, cucumbers, onions, hay, straw, gooseberries, raspberries, blackberries, currants, turnips, tomatoes, pawpaws, cherries, strawberries, plums, blackhaws, peaches, walnut trees, pecans, hickory nuts, barley and rye". |
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| Kerr, J. 1835 | Use - Food |
"nepuletemeneke, raspberries" |
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| Dunn, J.P. ca. 1900 | Use - Food |
"napalatamina, raspberry" |
| Reference Source | Reference Type | Data | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gleason, H.A. and Cronquist, A. 1991 | Habitat | In general, both species occur in dry or moist woods, roadsides, fields and thickets throughout Myaamia lands. |
| Reference Source | Reference Type | Data | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bush L. L. 2003 | Archaeological studies have demonstrated that raspberries were utilized as a food resource by Late Woodland 800 A.D to 1450 A.D. indigenous peoples of central and southern Indiana. |