| Reference Source | Reference Type | Archival Data | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olds, J., Olds, D. and D. Tippman 1999 | Use - Food |
Branches and leaves were hung dry and possibly used for cooking. |
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| Miami Tribe of Oklahoma Archives | Use - Customs/Medicinal |
The chief smokes a sick person for healing: "the smoking ceremony we think it kind of purifies us . . . If you're sick or anything the chief will come out and smoke you which we feel like it helps you get well . . .we use to make the smoke is cedar and cedar is a cleanser . . green cedar to get more smoke, we use tobacco, tobacco is a purifier and then we use sage and its for medicinal [probably white sage, currently used by many tribes for similar purposes] . . . there was some sweetgrass mixed with the combination of sage and tobacco uh and the cedar". |
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| Gonella, M.P 2003-2006 | Use - Customs |
Used to smudge drum and singer, along with tobacco. Also placed in graves during a funeral. |
White sage was not used historically, but sweet everlasting instead (personal communication between Gonella and Baldwin, Nov. 20, 2006). – Michael Gonella |
| Hickman. J.C. 1993 | Habitat |
Native to arid and semi-arid areas of western U.S.; not native in Myaamia lands. |
| Reference Source | Reference Type | Data | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gonella, M.P 2003-2006 | Only two plants, wild tobacco and red cedar, were used traditionally as ceremonial plants by the Myaamis. Contemporary uses of other plants in ceremonies, including white sage Salvia apiana, from western U.S. and sweetgrass, Hierochloe odorata, have been acquired often from the pan-Indian movement of modern times. |