| Reference Source | Reference Type | Archival Data | Comments |
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| Gatschet, A.S. ca. 1895 | Use - Medicinal | "A decoction was made from it by these [Myaamia] Indians." |
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| Gatschet, A.S. ca. 1895 | Use - Food | Box elder (shishikwä́ksi) makes poor sugar. |
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| Gleason, H.A. and Cronquist, A. 1991 | Habitat | Occurs on moist, especially alluvial soils throughout eastern and western Myaamia lands |
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| Rafert, S. 1989 | Use - Medicinal | A medicinal plant, not used by Lamoine or others he knew, but talked about. "Used in the case of wounds, or something like that". |
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| Anonymous 1724 | Use - Medicinal | "The root and bark of elder for a person falling in his limbs; it is necessary to boil it and to put it in a little bit of soup, drinking about a pint" ("De la racine et Ecois de Sureau pour une personae perelus de ses members, il faut la faire bouiller et y mettre un peu de potage, en boire environ chopine"). |
This source describes indigenous customs from upper Midwest, probably including some of the Miami-Illlinois tribal groups. – Michael Gonella |