Cupressaceae Juniperus scopulorum Sarg.

Rocky Mountain Juniper

Okanagan-Colville - Other, Toys & Games

Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 19

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Scientific name: Juniperus scopulorum Sarg.
USDA symbol: JUSC2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Rocky Mountain Juniper
Family: Cupressaceae
Family (APG): Cupressaceae
Native American Tribe: Okanagan-Colville
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Toys & Games
Notes: Tough wood made into a spoked wheel and used in a throwing game. The wheel was rolled along a trough and contestants threw spear-like sticks at it, trying to stop it by having their stick enter the center of the wheel, thus making it fall over. Lesser points were made by getting the stick part way through the spokes, each of which gave a different value according to its color. The winner had to get twenty points. This game was played by men and was often accompanied by betting.

RECRD: 12091 id: 19015

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