Salicaceae Populus sp.

Poplar

Dakota - Other, Ceremonial Items

Use documented by:
Gilmore, Melvin R., 1913, Some Native Nebraska Plants With Their Uses by the Dakota, Collections of the Nebraska State Historical Society 17:358-70, page 360

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Scientific name: Populus sp.
Common names: Poplar
Family: Salicaceae
Family (APG): Salicaceae
Native American Tribe: Dakota
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Ceremonial Items
Notes: Plant used in the tree burial of old times. The body was either placed in hollow tree trunks or laid on a support placed across branches.

RECRD: 31022 id: 29537

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