BRIT - Native American Ethnobotany Database

Lewisia rediviva Pursh

Common names: Oregon Bitterroot
Species details (USDA): USDA LERER

Documented uses

50 uses documented
Blackfoot Drug, Throat Aid detail... (Murphey, Edith Van Allen, 1990, Indian Uses of Native Plants, Glenwood, Ill. Meyerbooks. Originally published in 1959, pages 38)
Blackfoot Food, Unspecified detail... (McClintock, Walter, 1909, Medizinal- Und Nutzpflanzen Der Schwarzfuss Indianer, Zeitschriff fur Ethnologie 41:273-9, pages 278)
Coeur d'Alene Food, Vegetable detail... (Teit, James A., 1928, The Salishan Tribes of the Western Plateaus, SI-BAE Annual Report #45, pages 88)
Flathead Drug, Breast Treatment detail... (Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, pages 46)
Flathead Drug, Gynecological Aid detail... (Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, pages 46)
Flathead Drug, Heart Medicine detail... (Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, pages 46)
Flathead Drug, Pulmonary Aid detail... (Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, pages 46)
Kutenai Food, Cooking Agent detail... (Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, pages 46)
Kutenai Food, Dessert detail... (Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, pages 46)
Kutenai Food, Dried Food detail... (Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, pages 46)
Kutenai Food, Unspecified detail... (Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, pages 46)
Montana Indian Food, Unspecified detail... (Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, pages 46)
Montana Indian Food, Unspecified detail... (Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, pages 14)
Nez Perce Drug, Blood Medicine detail... (Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, pages 46)
Nez Perce Drug, Gynecological Aid detail... (Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, pages 46)
Nez Perce Drug, Gynecological Aid detail... (Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, pages 46)
Okanagan-Colville Drug, Dermatological Aid detail... (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, pages 114)
Okanagan-Colville Drug, Dermatological Aid detail... (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, pages 114)
Okanagan-Colville Drug, Misc. Disease Remedy detail... (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, pages 114)
Okanagan-Colville Drug, Witchcraft Medicine detail... (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, pages 114)
Okanagan-Colville Food, Dried Food detail... (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, pages 114)
Okanagan-Colville Food, Unspecified detail... (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, pages 114)
Okanagan-Colville Other, Cash Crop detail... (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, pages 114)
Okanagon Food, Staple detail... (Teit, James A., 1928, The Salishan Tribes of the Western Plateaus, SI-BAE Annual Report #45, pages 238)
Okanagon Food, Unspecified detail... (Teit, James A., 1928, The Salishan Tribes of the Western Plateaus, SI-BAE Annual Report #45, pages 237)
Okanagon Food, Winter Use Food detail... (Perry, F., 1952, Ethno-Botany of the Indians in the Interior of British Columbia, Museum and Art Notes 2(2):36-43., pages 36)
Okanagon Other, Cash Crop detail... (Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, pages 479)
Okanagon Other, Cash Crop detail... (Perry, F., 1952, Ethno-Botany of the Indians in the Interior of British Columbia, Museum and Art Notes 2(2):36-43., pages 36)
Oregon Indian, Warm Springs Food, Unspecified detail... (Kelly, Isabel T., 1932, Ethnography of the Surprise Valley Paiute, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 31(3):67-210, pages 102)
Paiute Food, Dried Food detail... (Kelly, Isabel T., 1932, Ethnography of the Surprise Valley Paiute, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 31(3):67-210, pages 102)
Paiute Food, Unspecified detail... (Kelly, Isabel T., 1932, Ethnography of the Surprise Valley Paiute, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 31(3):67-210, pages 102)
Paiute Food, Winter Use Food detail... (Mahar, James Michael., 1953, Ethnobotany of the Oregon Paiutes of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, Reed College, B.A. Thesis, pages 70)
Paiute, Northern Food, Unspecified detail... (Fowler, Catherine S., 1989, Willards Z. Park's Ethnographic Notes on the Northern Paiute of Western Nevada 1933-1940, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, pages 43)
Paiute, Northern Food, Vegetable detail... (Fowler, Catherine S., 1989, Willards Z. Park's Ethnographic Notes on the Northern Paiute of Western Nevada 1933-1940, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, pages 43)
Sanpoil and Nespelem Food, Porridge detail... (Ray, Verne F., 1932, The Sanpoil and Nespelem: Salishan Peoples of Northeastern Washington, University of Washington Publications in Anthropology, Vol. 5, pages 100)
Shuswap Food, Unspecified detail... (Palmer, Gary, 1975, Shuswap Indian Ethnobotany, Syesis 8:29-51, pages 65)
Spokan Food, Unspecified detail... (Teit, James A., 1928, The Salishan Tribes of the Western Plateaus, SI-BAE Annual Report #45, pages 343)
Thompson Food, Bread & Cake detail... (Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, pages 243)
Thompson Food, Dried Food detail... (Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, pages 243)
Thompson Food, Pie & Pudding detail... (Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, pages 243)
Thompson Food, Special Food detail... (Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, pages 243)
Thompson Food, Unspecified detail... (Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, pages 479)
Thompson Food, Unspecified detail... (Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, pages 243)
Thompson Food, Unspecified detail... (Teit, James A., 1928, The Salishan Tribes of the Western Plateaus, SI-BAE Annual Report #45, pages 237)
Thompson Food, Unspecified detail... (Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, pages 478)
Thompson Food, Winter Use Food detail... (Perry, F., 1952, Ethno-Botany of the Indians in the Interior of British Columbia, Museum and Art Notes 2(2):36-43., pages 36)
Thompson Other, Cash Crop detail... (Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, pages 243)
Thompson Other, Cash Crop detail... (Perry, F., 1952, Ethno-Botany of the Indians in the Interior of British Columbia, Museum and Art Notes 2(2):36-43., pages 36)
Thompson Other, Plant Indicator detail... (Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, pages 243)
Thompson, Upper (Lytton Band) Other, Cash Crop detail... (Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, pages 479)