TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE: Minor typographical errors have been addressed, but standardisation of the differing spelling of Ojibwe words has not been attempted. BULLETIN OF THE PUBLIC MUSEUM OF THE CITY OF MILWAUKEE Vol. 4, No. 3, Pp. 327-525, Plates 46-77 May 2, 1932 Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians By Huron H. Smith MILWAUKEE, WIS., U. S. A. Published by Order of the Board of Trustees Printed by the AETNA PRESS, INC. Milwaukee, Wis. Engravings by the SCHROEDER ENGRAVING COMPANY Milwaukee, Wis. Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians CONTENTS Page Foreword 333 Introduction 337 Ojibwe Medicines 348 Ojibwe Medicinal Materials 352 Other than plants 352 Ojibwe Medicinal Plants 353 Ojibwe Vegetal Foods 393 Ojibwe Food Plants 394 Ojibwe Vegetal Fibers 411 Ojibwe Fiber Plants 412 Ojibwe Vegetal Dyes 424 Ojibwe Dye Plants 424 Miscellaneous Uses of Plants 426 Conclusion 433 ILLUSTRATIONS Plates Plate XLVI. fig. 1. Ojibwe garden. fig. 2. Ojibwe wigwam. XLVII. fig. 1. Ojibwe dream dance. fig. 2. Jerking deer meat. XLVIII. fig. 1. Bead work. fig. 2. Lac du Flambeau. XLIX. fig. 1. Birch bark baskets. fig. 2. Cradle board. L. fig. 1. Pounding ash splints. fig. 2. Making baskets. LI. fig. 1. Rushes for weaving. fig. 2. Ojibwe grave houses. LII. fig. 1. Peeling birch log. fig. 2. Birch bark roll. LIII. fig. 1. Splitting cedar log. fig. 2. Making canoe ribs. LIV. fig. 1. Shaping canoe nose. fig. 2. Canoe form. LV. fig. 1. Jack Pine roots. fig. 2. Coiled roots. LVI. fig. 1. Boiling pitch. fig. 2. Sewing canoe. LVII. fig. 1. Pitching seams. fig. 2. Launching canoe. LVIII. fig. 1. Ojibwe garden. fig. 2. Bark wigwam. LIX. fig. 1. Piawantaginum. fig. 2. White Cloud. LX. fig. 1. Bear Island. fig. 2. Tamarack branch. LXI. fig. 1. Ground Pine. fig. 2. Giant Puffball.