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[native game]
freshwater mussels
deer/venison
rabbits
squirrels
opossums
raccoons


[native foods]
chestnuts
squash
sweet potato
sunflowers
jerusalem artichoke
amaranth
sumpweed/marsh elder*
chenopodium (goosefoot, pigweed, one species is quinoa)*
the three sisters (winter squash, maize (maize-based societies), and climbing beans): planting together helps all three!
little barley
wild barley
bottle gourd
maygrass
erect knotweed
(divided into oily and starchy categories, starchy ones (grasses) can be made into flour)
walnuts
hickory nuts
elderberries
ragweed
acorns
grapes
Cucurbita pepo (-> pumpkin, squash)*
tomatoes
peppers
sassafras
fiddleheads
* = "plants that thrived in disturbed soils in river valleys" (after a flood)


[structural materials]
river cane
thatch


[plants brought from europe]
peaches
pears
melons


[most possible groups]
itsati (hitchiti)
yuchi
muskogean
southern siouans
shawnee
creek (confederacy)
catawba


[other knowledge]
soapstone
ground mussel as a tempering agent


[researchers]
John H. Hann
Raymond D. Fogelson
William C. Sturtevant
Lois Ellen Frank
Sean Sherman


[spirituality]
long-nosed god maskettes
solar cross


[recipes]
corn meal
hominy
corn pone (cornbread)
sofkee (grits)
indian fritters/hoe cake/johnny cake
indian boiled cornbread (corn meal dumplings, hush puppies)
spices: ramps, wild ginger, miner's lettuce, juniper berry
cure and smoke meat over hickory coals
chitterlings/chitlins
livermush
kanuchi
black drink/asi (ceremonial, made of yaupon holly)
nut milk
filé powder (from sassafras)
sumac lemonade
alegria (from amaranth)


[specific species]
amaranthaceae: d. ambrosioides (epazote), c. berlandieri (huauzontle), c. pallidicaule (kaniwa), a. caudatus (love-lies-bleeding/kiwicha), chenopodium (lamb's-quarters), c. quinoa (quinoa)
amaryllidaceae: a. cepa (onion), a. tricoccum (ramps)
annonaceae: c. penduliflorum (hueinacaztli), a. triloba (pawpaw), a. muricata (soursop), a. squamosa (sugar-apple)
apiaceae: h. maximum (cow parsnip), e. foetidum (culantro), o. longistylis (sweet anise), e. bulbosa (erigenia/harbinger of spring), a. graveolens (celery)
apocynaceae: asclepias (milkweed)
aquifoliaceae: ilex (holly), i. paraguariensis (yerba mate)
araceae: a. triphyllum (jack-in-the-pulpit), p. virginica (tuckahoe)
araliaceae: a. nudicaulis (spikenard)
arecaceae: s. palmetto (palmetto)
asparagaceae: camassia (camas), a. americana (century plant), p. biflorum (solomon's seal), y. schidigera (spanish bayonet), yucca (yucca)
asteraceae: a. mollis (achyrachaena/blow-wives), taraxacum (dandelion), a. oleracea (jambu), h. tuberosus (jerusalem root), s. rebaudiana (stevia), h. annuus (sunflower), s. sonchifolius (yacon)
berberidaceae: m. trifoliolata (agarita), m. aquifolium (oregon grape)
boraginaceae: plagiobothrys (popcorn flowers)
brassicaceae: b. laevigata (rock cress), c. bursa-pastoris (shepard's purse)
cactaceae: cylindropuntia (chollas), opuntia (prickly pears), c. gigantea (saguaros)
cannabaceae: celtis (hackberries), h. lupulus (hops)
cannaceae: c. indica (african arrowroot)
cucurbitaceae: c. foetidissima (buffalo gourd), s. angulatus (bur cucumber), cucurbita (winter squash)
ericaceae: vaccinium (blueberries, cranberries, huckleberries), a. polifolia (bog rosemary), e. nigrum (crowberry), g. baccata (black huckleberry), gaylussacia (huckleberries), arctostaphylos manzanita, c. umbellata (pipsissewa), g. procumbens (teaberry)
euphorbiaceae: m. esculenta (cassava), c. lechleri (sangre de drago)
fabaceae: c. canadensis flowers as spice and fruit, a. bracteata (hog-peanut), a. americana (indian potato/hopniss), amorpha (indigo bush), p. erosus (jicama), g. dioicus (kentucky coffeetree), g. triacanthos (honey locust), prosopis mesquite, a. hypogaea (peanuts), p. esculenta (prairie turnips), p. pubescens (screwbean), vicia (vetch)
fagaceae: fagus (beech), q. emoryi (emory oak (acorns))
grossulariaceae: ribes (gooseberry)
juglandeae: carya (hickory (nuts)), c. illinoinensis (pecan), j. cinerea (white walnut)
lamiaceae: callicarpa (beautyberry), s. hispanica (chia), monarda (horsemint), m. arvensis (corn mint), h. pulegioides (pennyroyal), m. spicata (spearmint)
lauraceae: p. americana (avocado), a. palmeri (pigweed), sassafras (sassafras), l. benzoin (spicebush)
liliaceae: m. virginiana (indian cucumber)
malvaceae: a. esculentus (okra)
moraceae: m. pomifera (osage orange (seeds)), morus (mulberries)
myrtaceae: f. sellowiana (feijoa), p. guajava (guava), m. pungens (guabiyu), e. uniflora (suriname cherry)
onagraceae: oenothera (white evening primrose)
orchidaceae: v. planifolia (vanilla)
papaveraceae: e. californica (california poppy seeds)
poaceae: z. mays (maize), o. sativa (asian rice), o. glaberrima (african rice)
polygonaceae: c. uvifera (sea grape)
ranunculaceae: a. canadensis (eastern red columbine)
rosaceae: rubus (blackberry, dewberry), p. virginiana (chokecherries), crataegus (hawthorn (fruit)), p. hortulana (plum), amelanchier (serviceberry), f. x ananassa (strawberry), prunus (cherries), r. acicularis (wild rose)
scrophulariaceae: leucophylleae (sage)
solanaceae: capsicum (peppers), l. barbarum and l. chinense (goji), p. peruviana (goldenberry), p. virginiana (groundcherry), s. tuberosum (potato), s. betaceum (tamarillo), p. philadelphica (tomatillo), s. lycopersicum (tomato)
verbenaceae: a. citrodora (lemon verbena), l. graveolens (mexican oregano)