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Show Goshute W E S H A L L R E M A I N : U TA H I N D I A N C U R R I C U L U M G U I D E goshute elder maude moon talks about goshute plant use Goshute elder Maude Moon discusses traditional use of plants by her people. Moon's comments were translated into English from her native Goshute language. I will share a story with [you]. This plant which is used by us when we have stomach ailments, pain. Wherever we have pain, this medicine is used as a poultice and it is rubbed on the skin. This poultice can be used anywhere on the body where there is pain. . . There is another plant that is known as the h)aazii'… it is gathered in the fall and the seeds are con-sumed by the people. When my paternal grandmother gathered this plant, it looked very good. . . The people would eat the seeds of the h)aazii', like this in the fall. My paternal grandmother would do that to it. She would also gather eapa__i__ in the fall and she would prepare only the seeds of this plant. She would put water into a bowl, place some of the seeds, then grind it, like this. Once the seeds have been grinded, then it looks very good. There is another plant that we know as waada… but that plant does not grow around here. The waada grows up towards the north, a place known as Bee Canyon. I have seen it growing up there. That plant is very dark, but when it becomes ripe in the fall, it becomes much darker. . . The people harvest that plant, prepare and eat only the seeds. There is another plant that we call izha'an namba__i__, but this plant is used for medicine and not taken by mouth for consumption. The people do not eat any part of that particular plant. Izha'an namba__i__ is a one of the best medicines that we have. This medicine is used to cure those who are extremely ill. I have never seen anyone drink this medicine. I have seen people with extreme pain, smash this medicine, make it into a poultice and place it on their skin, where they are having pain. I have also seen people clear their throats by poking, along with this medicine. There is another plant, the watercress, that is another medicine used by the people, I almost forgot to T H E G O S H U T E S 1 2 1 Goshute Woman |