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Show picking site ( 1.2). In the west, along the Yellowstone, chokecherry sites are located in the canyon near the campgrounds ( 4.3) and reported below the canyon towards Altamont ( 4.1). Ute Food Uses: In addition to abundant references on the importance of chokecherries as food in the ethnographic literature on the Northern Utes ( Stewart 1942: 251; Lyman and Denver 1970: 86; Smith 1974a: 270; Janetski 1983: 65- 6; Callaway et al. 1986: 338; Pettit 1990: 27), mention is also made in oral histories ( M. Harris, American West Center, 1969) and in recent consultations with Utes ( 1.1; 1.2; 1.3; 1.4; 2.1; 3.1; 4.1; 4.2; 4.3). Other Uses by Utes: Historically, bows were made from chokecherry wood ( Smith 1974a: 108). Uses by Neighboring Great Basin Populations: The Gosiute ate the chokecherry as well and used the bark of the bush to slow hemorrhaging, such as frequent bloody noses ( Chamberlin 1911: 378). The Paiute and Shoshone of Nevada used the bark and, less often the roots, of the chokecherry for tuberculosis, head and chest colds, headaches, indigestion, sores, and snow blindness ( Train et al. 1974: 123- 4). A.. 1.. 4 . Currant... Bush ( Ribes aureum, cereum, hudsonianum, inerme, lacustre, montigenum, setosum, viscosissimum, and wolfii, Saxafragaceae): The Northern Ute name for the currant is / kwatina= pi/ or" qw soo per woop" ( Wardle 1969: 3) and for the gooseberry ( which is a variety of currant) is / sapatuu= pi/ ( Smith 1974a: 270) or " wah soo' poo wo~ 6p" ( Wardle 1969: 20). Another Northern Ute name for the currant is " po wip'" ( Wardle 1969: 20) and more specifically the golden currant, " wisivigurp" ( 1.4). Reported Locations: Nine varieties of currant can be found in the Uinta Basin whose berries are golden, red, purple, or black. These are at varying elevations, up to 11,000 feet, mostly along washes and streams but some are found in the woods and burned areas ( such as the viscosissimum ( sticky currant) and montigenum ( gooseberry currant) ( Goodrich and Neese 1986: 270). ECOTONE ( 1995: A- 1, A- 4, A- 8, A- 12, A- 22) lists the inerme and montigenum on reservation lands. Again, Warren Ferris ( 1983: 342) described how plentiful currants and gooseberries were in the region when he traveled through here in 1834. According to one Ute consultant ( 2.1), the gooseberry variety of currants is located primarily in the mountains but other varieties are ubiquitous in their locations on the reservation. There were specifically identified locations on the Uintah- Ouray Reservation and surrounding forest lands, however. The mountain lakes above Uinta and Whiterocks canyons are reported to have currants ( 2.1; 3.1). In the east, three different varieties are found along Pole Creek ( 1.1; 1.2), and there are currants along the 37 |