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Show Uses by Neighboring Great Basin Populations: The Gosiutes used the racemosa variety as a food ( Chamberlin 1911: 380). The Paiutes of Nevada use the boiled flowers for colds and coughs, the berries for diarrhea, the leaves for bruises and wounds, and the roots for poultices for wounds and breasts, and for dysentery. The Shoshones of Nevada use the boiled flowers for TB, colds, and coughs, and the roots as a blood tonic ( Train et al. 1974: 137- 8). A,. 1.6 Raspberry ( Rubus sp., Rosaceae): One Ute name is / naka- watu= pi/ ( Smith 1974a:' 270). Reported Locations: Found in the Uinta Basin along watercourses and in canyons from 7,000 to 9,500 feet amid aspen, cottonwood, spruce, pine, willow, dogwood, and rose communities ( Goodrich and Neese 1986: 260). ECOTONE ( 1995: A- 1, A- 4, A- 8, A- 12, A- 22) list the idaeus ( raspberry) and the parviflorus ( western thimbleberry) varieties as found on the Uintah- Ouray Reservation. In the east, raspberry bushes were visually located in Whiterocks Canyon ( 6/ 21/ 95), and this was reported as a choice location by several consultants ( 1.2; 2.1; 4.1; 4.2). Stands of these berries are also reported further south along the Whiterocks River near La Point ( 1.2; 2.1), along the Uinta River ( 1.2; 4.1), and along irrigation canals near Neola ( 1.2; 2.1) In the west they are located along the Yellowstone in the vicinity of Altonah ( 2.1) and near the campgrounds in Yellowstone Canyon ( 4.3). Ute Food Uses: Various consultants indicated raspberries are eaten by the Utes ( 1.2; 2.1; 4.1). They are also reported as an important source of food in the ethnographic literature ( Garner and Hawley 1950: 325; Smith 1974a: 270; Janetski 1983: 65- 6; Callaway et al. 1986: 338; Pettit 1990: 27) and in an oral history interview where Harris ( Oral History, American West Center, 1969) mentioned the use of thimbleberries for food by the Utes. The thimbleberry is a variety of raspberry found in the same location as other raspberries in the Uinta mountains ( Goodrich and Neese 1986: 260). Uses by Neighboring Great Basin Populations: The Gosiutes also ate raspberries ( Chamberlin 1911: 380), and the Shoshones used powdered Whitebark raspberry stems to dress wounds ( Train et al. 1974: 131). A.. 1,7 SLerviceberry.,... Saskatoon... Seryice. b. erry,... Juneb. er ry ( Amelanchier alnifolia, Roasaceae): The Ute name is " du- ump" ( 1.4) or / tuwa= pi/ ( Smith 1974a: 270). Reported Locations: Found in the Uinta Basin amongst sagebrush, mountain brush and aspen communities along water courses from 6,000 to 8,500 feet ( Goodrich and Neese 1986: 254). A second variety of serviceberry listed for the Utah Southern Paiutes rather than the Northern 39 |