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LIST OF PLANTS 



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There is no exact terminology of Chippewa plants, although there 

 are some generally accepted designations of common plants and trees. 

 In obtaining the names of plants it was found that the same name is 

 often given to several plants, and that one plant may have several 

 names. Individuals often had their own names for the plants which 

 they used as remedies. It was also customary for a medicine man, 

 when teaching the use of a plant, to show a specimen of the plant 

 Avithout giving it any name. Thus the identity of the plant was 

 transmitted with more secrecy than would have been possible if a 

 name had been assigned to it. The names by which plants are desig- 

 nated by the Chippewa are usually compound nouns indicating the 

 appearance of the plant, the place where it grows, a characteristic 

 property of the plant, or its principal use. To this is often added a 

 termination indicating the part of the plant which is utilized, as 

 root or leaf. 



Examples of these classes of plant names are as follows : 



Name indicating appearance of the plant: Be'cigodji'bigfik (blue cohosh), 

 becig, one ; djibiguk, root ; the plant having a tap root. 



Name indicating place where the plant grows: Mu'ckigwa'tig (tamarack), 

 muckig, swamp ; atig, termination indicating wood. 



Name indicating a characteristic property of the plant: Dado'cabodji'bik 

 (dandelion), dadocabo, liquid, or milk; odjibik, root. 



Name indicating characteristic use of plant: A'gimak' (ash), agim, snow- 

 shoe ; ak, termination signifying wood. 



List op Plants 1 Arranged According to Native Name 



Native name 



Abo'djigun _. 



A'djidamo'wano . 



A'gimak' 



Ago'bisowin 



Agong'osiminun'. 

 Agwin'gusibug'.. 



Akun'darno 



Ana'kun 



Ande'gobug 



Ande'gopin 



Anib' 



Anib'icens' 



A'nibimin' 



Anib'iminuga'wunj . 



Anidji'minibug' 



A'ninandak' 



A'nina'tig 



A'nimu'sld 



Apfik'we 



Asa'di 



Asa'kumlg__ 



A'sawan 



As'kibwan' 



Common name 



Reed. 



Yarrow, squirrel - tail, 



goldenrod. 1 

 Ash. 



Ladyslipper. 

 False Solomonseal. 

 Twisted-stalk. 

 Cup-plant. 

 Bulrush. 

 Hedge-nettle. 

 Honeysuckle, bugle- 

 weed. 

 Arrowwood. 

 Goldenrod. 

 Cranberry. 



Balsam fir. 

 Sugar maple. 

 Hepatica. 

 Cat-tail. 

 Aspen. 



Wood-moss, sphagnum. 

 Lady fern. 

 Jerusalem artichoke. 



Native name 



A'slsuwe'mlnaga'wunj. . 

 Aya'bldjidji'bikugi'sin.. 



Bagan'__ 



Ba'sibuguk'. 



Ba'sunukuk'.. 



Beba'mokodjibika'gisin . 

 Be'cigodji'bigfik 



Chokecherry. 

 Spikenard. 



Mugwort, prairie clover. 

 Mugwort. 

 Dogbane. 



Blue cohosh, wild gera- 

 nium. 

 Umbrella plant. 

 Nettle. 



Cow parsnip. 

 Horsemint. 

 Ground-plum. 

 Wild rose. 

 Prairie sage. 

 Seneca snakeroot. 

 Bittersweet. 

 Marsh locks. 

 Wild plum. 



Mugwort, swamp milk- 

 weed, Joe Pye weed. 

 Hog peanut. 

 Meadow parsnip. 

 Gooseberry. 



1 It will be noted that one name is frequently given to several plants and that one plant is frequently 

 called by several names. 



Be'dukadak'igisin 



Bepadji'ekanakiz'it ma'- 

 zana'tig. 



Bi'bigwe'wunuck 



Bibi'gwunukuk' 



Bi'jikiwi'bugesan' 



Bi'jikiwi'ginig 



Bi'jikiwin'guck 



Bi'jikiwuck' 



Bima'kwud 



Bine'bug.. 



Bu'gesana'tlg 



Bu'giso'win 



Bugwudj'miskodi'simlri- 



Busidji'bikuguk 



Cabo'minaga'wunj 



Common name 



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