FOOD RESOURCE COLLEGE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SCIENCES, OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY
HUCKLEBERRIES, BLUEBERRIES
Anonymous. 1980. Nutritive Values of Native Foods of Warm Springs Indians. Extension Circular 809. Oregon State University Extension Service.
Indians used fresh huckleberries.
ERICACEAE, VACCINIUM, HUCKLEBERRIES
Berzok, Lindsa Murray. 2005. American Indian Food. Food in American History. Greenwood Press, Westport, Connecticut.
In the Northeast and West, these abundant berries were a necessary food source. Different species grew in each area, and the Indians made long trips to the growing regions to gather them for drying for winter use.
Hensolt, Edith A. 1966. How Oregon Indians Used the Native Flora. Benton cdounty Historical Society & Museum, Philomath, Oregon.
Indians have a festival to celebrate the ripening.
HUCKLEBERRIES, BLUEBERRY, BILBERRY, and CRANBERRY
Ward, Artemas. 1923. The Encyclopedia of Food. New York, Number Fifty, Union Square.
constitute the principal members of a large group of closely related edible berries. It varies a little in application in different parts of the area. New Englanders have established that huckleberries are blacker blueberries.
Excerpted and Modified from Kavasch, Barrie. 1979. Native Harvests. Recipes and Botanicals of the American Indian. Vintage Books, A Division of Random House, New York.
BLUEBERRIES (Vaccinium angustifolium and various spp.) are a member of the widespread heath family, most of which favor acid soil and light shade. With as many uses to the Amerindians as they have to us today, blueberries were primarily enjoyed raw, preferably "picked before the dew is off." Dried or charred for preservation against winter needs, they were essential to many of the hunting and gathering cultures. They are also the source of a wonderful blue-gray dye; mixed with nutgalls, they produce a rich brown dye or ink.
ERICACEAE, VACCINIUM, HUCKLEBERRY, OVATUM, COMMON EVERGREEN
Hensolt, Edith A. 1966. How Oregon Indians Used the Native Flora. Benton cdounty Historical Society & Museum, Philomath, Oregon.