What are 5 uses Native Americans found for soap plants?
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google search string [ "soap plant" "Native American" ]\n-------------------------------\nFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia\n\nThe Wavy-leafed Soap Plant, Chlorogalum pomeridianum, is the commonest and most widely distributed of the Soap Plants, Soaproots or Amoles, which make up the genus Chlorogalum of flowering plants. It is found in most of California, apart from the Sierra Nevadas and the deserts, and also in south-western Oregon. It is occasionally known as the "wild potato", but given the plant's lack of either resemblance or relationship to the potato, this name is not recommended.\n\nLike all the Soap Plants, the Wavy-leafed Soap Plant is a perennial that grows from a bulb, which is brown, between 7 and 15 cm in diameter, slightly elongated, and covered in thick, coarse fibres. The leaves grow from the base of the plant, and can be from 20 to 70 cm long and 6 to 25 mm wide. As the plant's name indicates, their edges are generally wavy, though this is not always particularly noticeable. The flowers are borne on a long stem, normally longer than the leaves, and are from 15 to 30mm long. The six petals (actually only three of them are petals in the technical sense; the other three are sepals) are up to 35mm long and curving. They are generally white but have a noticeable mid-vein which can be purple or green in colour. The six stamens are large and noticeable, and yellow or orange. The flowers are hermaphrodite. They open only in the late afternoon or evening, remaining open during the night but closing by the morning. Pollination is by evening- or night-flying insects.\n\nThe Wavy-leafed Soap Plant grows on rock bluffs, grasslands, chaparral, and in the more open woodlands.\n\nThree varieties are recognised:\n\n    * Chlorogalum pomeridianum var. divaricatum, endemic to some coastal regions of California (the Central Coast and southern parts of the North Coast), and only found at elevations below about 100 metres.\n    * C. p. var. minus, found in the inner north and outer south Pacific Coast Ranges of California, and the San Francisco Bay Area. This variety has a less fibrous bulb than the others.\n    * C. p. var. pomeridianum, found throughout the range of the species.\n\nThe juices of the bulb contain saponins that form a lather when mixed with water, and both Native American people and early European settlers used the bulbs as a kind of soap; this is the origin of the plant's name. It was particularly used for washing hair, since it was held to be effective against dandruff. Extracts of the bulbs could also be used as a sealant or glue.\n\nThe young leaves can be used as food, but the saponins in the bulbs make these poisonous. However saponins are very poorly absorbed by the body and usually pass straight through, and in any case they can be destroyed by thorough cooking. The Miwok people roasted and ate the bulbs as a winter food. Saponins are much more toxic to some other animals than they are to humans. Fish are particularly susceptible, and the bulb juices were used to kill or stun them so they could be caught easily.\n\nThe bulbs also had various medicinal uses, both external (e.g. for making a poultice to be used as an antiseptic, or as a rub in cases of rheumatism) and internal (decoctions were used for a range of purposes, including as a diuretic, as a laxative and against stomach ache). The fibres surrounding the bulb were widely used, bound together, to make small brushes.\n\nThe basionym of the species was Scilla pomeridianum. It has also been known as Loathoe pomeridiana.\n-----------------------------\nYucca glauca, are called soap plant because their roots are especially good for making soap.\n\nNative American tribes in the southwestern United States and Northern Mexico found numerous uses for the yucca, dating back hundreds of years. Several tribes, including the Western Apaches on the Fort Apache Reservation in Arizona, use the plant today. The most co
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Sap is the fluid carried in tubules inside a plant, circulating to distribute food and water to various parts of the plant.Maple tree sap is the basic ingredient in maple syrup. The sap of the rubber tree is used to make latex, which is vulcanized to make rubber. Spruce Gum is another tree sap that was used by Anishinaabe peoples in Canada for small quick repairs to wood articles. The sap was collected and used in its raw form. Chewed, it makes a good emergency deep woods survival food.It carries food,enzymes,vitamins,water amino acid and other chemicals.It is done through xylem and phloem.
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The use of lye soap worked wonders for my sister's.  She was able to purchase this at a local health and beauty shop
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Start here: http://www.native-languages.org/blackfoot_culture.htm\n\nAmerican Indians relied on oral traditions, so you will have to identify your particular tribe and see if anyone knows its oral history. You will not find much useful help on Yahoo Answers about your particular family history.
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baby oil\nrubbing alcohol\nsoap\nlaundry detergent...
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horse hooves are for glue, not soap.  what we now call soap was originally made made by mixing rendered (melted) animal fat or olive oil with lye (lye occures naturally in wood ash).\nMost modern soaps aren't really soap, they're detergents made from petroleum.
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George Washington Carver Carver devised numerous uses, several of which were unique, for tree nuts (pecans), legumes (such as the peanut), and sweet potatoes, including more than 300 uses for the peanut. \n\nThese applications included glue, printer's ink, dyes, punches, varnishing cream, marble, rubbing oils, and Worcestershire sauce; however, contrary to popular belief, this list does not include peanut butter.
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NaOH is lye. It's used in soap.\nBa(OH)2 is used to clean up toxic acid spills\nNH3 is ammonia, which is used in cleaning products\nMg(OH)2 is another base
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One species of Hibiscus, known as Kenaf (Hibiscus cannabinus), is extensively used in paper making. Another, roselle (Hibiscus sabdariffa) is used as a vegetable and to make herbal teas and jams (especially in the Caribbean). In Mexico, the jamaica drink is quite popular and is made from calyces of the roselle plant. In Egypt and Sudan, roselle petals are used to make a beloved tea named after the plant, karkade, which can be served hot or chilled with ice.\n\nExtracts of some hibiscus species are claimed to have health benefits, including prevention of constipation, bladder infections and nausea, and high blood pressure. The studies that yielded these results are debated. An unspecified hibiscus plant is used to make a herbal tea, typically blended with rosehip.\n\nThe bark of the hibiscus contains strong fibers. They can be obtained by letting the stripped bark sit in the sea for some time in order to let the organic material rot away. In Polynesia these fibers (fau, pūrau) are used for making grass skirts.\n\nSome Hibiscus species and cultivars such as 'Texas Star' look superficially similar to marijuana at a glance. This led to a police raid in one instance.
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Using it as an ingredient in an anointing oil is a little different from rolling it up and lighting it and then smoking it. I hardly think that should cause a huge outcry amonst Christians. It was put here by God and therefore had to have an obvious purpose. Native Americans used all parts of the plant for different things over the years as well. That doesn't mean I would consider them Stoners. In the context for which it was used, Simply agree and say yes that is true, however that does not mean it was ever meant to be used as a drug for getting high.
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aloe vera would work well
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they got it from rivers and stuff.  they used it to wash, drink, boil, cook food with, water crops, etc.
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Here is a good site with pictures --> http://www.nps.gov/plants/medicinal/plants.htm\n\nAnd here is a site that has a medicinal plants poster.  It might be just what you want! --> \nhttp://www.poster.de/Anonymous/Anonymous-Medicinal-Plants-9903287.html
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the roots, the stem, the leaves, and the flower/fruits
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root, stem, leaf and flower
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Natural Green Chamomile Soap\nIngredients\nbullet2 cups glycerin soap base\nbullet1 tablespoon powdered chamomile\nbullet1 tablespoon glycerin or aloe vera\nbullet1 capsule chlorophyll concentrate\n\nInstructions\n    Melt glycerin base in double boiler on low heat. Blend powdered chamomile with glycerin or aloe. Stir this mixture into melted glycerin then stir in contents of chlorophyll capsule. Pour into small tupperware style containers and leave uncovered until cool. \n\nThe chlorophyll capsule gives the soap a natural color. Putting soap into this style of container allows for travel use. Wet face and face brush. Run face brush over front of soap and then face. Rinse warm. Allow glycerin soap to dry before putting cover back on.
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Issues in Indian Agriculture\n\nAgriculture has been a part of the Native American way of life throughout history. Activities they conducted and still carry out include hunting, fishing and gathering. Agriculture allowed Native Americans to stay in locations to grow crops for consumption and other needs. In modem times, Native Americans use their lands and natural resources to provide staples and other foods for consumption as well as to improve their economic self-sufficiency, agriculture income and reservation employment, through agriculture and agribusiness.\n\nReservation-based Indians tend to be the most rural of any minority group --- geographically isolated, resource-limited, and the least likely of any farm group to receive payments or loans from the United States Government (USG). Indian lands represent some 55 million acres, with nearly 47 million acres made up of range and crop land. Despite such large land holdings, many reservations are checkerboarded or fractionated in their ownership, often preventing productive use of the lands.\n\nIn addition to a huge land base, the agricultural sector constitutes the second largest revenue generator and employer to Indian country. According to the U.S. Census, some 70 percent of Indian agriculture production comes from livestock operations. The Indian agricultural sector could conceivably include any number of products including forestry, fishing, bison, wild rice and fruits, cotton, tobacco and other Native-made or grown products.\n\nWith federal expenditures for Indians still lagging far behind non-Indian America, and with an employment-based welfare reform system looming on the horizon, it is natural that the Indian agricultural sector is a candidate for tribal and federal focus in terms of improving access to existing federal agricultural, raising farm and lease income, increasing employment, strengthening subsistence agriculture and fishing, promoting Native-made agriculture products and encouraging economic self-sufficiency for Native Americans.\n\nThough many tribes have abundant natural resources to work with, individual operators and farming tribes are in need of capital, more efficient administration of existing federal programs, specialty markets and export promotion, and marketing assistance that non-Indian agriculture producers in the country have access to. Recently passed legislation such as the Indian Agricultural Resources Management Act of 1993, a more coordinated federal apparatus, and future work of the Administration and Congress can help to improve the condition of Indian agriculture, and improve the lives of Native Americans nationwide.\n\n\n\n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nBIOGRAPHIES\n\nOF\n\nPRESENTERS\n\n\n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\nBIOGRAPHY\n\nGREG SMITMAN\n\nGreg Smitman, Executive Director of the Intertribal Agriculture Council (IAC), is a Navy veteran, he also has Bachelor's and Master's of Science degrees in Range and Forest Management from Washington State University, and has been working in Indian Country all of his professional life.\n\n\nGreg started out as a Range Conservationist on the Fort Belknap Reservation, and was quickly promoted to Natural Resource Officer for BIA. In this position he administered and supervised over 50 employees from six major BIA branches, including Forest Management, Irrigation Project Management, Range Management, Real Estate Appraisals, Real Estate Services and Soil Conservation. Greg was selected for the Interior Department's Executive Manager Development Program and promoted to the Billings Area Office of the BIA, where he held the position of Special Projects Coordinator. While in this position he was instrumental in creating the National Indian Agriculture Working Group, from which the IAC was founded. Greg left the BIA to become IAC's first Executive Director and has occu