Plants used for dye-Chippewa
Source of Recipe
Chippewa
Recipe Introduction
Some dyes for fabric and decorations, mostly Native American.
Incomplete and working on.
Red dye;
White birch (betula papyrifera marsh)
Red osier dogwood (cornus stoloni Michx) outer and inner bark.
Oak (quercus species)
Cedar bark ashes
Hot water
Boil the barks in the hot water. Prepare ash (burn an armload of cedar bark scrap to equal 2 cups of ash. (to 2 gallons of dye). Sift the ashes. Boil the dye awhile and add ash. Boil up again. Add that which is to be dyed.
To dye porcupine quill;
Red
2 handfuls root of the bloodroot
1 handful inner bark of the wild plum
1 handful inner bark of red-osier dogwood
1 handful inner bark of alder
Boil before adding quills.
Dark red
1 handful root of the bloodroot
1 handful inner bark of the wild plum
Hot water, 1 quart. Boil.
Mahogany
Red cedar, inner bark
Boil and add to that being dyed
Ochre=iron oxide (from certain springs), baked in the fire until "hard as stone", then powdered.
Yellow dye for fabric;
Inner bark of alder, pound to a shred and steep. Add fabric while still hot and return to a boil. (root of bloodroot may also be used).
Or, 2 parts bloodroot to 1 part wild plum.
Gold thread roots (coptis trifolia), are also used but require a large amount.
Khaki;
Bloodroot, wild plum and alder.
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