Urtica gracilis Ait. Nettle.
Hanuga-hi or manazhiha-hi (Omaha-Ponca).
The dried stalks were crumpled in the hands or gently pounded with a stone to free the fiber from the woody part. The first method was more common. The fiber of nettles was used by Nebraska tribes for spinning twine and cordage. Rope of this fiber was generally used to hobble horses. It was also used to weave into cloth. […]
Small boys gathered the fiber of this plant to use as wadding for their popguns.
One sentence omitted at […]: it concerns a sacred bundle, which the Library does not transcribe.