SSBMI Language Department

• The vine of muté is used to tie things like carrying baskets and tule boats.

• The leaves of muté can be used to form a waterproof barrier when leaching acorn meal and to wrap acorn bread when cooking it in an earth oven.
• Muté provides food for a variety of wildlife, such as birds.

Esak’ahá daak’ábe mi c’aykɨ́ɨ? (Do you want to know more?) This webpage is part of a larger initiative to share signage highlighting plants found around the Shingle Springs Rancheria and their Nisenan names.