Editing Acer saccharinum (section)

===Native American ethnobotany===
[[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Native Americans]] used the sap of wild trees to make [[Maple sugar|sugar]], as medicine, and in bread. They used the wood to make baskets and furniture.<ref name=USDA_Plant_Guide /> An [[infusion]] of bark removed from the south side of the tree is used by the [[Mohegan]] as cough medicine.<ref>Tantaquidgeon, Gladys. "1928 Mohegan Medicinal Practices, Weather-Lore and Superstitions". SI-BAE Annual Report #43: 264-270 (p. 269)</ref> The [[Cherokee]] take an infusion of the bark to treat cramps, menstrual pains, [[dysentery]], and hives.<ref name="Hamel, Paul B 1975, page 44">Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, ''Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History,'' Sylva, N.C.: Herald Publishing Co., page 44</ref> They boil the inner bark and use it with water as a wash for sore eyes. They take a hot infusion of the bark to treat [[measles]]. They use the tree to make baskets, for lumber, building material, and for carving.<ref name="Hamel, Paul B 1975, page 44"/>