Medicine: Inhaling the fumes of fresh hickory shoots placed on hot stones was used by Chippewa for convulsions.

Technology: Also known as Bow Wood for the use in making archery bows. The wood was also used by Iroquois for frames in birch bark canoe making. Splints of hickory were used to reinforce the rims of bark containers. The stripped inner bark of hickory was used for lashing. To make a rattle, a small sheet of hickory bark was folded over on itself, forming a hollow that could contain seeds or small stones. The hole in the handle was stopped up with a segment of dried corn cob.