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Uses of plants by the Hidatsas of the northern plains /

In 1916 anthropologist Gilbert L. Wilson worked closely with Buffalobird-woman, a highly respected Hidatsa born in 1839 on the Fort Berthold Reservation in western North Dakota, for a study of the Hidatsas' uses of local plants. What resulted was a treasure trove of ethnobotanical information t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wilson, Gilbert Livingstone, 1868-1930
Otros Autores: Scullin, Michael (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lincoln, NB : University of Nebraska Press, [2014]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:In 1916 anthropologist Gilbert L. Wilson worked closely with Buffalobird-woman, a highly respected Hidatsa born in 1839 on the Fort Berthold Reservation in western North Dakota, for a study of the Hidatsas' uses of local plants. What resulted was a treasure trove of ethnobotanical information that was buried for more than seventy-five years in Wilson's archives, now held jointly by the Minnesota Historical Society and the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. Wilson recorded Buffalobird-woman's insightful and vivid descriptions of how the nineteenth-century Hidatsa people had gathered, prepared, and used the plants and wood in their local environment for food, medicine, smoking, fiber, fuel, dye, toys, rituals, and construction. From courtship rituals that took place while gathering Juneberries, to descriptions of how the women kept young boys from stealing wild plums as they prepared them for use, to recipes for preparing and cooking local plants, Uses of Plants by the Hidatsas of the Northern Plains provides valuable details of Hidatsa daily life during the nineteenth century.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9780803267749
0803267746
0803267754
9780803267756
0803267762
9780803267763