Uses of Plants by the Hidatsas of the Northern Plains /

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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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wilson, Gilbert Livingstone, 1868-1930
Other Authors: Scullin, Michael (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lincoln, NB : University of Nebraska Press, [2014]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Ethnobotanik
Hidatsa
Plants, Useful.
Indians of North America > Ethnobotany.
Ethnobotany.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
Ethnobotanique > Grandes Plaines.
Hidatsa (Indiens) > Culture materielle.
Plantes utiles > Grandes Plaines.
Hidatsa (Indiens) > Ethnobotanique.
Ethnobotany > Great Plains.
Indians of North America > Ethnobotany > Great Plains.
Hidatsa Indians > Gardening.
Hidatsa Indians > Material culture.
Plants, Useful > Great Plains.
Hidatsa Indians > Ethnobotany.
Great Plains.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Plants that are eaten
  • Plants that can be eaten
  • Plants that are sweet
  • Plants that are good to chew
  • Plants that smell good
  • Plants that have medicinal uses
  • Plants used for fiber
  • Plants used for smoking
  • Plants used for dye and coloring
  • Plants used for toys
  • Plants used for utilitarian purposes
  • Plants used for rituals or with ritual significance
  • Sources of wood
  • Uses of wood
  • Arrows
  • Earthlodges
  • Miscellaneous material.

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