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Notes on the material culture of the Assiniboine Indians
Ethnos • 25 (1-2) • Published In 1960 • Pages: 44-62
By: Dusenberry, Verne.
Abstract
Altogether 17 bands of Assiniboine roamed the Great Plains as far south as the Yellowstone River in Montana and as far north as the Athabasca River in Canada. Not much has been published on them. By the 1930s, their traditional way of life was gone. According to Dusenberry, the Assiniboine are named after the technique they employed for boiling water, placing hot stones into a water-filled hole lined with buffalo skins. Dusenberry also describes how the Assiniboine made bows, arrows, knives, glue, spears, war clubs, pipes, and spoons, and the tipi.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2002
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Plains and Plateau
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Ian Skoggard ; 2000
- Field Date
- 1960
- Coverage Date
- 1851-1960
- Coverage Place
- Fort Peck and Belknap Reservations, Montana, United States
- Notes
- Verne Dusenberry
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCN
- 45053696
- LCSH
- Assiniboine Indians