Book

Wild rice and the Ojibway people

Minnesota Historical Society PressSt. PaulPublished In 1988 • Pages:

By: Vennum, Thomas.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Vennum looks at the role wild rice played and continues to play in the life of the Ojibway people. He discusses how it grows (and how paddy wild rice is grown), it's place in myth and ceremony, and its importance in the diet. He also examines how the Ojibway traditionally harvested wild rice verses the way it is harvested today The role of wild rice in the Ojibway economy, past and present, is discussed. Vennum also looks at the effects treaties and federal, state, and provincial laws have had on the Ojibway people's access to wild rice.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Flora
Sociocultural trends
Annual cycle
Collecting
Preservation and storage of food
Diet
Production and supply
External trade
External relations
Disasters
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Ojibwa
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2000
RegionThe area the document pertains to
North America
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Arctic and Subarctic
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
Book
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Ethnologist
Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
4: Excellent Secondary Data
5: Excellent Primary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
Sarah Berry; 1998
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
Not specified
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
mid-seventeenth century to mid-twentieth century
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Central Ojibwa; United States and Canada
NotesAdditional notes
Thomas Vennum, Jr.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-239)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
87038333
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Ojibwa Indians