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Culture Summaryessay 2021 • Hanson, Jeffery R. (Jeffery Raymond)
Hidatsa • North America > Plains and Plateau
This is a culture summary of the Hidatsa people. Information is presented on major aspects of Hidatsa culture....Changes in Hidatsa residence petternsarticle 1983 • Hanson, Jeffery R. (Jeffery Raymond)
Hidatsa • North America > Plains and Plateau
This work posits a change in Hidatsa marital residence patterns that occurred as a consequence of population collapse from recurrent epidemics, resulting in a shift from a predominantly matrilocal to a multi-local pattern. The author supports this co...Adjustment and adaptation on the northern Plainsarticle 1986 • Hanson, Jeffery R. (Jeffery Raymond)
Hidatsa • North America > Plains and Plateau
This inquiry into the impact of horses on the village-based life of the Hidatsa focuses on the integration of horses into subsistence practices, political economy, and domestic economy. The main argument is that cultural factors, rather than purely e...