Book
Buffalo Bird Woman's garden: agriculture of the Hidatsa Indians
Minnesota Historical Society Press • St. Paul, Minn. • Published In 1987 • Pages: xxiii, 129
By: Waheenee, Wilson, Gilbert Livingstone.
Abstract
This work documents the agricultural practices and foodways of the Hidatsa as related by Buffalo Bird Woman, who learned from the knowledgeable women of her community to grow and prepare such staples as corn, beans, squash and sunflowers, honing her skills for four decades before resettlement on allotted reservation lands and imposed use of the plow and introduced cultivars disrupted native subsistence practices adapted to the local environment.
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Plains and Plateau
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Types
- Indigenous Person
- Anthropologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- Analyst
- Teferi Abate Adem; 2013
- Field Date
- 1906-1918
- Coverage Date
- 1845-1885
- Coverage Place
- western McLean county, North Dakota, United States
- Notes
- [as told to] Gilbert L. Wilson; with a new introduction by Jeffrey R. Hanson
- Reprint by Borealis Books. Originally published: Agriculture of the Hidatsa Indians: An Indiana Interpretation. Minneapolis, 1917.
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCN
- 87020355
- LCSH
- Waheenee, 1839?-
- Goodbird, Edward
- Hidatsa Indians--Agriculture