Bibliograph

Buffalo Bird Woman's garden, agriculture of the Hidatsa Indians, Gilbert L. Wilson ; with a new introduction by Jeffery R. Hanson

Type

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Buffalo Bird Woman's garden, agriculture of the Hidatsa Indians, Gilbert L. Wilson ; with a new introduction by Jeffery R. Hanson

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references.

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Buffalo Bird Woman's garden

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

116352461

Responsibility statement

Gilbert L. Wilson ; with a new introduction by Jeffery R. Hanson

Series statement

Borealis

Sub title

agriculture of the Hidatsa Indians

Summary

Buffalo Bird Woman, a Hidatsa Indian born about 1839, was an expert gardener. Following centuries-old methods, she and the women of her family raised huge crops of corn, squash, beans, and sunflowers in the rich bottomlands of the Missouri River in what is now North Dakota. Here she shares her horticultural secrets, describing a year of activities in the garden, from preparing and planting the fields through cultivating, harvesting, and storing foods. She gives recipes for cooking typical Hidatsa dishes and she tells of the stories, songs and ceremonies that were essential to a bountiful harvest

Table Of Contents

Introduction to the reprint edition -- Preface -- Foreword -- Tradition -- Beginning a garden -- Sunflowers -- Corn -- Squashes -- Beans -- Storing for winter -- The making of a drying stage -- Tools: hoes; rakes; squash knives -- Fields at Like-a-Fishhook Village -- Miscellanea -- Since white men came -- Tobacco

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