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Buffalo Bird Woman's Garden - (Borealis Books) by Gilbert L Wilson (Paperback)

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  • Buffalo Bird Woman, a Hidatsa Indian born about 1839, was an expert gardener.
  • Author(s): Gilbert L Wilson
  • 129 Pages
  • Social Science, Ethnic Studies
  • Series Name: Borealis Books

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"This that I now tell is as I saw my mothers do, or did myself, when I was young. My mothers were industrious women, and our family had always good crops; and I will tell now how the women of my father's family cared for their fields, as I saw them, and helped them." --Buffalo Bird Woman



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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 on the rich bottomlands of the Missouri River in what is now North Dakota. When she was young, her fields were near Like-a-fishhook, the earth-lodge village that the Hidatsa shared with the Mandan and Arikara. When she grew older, the families of the three tribes moved to individual allotments on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation.

In Buffalo Bird Woman's Garden, first published in 1917, anthropologist Gilbert L. Wilson transcribed the words of this remarkable woman, whose advice today's gardeners can still follow. She describes a year of activities, 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.

A new introduction by anthropologist and ethnobotanist Jeffery R. Hanson describes the Hidatsa people's ecologically sound methods of gardening and Wilson's work with this traditional gardener.

Praise for Buffalo Bird Woman's Garden:

"A gem of a book useful for today's gardener." --Organic Gardener

"One of the best gardening books around." --City Pages

"Every gardener and agricultural scientist should find gems of practical wisdom in these pages, borne from an age-old tradition when sustainable agricultural practices . . . made the difference in sustaining life. Fascinating!" --Foster's Botanical & Herb Review

"Historical photographs and diagrams of farming techniques, along with actual recipes and Hidatsa vegetable varieties, make this gem of a book useful for today'' gardener." --Organic Gardening
Dimensions (Overall): 9.01 Inches (H) x 6.06 Inches (W) x .46 Inches (D)
Weight: .58 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 129
Genre: Social Science
Sub-Genre: Ethnic Studies
Series Title: Borealis Books
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press
Theme: Native American Studies
Format: Paperback
Author: Gilbert L Wilson
Language: English
Street Date: October 15, 1987
TCIN: 83283410
UPC: 9780873512190
Item Number (DPCI): 247-55-1722
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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Estimated ship dimensions: 0.46 inches length x 6.06 inches width x 9.01 inches height
Estimated ship weight: 0.58 pounds
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