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Informationen zum Autor Gilbert L. Wilson (1869–1930) was a well-known anthropologist whose dissertation on Hidatsa agriculture was published in 1917 and is still available in print today. Michael Scullin is a codirector of Midwest Ethnohorticulture LLC. His articles have appeared in the journal Plains Anthropologist and in many edited volumes. Klappentext Gilbert L. Wilson (1869–1930) was a well-known anthropologist whose dissertation on Hidatsa agriculture was published in 1917 and is still available in print today.¿Michael Scullin is a codirector of Midwest Ethnohorticulture LLC. His articles have appeared in the journal Plains Anthropologist and in many edited volumes. Zusammenfassung Provides valuable details of Hidatsa daily life during the nineteenth century! from courtship rituals that took place while gathering Juneberries! to descriptions of how the women kept young boys from stealing wild plums as they prepared them for use! to recipes for preparing and cooking local plants - including the roots! fruits! seeds! and sap. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of IllustrationsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroductionEditor’s NoteAbbreviations: BBW=Buffalobird-woman; PW=Poor Wolf; GB=Goodbird; SW=Sioux Woman; GLW=Gilbert Wilson; WC=Wolf Chief; MS=Michael Scullin1. Plants That Are EatenDomesticated plants (MS)Sunflowers (BBW)Corn-smut (BBW)Prairie turnips (BBW)Jerusalem artichokes (BBW)Hogpeanut (BBW, WC, GB)Chokecherries (BBW)Making stone hammers (BBW)Buffaloberries (BBW)Gooseberries (BBW)Black currants (BBW)Wild grapes (BBW)2. Plants That Can Be EatenHawthorns (BBW)Wild white onions (BBW)Ball cactus (BBW, WC)3. Plants That Are SweetJuneberries (BBW)White juneberries (BBW)Wild plums (BBW)Strawberries (BBW)Roses (BBW)Red raspberries (BBW, SW, GB)Biscuitroot (BBW)Nannyberries (BBW)Purple prairie clover (BBW)4. Plants That Are Good to ChewSticky gum (BBW)Pine pitch (BBW)5. Plants That Smell GoodPurple meadow-rue (BBW)Blue giant hyssop (BBW)Sweetgrass (BBW)Wild bergamot (BBW)Pine needles (BBW)Perfumes used in beds (BBW)Beaver musk (BBW)6. Plants That Have Medicinal UsesBig medicine (BBW)White and red baneberry (BBW)Gumweed (WC)Purple coneflower (WC)“Medicine in the woods” (BBW)Poison ivy (BBW)Unknown grass (BBW, GB)Peppermint (BBW)7. Plants Used for FiberDogbane (WC)Upright sedge (BBW)Grasswork ornaments on leggings (Isokikuas)8. Plants Used for SmokingTobacco 9a (BBW)Tobacco 9b (WC)Red-osier dogwood (BBW)Bearberry (BBW)Bearberry or kinnikinnick (WC)9. Plants Used for Dye and ColoringYellow owl’s-clover (BBW)Water smartweed (BBW)Dye plants—unidentified (BBW)10. Plants Used for ToysUmakixeke, or game of throwing sticks (BBW, GB)Popguns (BBW)A toy horseReed whistle (GB)11. Plants Used for Utilitarian PurposesCordgrass (BBW)Buckbrush (BBW)Cattails (BBW)Box elder (BBW)Buffalograss (BBW)Big bluestem (WC)Common rush (BBW)Scouringrush horsetail (WC)Puffball (BBW)Snakewood (BBW, WC)Goldenrod (BBW)Prairie grasses as fodder (WC)12. Plants Used for Rituals or with Ritual SignificanceThe three kinds of sage (WC)Pasture sage 1 (BBW, GB)Pasture sage 2 (BBW, WC)Common sagewort (BBW, WC, GB)Black sage (BBW, WC)Fringed sage (PW)Juniper (Cedar) (BBW, WC, GB)Creeping juniper (BBW, GB)Prairie sandreed (WC)Bittersweet (WC)13. Sources of WoodWood as a resource (MS)Cottonwood (WC)Ash (BBW)Peachleaf willow (BBW)Sandbar willow (BBW, WC, GB)Heart-leaved willow (BBW)Quaking aspen (BBW)American elm (BBW)Water birch (BBW)Box elder (BBW)14. Uses of WoodGathering firewood (WC)Digging-sticks (BBW, WC)Mortar and pestle (BBW)Making a bullboat frame (BBW)Making a wooden bowl (WC)Rakes (and the bison scapula hoe) (BBW, WC)Paddle for working clay pots (cottonwood bark) (GLW)15. ArrowsSignificance and utility (MS)Making arrows (WC)Types of arrows (WC)Bows (WC)Arrows for boys (BBW, GB)Mock battle with grass arrows (WC)16. EarthlodgesBuilding an earthlodge (BBW)On earthlodges (The observations of Hairy Coat and Not A Woman)Winter lodges...
