Hidatsa Social and Ceremonial Organization

Informationen zum Autor In his introduction Douglas R. Parks, associate director of the American Indian Studies Research Institute at Indiana University, discusses the place of Bowers's work in the history of the Plains Indians. He is the author of Traditional Narratives of the Arikara Indians (1991), also published by the University of Nebraska Press. Klappentext Hidatsa Social and Ceremonial Organization! a study of an important horticultural Plains Indian tribe! synthesizes the rich material Alfred W. Bowers recorded in the early 1930s from the last generation of Hidatsas who lived in the historic village of Like-a-Fishhook. Zusammenfassung Drawing from the last generation of Hidatsas who lived in the historic village of Like-a-Fishhook, this book presents a study of an important horticultural Plains Indian tribe. It combines archeological and ethnographic approaches to reconstruct a Hidatsa culture history that is shaped by a concern for cultural detail.

Product details

• Authors: Alfred W Bowers, Alfred W. Bowers, Alfred W. Bowers Bowers, BOWERS ALFRED W
• Assisted by: Douglas R. Parks (Editor)
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.10.1992
• EAN: 9780803260986
• ISBN: 978-0-8032-6098-6
• No. of pages: 528
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology