The Way to Independence: Memories of a Hidatsa Indian Family, 1840-1920
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A unique exploration of the Hidatsa people, material culture, spirituality, and adaptations, through the stories of respected elders from more than a century ago. In the 1910s, in the small Hidatsa... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0873512189
ISBN13:9780873512183
Release Date:June 1987
Publisher:Minnesota Historical Society Press
Length:371 Pages
Weight:3.40 lbs.
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The gold standard for ethnographic research & writing
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Gilbert L. Wilson is one of the few ethnographers who did long-term interviews, object collecting, photographs, and more among a North American Indian Tribe. While a few of his professional papers were published along with a few children's books, the mountain of gathered work has gained little attention until Carolyn Gilman and Mary Jane Schneider did this now classic publication and traveling exhibit. Both women do justice to the descriptive passion held by Gilbert, his brother Fredrick, Buffalo Bird Woman, Wolf Chief, Goodbird, and other Hidatsas who contributed to the effort. Bottomline: If human life and habits interest the reader, this volume is a must have! Billy Maxwell, Cultural Anthropologist, Material Culture of the Prairie, Plains, & Plateau
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