Uses of plants by the Hidatsas of the northern plains / Gilbert Livingston Wilson ; edited and annotated by Michael Scullin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wilson, Gilbert Livingstone, 1868-1930, author.

Contributor:

Scullin, Michael, editor, annotator.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hidatsa Indians--Ethnobotany.

Hidatsa Indians.

Plants, Useful--Great Plains.

Plants, Useful.

Hidatsa Indians--Material culture.

Hidatsa Indians--Gardening.

Indians of North America--Ethnobotany--Great Plains.

Indians of North America.

Indians of North America--Ethnobotany.

Ethnobotany.

Gardening.

Material culture.

Great Plains.

Ethnobotany--Great Plains.

Physical Description:

xxxix, 432 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lincoln [Nebraska] : University of Nebraska Press, [2014]

Contents:

1 Plants That Are Eaten

Domesticated plants (MS) 3

Sunflowers (BBW) 17

Corn-smut (BBW) 20

Prairie turnips (BBW) 22

Jerusalem artichokes (BBW) 31

Hogpeanut (BBW, WC, GB) 36

Chokecherries (BBW) 43

Buffaloberries (BBW) 50

Gooseberries (BBW) 52

Black currants (BBW) 54

Wild grapes (BBW) 56

2 Plants That Can Be Eaten

Hawthorns (BBW) 59

Wild white onions (BBW) 61

Ball cactus (BBW, WC) 63

3 Plants That Are Sweet

Juneberries (BBW) 71

White juneberries (BBW) 78

Wild plums (BBW) 79

Strawberries (BBW) 83

Roses (BBW) 85

Red raspberries (BBW, SW, GB) 91

Biscuitroot (BBW) 93

Nannyberries (BBW) 97

Purple prairie clover (BBW) 99

4 Plants That Are Good to Chew

Sticky gum (BBW) 103

Pine pitch (BBW) 105

5 Plants That Smell Good

Purple meadow-rue (BBW) 109

Blue giant hyssop (BBW) 111

Sweetgrass (BBW) 112

Wild bergamot (BBW) 117

Pine needles (BBW) 119

Perfumes used in beds (BBW) 121

Beaver musk (BBW) 123

6 Plants That Have Medicinal Uses

Big medicine (BBW) 127

White and red baneberry (BBW) 128

Gumweed (WC) 130

Purple coneflower (WC) 132

"Medicine in the woods" (BBW) 134

Poison ivy (BBW) 135

Unknown grass (BBW, GB) 137

Peppermint (BBW) 138

7 Plants Used for Fiber

Dogbane (WC) 141

Upright sedge (BBW) 155

Grasswork ornaments on leggings 159

8 Plants Used for Smoking

Tobacco 9a (BBW) 163

Tobacco 9b (WC) 172

Red-osier dogwood (BBW) 187

Bearberry (BBW) 189

Bearberry or kinnikmnick (WC) 191

9 Plants Used for Dye and Coloring

Yellow owl's-clover (BBW) 197

Water smartweed (BBW) 198

Dye plants-unidentified (BBW) 199

10 Plants Used for Toys

Umakixeke, or game of throwing sticks (BBW, GB) 203

Popguns (BBW) 204

A toy horse 205

Reed whistle (GB) 206

11 Plants Used for Utilitarian Purposes

Cordgrass (BBW) 211

Buckbrush (BBW) 213

Cattails (BBW) 219

Boxelder (BBW) 222

Buffalograss (BBW) 226

Big bluestem (WC) 228

Common rush (BBW) 231

Scouringrush horsetail (WC) 237

Puffball (BBW) 239

Snakewood (BBW, WC) 241

Goldenrod (BBW) 244

Prairie grasses as fodder (WC) 246

12 Plants Used for Rituals or with Ritual Significance

The three kinds of sage (WC) 2-51

Pasture sage 1 (BBW, GB) 256

Pasture sage 2 (BBW, WC) 258

Common sagewort (BBW, WC, GB) 261

Black sage (BBW, WC) 262

Fringed sage (PW) 268

juniper (Cedar) (BBW, WC, GB) 269

Creeping juniper (BBW, GB) 270

Prairie sandreed (WC) 271

Bittersweet (WC) 275

13 Sources of Wood

Wood as a resource (MS) 279

Cottonwood (WC) 284

Ash (BBW) 289

Peachleaf willow (BBW) 291

Sandbar willow (BBW, WC, GB) 294

Heart-leaved willow (BBW) 297

Quaking aspen (BBW) 299

American elm (BBW) 300

Water birch (BBW) 301

Boxelder (BBW) 302

14 Uses of Wood

Gathering firewood (WC) 305

Digging-sticks (BBW, WC) 311

Mortar and pestle (BBW) 314

Making a bullboat frame (BBW) 316

Making a wooden bowl (WC) 320

Rakes (and the bison scapula hoe) (BBW, WC) 325

Paddle for working clay pots (cottonwood bark) (GLW) 329

15 Arrows

Significance and utility (MS) 333

Making arrows (WC) 335

Types of arrows (WC) 344

Bows (WC) 347

Arrows for boys (BBW, GB) 350

Mock battle with grass arrows (WC) 354

16 Earthlodges

Building an earthlodge (BBW) 359

On Earthlodges (The observations of Hairy Coat and Not A Woman) 370

Winter lodges and twin lodges (BBW) 374

The peaked or tipi-shaped hunting lodge (BBW) 378

The use of sod as an earthlodge covering 382

Dismantling an old earthlodge (BBW) 384

Like-a-Fishhook Village and environs (WC) 389

17 Miscellaneous Material

Basket making (BBW) 395

Native drinks of the Hidatsas (BBW) 403

How our meals were served (GB) 406

Nettles (BBW) 409

Forest fire (GLW) 411.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780803246744

0803246749

OCLC:

861955741