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Gilbert L. Wilson
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ISBN: 0486440214
Page Count: 144
Dimensions: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Early-20th-century study takes a look at techniques of subsistence-level farming used by the Hidatsa of North Dakota. Descriptions of how tribe planted, harvested, and stored its food. Of value to modern organic gardeners and farmers, anthropologists, historians, and anyone fascinated by Native American culture. 40 figures; 10 illustrations on 5 plates.
Unabridged republication of "Agriculture of the Hidatsa Indians," published in the Bulletin, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1917.

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