Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region
Entry/Object ID
L2012.21.168
Description
Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region. Originally a 1914 thesis, published in 1919. From the 33rd Report of the Bureau of American Enthnology. Uses the Plains Indians made of the wild plants they collected and those they cultivated for food, clothing, medicine, and ornamentation. Also described is the place plants held in the symbolic system of the Plains Indians and an image of a culture that had evolved in harmony with its environment. A classic in ethnobotany.
Inserted:
Photocopy of "Earlets of 1/2" long, egg shaped"
News Clipping: "Student rediscovers King Tut's funeral feast" May, 19, 1988.
107/Softbound/Photographs.
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Book
Nomenclature Sub-Class
Other Documents
Nomenclature Class
Documentary Objects
Nomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects
Search Terms
Food Sources for Plains Indians, Plants Used by the Plains Indians, Ethnology, Ethnobotany, Plains Indians, Missouri River, Native American
