Corn occupied an important place in the lives of many Native communities who lived along the Upper Missouri River. In this landmark book, George F. Will and George E. Hyde introduce readers to some fifty varieties of native corn discovered in the Missouri Valley. Equally important, they provide an indispensable overview of Indian agricultural techniques there, including methods of harvesting and storing the crop, the preparation of corn for food, and the role of the crop in intertribal and Indian-white trade. Corn was not ...
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Corn occupied an important place in the lives of many Native communities who lived along the Upper Missouri River. In this landmark book, George F. Will and George E. Hyde introduce readers to some fifty varieties of native corn discovered in the Missouri Valley. Equally important, they provide an indispensable overview of Indian agricultural techniques there, including methods of harvesting and storing the crop, the preparation of corn for food, and the role of the crop in intertribal and Indian-white trade. Corn was not only grown, eaten, and traded, it also had a spiritual significance. A final contribution of this book is a discussion of the presence and value of corn in Indian myth, religion, and ritual. George F. Will (1884-1955) is the author of Archaeology of the Missouri Valley (1924) and The Mandans: A Study of Their Culture, Archaeology and Language (1906). George E. Hyde (1882-1968) is the author of several books, including Red Cloud's Folk: A History of the Oglala Sioux Indians (1937), Pawnee Indians (1934), Indians of the High Plains: From the Prehistoric Period to the Coming of Europeans (1959), and Indians of the Woodlands: From Prehistoric Times to 1725 (1962). Douglas Parks is a professor of anthropology and associate director of the American Indian Studies Research Institute at Indiana University. His publications include Myths and Traditions of the Arikara Indians (Nebraska, 1996) and an edition of James R. Murie's Ceremonies of the Pawnee (Nebraska, 1989). Also available Myths and Traditions of the Arikara Indians Douglas R.Parks 0-8032-8742-9 PB GBP13.95 Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region Melvin R.Gilmore 0-8032-7034-8 PB GBP8.50
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Good. 8vo-over 7¾-9¾" tall. pp. 323. Minor edge and corner wear; lightly scuffed and scratched; spine is gently creased; some light shelf wear; ex-library with the usual library markings; overall a nice used copy! Color illustrated wrapper with black lettering. 323 historical and informative pages nicely enhanced by black and white photographs and illustrations! "Corn occupied an important place in the lives of many Native communities that lived along the Upper Missouri River. In this landmark book, George F. Will and George E. Hyde introduce readers to some fifty varieties of native corn discovered in the Missouri Valley. Equally important, they provide an indispensable overview of Indian agricultural techniques there, including methods of harvesting and storing the crop, the preparation of corn for food, and the role of the crop in intertribal and Indian-white trade. Corn was not only grown, traded, and eaten, it also had spiritual significance. A final contribution of this book is a discussion of the presence and value of corn in American Indian myth, religion, and ritual...."