Under prairie skies: the plants and native peoples of the Northern Plains
by Shay, C. Thomas, (Creighton Thomas)
"Writer and anthropologist C. Thomas Shay traces the key roles of plants since humans arrived in the Northern Plains at the end of the Ice Age and began to hunt the region's woodlands, fish its waters, and gather its flora"-- "In Under Prairie Skies, C. Thomas Shay asks and answers the question: What role did plants play in the lives of early inhabitants of the northern Great Plains? Since humans arrived at the end of the Ice Age, plants played important roles as Native peoples learned which w…
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- Full title :Under prairie skies : the plants and native peoples of the Northern Plains / C. Thomas Shay.
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"Writer and anthropologist C. Thomas Shay traces the key roles of plants since humans arrived in the Northern Plains at the end of the Ice Age and began to hunt the region's woodlands, fish its waters, and gather its flora"--
"In Under Prairie Skies, C. Thomas Shay asks and answers the question: What role did plants play in the lives of early inhabitants of the northern Great Plains? Since humans arrived at the end of the Ice Age, plants played important roles as Native peoples learned which were valuable foods, which held medicinal value, and which were best for crafts. Incorporating Native voices, ethnobotanical studies, personal stories, and research techniques, Under Prairie Skies shows how, since the end of the Ice Age, plants have held a central place in the lives of Native peoples. Eventually some groups cultivated seed-bearing annuals and, later, fields of maize and other crops. Throughout history, their lives became linked with the land, both materially and spiritually. "--
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- Publication Date:2022
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):University of Nebraska Press
- Place of Publication:Lincoln
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2022
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (xix, 287 pages ): : illustrations (some color), maps.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781496232151, 1496232151
- oclc:on1342055305
- LC Classification:E78.G73
- Dewey Decimal:978.004/97
Table of Contents
Machine generated contents note: List of Illustrations -- List of Maps -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction Wide Vistas, Azure Skies -- Chapter 1 Sculpting the Land -- Chapter 2 Land of the Restless Wind -- Chapter 3 The Land Is Sacred -- Chapter 4 Life Among the Ancient Archives -- Chapter 5 From Gathering to Growing -- Chapter 6 Nature's Bounty -- Chapter 7 Medicinal and Mystical Plants -- Chapter 8 From Tools to Toys -- Epilogue Under Autumn Skies -- Appendix -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Notes -- Index.
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