The Winged: An Upper Missouri River Ethno-Ornithology Volume 78 Contributor(s): Chandler, Kaitlyn Moore (Author), Murray, Wendi Field (Author), Zedeño, María Nieves (Author) |
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ISBN: 0816532028 ISBN-13: 9780816532025 Publisher: University of Arizona Press OUR PRICE: $18.95 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2017 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Science | Life Sciences - Zoology - Ornithology |
Dewey: 398.208 |
LCCN: 2016042820 |
Series: Anthropological Papers |
Physical Information: 0.4" H x 8.4" W x 10.9" (0.95 lbs) 152 pages |
Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Native American - Cultural Region - Upper Midwest |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The Missouri River Basin is home to thousands of bird species that migrate across the Great Plains of North America each year, marking the seasonal cycle and filling the air with their song. In time immemorial, Native inhabitants of this vast region established alliances with birds that helped them to connect with the gods, to learn the workings of nature, and to live well. This book integrates published and archival sources covering archaeology, ethnohistory, historical ethnography, folklore, and interviews with elders from the Blackfoot, Assiniboine, Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara, and Crow communities to explore how relationships between people and birds are situated in contemporary practice, and what has fostered its cultural persistence. Native principles of ecological and cosmological knowledge are brought into focus to highlight specific beliefs, practices, and concerns associated with individual bird species, bird parts, bird objects, the natural and cultural landscapes that birds and people cohabit, and the future of this ancient alliance. Detailed descriptions critical to ethnohistorians and ethnobiologists are accompanied by thirty-four color images. A unique contribution, The Winged expands our understanding of sets of interrelated dependencies or entanglements between bird and human agents, and it steps beyond traditional scientific and anthropological distinctions between humans and animals to reveal the intricate and eminently social character of these interactions. |