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Minnesota Historical Society Press
Language
English
Pages
368

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Subjects

Ceremony, Legends, Indians of North America, Ojibwa Indians, Ethnobotany, Ojibway Indians, Wild rice, Food, Ojibwe Indians, Chippewa Indians, Cultural and Social Life, Indians of north america, agriculture, Indians of north america, northwest, old, Indians of north america, food, Rice

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Wild Rice and the Ojibway People
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Hardcover; Paperback in English - 2004 reprint of 1988 edition.
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Wild Rice and the Ojibway People
July 28, 1988, Minnesota Historical Society Press
Hardcover; Paperback in English - First Edition, First Printing edition

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Table of Contents

Preface. vii
Introduction. 1
1. THE PLANT. 12
Classification
Page 12
Germination and Growth
Page 14
Enemies
Page 20
Habitat
Page 28
Jenk's District
Page 32
In Nomenclature
Page 36
2. AS FOOD. 39
Nutrition
Page 39
Preparation
Page 45
Cooking
Page 47
"An Excellent Article"
Page 51
"Fat and Delicious"
Page 55
3. IN LEGEND AND CEREMONY. 58
4. TRADITIONAL INDIAN HARVEST. 81
Binding
Page 82
Knocking
Page 90
Drying
Page 110
Parching or Scorching
Page 118
Hulling
Page 123
Winnowing
Page 132
Storage
Page 134
5. THE CAMPS. 151
Layout
Page 160
Setting Up
Page 165
Harvest Controls
Page 175
Social Life
Page 188
6. THE ECONOMICS. 198
The Fur Trade
Page 199
A Non-Indian Commodity
Page 212
Mechanization
Page 218
Taming Wild Rice
Page 239
7. THE LAW. 255
Subsistence
Page 261
State Regulation
Page 268
Rights and Litigation
Page 274
8. THE FUTURE. 283
Tourism
Page 285
Pollution
Page 287
Water Levels and Reclamation
Page 290
Wild Rice and the Ojibway People
Page 296
REFERENCE NOTES. 300
GLOSSARY. 329
BIBLIOGRAPHY. 331
INDEX. 350

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Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 331-349.

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St. Paul, MN
Other Titles
Wild Rice
Copyright Date
1988 by the Minnesota Historical Society.

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Dewey Decimal Class
306/.34
Library of Congress
E99.C6 V46 1988, E99.C6V46 1988
lccn_permalink
http://lccn.loc.gov/87038333

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Format
Hardcover; Paperback
Pagination
ix, 357 p., [1] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports.
Number of pages
368

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Open Library
OL25440401M
Internet Archive
wildriceojibwayp0000venn
ISBN 10
0873512251, 087351226X
ISBN 13
9780873512251, 9780873512268
LCCN
87038333
OCLC/WorldCat
416480617, 17354204

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