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The Assiniboine
Hewitt, J. N. B., Denig, Edwin Thompson
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Description for The Assiniboine
Paperback. This new edition provides a complete ethnology of the Assiniboine Indians, including information on their history, tribal organization and government, religion, manners and customs, warfare, dances, and language. Editor(s): Hewitt, J. N. B. Num Pages: 290 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLL; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 252 x 170 x 22. Weight in Grams: 692.
Edwin Thompson Denig entered the fur trade on the Upper Missouri River in 1833. As husband to the daughter of an Assiniboine headman and as a bookkeeper stationed at Fort Union, Denig became knowledgeable about the tribal groups of the Upper Missouri. By the 1840s and 1850s, several noted investigators of Indian culture were consulting him, including Audubon, Hayden, and Schoolcraft. Not content to drawn on his own knowledge, he interviewed in company with the Indians for an entire year until he had obtained satisfactory answers.
Edwin Thompson Denig entered the fur trade on the Upper Missouri River in 1833. As husband to the daughter of an Assiniboine headman and as a bookkeeper stationed at Fort Union, Denig became knowledgeable about the tribal groups of the Upper Missouri. By the 1840s and 1850s, several noted investigators of Indian culture were consulting him, including Audubon, Hayden, and Schoolcraft. Not content to drawn on his own knowledge, he interviewed in company with the Indians for an entire year until he had obtained satisfactory answers.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Canadian Plains Research Center
Condition
New
Number of Pages
290
Place of Publication
Regina, Canada
ISBN
9780889771321
SKU
V9780889771321
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99-2
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