Biology ETDs
Publication Date
Summer 6-2-1941
Abstract
The fundamental purpose of this paper is to present the picture of early food economy among the Indians of the Plains. In order to accomplish this task the procedure has been to present: (1) a brief study of the tribal groups with special emphasis upon their early history and movements, followed by (2) a general picture of Plains food economy with regard to the sequence and tribal units. The important subjects within this second category have to do with buffalo utilization, agriculture and the gathering to wild plant food; (3) a listing of the various wild plant and animal foods with the location of their utilization designated, principally in relation to tribal units.
Language
English
Keywords
Ethnobiology, Plains Indians, Sioux, Kiowa, Buffalo, Agriculture, Cultivation
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Biology
Level of Degree
Masters
Department Name
UNM Biology Department
First Committee Member (Chair)
Edward Franklin Castetter
Second Committee Member
Willard Williams Hill
Third Committee Member
Willis H. Bell
Recommended Citation
Reed, Joe D.. "The Early Basis of Subsistence of Indians in the Plains Area." (1941). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/biol_etds/227
