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Buffalo Bird Woman
Hidatsa writer, gardener, indigenous agriculturalist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Waheenee, also referred to as the Buffalo Bird Woman (ca. 1839–1932) was a traditional Hidatsa woman who lived on the Fort Berthold Reservation in North Dakota. Her Hidatsa name was Waheenee, though she was also called Maaxiiriwia (variously transcribed as Maxidiwiac and Maxi'diwiac). She was known for maintaining the traditional lifestyle of the Hidatsa, including gardening, cooking, and household tasks. She passed on the traditional ways of her culture and oral tradition through interviews with Gilbert Wilson, in which she described her own experience and the lives and work of Hidatsa women.
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Buffalo Bird Woman | |
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Hidatsa: Maaxiiriwia | |
![]() Maxi'diwiac,
Photographed in 1910 | |
Hidatsa leader | |
Personal details | |
Born | ca. 1839 Knife River |
Died | 1932 Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota |
Relations | Brother, Henry Wolf Chief; grandmother, Otter; adopted grandmother, Turtle |
Children | Edward Goodbird |
Parent(s) | Father, Small Ankle, mother, Want-to-be-a-woman; stepmothers, Red Blossom and Strikes-many-women |
Known for | Recording Hidatsa gardening, agriculture, and culture |
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