{"product_id":"the-way-to-independence","title":"The Way to Independence","description":"\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMemories of a Hidatsa Indian Family, 1840-1920\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCarolyn Gilman and Mary Jane Schneider\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.mnhs.org\/collections\/browse-mnhs-press-titles\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eMinnesota Historical Society Press\u003c\/a\u003e (May 2023)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDescription\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA unique exploration of the Hidatsa people, material culture, spirituality, and adaptations, through the stories of respected elders from more than a century ago.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the 1910s, in the small Hidatsa settlement of Independence, North Dakota, Buffalo Bird Woman, her brother Wolf Chief, and her son Goodbird welcomed anthropologist Gilbert Wilson into their homes and shared stories and memories of Hidatsa life and traditions reaching back more than 65 years. With Goodbird acting as interpreter, Wilson carefully recorded their words, took photographs, and collected artifacts. Together, these stories and images provide a rare glimpse into the Hidatsa people and culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Way to Independence\u003c\/em\u003e is a powerful and personal description of the Hidatsa people’s journey from a traditional clan-oriented society of the 1840s to the industrialized, individualistic world of twentieth-century America. Through the words of Buffalo Bird Woman and her family, and using hundreds of stunning photographs of artworks and artifacts, this book tells the story of the tribe. Authors Carolyn Gilman and Mary Jane Schneider provide both text and illustrations to explore the material culture, spirituality, and adaptations of the Hidatsa people during a time of tremendous change.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThroughout these years, the Hidatsa coped with these radical changes, but they never surrendered to them. They adopted many white political and religious institutions, but those institutions took on a Hidatsa flavor; similarly, they used the tools of the industrialized world, but they produced Hidatsa things with them. Thus the people found their way to a new kind of independence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn a separate section of the book, several experts on the Hidatsa contribute essays discussing the tribe’s origins, religion, and natural environment, as well as the Hidatsa studies of Gilbert Wilson and his brother Frederick. This book, first published to accompany a major exhibition at the Minnesota Historical Society, continues to provide a vital story of a resilient and creative people.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAuthor Information\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCarolyn Gilman\u003c\/strong\u003e is a historian and museum exhibit developer specializing in frontier and Native history. She is the author of \u003cem\u003eLewis and Clark: Across the Divide\u003c\/em\u003e and five other books on aspects of Native American and western history. She has worked as an exhibition developer at the Minnesota Historical Society, the Missouri History Museum, and the National Museum of the American Indian. She was curator of the National Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Exhibition, which toured the United States in 2004 to 2006.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMary Jane Schneider\u003c\/strong\u003e was appointed the first chair of the Department of Indian Studies at the University of North Dakota and also served as a professor of Indian Studies. She previously worked at the Stovall Museum at the University of Oklahoma and was director of the Museum of Anthropology at the University of Missouri. Schneider was named a Chester Fritz Distinguished Professor at UND and awarded the McDermott Award for Excellence in Teaching, Research, Creative Activity and Service. She retired from the university in 2003 as professor emeritus. That same year, she received the Distinguished Service Award from the Plains Anthropological Society.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePaperback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e384 pages\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e11 in H | 8.5 in W\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eISBN: 9780873512091\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"MNHS Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42411776540768,"sku":null,"price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0783\/2243\/files\/81tfCZO8uwL._SL1500.jpg?v=1764004612","url":"https:\/\/shop.mnhs.org\/products\/the-way-to-independence","provider":"Minnesota Historical Society","version":"1.0","type":"link"}