Buffalo Bird Girl: A Hidatsa Story

Buffalo Bird Girl: A Hidatsa Story

by S. D. Nelson
Buffalo Bird Girl: A Hidatsa Story

Buffalo Bird Girl: A Hidatsa Story

by S. D. Nelson

Paperback(Reprint)

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Overview

A stunning picture book biography of a 19th-century Hidatsa woman, from award-winning author and illustrator S. D. Nelson, that “is a lovely and graceful introduction to a way of life that persists despite cultural obstacles and the march of time” (School Library Journal, Starred Review)

Buffalo Bird Girl (ca. 1839-1932) was a member of the Hidatsa, a Native American community that lived in permanent villages along the Missouri River on the Great Plains. Like other girls her age, Buffalo Bird Girl learned the ways of her people through watching and listening, and then by doing. She helped plant crops in the spring, tended the fields through the summer, and in autumn joined in the harvest. She learned to prepare animal skins, dry meat, and perform other duties.

There was also time for playing games with friends and training her dog. When her family visited the nearby trading post, there were all sorts of fascinating things to see from the white man’s settlements in the East.

Award-winning author and artist S. D. Nelson (Standing Rock Sioux) captures the spirit of Buffalo Bird Girl by interweaving the actual words and stories of Buffalo Bird Woman with his artwork and archival photographs. Backmatter includes a history of the Hidatsa and a timeline.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781419718380
Publisher: Abrams Books for Young Readers
Publication date: 08/11/2015
Edition description: Reprint
Pages: 56
Sales rank: 233,469
Product dimensions: 9.90(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.30(d)
Age Range: 6 - 9 Years

About the Author

S. D. Nelson is a member of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in the Dakotas. He is the award-winning author and illustrator of a number of books, including Crazy Horse and Custer, Red Cloud, Sitting Bull, Black Elk’s Vision (winner of the Western Writers of America Spur Storyteller Award and named a Chicago Public Library Best of the Best), and many more. He lives in Flagstaff, Arizona.
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