Buffolo bird woman and biography
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Buffolo bird woman and biography
Buffalo Bird Woman
Hidatsa writer, gardener, indigenous agriculturalist
Buffalo Bird Woman | |
|---|---|
Maxi'diwiac, Photographed in 1910 | |
| Born | ca.
1839 |
| 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 |
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 cult