Buffalo Bird Woman

Buffalo Bird Woman (ca. 1839-1932) was a Mandan ]Hidatsa who experienced the traditional life of her people in what is now the Fort Berthold Reservation in North Dakota. Her Hidatsa name was Maxidiwiac. She learned and practiced traditional Hidatsa skills such as gardening, the preparation of food, weaving and many others. Buffalo Bird Woman held to the traditional ways of her culture and generously shared them through her stories and teachings. Through oral tradition she described her own experience and the lives and work of women in Hidatsa culture. Edward Lone Fight is descended from her.

Books by Buffalo Bird Woman

Buffalo Bird Woman. Buffalo Bird Woman's Garden: Agriculture of the Hidatsa Indians. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 1987. ISBN 978-0873512190.
Buffalo Bird Woman. Waheenee, an Indian girl's story. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1991.

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Name	Buffalo Bird Woman
Alternative names	Maxidiwiac
Short description	Writer/Indigenous Scientist
Date of birth	1839
Place of birth	Dakota Territory
Date of death	1932
Place of death	Fort Berthold Indian Reservation