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Waheenee, 1839?-1932

LC control no.n 81032940
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Personal name headingWaheenee, 1839?-1932
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Variant(s)Buffalobird-woman, 1839?-1932
Maxidiwiac, Hidatsa Indian, 1839?-
Maxidiwiac, 1839?-1932
Maaxiiriwia, 1839?-1932
Buffalo Bird Woman, 1839?-1932
Birth date1839?
Death date1932
Found inWilson, G. L. Agriculture of the Hidatsa Indians, 1917.
Her Waheenee, an Indian girl's story, 1981: CIP galley t.p. (Waheenee)
Her Buffalo Bird Woman's garden, 1987.
Nelson, S.D. Buffalo Bird Girl, a hidatsa story, 2012: p.45-46 (born 1839-40 along the Knife River in present-day North Dakota; died in 1932 on Fort Berthold Indian Reservation)
Wikipedia, viewed Dec. 6, 2017 (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 Maaxiiriwia (variously transcribed as Maxidiwiac and Waheenee). She was known for maintaining the traditional Hidatsa skills of "gardening, the preparation of food, weaving and many others.")
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