The little Missouri river
A Source of Confusion for Plains Ethnohistory
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9216779 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Melburn D Thurman (The Newberry Library 60 West Walton Street Chicago, IL 60610, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1988 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 122 |
| Pages | 429-447 |
| Publication date | 1988-11-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Plains Anthropologist (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0032-0447 • E-ISSN: 2052-546X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/2052546.1988.11909450 |
| OpenAlex | W817131728 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 2 |
Changes in the application of the name “Little Missouri” have confused a number of authors utilizing locational data to elucidate Plains Indian history. Here the historic changes in the application of the name are outlined. New light is thrown on the name and on pre-Lewis and Clark geographical conceptions of the Missouri River, especially in the relationship of Bourgmont’s 1714 “Description” of the Missouri to Miró’s 1785 “Description”, and the 1794 Soulard map. Most of the confusion concerning “the Little Missouri” stems from Lewis and Clark’s movement of this name from the Bad River to the presentday Little Missouri. Examples of the importance of the positive identification of “the Little Missouri” to the ethnohistorical interpretation of the Arikaras, Hidatsas, Tetons, and Cheyennes are given. The approach used in this paper must be applied to tribal as well as location a! data if a true critical Plains ethnohistory is to be developed
Archaeology · Confusion · Ethnohistory · Geography · Identification (biology) · Interpretation (philosophy) · American Environmental and Regional History · Archaeology and Natural History · History
| Citations per year | 0.1 |
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| Citation span | 2016 - 2016 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |