What This Awl Means: Feminist Archaeology at a Wahpeton Dakota Village

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I N D E X Agriculture, relation to gender roles, 49, IOTIO; summer planting, 76-77 American Fur Company, trade goods, 63; post, 65; traders, 123 Animal remains, excavated, 93, 104-5, 107, 109, 112-13, 143-4 (appendix 4); depicted, 104 Anptuxa (Red Day), 43 Anthropology, feminist, 33; cultural, 34; impact on digs, 57 Archaeologists, characterized, 30 Archaeology, education and training, 14, 35, 61-62, 85, 91; digs by amateurs, 14, 58-60, 82, 86, 122, 125; methodology, 3-31, 65; cultural bias discussed, 31-32; gender bias discussed, 32-33; traditional reports, 33; theories about mounds, 54-56; protection of sites, 56-57; fraud discovered, 60; as drama, 79; excavation methods, 87, 89-92, 95, 98; excavation depicted, 90, 99, 100, 104; ethical aspect, 122. See also Feminist archaeology Artifacts, excavated, 35, 58, 93, 94-95, 98, 104-5, 106-9, 114-16, 120, 123-25; trade goods, 63, 86-87; trade goods depicted, 64, 11s; from test pits, 83; listed, 96, 133-4 (appendixes 2 and 3); depicted, 97, 122, 124 Ashley, Edward, missionary, 56 Awl, described, 23, 25; lost, 27, 29; case depicted, 28; as trade item, 30, 31; depicted, 32; in traditional archaeologcal context, 33; found, 105 Awl handle, described, 18; depicted, 22, 36; discovered, 35; inscriptions described, 36-37 Aztalan, Wis., dig, 3 Bailly, Alexis, trader, 64 Beadwork, depicted, 23, 24, 28; Bellecourt, Clyde, leader, 127 Binford, Lewis, archaeologist, 12 Bingham, William H., historian, 46 Black Thunder, Elijah, historian, 37, described, 106 49, 112 INDEX 157 Blue Whirlwind, informant, 37, 38 Brush, Charles, trader, 123 Calendar, used by Dakota, 66, 109 Cameron, Duncan, trader, 123 Can-kaga otina, Dakota band, 65 Carver Rapids Wayside, 14, 80 Caske (Harry C. Crooks), 128 Cavender, Chris C., 11, 45, 128; consultant , 13, 14, IS, 16; assists at dig, 85, 92, 119 Cavender, Elsie M., vii, 14, 128; depicted, 16; informant, 16, 45-46 Cavender, Gary, 128; family, 129 Children, games, 73; boys’ tasks, 75 Clothing, described, I07 Cloud Man (Mahpiya Wichashta), Colors, significance, 25, IIZ Conkey, Margaret W., archaeologist, 7, 8 Corn, guarding fields depicted, 26; storage, 102; cultivated, 109-10 Crabapple Point, Wis., archaeological site, 5-6 Crooks, Harry C. (Caske), 128 Crooks, Norman, 10 Crow Creek Reservation, South Culture, archaeological bias, 31-32 Cushing, Edward J., ecologist, 14, leader, 49-50 Dakota, 52 85, 91 Dakota, fur trade, 9; map of communities , 11; communities, 11, 12, 65; archaeological project, 15-16; village depicted, 20, 76; relations with Euro-Americans, 2-21, 23, 46-52; council depicted, 21; burial mounds, 4;religion, 49; calendar, 66, 109; annual cycle of activities, 66-77; journey depicted, 69; summer planting villages, 76-77; relations with archaeologists, 92. See also Indians, Wahpeton Dakota War of 1862,92; causes and Dance area, described, 117, 118; exaftermath , 49, 51 cavated, 119-21; depicted, 120. See also Medicine dance Deer, hunted, 68-70 Deloria, Vine, Jr., activist, 57 Dime, depicted, 124 Dump, excavated, 35, 104-16; exDyes , sources, 111-12 cavation depicted, 104 Eastman, Charles A., author, 17, 51 Eastman, Mary, author, 109, 110 Eastman, Capt. Seth, 92, rzo; artist, 10, IIO, 118, 156; work depicted, 20, 21, 25, 26, 68, 69, 71, 72, 73, 747 76 14, 35, 61-62, 85, 91 Education, training in archaeology, Ethnography, discussed, 34 Euro-Americans, relations with Dakota, 20-21, 23, 46-52; relations with Indians, 127-28 Evans, Sara M., professor, IS, 85, 92 Faribault, Alexander, trader, 123 Faribault, Jean Baptiste, trader, 20, 21, 42, 46, 64, 122, 123; depicted, 47 Faribault, Oliver, trader, 123 Faribault, Pelagie Hanse, 20, 4; Feminist archaeology, discussed, 7-9, Fish, spearing depicted, 72; as food Food, types, 67, 70, 109-11, 112-13; Fort Michilimackinac, Mich., 30, p Freeman, Joan, archaeologist, 3 Fur trade, impact, 9; post, 11, 46, $3, 65, 93, 122--25; goods excavated, 63, 95, 96; list of goods depicted, 64; post area depicted, 124 family, 46 I28 source, IIZ storage methods, 102 158 INDEX Games, played by women, 72-73, III; play depicted, 73; played by Gender, archaeologcal bias, 32-33. See also Men, Women Grandin, Francis, trader, 123 Guns, as trade item, 114; parts Gurnoe, Donald G., board director, boys, 73 depicted, 11s I0 Halloran, Teresa M., student, 87 Hamline University, supports dig, 83 Harjo, Swan S., Indian activist, 57 Hassrick, Royal B., historian, 37, 38 Hazawin (Blueberry Woman), 23, Henry Vilas Park, Madison, Wis., I Hide working, described, 106 Hill, Alfred...