'Fierce Winds and a Blank Whiteness': The Culture of Dakota Winter, 1870-1915

This thesis argues that accommodation to winter was an important â though not the only â response of early Dakotans to the annual challenges and hazards of winter. It examines first the challenges of winter, then what Dakotans did to protect themselves from and even profit from the season, then...

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Main Author: Fischer, Daniel
Other Authors: History
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/34195
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-07262011-095918/