Degree Year
1991
Document Type
Thesis - Open Access
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Environmental Studies
Advisor(s)
David Orr
Roger Laushman
Clayton Koppes
Edie Swan
Keywords
Agriculture, Northern Plains, Indians, Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara, Farming, Settlement, Dust Bowl
Abstract
Between 1830 and 1930, the northern Plains underwent sweeping changes. Cataclysmic conflict between Indians and whites, imposition of the American settlement system, and integration into the national economy all altered the region and how people lived there. Revisions in agriculture were part of these changes but also played their own role. As the dominant form of land use, and the direct or indirect occupation of most residents, agriculture has an important part in shaping landscapes and lifeways in the, northern plains. Of course, changes in agriculture between 1830 and 1930 dramatically affected the people and the land; to suggest the nature and degree of the changes; the kind of agriculture practiced in 1830 and that practiced in 1930 can be strikingly contrasted.
Repository Citation
Larson, Ben, "Gardening the Desert, Deserting the Garden: Culture, Agriculture and Ecology on the Northern Plains, 1830-1930" (1991). Honors Papers. 570.
https://digitalcommons.oberlin.edu/honors/570
