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In author S.D. Nelson's Buffalo Bird Girl: A Hidatsa Story, the titular character shares stories about her life growing up in the Native American tribe, the Hidatsa, during the mid-1800s to early 1900s. Filled with black-and-white drawings and photos, this biographical story provides insight into not only her life but also the lives of the other members of the Hidatsa tribe. From the tribe's pact with the nearby Mandan tribe (which joined forces, to protect themselves and each other from the Lakota tribe) and trying to survive the onset of European-American settlers to more joyous occasions that involved dancing and corn harvests, readers are able to gain more knowledge about what it might have been like to be a member of this tribe during this time in America.
"I am an old woman now. The buffaloes and black-tail deer are gone, and our Indian ways are almost gone. Sometimes I find it hard to believe that I ever lived them."
