Términos

Culture of a Siouan-speaking tribe of Native Americans, native to the present-day states of Wisconsin, Minnesota, and parts of Iowa and Illinois. The two remaining federally recognized are the Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin and the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska.

General term for devices used for winnowing, which is separating grain from the lighter chaff or other refuse matter, by using a current of air, agitation, gravity, or other means to make the separation. Devices may range from a simple woven basket to a mechanized device.

General term for mechanical devices for separating grain from the chaff; may be hand-operated or use another source of power.

General term for various manual devices used to separate grain from the chaff by use of a screen.

Flat containers, usually baskets, used in agriculture and ritual to separate grains from other plant material such as chaff.

The action of removing a coating, as of paint or ink, from the surface of a support with a cloth or similar material to leave empty zones or a film behind as an effect, to efface, or to clean.

Short-lived species of deciduous tree native to North America, ranging from Ontario to Nova Scotia, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey, with disjunct populations in Indiana, Virginia, and North Carolina. It prefers poor, dry upland soils, but is also found in moist mixed woodlands. It is a common pioneer species on abandoned fields and burned areas, thus the name "oldfield birch."Gray birch grows quickly to 7 to 9 m tall and 0.3 m trunk diameter

Devices that record sound onto thin, magnetized wire, and can later reproduce those recordings.

Culture or condition of citizenship or residency of the U.S. state of Wisconsin.

Accumulated learning and soundness of judgment in the choice of means and ends.

Bottles, usually made of glass or stoneware, made to protect individuals and locations from witchcraft. Contain various combinations of pins, nails, plant material, bodily fluids, and or human organic materials (nail clippings, hair, etc.) After preparation, bottles were placed inside building foundations or concealed in outdoor locations such as churchyards. Commonly practiced in England in the 17th century, though some examples have been found in the United States dating from the mid-19th century.