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The Ocimbanda, or witch-doctor of the Ovimbundu of Portuguese southwest Africaarticle 1899 • Dorsey, George Amos
Ovimbundu • Africa > Southern Africa
This source deals with the role of the Ocimbanda, the 'witch-doctor,' a combination diviner, magician and medical practitioner, among the Ovimbundu of Angola. The data presented are based on an ethnological collection obtained by a Rev. T.W. Woodside...Traditions of the Osagearticle 1904 • Dorsey, George Amos
Osage • North America > Plains and Plateau
This source consists of 40 Osage folk tales, presented in English. The last few pages of the source consist of abstracts of these stories....Notes on Skidi Pawnee societyBook 1940 • Dorsey, George Amos et al.
Pawnee • North America > Plains and Plateau
This monograph was compiled by Alexander Spoehr from field notes left unpublished at the death of the authors. Dorsey was an ethnologist and Murie was a Pawnee. The monograph deals with community organization, kinship and status, the life cycle, and ...