Book
The Omaha tribe
Twenty-seventh annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology, 1905-06 • Washington • Published In 1911 • Pages: 17-672 , 65 plates
By: Fletcher, Alice C. (Alice Cunningham), La Flesche, Francis.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this study of the Omaha tribe, Alice Fletcher, an anthropologist who lived with the Omaha for thirty years, and Francis La Flesche, a member of the tribe, have reconstructed the life of the Omaha before white contact. All aspects of the tribal organization and social life of the Omaha are examined and relationships between the Omaha and cognate tribes (Ponca, Quapaw, Osage, and Kansa) are traced. Ethnographic information about these cognate tribes has been interfiled with the Omaha material with appropriate designations placed on the file slips. The final section of this book is concerned with the changes in Omaha culture brought about by white contact and the efforts of the people to adjust to their new way of life.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Cultural identity and pride
- Community structure
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Historical reconstruction
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Linguistic identification
- Tribe and nation
- Vocabulary
- Traditional history
- Ethnogeography
- Clans
- Cultural participation
- Personal grooming
- Magical and mental therapy
- Ceremonial during infancy and childhood
- Recreational and non-therapeutic drugs
- Special garments
- Warfare
- Mythology
- Dwellings
- Furniture
- Settlement patterns
- Sodalities
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Omaha
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2010
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Plains and Plateau
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Mary L. Bartlett ; 1955
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1875-1905
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1875-1911
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Omaha Indians in USA
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Alice C. Fletcher and Francis La Flesche, a member of the Omaha tribe
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 11031959
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Omaha Indians