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.
Abstract
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.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2010
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Plains and Plateau
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Mary L. Bartlett ; 1955
- Field Date
- 1875-1905
- Coverage Date
- 1875-1911
- Coverage Place
- Omaha Indians in USA
- Notes
- by Alice C. Fletcher and Francis La Flesche, a member of the Omaha tribe
- LCCN
- 11031959
- LCSH
- Omaha Indians