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The Omaha tribeBook 1911 • Fletcher, Alice C. (Alice Cunningham) & La Flesche, Francis
Omaha • North America > Plains and Plateau
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 org...The HakoBook 1904 • Fletcher, Alice C. (Alice Cunningham) et al.
Pawnee • North America > Plains and Plateau
This account describes the rituals and songs connected with the Hako ceremony. The participants, costumes, paraphernalia, dances and rites are described in detail and the symbolism and meaning of each ritual is discussed. In addition the texts and mu...