Osage marriage customs
article 1912 • La Flesche, Francis

Osage • North America > Plains and Plateau
This brief article discusses three forms of Osage marriage: the first marriage of a young couple which is arranged by their parents, that of persons previously married but separated by divorce or death, and that as a result of cohabitation in disrega...

Ceremonies and rituals of the Osage
article 1914 • La Flesche, Francis

Osage • North America > Plains and Plateau
This source describes tattooing among the Osage, and the reasons for certain types of tattooing....

Right and left in Osage ceremonies
article 1916 • La Flesche, Francis

Osage • North America > Plains and Plateau
This source briefly describes tribal ceremonies of the Osage as they are organized with respect to the sibs of the group. A small section of the article deals with peace chiefs and adoption into the tribe of captured enemies....

The Osage tribe
book chapter 1928 • La Flesche, Francis

Osage • North America > Plains and Plateau
This article records the performance of the child-naming ceremony as it is practiced by two of the Osage gens. Some additional information is included, such as the method of cutting children's hair as practiced by different gens. The native texts of ...

The Osage and the invisible world
Book 1995 • La Flesche, Francis & Bailey, Garrick Alan

Osage • North America > Plains and Plateau
This book is concerned with the nature of Osage religion. The focus is on change and continuity in the religious life of the Osage by contrasting ethnographic information from his own fieldwork in mid-1960 to 1970s with that of Francis La Flesche, a ...

The Omaha tribe
Book 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...