Author : Alice Cunningham Fletcher
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 9780803268777
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis The Omaha Tribe by : Alice Cunningham Fletcher
Download or read book The Omaha Tribe written by Alice Cunningham Fletcher and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 1992-01-01 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1911 by the Bureau of American Ethnology, The Omaha Tribe is an irreplaceable classic, the collaboration of a pioneering anthropologist and a prominent Omaha ethnologist. Volume II takes up the language, social life, music, religion, warfare, healing practices, and death and burial customs of the Omahas. The first volume covered tribal origins and early history, organization and government, various beliefs and rites, and food gathering.