| Included Work | Awakuni-Swetland, Mark J. Culture summary, Omaha. |
| Included Work | Dorsey, James Owen, 1848-1895 Omaha sociology. |
| Included Work | Dorsey, James Owen, 1848-1895 Omaha dwelling, furniture, and implements. |
| Included Work | Fletcher, Alice C. (Alice Cunningham), 1838-1923 Omaha tribe. |
| Included Work | La Flesche, Francis, 1857-1932 author. |
| Included Work | Fortune, Reo, 1903-1979. Omaha secret societies. |
| Included Work | Liberty, Margot Omaha. |
| Included Work | Mead, Margaret, 1901-1978 Changing culture of an Indian tribe. |
| Included Work | Wissler, Clark, 1870-1947 author. |
| Included Work | Ridington, Robin. All old spirits have come back to greet him, realizing the Sacred Pole of the Omaha tribe. |
| Other author/creator | Human Relations Area Files, inc. |
| Series |
eHRAF world cultures
eHRAF World Cultures. North America. UNAUTHORIZED
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| Contents |
Culture summary, Omaha / Mark Awakuni-Swetland -- Omaha sociology / Rev. J. Owen Dorsey -- Omaha dwelling, furniture, and implements / James Owen Dorsey -- The Omaha tribe / Alice C. Fletcher and Francis La Flesche, a member of the Omaha tribe -- Omaha secret societies / R. F. Fortune -- Omaha / Margot P. Liberty, W. Raymond Wood, and Lee Irwin -- The changing culture of an Indian tribe / Margaret Mead ; foreword by Clark Wissler -- All old spirits have come back to greet him, realizing the Sacred Pole of the Omaha tribe / Robin Ridington. |
| Scope and content |
This collection of 8 documents covers a variety of cultural, historical and environmental information on different sections of Omaha society from pre-contact times to early 2000s. The work of Alice Fletcher, an anthropologist who lived with the Omaha for thirty years in 1875-1905, and Francis La Flesche, a native Omaha, is the basic and most comprehensive document in the collection. The collection also includes two works by a missionary/anthropologist, James Dorsey, who worked among the Omaha in 1878-1980. Together, these works provide the earliest systematic attempts at understanding and reconstructing pre-reservation Omaha society and culture. The remaining documents describe and examine more specific aspects of Omaha culture including acculturation with particular reference to women, religious life and organization of secret societies, and recent dynamics of ethnicity and identity especially among current generation Omaha peoples in Nebraska. |
| General note | This portion of eHRAF world cultures was last updated in 2011 and is a revision and update of one portion of the microfiche file, Dhegiha NQ12. |
| General note | Title from Web page (viewed Nov. 11, 2011). |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
