Alice C Fletcher
Biographic Data
| ID | 3616166 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alice C Fletcher |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alice C |
| FAMILY NAME | Fletcher |
| SIGNATURE | FLETCHER A C |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 47 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 23 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1888 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Glimpses of Child-Life among the Omaha Tribe of Indians
The Indian child is born in an atmosphere charged with the myths of his ancestors. The ceremonies connected with his infancy, his name, and, later on, his dress and games, are more or less emblematic of the visible forms of the powers which lie around man and beyond his volition. This early training makes easy the beliefs and practices of the adult, even to the extravagances indulged in by the so-called medicine-men
The Hako: Song, Pipe and Unity in a Pawnee Calumet Ceremony
One of the more complex and widespread rituals practiced by Native American groups focused on the calumet, a sacred pipe with a feathered shaft. The Calumet Ceremony was a powerful ritual through which members of another tribe were adopted. It also promoted social unity within tribes and facilitated contact and trade between them. Perhaps the most detailed description of a Calumet Ceremony was recorded near the turn of the century by ethnographer…
Indian Games and Dances with Native Songs: Arranged from American Indian Ceremonies and Sports
One day Alice C. Fletcher realized that "unlike my Indian friends, I was an alien, a stranger in my native land." But while living with the Indians and pursuing her ethnological studies she felt that "the plants, the trees, the clouds and all things had become vocal with human hopes, fears, and supplications." This famous statement comes directly from the preface of this book and was later etched on her tombstone. "I have arranged these dances an…
Brief History of the International Congress of the Americanists
Twenty-Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1905-1906. The Omaha Tribe
Wakondagi1
Report of the Committee on American Archaeology
The Indians' Book. An offering by the American Indians of Indian Lore, Musical and Narrative, to form a record of the songs and legends of their race
The Arapaho Sun Dance: The Ceremony of the Offerings Lodge. By G eorge A. D orsey
Pawnee Star Lore
Star Cult Among the Pawnee -A Preliminary Report
The "Lazy Man" in Indian Lore
Giving Thanks: A Pawnee Ceremony
A Pawnee Ritual Used When Changing a Man's Name
The Significance of the Scalp-Lock. A Study of an Omaha Ritual
Indian Songs and Music
A Study of Omaha Indian Music
A Study of Omaha Indian Music
Hae-thu-ska Society of the Omaha Tribe
The Indian Messiah
A Phonetic Alphabet Used by the Winnebago Tribe of Indians
Leaves from My Omaha Note-Book. Courtship and Marriage
Glimpses of Child-Life among the Omaha Tribe of Indians
Twenty-Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1905-1906. The Omaha Tribe
The Indians' Book. An offering by the American Indians of Indian Lore, Musical and Narrative, to form a record of the songs and legends of their race
A Pawnee Ritual Used When Changing a Man's Name
A Study of Omaha Indian Music
Glimpses of Child-Life among the Omaha Tribe of Indians
Brief History of the International Congress of the Americanists
A Phonetic Alphabet Used by the Winnebago Tribe of Indians
Pawnee Star Lore
The Significance of the Scalp-Lock. A Study of an Omaha Ritual
The Indian Messiah
Glimpses of Child-Life among the Omaha Tribe of Indians
Leaves from My Omaha Note-Book. Courtship and Marriage
A Phonetic Alphabet Used by the Winnebago Tribe of Indians
The Indian Messiah
Hae-thu-ska Society of the Omaha Tribe
A Study of Omaha Indian Music
A Study of Omaha Indian Music
The Significance of the Scalp-Lock. A Study of an Omaha Ritual
Indian Songs and Music
A Pawnee Ritual Used When Changing a Man's Name
Giving Thanks: A Pawnee Ceremony
The "Lazy Man" in Indian Lore
Star Cult Among the Pawnee -A Preliminary Report
Pawnee Star Lore
The Arapaho Sun Dance: The Ceremony of the Offerings Lodge. By G eorge A. D orsey
Report of the Committee on American Archaeology
The Indians' Book. An offering by the American Indians of Indian Lore, Musical and Narrative, to form a record of the songs and legends of their race
Twenty-Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1905-1906. The Omaha Tribe
Wakondagi1
Brief History of the International Congress of the Americanists
Indian Games and Dances with Native Songs: Arranged from American Indian Ceremonies and Sports
One day Alice C. Fletcher realized that "unlike my Indian friends, I was an alien, a stranger in my native land." But while living with the Indians and pursuing her ethnological studies she felt that "the plants, the trees, the clouds and all things had become vocal with human hopes, fears, and supplications." This famous statement comes directly from the preface of this book and was later etched on her tombstone. "I have arranged these dances an…
The Hako: Song, Pipe and Unity in a Pawnee Calumet Ceremony
One of the more complex and widespread rituals practiced by Native American groups focused on the calumet, a sacred pipe with a feathered shaft. The Calumet Ceremony was a powerful ritual through which members of another tribe were adopted. It also promoted social unity within tribes and facilitated contact and trade between them. Perhaps the most detailed description of a Calumet Ceremony was recorded near the turn of the century by ethnographer…
Glimpses of Child-Life among the Omaha Tribe of Indians
The Indian child is born in an atmosphere charged with the myths of his ancestors. The ceremonies connected with his infancy, his name, and, later on, his dress and games, are more or less emblematic of the visible forms of the powers which lie around man and beyond his volition. This early training makes easy the beliefs and practices of the adult, even to the extravagances indulged in by the so-called medicine-men
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