LEADER 04582nam 2200709 450 001 9910453506903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8032-4957-8 035 $a(CKB)2550000001137017 035 $a(EBL)1495860 035 $a(OCoLC)861559709 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001040953 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11641771 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001040953 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11001867 035 $a(PQKB)10565028 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1495860 035 $a(OCoLC)865063080 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse27737 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1495860 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10787625 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL536719 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001137017 100 $a20131105d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aLife among the Indians $efirst fieldwork among the Sioux and Omahas /$fAlice C. Fletcher ; edited and with an introduction by Joanna C. Scherer and Raymond J. DeMallie ; designed by J. Vadnais 210 1$aLincoln, Nebraska ;$aLondon :$cUniversity of Nebraska Press,$d2013. 210 4$dİ2013 215 $a1 online resource (434 p.) 225 1 $aStudies in the Anthropology of North American Indians Series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8032-4115-1 311 $a1-306-05468-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover ; Title Page ; Copyright Page ; Contents ; List of Illustrations; Introduction; Foreword ; Prologue; Part I. Camping with the Sioux; 1. Over the Border; 2. Reporting; 3. The Welcome; 4. The Chief 's Entertainment; 5. The White Man's Shadow; 6. An Outline Chapter; 7. The Indian Woman; 8. The Woman's Society; 9. Acting out a Vision; 10. Journeying with the Indians; 11. Natives and Visitors; 12. A Religious Festival; 13. The Ghost Lodge; 14. Beef versus Men; Part II. The Omahas at Home; 15. Among the Omahas ·; 16. The Young Mother; 17. An Indian's Story; 18. Child Life; 19. Hunting 327 $a20. Winter and War21. Friends and Lovers; 22. The Make-Believe White Men; 23. The Schoolboys; 24. Our Land; 25. Starting Afresh; 26. The Sacred Pipes; Appendix; List of Abbreviations; Notes; Sources Documenting Fletcher's Fieldworkamong the Omahas and Sioux; Bibliography; Index 330 $a"Alice C. Fletcher (1838-1923), one of the few women who became anthropologists in the United States during the nineteenth century, was a pioneer in the practice of participant-observation ethnography. She focused her studies over many years among the Native tribes in Nebraska and South Dakota. Life among the Indians, Fletcher's popularized autobiographical memoir written in 1886-87 about her first fieldwork among the Sioux and the Omahas during 1881-82, remained unpublished in Fletcher's archives at the Smithsonian Institution for more than one hundred years. In it Fletcher depicts the humor and hardships of her field experiences as a middle-aged woman undertaking anthropological fieldwork alone, while showing genuine respect and compassion for Native ways and beliefs that was far ahead of her time. What emerges is a complex and fascinating picture of a woman questioning the cultural and gender expectations of nineteenth-century America while insightfully portraying rapidly changing reservation life. Fletcher's account of her early fieldwork is available here for the first time, accompanied by an essay by the editors that sheds light on Fletcher's place in the development of anthropology and the role of women in the discipline. "--$cProvided by publisher. 410 0$aStudies in the anthropology of North American Indians. 606 $aWomen anthropologists$zGreat Plains$vBiography 606 $aDakota Indians$xSocial life and customs 606 $aOmaha Indians$xSocial life and customs 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aWomen anthropologists 615 0$aDakota Indians$xSocial life and customs. 615 0$aOmaha Indians$xSocial life and customs. 676 $a301.092 700 $aFletcher$b Alice C$g(Alice Cunningham),$f1838-1923.$0142393 701 $aScherer$b Joanna C$0919793 701 $aDeMallie$b Raymond J.$f1946-$0919794 701 $aVadnais$b J$0919795 712 02$aIndiana University, Bloomington.$bAmerican Indian Studies Research. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910453506903321 996 $aLife among the Indians$92063130 997 $aUNINA