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Alice C. (Alice Cunningham) Fletcher
Alice Cunningham Fletcher (1838–1923) was an American ethnologist and writer who made significant contributions to the study of Native American cultures. She is best known for her work on the Omaha tribe, with whom she lived for extended periods, and for her book "The Omaha Tribe" (1911), co-authored with Francis La Flesche. Fletcher was instrumental in the development of the Dawes Act (1887), which sought to redistribute tribal lands but had controversial impacts on Native communities. Her dedication to preserving Native American songs and traditions is also evident in her book "Indian Story and Song from North America" (1900).
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STORY AND SONG OF THE HE-DHU´-SHKA. It had been a warm September day; and I was resting in my hammock, swung from a wide-spreading tree that stood near the tent of my Indian host. We had partaken of our evening meal beside an outdoor fire. The mother was busy clearing away the supper dishes, the men had gone off to look after the horses, the children had fallen asleep, and I lay watching the shadowy...
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INTRODUCTION The adaptations from Indian ceremonies and sports here offered will enable those who take part in them to follow in happy mood some of the paths of expression that were opened long ago by thoughtful men and women as they lived, worked and played on this land in undisturbed intimacy with nature. Some of the thoughts bred of this intimacy find their expression in these dances and games, and...
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