Synopses & Reviews
Born on the Omaha Reservation in 1857, Francis La Flesche was raised in the years when federal policy encouraged Indians to assimilate. He learned English at a mission school, acquiring a fluency that prepared him for a career that moved between tribal and national concerns. Most of the stories in Ke-ma-ha have never before been published. Written to bring public attention to the Omahas, they tell us about that culture in ways that anthropological treatises cannot. Francis La Flesche collaborated with anthropologist Alice C. Fletcher on The Omaha Tribe and A Study of Omaha Indian Music. These titles, as well as La Flesche’s autobiographical The Middle Five: Indian Schoolboys of the Omaha Tribe, are available as Bison Books.
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“Interesting and informative.”—South Dakota History South Dakota History
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"Interesting and informative."-South Dakota History. (South Dakota History)
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“An intriguing selection . . . Aside from the stories, which alone would make this book worth reading, the editors have provided an excellent introductory sketch of La Flesches life.”—Annals of Iowa Annals of Iowa
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“A splendid new addition to Native American fiction.”—Louis Owens, author of Nightland Louis Owens
Synopsis
Born on the Omaha Reservation in 1857, Francis La Flesche was raised in the years when federal policy encouraged Indians to assimilate. He learned English at a mission school, acquiring a fluency that prepared him for a career that moved between tribal and national concerns. Most of the stories in Ke-ma-ha have never before been published. Written to bring public attention to the Omahas, they tell us about that culture in ways that anthropological treatises cannot. Francis La Flesche collaborated with anthropologist Alice C. Fletcher on The Omaha Tribe and A Study of Omaha Indian Music. These titles, as well as La Flesches autobiographical The Middle Five: Indian Schoolboys of the Omaha Tribe, are available as Bison Books.
About the Author
James W. Parins, a professor of English at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, is the author of John Rollin Ridge (Nebraska 1991). Daniel F. Littlefield Jr., director of the American Native Press Archives, wrote Alex Posey: Creek Poet, Journalist, and Humorist (Nebraska 1992) and edited Poseys Fus Fixico Letters (Nebraska 1993).