Francis La Flesche (1857-1932); Omaha Indian and anthropologist with the Bureau of American Ethnology; published an enormous body of work on the religion of the Osage Indians; all gathered from the most knowledgeable Osage religious leaders of their day. Yet his writings have been largely overlooked because they were published piecemeal over the course of twenty-five years and never adequately collected or analyzed. In this book; Garrick A. Bailey brings together in a clear; understandable way La Flesche’s data for two important Osage religious ceremonies--the "Songs of Wa-xo’-be;" an initiation into a clan priesthood; and the Rite of the Chiefs; an initiation into a tribal priesthood. To put La Flesche’s work into perspective; Bailey offers a short biography of this prolific Native American scholar and an overview of traditional Osage religious beliefs and practices.
#3901311 in Books University of Oklahoma Press 1980-04-15Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 8.50 x .23 x 5.50l; .26 #File Name: 080611631590 pages
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