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020			_a9780803249578
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020			_z9780803241152 (hardback : alk. paper)
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050	0	0	_aGN21.F54 _bA3 2013
082	0	0	_a301.092 _aB _223
100	1		_aFletcher, Alice C. _q(Alice Cunningham), _d1838-1923.
245	1	0	_aLife among the Indians _h[electronic resource] : _bfirst fieldwork among the Sioux and Omahas / _cAlice C. Fletcher, edited by Joanna C. Scherer, Raymond J. DeMallie.
260			_aLincoln : _bUniversity of Nebraska Press, _c2013. _e(Baltimore, Md. : _fProject MUSE, _g2015)
300			_a1 online resource (pages cm.)
490	0		_aStudies in the anthropology of North American Indians
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_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memoir written in 1886-87 about her first fieldwork among the Sioux and the Omahas during 1881-82, remained unpublished in Fletcher's archives at the Smithsonian Institution for more than one hundred years.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.
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
600	1	0	_aFletcher, Alice C. _q(Alice Cunningham), _d1838-1923.
650		7	_aHISTORY / United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI). _2bisacsh
650		7	_aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies. _2bisacsh
650		0	_aOmaha Indians _xSocial life and customs.
650		0	_aDakota Indians _xSocial life and customs.
650		0	_aWomen anthropologists _zGreat Plains _vBiography.
655		7	_aElectronic books. _2local
710	2		_aProject Muse.
856	4	0	_zFull text available: _uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780803249578/
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
999			_c33737 _d33737