Gegen den Strom

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Gegen den Strom

Die Omaha. Francis La Flesche und seine Sammlung

Edited by: Stiftung Humboldt Forum

Overview

About this book

Francis La Flesche (1857–1932) lived between two worlds: as an Umoⁿhoⁿ (Omaha), he fought for their rights, and as a scholar he researched his own culture. He is regarded as the first indigenous ethnologist of North America and stands representatively for the many indigenous protagonists without whom ethnological collections would never have come into being. We are no longer familiar with most of these individuals, since the focus until today has been on European and North American collectors. Francis La Flesche is an exception: his work provides insights into indigenous agency and their resistance to racism and colonialism as well as their active participation in the trade with objects. The book presents La Flesche’s records of the objects, the collection of which he contributed to what is today the Ethnological Museum in Berlin in 1894—an impressive testimony to his successful efforts to preserve the culture of the Omaha for future generations.

Porträt des ersten indigenen Ethnologen Nordamerikas
historischer Katalog von Gegenständen der Omaha-Kultur aus Nebraska: Einblicke in das Leben der Omaha gestern und heute

Author information

Essays by Ilja Labischinski, Wynema Morris, Elisabeth Seyerl et al.

Topics

(Deutsch)

Language: German
Publisher: Deutscher Kunstverlag (DKV)
Audience: People interested in art and culture, ethnologists, people interested in indigenous peoples of the Americas
Pages
- Main content: 128
Illustrations
- Coloured Illustrations: 100
Keywords: North America; indigenous; indigenous ethnologist; Nebraska; Omaha culture; Osage; culture; indigenous music; rituals; original recordings; Ethnological Collection; racism; colonialism; Native American; Indians; Ethnological Museum; Smithsonian Institution; Alice C. Fletcher; Joseph LaFlesche; Iron Eye; reservation; anthropology; wax cylinder; The Middle Five

Paperback

Published: January 30, 2023
ISBN: 9783422990753