Hernando de Soto encountered the Caddos in the sixteenth century, and survivors of Sieur de La Salle s last voyage in the late seventeenth century gave the first full description of them. By 1903, when George A. Dorsey was investigating their customs and beliefs, the Caddos, numbering 530, were living on a reservation in Oklahoma.The Caddoan tribes, found along the Red River and its tributaries in present-day Louisiana and Arkansas, practiced agriculture long before they hunted buffalo. The tales collected for this book, first published in 1905, reflect the women s horticultural practices...
Hernando de Soto encountered the Caddos in the sixteenth century, and survivors of Sieur de La Salle s last voyage in the late seventeenth century gav...
The Pawnee Mythology, originally published in 1906, preserves 148 tales of the Pawnee Indians, who farmed and hunted and lived in earth-covered lodges along the Platte River in Nebraska. The stories, collected from surviving members of four bands Skidi, Pitahauirat, Kitkehahki, and Chaui were generally told during intermissions of sacred ceremonies. Many were accompanied by music.George A. Dorsey recorded these Pawnee myths early in the twentieth century after the tribe s traumatic removal from their ancestral homeland to Oklahoma. He included stories of instruction concerning...
The Pawnee Mythology, originally published in 1906, preserves 148 tales of the Pawnee Indians, who farmed and hunted and lived in earth-covered...
George A. Dorsey Alfred L. Kroeber Jeffrey D. Anderson
Anthropologists George A. Dorsey and Alfred L. Kroeber joined forces to record and preserve the rich cultural traditions of the Arapaho Indians, long split into two bands. Dorsey had done fieldwork with the Southern Arapaho after they moved from Colorado to Oklahoma and would soon be known for his study of their Sun Dance. Kroeber had visited the Northern Arapaho, who were still living in Wyoming. Traditions of the Arapaho, first published in 1903, is the result of their collaboration.This collection of tales bears witness to the religious feeling, imagination, and humor of the...
Anthropologists George A. Dorsey and Alfred L. Kroeber joined forces to record and preserve the rich cultural traditions of the Arapaho Indians, long ...
First published in 1904, George A. Dorsey's Mythology of the Wichita is a rich collection of American Indian folklore. WIth the help of a Wichita interpreter, Dorsey gathered sixty tales from the Wichitas living in Oklahoma and arranged them according to the first period, the creation; the second period, transformation; and the third period, the present.
For the Wichitas, tale-telling was of great instructional value for the young. The tales taught that braverly and greatness depended upon individual effort, no matter how low or mean might have been the individual's origin, and at the...
First published in 1904, George A. Dorsey's Mythology of the Wichita is a rich collection of American Indian folklore. WIth the help of a Wichita i...
Charles Darwin is well-known throughout the world for his revolutionary work from 1859; "The Origin of Species," the foundational study of evolution which greatly challenged the near-universal belief in the Christian world, at that time, of creationism. Originally published in 1928, Dorsey attempts to provide a detailed account of the scientist s life and personality informed by letters, published works and an autobiography written by Darwin. Darwin s life was full of challenges both in his personal life as well as his career and "The Evolution of Charles Darwin" explores all aspects of...
Charles Darwin is well-known throughout the world for his revolutionary work from 1859; "The Origin of Species," the foundational study of evolutio...
