Online Texts
The articles presented here were selected from the Omaha Selected Bibliography compiled by Thomas P. Myers. This collection spans more than a century of Omaha scholarship and covers topics such as language, mythology, politics, and material culture.
Great effort has been put into presenting these articles as they were originally printed; the content has not been intentionally modified, censored or edited in any way. However, due to variations in web browsers and font settings, some of the historic orthographies may not render correctly for all users. To overcome this problem, scanned page images are provided where possible. Please report errors in the transcription to etcenter@unlnotes.unl.edu.
-
2003
Omaha Selected Bibliography
Compiled by Thomas P. Myers -
1993
A Sacred Object as Text
George Truman Kercheval. American Indian Quarterly 17(1): 83 - 99 -
1991
Birth and Rebirth of the Omaha
Thomas P. Myers, University of Nebraska State Museum -
1987
Omaha Survival: a Vanishing Indian Tribe that would not Vanish
George Truman Kercheval. American Indian Quarterly 11(1): 37-51 -
1944
The Survival of Omaha Songs
Frances Densmore. American Anthropologist -
1920
The Gentile System of the Omaha
In Source Book in Anthropology edited by A.L. Kroeber and T.T. Waterman, pp. 363 - 372. University of California Press, Berkeley -
1897
Siouan Sociology
James Owen Dorsey. 15th Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology -
1895
The Sacred Pole of the Omaha tribe
Alice C. Fletcher. American Antiquarian 17(5) : 257-268 -
1893
An Otoe and an Omaha tale
George Truman Kercheval. Journal of American Folk-Lore 6: 199 - 204 -
1892
Hae-thu-ska society of the Omaha tribe
Alice C. Fletcher. The Journal of American Folklore 5: 135-144 -
1891
Abstracts of Omaha and Ponka Myths
James Owen Dorsey. Journal of American Folk-lore 4: 257-66, 331-42, -
1891
Abstracts of Omaha and Ponka Myths II
James Owen Dorsey. Journal of American Folk-lore -
1891
The Social Organization of the Siouan Tribes
James Owen Dorsey. Journal of American Folk-lore 4: 257-66, 331-42 -
1890
The Omaha Buffalo Medicine-men. An account of their method of practice.
Francis La Flesche. Journal of American Folk-Lore 3(10): 215-221 -
1890
Omaha Clothing and Personal Ornaments
James Owen Dorsey. American Anthropologist 3(1): 71-77 -
1889
Leaves from my Omaha note-book
Alice C. Fletcher. The Journal of American Folklore 2(6): 219-226 -
1888
Glimpses of Child-Life among the Omaha Tribe of Indians
Alice C. Fletcher. The Journal of American Folklore 1(2): 115 - 123 -
1886
Migrations of the Siouan Tribes
James Owen Dorsey. American Naturalist 20(3): 211-222 -
1883
The Religion of the Omahas and the Poncas
James Owen Dorsey. American Antiquarian 5(3): 271-75 -
1881-82
Omaha Sociology
James Owen Dorsey. Third Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology -
1881
The Young Chief and the Thunders. An Omaha Myth
James Owen Dorsey. American Antiquarian 3(4): 303-307