Travels with Frances Densmore: Her Life, Work, and Legacy in Native American Studies

Book Overview

Over the first half of the twentieth century, scientist and scholar Frances Densmore (1867-1957) visited thirty-five Native American tribes, recorded more than twenty-five hundred songs, amassed hundreds of artifacts and Native-crafted objects, and transcribed information about Native cultures. Her visits to indigenous groups included meetings with the Ojibwes, Lakotas, Dakotas, Northern Utes, Ho-chunks, Seminoles, and Makahs. A "New Woman" and a...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803248733
• ISBN13: 9780803248731
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"