EAN: 9783422990760

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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.

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