Indian Games and Dances with Native Songs

One day Alice C. Fletcher realized that "unlike my Indian friends, I was an alien, a stranger in my native land." But while living with the Indians and pursuing her ethnological studies she felt that "the plants, the trees, the clouds and all things had become vocal with human hopes, fears, and supp...

Бүрэн тодорхойлолт

-д хадгалсан:
Номзүйн дэлгэрэнгүй
Үндсэн зохиолч: Fletcher, Alice C.
Формат: Online
Хэл сонгох:англи
Хэвлэсэн: 2025
Нөхцлүүд:
Онлайн хандалт:ONIX_20250808T103036_9781496245212_15
Шошгууд: Шошго нэмэх
Шошго байхгүй, Энэхүү баримтыг шошголох эхний хүн болох!
_version_ 1869522377238380544
author Fletcher, Alice C.
author_browse Fletcher, Alice C.
author_facet Fletcher, Alice C.
author_sort Fletcher, Alice C.
collection Directory of Open Access Books
description One day Alice C. Fletcher realized that "unlike my Indian friends, I was an alien, a stranger in my native land." But while living with the Indians and pursuing her ethnological studies she felt that "the plants, the trees, the clouds and all things had become vocal with human hopes, fears, and supplications." This famous statement comes directly from the preface of this book and was later etched on her tombstone. "I have arranged these dances and games with native songs in order that our young people may recognize, enjoy and share in the spirit of the olden life upon this continent," she wrote. Indian Games and Dances with Native Songs is a collection that conveys the pleasure and meaning of music and play and rhythmic movement for American Indians. Many of the activities here described are adapted from ceremonials and sports. Included is a "drama in five dances" celebrating the life of corn. "Calling the Flowers" is an appeal to spirits dwelling underground to join the dancers. Still another dramatic dance, with accompanying songs, petitions clouds to leave the sky. The Festival of Joy, an ancient Omaha ceremony, is centered on a sacred tree. In the second part Indian ball games and games of hazard and guessing are set forth, as well as the popular hoop and javelin game. Fletcher closes with a section on Indian names.
format Online
id doab-20.500.12854ir-164843
institution Directory of Open Access Books
language eng
publishDate 2025
publishDateRange 2025
publishDateSort 2025
record_format ojs
spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1648432025-08-09T05:06:51Z Indian Games and Dances with Native Songs Fletcher, Alice C. Indigenous North Americans thema EDItEUR::5 Interest qualifiers::5P Relating to specific groups and cultures or social and cultural interests::5PB Relating to peoples: ethnic groups, indigenous peoples, cultures and other groupings of people::5PBA Relating to Indigenous peoples One day Alice C. Fletcher realized that "unlike my Indian friends, I was an alien, a stranger in my native land." But while living with the Indians and pursuing her ethnological studies she felt that "the plants, the trees, the clouds and all things had become vocal with human hopes, fears, and supplications." This famous statement comes directly from the preface of this book and was later etched on her tombstone. "I have arranged these dances and games with native songs in order that our young people may recognize, enjoy and share in the spirit of the olden life upon this continent," she wrote. Indian Games and Dances with Native Songs is a collection that conveys the pleasure and meaning of music and play and rhythmic movement for American Indians. Many of the activities here described are adapted from ceremonials and sports. Included is a "drama in five dances" celebrating the life of corn. "Calling the Flowers" is an appeal to spirits dwelling underground to join the dancers. Still another dramatic dance, with accompanying songs, petitions clouds to leave the sky. The Festival of Joy, an ancient Omaha ceremony, is centered on a sacred tree. In the second part Indian ball games and games of hazard and guessing are set forth, as well as the popular hoop and javelin game. Fletcher closes with a section on Indian names. 2025-08-09T05:06:50Z 2025-08-09T05:06:50Z 2025-08-08T08:32:47Z 1994 book ONIX_20250808T103036_9781496245212_15 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/105169 9781496245212 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/164843 eng open access image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/105169/1/9781496245212.pdf 10.5250/9781496245212 10.5250/9781496245212 712d15aa-43d2-450a-8c7d-c17cc8b223da b5941080-3f20-4864-95c6-753acff7c9f4 9781496245212 Big Ten Open Books Lincoln [...] Big Collection Initiative Big Ten Academic Alliance Committee on Institutional Cooperation 10.13039/100026234 open access
spellingShingle Indigenous North Americans
thema EDItEUR::5 Interest qualifiers::5P Relating to specific groups and cultures or social and cultural interests::5PB Relating to peoples: ethnic groups, indigenous peoples, cultures and other groupings of people::5PBA Relating to Indigenous peoples
Fletcher, Alice C.
Indian Games and Dances with Native Songs
title Indian Games and Dances with Native Songs
title_full Indian Games and Dances with Native Songs
title_fullStr Indian Games and Dances with Native Songs
title_full_unstemmed Indian Games and Dances with Native Songs
title_short Indian Games and Dances with Native Songs
title_sort indian games and dances with native songs
topic Indigenous North Americans
thema EDItEUR::5 Interest qualifiers::5P Relating to specific groups and cultures or social and cultural interests::5PB Relating to peoples: ethnic groups, indigenous peoples, cultures and other groupings of people::5PBA Relating to Indigenous peoples
topic_facet Indigenous North Americans
thema EDItEUR::5 Interest qualifiers::5P Relating to specific groups and cultures or social and cultural interests::5PB Relating to peoples: ethnic groups, indigenous peoples, cultures and other groupings of people::5PBA Relating to Indigenous peoples
url ONIX_20250808T103036_9781496245212_15
work_keys_str_mv AT fletcheralicec indiangamesanddanceswithnativesongs