Oo-Mah-Ha Ta-Wa-Tha
Oo-Mah-Ha Ta-Wa-Tha

Author: Fannie Reed Giffen

Publisher:

Published: 2022-12-25

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781609622824

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This little book tells many important tribal stories for today and for future generations. These historic vignettes of the Omaha Nation and its leaders are shared so personally by author Fannie Reed Giffen and her collaborators, Susette and Susan La Flesche. It has been a treasure of mine for 25 years and I hope it becomes one of yours. The re-publication of the original comes on the 125-year anniversary of the 1898 Omaha Trans-Mississippi Exposition and Indian Congress. Its arrival is timely as many of its stories and people are vital to our nation's history. A sculpture of Omaha Chief Big Elk will stand proudly on the banks of the Missouri as the city of Omaha celebrates its namesake this summer! Susette La Flesche Tibbles is known today for her role in the Trial of Ponca Chief Standing Bear. She is recognized as an activist for Indian rights along with her sister Dr. Susan La Flesche Picotte, the first Native American Physician. Their stories were not part of my childhood, yet today these amazing women inspire me. The stories of America's first people are essential to an understanding of our country. More and more, books like this are shining a light on people we need to know. I want to thank Zea Books for making this little jewel of American history accessible for more of us to appreciate and enjoy.

Oo-mah-ha Ta-wa-tha (Omaha City)
Oo-mah-ha Ta-wa-tha (Omaha City)

Author: Fannie Reed Giffen

Publisher:

Published: 1898

Total Pages: 116

ISBN-13:

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This book contains the treaty U.S. President Franklin Pierce signed with the Omaha Indians in 1854, biographical sketches of chiefs who signed the treaty, and Indian folklore and songs. Illustrated and published by Native American women, and with stories and translations by Native American women, it is an early example of Native American women writing books and being involved in their production.

Oo-Mah-Ha Ta-Wa-Tha
Oo-Mah-Ha Ta-Wa-Tha

Author: Fannie Reed Giffen

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2016-09-02

Total Pages: 108

ISBN-13: 9781333441654

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Excerpt from Oo-Mah-Ha Ta-Wa-Tha: Omaha City Most of the illustrations are the produc tions and reproductions of the brush and pencil of the daughter of E-sta-mah-za (iron Eye), noted chief of the Omahas, pronounced by the tribe, Oo-mah-ha The book also contains a copy of the treaty with the Omahas by which instrument the title of the land upon which Omaha city and the trans-mis sissippi Exposition is located passed to the United States government in I854. Repro ductions of the photographs of all, except one, of the chiefs (tah - wah-gah-ha, or Village Maker, feared the camera, therefore his picture was never taken) who signed the treaty, with a Short character sketch of each. The illus trations by Inshta Theumba (bright Eyes) are believed to be the first artistic work by an American Indian ever published; and the book will be entertaining on that account alone. It is hoped that a souvenir of this kind will not only recall the wonderful prog ress made by the white people who have found homes in the valley of the Mississippi, but create and forever perpetuate a kindly feeling for the remnant of the Indian people still remaining, and who are slowly struggling upward toward a higher civilization. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Oo-Ma-Ha-Ta-Wa-Tha and Other Stories
Oo-Ma-Ha-Ta-Wa-Tha and Other Stories

Author: Susette La Flesche

Publisher: Mint Editions

Published: 2021-04-23

Total Pages: 60

ISBN-13: 9781513283364

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Oo-Ma-Ha-Ta-Wa-Tah and Other Stories (1898) is a work of history and folklore by Fannie Reed Griffen and Susette La Flesche. Written at the end of a century of devastation, marked by the Western advance of American political, industrial, and military forces, Oo-Ma-Ha-Ta-Wa-Tah and Other Stories preserves as much as it can between the bindings of a book the traditions and stories of the Omaha people. "In remembrance of the Omahas, the tribe of Indians after which Omaha city is named, and who, less than fifty years ago, held an uncontested title to the land where Omaha city and the great Trans-Mississippi Exposition is located, this book is dedicated, that the memory of the tribe, its chieftains, its warriors and its maidens might be preserved." Combining biography, historical documents, and folk tales, Oo-Ma-Ha-Ta-Wa-Tah and Other Stories serves as an invaluable record of a proud people. Beginning with the disastrous broken treaty of 1854, Griffen and La Flesche tell the tragic story of the Omahas through the lives of the chiefs who signed it. Concluding with a sampling of entertaining stories inherited from an oral tradition, Oo-Ma-Ha-Ta-Wa-Tah and Other Stories remains a masterpiece of fiction and nonfiction from two groundbreaking and vastly underappreciated figures in American history. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Susette La Flesche and Fannie Reed Griffen's Oo-Ma-Ha-Ta-Wa-Tah and Other Stories is a classic work of Native American literature reimagined for modern readers.

Walking in Two Worlds
Walking in Two Worlds

Author: Nancy M. Peterson

Publisher: Caxton Press

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 266

ISBN-13: 0870044508

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"[The author] tells the stories of twelve mixed-blood women who, steeped in the tradition of their Indian mothers but forced into the world of their white fathers, fought to find their identities in a rapidly changing world. In an era when most white women had limited opportunities outside the home, these mix-blood women often became nationally recognized leaders in the fight for Native American rights. They took the tools and training the whites provided and used them to help their people. They found differing paths--medicine, music, crafts, the classroom, the lecture hall, the stage, the written word--and walked strong and tall. These women did far more than survive; they extended a hand to help their people find a place in a hard new future."--Back cover.

The Omaha Language and the Omaha Way
The Omaha Language and the Omaha Way

Author: Mark Awakuni-Swetland

Publisher: U of Nebraska Press

Published: 2018-10-29

Total Pages: 924

ISBN-13: 149620493X

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Published through the Recovering Languages and Literacies of the Americas initiative, supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation The Omaha Language and the Omaha Way provides a comprehensive textbook for students, scholars, and laypersons to learn to speak and understand the language of the Omaha Nation. Mark Awakuni-Swetland, Vida Woodhull Stabler, Aubrey Streit Krug, Loren Frerichs, and Rory Larson have collaborated with elder speakers, including Alberta Grant Canby, Emmaline Walker Sanchez, Marcella Woodhull Cavou, and Donna Morris Parker, to write this book. The original and creative pedagogical method used in this textbook—teaching the Omaha language through Omaha culture—consists of a structured series of lesson plans. It is the result of a generous collaboration between the Department of Anthropology at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and the Umóⁿhoⁿ Language and Culture Center at Umóⁿhoⁿ Nation Public School in Macy, Nebraska. The method draws on the accumulated wisdom and knowledge of Awakuni-Swetland to illustrate the Omaha values of balance and integration. The contents are shaped into two parts, each of which complements the other—just as the Earth and Sky do. This textbook features an introduction by Awakuni-Swetland on the history and phonology of the Omaha language; lessons from the Umóⁿhoⁿ Language and Culture Center at Macy, with a writing system quick sheet; situation quick sheets; lessons on games; lessons on spring, summer, fall, and winter; an Omaha language resource list; and a glossary in the standard Macy orthography of the Omaha language. The textbook also includes cultural lessons in the language by Awakuni-Swetland and lessons from the Omaha language class at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. The Omaha Language and the Omaha Way offers a linguistic foundation for tribal members, students, scholars, and laypersons, featuring Omaha community lessons, the standard Macy orthography, and UNL orthography all under one cover.

Native American Women Leaders
Native American Women Leaders

Author: Edward J. Rielly

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2022-02-07

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13: 1476686688

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There is insufficient recognition given to Native American women, many of whom have made enormous contributions to their respective tribal nations and to the broader United States. The 14 stories in this book are representative of the countless Native American women who have excelled as leaders (including Debra Haaland and her history-making role as Secretary of the Interior). They come from across the centuries and from a range of tribal nations, and represent a wide range of society, including politics, the arts, health care, business, education, wellness, feminism, environmentalism, and social activism. Most of these women have made their mark in more than one area. Each chapter includes personal biographical and public life information. Some of the women have given us much in writing, including memoirs, while others have left behind little or nothing written. Even in the absence of their own words, though, their actions still speak eloquently.

The Trans-Mississippi and International Expositions of 1898–1899
The Trans-Mississippi and International Expositions of 1898–1899

Author: Wendy Jean Katz

Publisher: U of Nebraska Press

Published: 2018-02-01

Total Pages: 496

ISBN-13: 0803278802

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The Trans-Mississippi Exposition of 1898 celebrated Omaha’s key economic role as a center of industry west of the Mississippi River and its arrival as a progressive metropolis after the Panic of 1893. The exposition also promoted the rise of the United States as an imperial power, at the time on the brink of the Spanish-American War, and the nation’s place in bringing “civilization” to Indigenous populations both overseas and at the conclusion of the recent Plains Indian Wars. The Omaha World’s Fair, however, is one of the least studied American expositions. Wendy Jean Katz brings together leading scholars to better understand the event’s place in the larger history of both Victorian-era America and the American West. The interdisciplinary essays in this volume cover an array of topics, from competing commercial visions of the cities of the Great West; to the role of women in the promotion of City Beautiful ideals of public art and urban planning; and the constructions of Indigenous and national identities through exhibition, display, and popular culture. Leading scholars T. J. Boisseau, Bonnie M. Miller, Sarah J. Moore, Nancy Parezo, Akim Reinhardt, and Robert Rydell, among others, discuss this often-misunderstood world’s fair and its place in the Victorian-era ascension of the United States as a world power.