Timberlake, Henry, Memoirs, pp. 73,74; London, 1765. Ramsey, Tennessee, p. 51, 1853; Royce, Cherokee Nation, in Fifth Ann. Kept. Bur. of Ethnology, p.
... William John McGee, James Mooney, Garrick Mallery, John Wesley Powell, Lewis Spence, Erminnie A. Smith, James Owen Dorsey, Frank Hamilton Cushing, ... Near Ukadliq the tide holes east and west of Allen Island abound with seals.
When James Mooney lived with and studied the Cherokee between 1887 and 1900, they were the largest and most important Indian tribe in the United States.
Exclusive to this edition, George Ellison's biographical portrait of James Mooney emphasizes the ethnologist's timeliness and his empathy for the Cherokees and their rich heritage.
Reproduction of the original: Myths of the Cherokee by James Mooney
Classic of American anthropology explores messianic cult behind Indian resistance, from Pontiac to the 1890s.
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James Mooney (1861-1921) was an American anthropologist who lived for several years among the Cherokee.
Presents all excerpts from the Composition book and Shield book relating to shields and tipis with editorial apparatus.
The author, James Mooney, lived with the Southeastern Cherokee in the 1800s. During that time he was allowed to document the sacred rites of the Cherokee Shamans. Here is a fascinating and Accurate view into the mystic life of the Cherokee.
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Mooney documents and photographs are in the collections of the National Archives of Anthropology, Department of Anthropology, Smithsonian Institution.James Mooney was born on February 10, 1861 in Richmond, Indiana, the son of Irish Catholic ...
The sacred formulas and rituals here given are selected from a collection of about six hundred, obtained on the Cherokee reservation in North Carolina in 1887 and 1888, and covering every subject pertaining to the daily life and thought of ...
Reproduction of the original: Calendar history of the Kiowa Indians by James Mooney
This study presents the myths, beliefs and customs of the indigenous peoples in North America. This collection is comprised of many bodies of traditional narratives associated with religion from a mythographical perspective.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
The myths given in this book are part of a large body of material collected among the Cherokee, chiefly in successive field seasons from 1887 to 1890, inclusive, and comprising more or less extensive notes, together with original Cherokee ...
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.