An Archaeology of the Soul: North American Indian Belief and Ritual. Robert L. Hall. 1997. The University of Illinois Press, Champaign, IL. xiv + 223 pp., 40 figures, 1 table, notes, references cited, index. $49.95 (cloth), $24.95 (paper).

1998 ◽  
Vol 63 (4) ◽  
pp. 708-709
Author(s):  
John W. Norder
Keyword(s):  
American Indian ◽  
North American ◽  
University Of Illinois ◽  
North American Indian ◽  
The University

“The Vanishing Race” in Sight and Sound: Edward S. Curtis's Musicale of North American Indian Life

Prospects ◽  
1987 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
pp. 59-87
Author(s):  
Mick Gidley
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
American Indian ◽  
American Indians ◽  
North American ◽  
Life Time ◽  
American Museum ◽  
The People ◽  
North American Indian ◽  
The University ◽  
Henry Fairfield Osborn

On November 19, 1911, Edward S. Curtis (1868–1952), the “photohistorian” of American Indians, wrote to his friend Edmond S. Meany, Professor of History at the University of Washington, about his latest triumphs. “Dear Brother Meany,” he began, “I think we can say that my lecture entertainment ‘arrived’. I wish you could have been present at the Carnegie Hall affair. The tremendous auditorium was filled to overflowing, a sea of people from the stage to the very ‘sky’ itself.” Curtis had been introduced by Henry Fairfield Osborn, Director of the American Museum of Natural History; just before they stepped into view Osborn looked through the foliage and, according to Curtis, had remarked, ‘“Do you realise that that is almost an appalling audience, and one that few men in their life-time have the privilege of facing?’” “I think,” Curtis added, “he was a little nervous on his own account and slightly so on mine, [but] rather than causing nervousness … it gave me courage and I was absolutely certain of myself after my first two words.” “Osborn's voice,” Curtis explained, “lacks the carrying power and his slight nervousness meant a rather halting introduction. This was evidently greatly to my advantage, as the minute I spoke I reached the farther-most corners and my voice caught and held the people.”

The linguistic analysis of North American Indian songs

1964 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. L. Bursill-Hall
Keyword(s):  
American Indian ◽  
North American ◽  
Linguistic Analysis ◽  
African Studies ◽  
North American Indian ◽  
The University

SummaryThis paper attempts to extend a theory of description for songs belonging to non-literate societies; this theory was first described by R. H. Robins, of the Department of Linguistics of the School of Oriental and African Studies in the University of London and a former colleague of the late J. R. Firth. The author has tried to develop the theory a little further and has applied it to the analysis of two Haida love songs.

scholarly journals Contribution to a Knowledge of the North American Fresh-water Ostracoda Included in the Families Cytheridae and Cyprididae

1897 ◽  
Vol 4 (1-15) ◽  
pp. 415-482 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Sharpe
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Fresh Water ◽  
North American ◽  
Illinois River ◽  
University Of Illinois ◽  
Master Of Science ◽  
Biological Station ◽  
The North ◽  
The University

The present paper has been prepared in the course of work at the University of Illinois for the degree of master of science in zoology. In addition to extensive collections of Entomostraca made at the Biological Station of the University of Illinois, situated at Havana, on the Illinois River, I have been able, through the kindness of Dr. S. A. Forbes, to examine all the accumulations in this group made by the Illinois State Laboratoryof Natural History during the last twenty years,and covering a territory little less than continental.

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