The Omaha

Description: 

This is chapter 12 of the report and is entitled, "Disease and Its Treatment." Hygienic and physiologic laws are practically unknown, and even the contagious character of some diseases was not recognized. Herbs, roots, and bleeding were commonly employed in treating ailments. A list of plant medicines and their purposes is included. A ritual to be recited while the sweat lodge is being prepared for medicinal purposes is printed in the Omaha language and translated. Omahas believe in life after death and that, under certain conditions, the realm of the dead is accessible to the living. A funeral song is printed in scale. A funeral is described. Excerpts only.

People: 
Omaha
Protocol: 
UNM Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center Public Access
Community: 
UNM Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center
Category: 
Death, Miscellaneous, Plants, Traditional Treatment, Tribal Actions
Original Date: 
1905
Creator: 
Fletcher, A, Laflesche, F.
Language: 
English
Rights: 
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Source: 
Putnam Anniversary Volume; Fletcher, A; LaFlesche, F. The Omaha. BAE 27th Annl Rep 1905-1906; 1911:17-672.
Identifier: 
9900479
Subject: 
Burial, Ceremonial, Medicinal Plants, Mortuary Practices, Music, Traditional Medicine
Type: 
Monograph