Drawing on the oral histories of forty Omaha elders collected in 1992, Dance Lodges of the Omaha People provides insights into how these lodges shaped Omaha cultural identity and illustrates the adaptive abilities of the modern Omaha tribe. A new afterword by the author highlights advances in research on these unique structures since 1992.
Mark Awakuni-Swetland (1956¿2015)¿was an assistant professor of anthropology and ethnic studies at the University of Nebraska¿Lincoln, where he taught Omaha language classes and coordinated the development of Omaha language curriculum materials.
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Roger Welsch is the author of over thirty books, including Touching the Fire: Buffalo Dancers, the Sky Bundle, and Other Tales, available in a Bison Books edition.
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