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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historical documents, and folk tales, Oo-Ma-Ha-Ta-Wa-Tah and Other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.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
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