Project Gutenberg 2006-10-04 Public domain in the USA. 105 Dorsey, James Owen 1848 1895 Dorsey, J. Owen (James Owen) Osage Traditions Reading ease score: 73.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. "Osage Traditions" by James Owen Dorsey is a historical account written in the late 19th century. The work explores the rich traditions and cosmology of the Osage people, focusing particularly on their secret societies and oral traditions that convey their history and beliefs. The text serves as a preservation of cultural narratives that may have otherwise been lost. At the start of "Osage Traditions," the author recounts his visit to the Osage tribe in the Indian Territory, where he learns about the existence of a secret society that is crucial for passing down the people's traditions. Through the accounts shared with him by members of the tribe, including a halfbreed Osage named Ha"d"a-{~LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN O~}ü{~LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED T~}se, Dorsey begins to outline themes of creation, identity, and the spiritual relationship the Osage have with nature and their ancestors. The opening hints at the complex narratives involving beings, both human and celestial, as the Osage seek their connection to the divine and their origins in a series of upper worlds, ultimately emphasizing the importance of storytelling in their culture. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Osage Indians -- Folklore Osage language -- Texts E011 Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - American 192007 192008 2024-10-08T13:32:19.643566 2023-09-09T04:36:38.479693 text/html text/html 206854 2020-06-26T05:20:14 text/html; charset=utf-8 38583 2020-06-26T05:20:14 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 115966 2024-10-08T13:32:28.150025 application/epub+zip 121073 2024-10-08T13:32:23.178547 application/epub+zip 498879 2020-06-26T05:20:14 application/pdf 89824 2020-06-26T05:20:14 application/pdf application/zip 95594 2024-10-08T13:32:21.720543 application/epub+zip 311285 2024-10-08T13:32:31.226021 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 283033 2024-10-08T13:32:27.216535 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 144274 2022-09-09T09:37:16.869119 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 108037 2024-10-08T13:32:18.602570 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 86841 2020-06-26T05:20:14 text/plain; charset=utf-8 23555 2020-06-26T05:20:14 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 108013 2020-06-26T05:20:14 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 24006 2020-06-26T05:20:14 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 108063 2020-06-26T05:20:14 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 23696 2020-06-26T05:20:14 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 124601 2020-06-26T05:20:14 application/prs.tei 34193 2020-06-26T05:20:14 application/prs.tei application/zip 1680484 2020-06-26T05:20:14 application/octet-stream application/zip 27148 2024-10-08T13:32:31.366014 application/rdf+xml 14215 2024-10-08T13:32:22.300534 image/jpeg 3680 2024-10-08T13:32:22.001542 image/jpeg 114329 2024-10-08T13:32:19.655552 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog