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| Title: | Montana 1911
: A Professor & His Wife Among the Blackfeet |
| Author: | Mary Eggermont-Molenaar |
| ISBN: | 1552381145 : 9781552381144 |
| Illustrations: | b/w photos |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Size: | 280x220mm |
| Pages: | 417 |
| Weight: | 1.31 Kg. |
| Published: | University of Calgary Press - September 2005 |
| List Price: | 41.5 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Subjects: | Indigenous peoples: North America |
This is the complete text diary kept by Mrs W M Uhlenbeck-Melchoir while accompanying her husband, the Dutch anthropologist/linguist, Dr C C Uhlenbeck, during his fieldwork on the Blackfeet Reservation in Montana in the summer of 1911. Here eyewitness account of their three-month stay gives the reader a fascinating insight into the world of the Blackfeet. The first edition ever to be translated into English, this book is complete with notes, introductions, & supplementary materials. The book includes essays on Blackfeet mythology & folklore that detail life before the reservation period & a biographical sketch of the Uhlenbecks, featuring aspects of C C Uhlenbeck's career as a linguist & scholar, as well as numerous photographs from the era.
Introduction to the Blackfeet in Montana. The Uhlenbecks & the Burdens of Life: A Biographical Introduction. Mrs Uhlenbeck: An Informed Diarist?. Mrs Uhlenbeck's Diary. A Dutch Linguist on the Prairies: C. C. Uhlenbeck's Work on Blackfoot. Legendary Histories. Collage of Blackfoot Texts Recorded by C. C. Uhlenbeck. References.
