What is Francis La Flesche's middle name?
La
Francis La Flesche date of birth:
December 25, 1857
How old was Francis La Flesche when died?
74
Where was Francis La Flesche born?
Omaha Reservation
When did Francis La Flesche die?
September 5, 1932
Where did Francis La Flesche die?
Thurston County, Nebraska
Why did Francis La Flesche die?
Heart Failure
Is Francis La Flesche gay or straight?
Straight
What is Francis La Flesche's ethnicity?
Multiracial
What is Francis La Flesche nationality?
American
What is Francis La Flesche's occupation?
Anthropologist, Ethnologist, Musicologist
Short Biography
Francis La Flesche (1857–1932) was the first professional Native American ethnologist; he worked with the Smithsonian Institution, specializing first in his own Omaha culture, followed by that of the Osage. Working closely as a translator and researcher with the anthropologist Alice C. Fletcher, La Flesche wrote several articles and a book on the Omaha, plus more numerous works on the Osage. He made valuable original recordings of their traditional songs and chants. Beginning in 1908 he collaborated with the composer Charles Wakefield Cadman to develop an opera, Da O Ma (1912), based on his stories of Omaha life. A collection of his stories was published in 1998.