1855 Henry Schoolcraft Native American Indian Tribes | California Wakonda Dakota

SCHOOLCRAFT, Henry Rowe

1855 henry schoolcraft native american indian tribes | california wakonda dakota | henry rowe schoolcraft was an early american ethnologist and expert on native american culture. He was well-known for his congress-commissioned study on united states indian tribes beginning in 1851, of which the content was considered ‘valuable scholarship’ by critics.   in 1847, the united states congress passed an act which collected the history of native american indian tribes, a task which schoolcraft headed. The final volume of the work proved to be the best as it was regularly published under the title “<em>the american indians</em>”.   schoolcraft’s studies on indians are considered the most extensive works on native americans published in the 19<sup>th</sup>-century, and, according to field contain “a vast mass of really valuable information and has indeed performed a very important service for indian history, in collecting and preserving an immense amount of historic data. Vocabularies of indian languages, grammatical analyses, legends of various tribes, biographies of chiefs and warriors, narratives of captivities, histories of indian wars, emigrations, and theories of their origin, are all related and blended in an extraordinary manner. ”   item number: #27077 price: $795

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Henry Rowe Schoolcraft was an early American ethnologist and expert on Native American culture. He was well-known for his Congress-commissioned study on United States Indian tribes beginning in 1851, of which the content was considered ‘valuable scholarship’ by critics.

 

In 1847, the United States Congress passed an act which collected the history of Native American Indian tribes, a task which Schoolcraft headed. The final volume of the work proved to be the best as it was regularly published under the title “The American Indians”.

 

Schoolcraft’s studies on Indians are considered the most extensive works on Native Americans published in the 19th-century, and, according to Field contain

“a vast mass of really valuable information and has indeed performed a very important service for Indian history, in collecting and preserving an immense amount of historic data. Vocabularies of Indian languages, grammatical analyses, legends of various tribes, biographies of chiefs and warriors, narratives of captivities, histories of Indian wars, emigrations, and theories of their origin, are all related and blended in an extraordinary manner.”

 

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1855 Henry Schoolcraft Native American Indian Tribes | California Wakonda Dakota

 

Henry Rowe Schoolcraft was an early American ethnologist and expert on Native American culture. He was well-known for his Congress-commissioned study on United States Indian tribes beginning in 1851, of which the content was considered ‘valuable scholarship’ by critics.

 

In 1847, the United States Congress passed an act which collected the history of Native American Indian tribes, a task which Schoolcraft headed. The final volume of the work proved to be the best as it was regularly published under the title “The American Indians”.

 

Schoolcraft’s studies on Indians are considered the most extensive works on Native Americans published in the 19th-century, and, according to Field contain

“a vast mass of really valuable information and has indeed performed a very important service for Indian history, in collecting and preserving an immense amount of historic data. Vocabularies of Indian languages, grammatical analyses, legends of various tribes, biographies of chiefs and warriors, narratives of captivities, histories of Indian wars, emigrations, and theories of their origin, are all related and blended in an extraordinary manner.”

 

Item number: #27077

Price: $795

 

SCHOOLCRAFT, Henry Rowe

 

[Information respecting the history]… History, condition and prospects of the Indian tribes of the United States, part v

 

Philadelphia: Lippincott & Co., 1855.

 

Details:

  • Collation: Complete with all pages
    • xxiv, [25]-712
    • 35 plates, 1 folding map
  • References: Field 1373; Howes S 188; Larned 676
  • Language: English
  • Provenance:
    • Handwritten – Nathl. B. Durfee
      • Nathaniel Briggs Durfee (1812–1872) was a U.S. Representative from Rhode Island.
    • Handwritten – W. Manypenny
      • George Washington Manypenny (1808–1892) was the Commissioner of Indian Affairs of the United States 1853-1857, appointed under Franklin Pierce. He was responsible for settling 52 treaties during his tenure, many of them in Kansas and Nebraska. He was offered the role of commissioner again by President Abraham Lincoln during his second administration, but Manypenny declined. He held the position of special Indian commissioner under appointments by Presidents Grant, Hayes and Garfield. In 1880 Manypenny wrote Our Indian Wards which detailed a variety of wrongs perpetrated on the Indians, along with recommendations for reforms.
    • Handwritten – R. Durfee
  • Binding: Hardcover; secure
    • Cloth
  • Size: ~12.75in X 10.5in (32.5cm x 26.5cm)

 

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27077

Category

Americana, American History

Authors

SCHOOLCRAFT, Henry Rowe

Printing Date

19th Century

Language

English

Binding

Hardcover

Book Condition

Excellent

Collation

Complete

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