Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians

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ethnographic work non-fiction book travel narrative

Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians is George Catlin’s influential 19th-century ethnographic work documenting the lives, cultures, and traditions of numerous Native American tribes he encountered in the American West.

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Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians canonical	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ethnographic work ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ travel narrative ⓘ
aimsTo	inform Euro-American audiences about Native American life ⓘ preserve records of Native American cultures ⓘ
associatedWith	George Catlin's Indian Gallery NERFINISHED ⓘ
author	George Catlin NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn	George Catlin's travels among Native American tribes ⓘ
contains	descriptive accounts of tribes ⓘ field notes ⓘ letters ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
culturalContext	19th-century frontier exploration ⓘ United States westward expansion ⓘ
documents	ceremonies of Native American tribes ⓘ daily life of Native American tribes ⓘ dress and adornment of Native American tribes ⓘ hunting practices of Native American tribes ⓘ material culture of Native American tribes ⓘ religious practices of Native American tribes ⓘ traditions of Native American tribes ⓘ warfare practices of Native American tribes ⓘ
field	American studies ⓘ ethnology ⓘ
focusesOn	customs of Native American tribes ⓘ manners of Native American tribes ⓘ social condition of Native American tribes ⓘ
genre	anthropology ⓘ ethnography ⓘ travel literature ⓘ
hasForm	multi-part narrative ⓘ
hasPerspective	Euro-American observer ⓘ
historicalSignificance	early ethnographic record of Native American cultures ⓘ influential in shaping 19th-century views of Native Americans ⓘ
intendedAudience	general reading public in the 19th century ⓘ
medium	prose ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
publicationCentury	19th century ⓘ
setIn	American West NERFINISHED ⓘ
subject	Native Americans NERFINISHED ⓘ North American Indians NERFINISHED ⓘ indigenous cultures of the American West ⓘ
timePeriodDescribed	early 19th century ⓘ
usedAs	historical source on Native American cultures ⓘ

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