Alice Cunningham Fletcher

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Alice Cunningham Fletcher was a pioneering American ethnologist and anthropologist known for her influential fieldwork among Native American tribes and her role in shaping U.S. Indian policy in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf anthropologist
ethnologist
folklorist
human
musicologist
writer
activeYearsEnd 1920s
activeYearsStart 1870s
awardReceived Loubat Prize
coAuthor Francis La Flesche
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1838-03-15
dateOfDeath 1923-04-06
employer Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology
ethnicGroupStudied Native Americans in the United States
Nez Perce
surface form: Nez Perce people

Omaha people
Sioux people
surface form: Sioux peoples

Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) people
surface form: Winnebago people
familyName Fletcher
fieldOfWork Native American studies
anthropology
ethnology
ethnomusicology
fullName Alice Cunningham Fletcher self-link
givenName Alice
influenced development of American anthropology
knownFor advocacy related to the Dawes Act
recording and analysis of Native American music
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Folklore Society
Anthropological Society of Washington
notableFor influence on United States Indian policy
pioneering fieldwork among Native American tribes
notableWork A Study of Omaha Indian Music
Indian Story and Song from North America
Omaha tribe
surface form: The Omaha Tribe
occupation anthropologist
ethnologist
folklorist
musicologist
placeOfBirth Havana, Cuba
placeOfDeath Washington, D.C.
surface form: Washington, D.C., United States of America
sexOrGender female
workLocation Omaha Reservation
surface form: Omaha Reservation, Nebraska

Washington, D.C.
surface form: Washington, D.C., United States of America

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Bureau of American Ethnology employed Alice Cunningham Fletcher
BAE employed Alice Cunningham Fletcher
subject surface form: Bureau of American Ethnology
Alice Cunningham Fletcher fullName Alice Cunningham Fletcher self-link