James Owen Dorsey
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James Owen Dorsey was a 19th-century American ethnologist and linguist known for his extensive documentation and study of Native American languages and cultures.
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| instanceOf |
American ethnologist
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American linguist ⓘ anthropologist ⓘ ethnologist ⓘ human ⓘ linguist ⓘ |
| affiliation | Smithsonian Institution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 19th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| employer | Bureau of American Ethnology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Dorsey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Native American studies
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anthropology ⓘ ethnology ⓘ linguistics ⓘ |
| genre |
ethnography
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linguistic description ⓘ |
| givenName | James ⓘ |
| hasEthnographicFocus |
Omaha people
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Ponca people NERFINISHED ⓘ Siouan-speaking peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
documentation of Native American languages
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study of Native American cultures ⓘ work on Athabaskan languages ⓘ work on Siouan languages ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| middleName | Owen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | James Owen Dorsey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableWork |
ethnographic studies of the Omaha and Ponca
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grammatical notes on Native American languages ⓘ vocabularies of Siouan languages ⓘ |
| occupation |
anthropologist
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ethnologist ⓘ linguist ⓘ missionary ⓘ |
| studied |
Athabaskan languages
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Omaha language ⓘ Ponca language NERFINISHED ⓘ Siouan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studiesTopic |
Native American cultures
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Native American languages ⓘ indigenous religions of North America ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Nebraska
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Omaha Reservation NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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