Vincent Voiture
French poet
James Mooney
American ethnographer
James Mooneywas an American ethnographer who lived for several years among the Cherokee. Known as “The Indian Man”, he conducted major studies of Southeastern Indians, as well as of tribes on the Great Plains.
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About the James Mooney
James Mooneywas an American ethnographer who lived for several years among the Cherokee. Known as “The Indian Man”, he conducted major studies of Southeastern Indians, as well as of tribes on the Great Plains. He did ethnographic studies of the Ghost Dance, a spiritual movement among various Native American culture groups, after Sitting Bull’s death in 1890. His works on the Cherokee include The Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees (1891), and Myths of the Cherokee (1900). All were published by the US Bureau of American Ethnology, within the Smithsonian Institution.
Native American artifacts collected by Mooney are held in the collections of the Department of Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution and the Department of Anthropology, Field Museum of Natural History. Papers and photographs from Mooney are in the collections of the National Anthropological Archives, Department of Anthropology, Smithsonian Institution.
5 Quotes by James Mooney
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Among the southern tribes, on the contrary, hats were sometimes worn in the dance, although this was not considered in strict accordance with the doctrine.
James MooneyAmerican ethnographer
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Facing inward, join hands so as to form a small circle. Then, without moving from their places they sing the opening song, according to previous agreement, in a soft undertone.
James MooneyAmerican ethnographer
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When all is ready, the leaders walk out to the dance place.
James MooneyAmerican ethnographer
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The dance commonly begins about the middle of the afternoon or later, after sundown. When it begins in the afternoon, there is always an intermission of an hour or two for supper. The preliminary painting and dressing is usually the work of about two hours.
James MooneyAmerican ethnographer
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At intervals between the songs, more especially after the trances have begun, the dancers unclasp hands and sit down to smoke or talk for a few minutes.
James MooneyAmerican ethnographer