Word: tribe
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...first spoke of his experiences among the old chiefs of the Sioux tribe and gave little sketches of the effect the great cities had on certain older Indians who visited Chicago, Pittsburg and Washington. They could not understand civilization, but all possessed a certain dignity of manner that charmed all they...
...concluding, Dr. Eastman gave a fine tribute to Sitting Bull, the greatest of the tribe. "Nobody ever knew of his great deeds. He never killed anybody but white soldiers, and was never known to kill a woman or child under any conditions. I remember when I was a doctor at Pine Ridge, the soldiers disarming the whole reservation and shooting down the defenceless Indians and afterwards chasing and killing the women. Human nature is the same the world over. We have been barbaric, we have been cruel, but you take a poor negro, cover him with oil and burn...
...Museum has also received as the gift of Mr. L. H. Farlow an excellent collection of 12 rare Chilchotin baskets from an Athabascan tribe in British Columbia...
...Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology is making arrangements to send a party this summer to study the Nez Perces Indians in Idaho. An effort will be made to learn something of the language and customs of this tribe, about which very little is now known. H. J. Spinden, instructor in the department of Anthropology, will be in charge of the work, and will have as his assistant R. R. Hellman 1M. They will leave immediately after the close of the college year and will spend about six weeks in the work, after which Mr. Spinden will...
...exploration and study of the ruins, and of the state of civilization they record. The Peabody Museum possesses large collections from Yucatan, and many models or the ruins found there as well as numerous photographs will be shown by Dr. Tozzer. The present inhabitants of Yucatan, the Lacondones, a tribe which Dr. Tozzer has studied with particular care, have sadly deteriorated since they produced such wonderful structures. Various interesting discoveries which have been made from excavations will also be outlined in the lecture...