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Huenun Ñamku
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Huenun Ñamku
Ethnologist M. Inez Hilger and her assistant, Margaret Murdoch, lived for months among the Araucanians, primarily to collect information on child life. Among the persons they interviewed was an old man who was eager to preserve his people's history. Recorded here are the traditions, history and tales of the Araucanians as he related them.
The Indians of Central and South America
At a juncture in history when much interest and attention is focused on Central and South American political, ecological, social, and environmental concerns, this dictionary fills a major gap in reference materials relating to Amerindian tribes. This one-volume reference collects important information about the current status of the indigenous peoples of Central and South America and offers a chronology of the conquest of the Amerindian tribes; a list of tribes by country; and an extensive bibliography of surviving American Indian groups. Historical as well as contemporary descriptions of approximately 500 existing tribes or groups of people are provided along with several bibliographic cita...
The Dawes Act and the Allotment of Indian Lands
The many congressional acts and plans for the administration of Indian affairs in the West often resulted in confusion and misapplication. Only rarely were the ideals of those who sincerely wished to help American Indians realized. This book, first printed as a part of the hearings before the House of Representatives Committee on Indian Affairs in 1934, is a detailed and fully documented account of the Dawes Act of 1887 and its consequences up to 1900. D. S. Otis's investigation of the motives of the reformers who supported the Dawes Act indicates that it failed to fulfill many of the hopes of its sponsors. The reasons for the act's failure were complex but predictable. Many Indians were not...
Huenun Ñamku
La etnóloga M. Inez Hilger y su sobrina asistente, Margaret Mondloch, vivieron entre los mapuche durante meses para recolectar información, principalmente, sobre la vida infantil. Entre las personas que entrevistaron estaba un hombre mayor, llamado Huenun Ñamku, ansioso por preservar la historia de su pueblo. Aquí están registradas las tradiciones, historia y relatos sobre los mapuche tal como él los contó. Como informante, el hombre mayor fue inteligente y claro, sus conversaciones fueron fascinantes y reveladoras. Él habló acerca de atrapar peces, de la religión de su tribu, de plantas medicinales, de hambruna, enfermedad mental y rituales. Detalló con tristeza los cambios gradu...
