James Mooney, U.S. Ethnologist: A Biography

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Summary

Details the life and career of James Mooney (1861-1921), an ethnologist for the Smithsonian's Bureau of American Ethnology from 1885 to 1921, who studied the Kiowa, Cheyenne, and Cherokee tribes. Discusses his role in United States National Museum exhibits on American Indians and his ambivalent attitude towards assimilation versus preservation of Indian culture.

Subject

  • Mooney, James
  • Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology
  • United States National Museum

Category

Smithsonian Institution History Bibliography

Notes

Ph.D. dissertation

Contained within

(Dissertation)

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

1977

Topic

  • Controversies
  • Ethnology
  • Anthropology
  • Exhibitions
  • Biography

Place

North America

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