Alice Cunningham Fletcher
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Alice Cunningham Fletcher was an American ethnologist, anthropologist, and social scientist who studied and documented Native American culture. Fletcher was a proponent of Native American cultural ass
Fletcher, c. 1893
Fletcher and Chief Joseph at the Nez Percé Lapwai Reservation in Idaho Gentleman kneeling is an interpreter named James Stewart.
Alice Fletcher at her writing desk
Francis La Flesche
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Francis La Flesche was the first professional Native American ethnologist; he worked with the Smithsonian Institution. He specialized in Omaha and Osage cultures. Working closely as a translator and r
Alice Cunningham Fletcher
…cause and arranged a several-month lecture tour in the United States. These times also marked the beginning of Fletcher's 40-year association with Francis La Flesche, Susette's half brother. They collaborated professionally and had an informal mother-son relationship. They shared a house in Washington, D.C., beginning…
Francis La Flesche