Radin, Paul
The Autobiography of a Winnebago Indian Paul Radin - New York Dover Publications, Inc. 1963 - 91 p.
Master list item #: 93
File location is in the New Mexico file Cabinet
Part I & Part II
"Unprepared as primitive man is to give a well-rounded and complete account of his culture, he has always been willing to narrate snatches of autobiography. Such personal reminiscences and impressions, inadequate as they are, are likely to throw more light on the workings of the mind and emotions of primitive man than any amount of speculation from a sophisticated ethnologist or ethnological theorist.
"Such an autobiography was obtained by the author from a Winnebago Indian and published in volume xxvi of the Journal of American Folk-Lore. The reception given this first auto biography led to further effort in this direction, the aim being, not to obtain autobiographical details about some definite personage, but to have some representative middle-aged individual of moderate ability describe his life in relation to the social group in which he had grown up. A series of fortunate circumstances enabled the author to secure a rather lengthy autobiography from a member of a very prominent Winnebago family. This is the account here published. The Indian in question was a brother of the Winnebago who had written the earlier autobiography referred to above. The writer is referred to throughout the notes as S. B. No attempt of any kind was made to influence him in the selection of the particular facts of his life which he chose to present."
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The Autobiography of a Winnebago Indian Paul Radin - New York Dover Publications, Inc. 1963 - 91 p.
Master list item #: 93
File location is in the New Mexico file Cabinet
Part I & Part II
"Unprepared as primitive man is to give a well-rounded and complete account of his culture, he has always been willing to narrate snatches of autobiography. Such personal reminiscences and impressions, inadequate as they are, are likely to throw more light on the workings of the mind and emotions of primitive man than any amount of speculation from a sophisticated ethnologist or ethnological theorist.
"Such an autobiography was obtained by the author from a Winnebago Indian and published in volume xxvi of the Journal of American Folk-Lore. The reception given this first auto biography led to further effort in this direction, the aim being, not to obtain autobiographical details about some definite personage, but to have some representative middle-aged individual of moderate ability describe his life in relation to the social group in which he had grown up. A series of fortunate circumstances enabled the author to secure a rather lengthy autobiography from a member of a very prominent Winnebago family. This is the account here published. The Indian in question was a brother of the Winnebago who had written the earlier autobiography referred to above. The writer is referred to throughout the notes as S. B. No attempt of any kind was made to influence him in the selection of the particular facts of his life which he chose to present."
Winnebago Indians
Nebraska Indians
Nebraska Travel Guides
Nebraska
New Mexico - Indians - File #2 36