Montana 1911: A Professor and his Wife among the Blackfeet

This is the complete text diary kept by Mrs W M Uhlenbeck-Melchoir while accompanying her husband, the Dutch anthropologist/linguist, Dr C C Uhlenbeck, during his fieldwork on the Blackfeet Reservation in Montana in the summer of 1911. Here eyewitness account of their three-month stay gives the reader a fascinating insight into the world of the Blackfeet. The first edition ever to be translated into English, this book is complete with notes, introductions, & supplementary materials. The book includes essays on Blackfeet mythology & folklore that detail life before the reservation period & a biographical sketch of the Uhlenbecks, featuring aspects of C C Uhlenbeck's career as a linguist & scholar, as well as numerous photographs from the era.