Quote of the day
In England, the profession of the law is that which seems to hold out the strongest attraction to talent, from the circumstance, that in it ability, coupled with exertion, even though unaided by patronage, cannot fail of obtaining reward.
George Amos Dorsey
Born: February 6, 1868
Died: March 29, 1931 (aged 63)
Bio: George Amos Dorsey was an U.S. ethnographer of indigenous peoples of the Americas, with a special focus on Caddoan and Siouan tribes.
Known for:
- Traditions of the Arapaho (1903)
- The Pawnee mythology (1906)
- The Cheyenne (1905)
- The mythology of the Wichita (1904)
- The Oraibi Soyal ceremony (1901)