Frances La Flesche (Minxa’ska)
National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution. (Photograph 4504). Native American (Omaha), Ethnomusicology, Museum Work Frances La Flesche (Minxa’ska) (1857-1932) Francis La Flesche was the first Native American professional ethnologist. Working at the Smithsonian, he dedicated his scholarship to documenting Omaha and Osage tribal life and customs. Born on the Omaha reservation (in present day Nebraska) in …