Musicians in Omaha. From these essays eventually came her books "Indian Story and Song from North America" and "The Hako: A Pawnee Ceremony". Death and legacy Fletcher became President of the Anthropological Society of Washington in 1903 and the first woman President of the American Folklore Society in 1905. One of her colleagues, Walter Hough, remembered Fletcher as one who, "Mildly, peaceably, yet with great fortitude...did what she could to advance the cause of science". Her ashes are interned in the patio wall of the New Mexico Museum of Art behind a bronze plaque with a quote from her. Some of her recordings can be found in the Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology. Arthur Farwell's String Quartet in A major, Op. 65 The Hako, composed in 1923, was inspired by Fletcher's work. Awards and honors Alice Fletcher received numerous honors for the work she accomplished throughout her career. In 1890 she was awarded the Margaret Copley Thaw Fellowship at Harvard, which granted her funding for ethnographic and reform work. Fletcher Nunatak in Antarctica is named after Alice Cunningham Fletcher. Selected works Sun Dance of the Ogallala Sioux. American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1883 Observations on the Laws and Privileges of the Gens in Indian Society. (abstract) AAAS, 1884 Symbolic Earth Formations of the Winnebagoes. (abstract) AAAS, 1884 The White Buffalo Festival of the Uncpapas. 16th Annual Report Peabody Museum, 1884 The Elk Mystery or Festival of the Ogallala Sioux. 16th Ann. Rep. Peabody Museum, 1884 The Religious Ceremony of the Four Winds as Observed by a Santee Sioux. 16th Ann. Rep. Peabody Museum, 1884 The Shadow or Ghost Lodge: A Ceremony of the Ogallala Sioux. 16th Ann. Rep. Peabody Museum, 1884 The Wa-Wan, or Pipe Dance of the Omahas. 16th Ann. Rep. Peabody Museum, 1884 Historical Sketch of the Omaha Tribe of Indians in Nebraska. Washington, 1885 Observations upon the Usage, Symbolism and Influence of the Sacred Pipes Of Friendship among the Omahas. AAAS, 1885 Lands in Severalty to Indians; Illustrated by Experience with the Omaha Tribe. AAAS, 1885 Indian Education and Civilization. Special Report, U.S. Bureau of Education. 1888 On the Preservation of Archaeologic Monuments. AAAS, 1888 Report of the Committee on the Preservation of Archaeologic Remains on Public Lands. AAAS, 1889 Phonetic Alphabet of the Winnebago Indians. AAAS, 1890 Indian Messiah. Journal. American Folk-Lore, 1892 Nez Perce Country. (abstract) AAAS, 1892 Hal-thu-ska Society of the