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Catalog Data

Collector:
Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938  Search this
Creator:
She-Bear, circa 1842-  Search this
White Bull, circa 1835-  Search this
White Eagle, circa 1853-  Search this
Somers, William Abe, circa 1865-  Search this
Duster, Albert, circa 1889- (interpreter)  Search this
Names:
Custer, George Armstrong, 1839-1876  Search this
Extent:
56 Pages
Culture:
Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne)  Search this
Indians of North America -- Great Plains  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Narratives
Manuscripts
Folklore
Place:
Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation (Mont.)
Date:
1910 August
Scope and Contents:
English texts of Cheyenne stories and historical accounts collected by Truman Michelson at the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation in Montana. The stories were provided by She-Bear, White Eagle, and White Bull and translated and written down in English by Albert Duster and William Somers. One of the texts is an account by White Eagle on George Custer and battles during the Great Sioux War. Also includes information about the storytellers and Somers and some ethnological notes.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 2811
Topic:
Cheyenne Indians -- Wars  Search this
Cheyenne Indians -- History  Search this
Ethnology  Search this
Genre/Form:
Narratives
Manuscripts
Folklore
Citation:
Manuscript 2811, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS2811
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3e5dce538-2ffd-4cde-adbb-ca48efe4f5e6
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms2811