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MS 1302-a Jicarilla Apache vocabulary and notes

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Creator:
Russell, Frank, 1868-1903  Search this
Informant:
Gun-si Vi-gil  Search this
Quintana, Juan  Search this
Quintana, Reuben  Search this
Extent:
143 Pages
1 Volume
Culture:
Jicarilla Apache  Search this
Indians of North America -- Southwest, New  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Volumes
Vocabulary
Date:
1898
Scope and Contents:
Vocabulary listed according to categories in Powellʼs printed outline with added information on culture, customs and religion.
Biographical / Historical:
Informants: Gunʹ -si Vigil, interpreter, educated at Santa Fe and Fort Lewis Indian schools; Juan Quintana, "authority for many names of plants and narrator of most of the animal tales and information regarding the sun;" and Reuben [Quintana], interpreter for Juan.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 1302-a
Local Note:
Identified as Jicarilla Apache by comparison with manuscript numbers 115 and 116.
Place:
New Mexico
Topic:
Religion -- Mexico -- Apache  Search this
Culture -- Apache  Search this
Medicine feast -- Apache  Search this
Education -- Apache  Search this
Marriage -- Apache  Search this
Basketry -- Apache  Search this
Initiation ceremony -- Apache  Search this
Folklore -- Apache  Search this
Myths -- origin of animals -- Apache  Search this
Bows and arrows -- Apache  Search this
Folklore -- origin of fire -- Apache  Search this
Folklore -- fox and porcupine -- Apache  Search this
Folklore -- horse -- Apache  Search this
Weaving -- Apache  Search this
Beverages -- Apache  Search this
Hide preparation -- Apache  Search this
Gambling -- Apache  Search this
Widows -- Apache  Search this
Child life -- child birth -- Apache  Search this
Social organization -- Apache  Search this
Medicine Lodge -- Drawing -- Apache  Search this
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Genre/Form:
Vocabulary
Citation:
Manuscript 1302-a, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS1302A
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Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3f9a7f9a7-f1e3-4749-ac33-68d6995c70dd
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms1302a