Collector:

Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938  Search this

Creator:

Kiyana, Alfred, 1877-1918  Search this

Extent:

144 Pages

Culture:

Fox  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Folklore

Narratives

Manuscripts

Date:

undated

Scope and Contents:

Meskwaki (Fox) syllabic text handwritten by Alfred Kiyana on Snail dance, with English translation by Truman Michelson and an unidentified writer. There are also 12 pages of vocabulary notes on the Meskwaki texts in the same unidentified hand. Story and notes collected by Michelson in Tama, Iowa.

Local Numbers:

NAA MS 2606

Local Note:

Title changed from "Snail dance Legend" 3/27/2014.

Topic:

Fox language  Search this

Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this

Linguistics  Search this

Fox dance  Search this

Rites and ceremonies  Search this

Meskwaki; Sauk & Fox  Search this

Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this

Genre/Form:

Folklore

Narratives

Manuscripts

Citation:

Manuscript 2606, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Sponsor:

Digitization and preparation of these materials for online access has been funded through generous support from the Arcadia Fund.

Identifier:

NAA.MS2606

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3a42b3b37-cdd0-4e04-b3a6-4cc51360142f

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-ms2606