Collector:

Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938  Search this

Creator:

Brown, Julius, circa 1869  Search this

Big-Bear, circa 1852-  Search this

Extent:

58 Pages

Culture:

Chippewa  Search this

Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa)  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Folklore

Narratives

Manuscripts

Vocabulary

Date:

1911

Scope and Contents:

Linguistic and ethnological notes and texts from Truman Michelson's work in 1911 with members of an Ojibwa delegation from White Earth, Minnesota, visiting Washington, D.C. The materials include notes on kinship terms, vocabulary, paradigms, and the tribe's social organization. Michelson also obtained stories in Ojibwa from Big Bear with English translations from Julius Brown.

Local Numbers:

NAA MS 2821

Local Note:

Title changed from "Legend; ethnology" 5/1/2014.

Topic:

Ojibwa language  Search this

Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this

Linguistics  Search this

Ethnology  Search this

Kinship  Search this

Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this

Genre/Form:

Folklore

Narratives

Manuscripts

Vocabulary

Citation:

Manuscript 2821, 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.MS2821

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw344fcfd0c-7d5b-4978-aa20-9209eae09ef0

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-ms2821