Two notebooks containing stories handwritten in Moose Cree syllabary and English. The syllabic texts were written by Harvey Smallboy at Moose Factory, Ontario. The English translations were dictated by William Allan.
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NAA MS 3398
Local Note:
Title changed from "Cree Syllabic Texts Summer of 1935" 6/3/2014.
Other Archival Materials:
See Manuscript 3414 for phonetic versions of the syllabic texts.
Four Meskwaki (Fox) syllabic texts handwritten by Alfred Kiyana and Jack Bullard, with English translations by Truman Michelson and Harry Lincoln. The two texts by Kiyana are "Homo stuprator" and "When a young couple marries." The texts by Bullard are "Rainbow" and "Summer Bear." Most of the translations are in Michelson's hand; 6 lines of text on the last page are in Lincoln's hand. These texts were collected by Michelson in Tama, Iowa.
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Date:
undated
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Text handwritten in English by Mack Haag on Cheyenne courtship and marriage customs, with a reference to the Cheyenne and Dakota term for "woman." Also a pronouns chart.
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NAA MS 3338
Local Note:
Title changed from "Miscellaneous notes on Cheyenne courtship and marriage customs" 4/3/2014.
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.
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NAA MS 2606
Local Note:
Title changed from "Snail dance Legend" 3/27/2014.
Notebook containing linguistic, ethnological, and anthropometric notes on the Chippewa collected by Truman Michelson in L'Anse and Baraga in Michigan. His notes include Chippewa words and phrases with glosses in English, stories, and anthropometric measurements.
See MS 7230 for translations of stories.
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NAA MS 1830
Local Note:
Title changed from "Linguistics and ethnology" 3/13/2014.
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Notebook containing Meskwaki (Fox) syllabic text on the waterfowl clan by Alfred Kiyana, with Truman Michelson's English translation on the opposite page. The name "Milford S. Chandler" appears on the top of the first page.
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NAA MS 2239
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Title changed from "A gens festival; Wabano (?) White Deer (?) Ethnology; legends" 3/25/14.
Single page of dictations by Edward Davenport to Truman Michelson, consisting of a short list of Meskwaki (Fox) expressions, written phonetically; notes on Meskwaki phonetics; and a small portion of a story by Jack Bullard, also written phonetically in Meskwaki.
Page 4 of Meskwaki (Fox) text, handwritten by an unidentified writer. Previously misattributed to Sakihtanohkweha (Mrs Bill Leaf). According to Ives Goddard, this page belongs with MS 2695, which is missing pages 1-6.
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NAA MS 2697
Local Note:
Title changed from "Text" 4/15/2014.
Related Materials:
See MS 2695 for what is likely the associated text.
Handwritten notes on the Piegan Blackfoot language from Truman Michelson's work with Mabel Monroe, whose mother was Piegan. Includes lexical and grammatical notes, text (concerning Trickster) with free translation, and kinship terms.
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NAA MS 2813-a
Local Note:
Title changed from "Piegan Blackfoot linguistic notes 1910" 4/7/2014.
Meskwaki (Fox) text by Alfred Kiyana on the boy blessed by a water monster. Includes an English translation by Horace Poweshiek, titled "Witch Society." Texts collected by Truman Michelson in Tama, Iowa.
Information from Shapochiwa regarding the rituals of the Singing Around Society, handwritten in Meskwaki (Fox) syllabary by an unidentified writer and translated into English by George Young Bear. There are also two pages of notes at the end of the translation on members and initiation to the society.
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Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation (Mont.)
Date:
1910
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Three stories in Cheyenne by Wolf Chief, with English translations by William Somers. The titles are "Plover Wings," "Buffalo Horns," and "Story about otter." These were collected by Truman Michelson at the Northern Cheyenne Reservation in Montana.
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Date:
1931
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Southern Cheyenne text and vocabulary collected from Mack Haag by Truman Michelson in Oklahoma in the summer of 1931. The text is a Cheyenne story of the fox and the coyote handwritten in English by Haag. The vocabulary notes are in Michelson's hand and appears to be unrelated to the text but associated with MS 3215-b. The notes consist of Cheyenne words and phrases, some of which include English translations.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 3215-a
Local Note:
Title changed from "Southern Cheyenne text with interlinear translation Summer, 1931" 4/2/2014.
Other Archival Materials:
See also 3215-b for vocabulary notes from Mack Haag.
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Date:
1932 Summer
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Notebook containing four Southern Cheyenne stories handwritten in English by an unidentified writer. The writing appears to be the same as the unidentified writing in Manuscript 2134, 3220, and 3335. The titles of the stories are: "Bloody Teeth," "Skeleton," "The Powerful Boy," and "The Fox and the Ghost."
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NAA MS 3342
Local Note:
Title changed from "'Southern Cheyenne Legends,' written by a Cheyenne informant Summer, 1932" 5/28/2014.
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Citation:
Manuscript 3342, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Digitization and preparation of these materials for online access has been funded through generous support from the Arcadia Fund.
Ottawa linguistic notes and stories collected by Truman Michelson from Lillian Walker, age 16. Includes vocabulary, pronominal paradigms, a letter in Ottawa with an English translation, and stories in Ottawa and English. There are also notes on the list of stories known by Walker; information about her family; and locations of the Ottawa.
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NAA MS 2744
Local Note:
Title updated from "Linguistics; legend" 4/25/2014.
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Date:
1931-1932
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Southern Cheyenne personal narratives and stories in English collected by Truman Michelson in Oklahoma. The stories were handwritten by Mack Haag and another person. Contents include: "Medicine Woman. 55 years old. Cheyenne" (written by Mack Haag.), 37 pages; "The Unknow[n] Greyhound" (writer unidentified.), 7 pages; "Plum Man" (writer unidentified), 2 pages; The Stuff[ed] Bear" 3 pages; "The Spider and the Rat" (writer unidentified), 5 pages; "Tipi Decorator. White Buffalo [daugther of Black Kettle]. 43 years old. Cheyenne" (writer unidentified), 17 pages; "The Beaded back tipi" (writer unidentified), 8 pages; "Lame Bull. True Story" (writer unidentified), 4 pages; "The Buffalo Robe" (writer unidentified), 4 pages; and "Slow Bull. (Cheyenne age 60). 1931" (written by Mack Haag), 9 pages.
Notebook containing Kickapoo syllabic texts handwritten in 1929 by Joseph Murdock, a Mexican Kickapoo residing in Shawnee, Oklahoma. Also English translations dictated by Alice Abraham of Shawnee, Oklahoma, and handwritten by her granddaugther Susan in 1967. The texts include a story of why rabbits only have fat on their shoulders and an anecdote from Murdock's courtship days. Other texts are on a virginity test, marriage and natal customs, joking relationships, and father and mother-in-law taboos. The notebook also contains 2 pages of linguistic notes in phonetic transcription with English translations.
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NAA MS 833
Local Note:
Title changed from "Kickapoo Legends and ethnology 1929" 6/10/2014.
Two handwritten Meskwaki (Fox) syllabic texts by an unidentified author, collected by Truman Michelson in Tama, Iowa. The first text is a story of men on the warpath. The second text is the beginning of another story, which is continued in MS 2769.
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NAA MS 2768
Local Note:
Title changed from "Story of those who went to war, and portion of another story" 4/28/2014.
Story of Red Leggins handwritten in Meskwaki (Fox) syllabary with an English paraphrase by Ida Poweshiek. These texts were collected by Truman Michelson in Tama, Iowa.The author of the story was originally identified as Bill Leaf, but the Meskwaki text is not in his hand. The writer may be Joe Tesson, Jr.
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NAA MS 2985
Local Note:
Title changed from "Red Leggins Legend" 4/30/2014.
