Howard, James H. 1961. Review of A Documentary History of the Fox Project, 1948-1959: A Program in Action Anthropology, by Fred Gearing, Robert McNetting, and Lisa R. Peattie (Eds.) Directed by Sol Tax. Reprinted from American Anthropologist 63(3):240
Collection Creator:
Howard, James H., 1925-1982 (James Henri) Search this
Television broadcast produced by WOI-TV, Ames, Iowa. At a general meeting with representative George Youngbear presiding, members of the Fox and Kak Indians of the Tama Reservation, discuss topics of concern, including: the threat of the reservation's federally funded schools becoming state run, the reservation's lack of arable land, and the need for a recreation center for the reservation's youth. Fox elders are recorded speaking in Muskwakan. This broadcast forms part of the University of Chicago Fox Project Records and Sol Tax Fox Notes in the National Anthropological Archives.
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Local Number:
HSFA 1986.11.2
Related Materials:
The National Anthropological Archives holds the Fox field notes and Fox Project records.
Provenance:
Transferred from the National Anthroplogical Archives in 1986.
Restrictions:
The collection is open for research. Please contact the archives for information on availability of access copies of audiovisual recordings. Original audiovisual material in the Human Studies Film Archives may not be played.
Rights:
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Genre/Form:
Sound films
Citation:
Whole Town's Talking, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
The collection consists of photographs of Mesquaki (Fox) people, probably made during or as part of Sol Taxʹs action anthropology work with the Fox Tribe. It includes images of people, dances, archery, handicraft, vending, medical examinations, and food preparation at a single event, probably a powwow.
Biographical/Historical note:
Herbert Sheldon Becker was a student of Sol Tax during his Fox Project (1948-1953) with the University of Chicago and the Mesquaki settlement at Tama, Iowa. Becker later became a photographer associated with the university.
Local Call Number(s):
NAA Photo Lot 38
Location of Other Archival Materials:
The National Anthropological Archives also holds Sol Tax's Fox field notes and Fox Project records (MS 4802) and the University of Chicago Fort Berthold Action Anthropology Project records (MS 4805).
The Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library holds two photographs by Herbert Sheldon Becker.
Documentary history of the Fox Project, 1948-1959 : a program in action anthropology. / edited by Fred Gearing, Robert McC. Netting and Lisa R. Peattie