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MS 4676 English narration of Atsugewi beliefs and practices of Ahookai-moi-see, last medicine man tribe, by his daughter, Boo-noo-koo-ee-me-norra (Mrs Selena La Marr)

Creator:
La Marr, Selena  Search this
Informant:
Boo-noo-koo-ee-me-norra  Search this
Sweet, Clytie  Search this
Extent:
1 Sound tape reel (75 min.)
Culture:
Atsugewi (Hat Creek)  Search this
Indians of North America -- California  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Sound tape reels
Sound recordings
Date:
ca. 1963
Scope and Contents:
Side 2: Narration by Selena La Marr with introduction by Clytie Sweet. Side 1: "Formal" recording by Selena La Marr and Clytie Sweet, in which the material of side 2 is re-worked and put into a more formally organized sequence.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 4676
Topic:
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Genre/Form:
Sound recordings
Citation:
Manuscript 4676, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS4676
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw35b47fa97-c4ad-45bc-ac3e-6936e422d45a
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ead_collection:sova-naa-ms4676
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Hopi 1968 Calendar Poster

Culture/People:
Pikuni Blackfeet (Piegan)  Search this
Artist/Maker:
Rodney C. Skenandore (Rod Skenandore/Elk Chief), Pikuni Blackfeet (Piegan)/Salish (Flathead)/Oneida, 1939-2017 and Warbonnet Enterprises  Search this
Previous owner:
Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Department of the Interior (IACB), 1935-  Search this
IACB source:
American Indian Society of Washington, DC  Search this
Title:
Hopi 1968 Calendar Poster
Object Name:
Poster
Media/Materials:
Paper, ink
Techniques:
Screenprinted/serigraph printed
Dimensions:
58.8 x 58.5 cm
Object Type:
Painting/Drawing/Print
Place:
Los Angeles County; California; USA (inferred)
Date created:
1967
Catalog Number:
25/9594
Barcode:
259594.000
See related items:
Pikuni Blackfeet (Piegan)
Painting/Drawing/Print
Data Source:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6458e949c-6e14-415b-aea2-e5ebbd076361
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:NMAI_275666
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Box with cover

Culture/People:
Mi'kmaq (Micmac)  Search this
Previous owner:
Charles Presby Wilcomb (C. P. Wilcomb), Non-Indian, 1865-1915  Search this
Seller:
Charles Presby Wilcomb (C. P. Wilcomb), Non-Indian, 1865-1915  Search this
Object Name:
Box with cover
Media/Materials:
Birchbark, porcupine quills, spruce root, silk cloth, dye/dyes
Techniques:
Quill embroidered
Object Type:
Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs
Place:
Near Eastport; Eastport; Washington County; Maine; USA
Catalog Number:
2/8689
Barcode:
028689.000
See related items:
Mi'kmaq (Micmac)
Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs
Data Source:
National Museum of the American Indian
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws670fc2de7-fc96-40cf-a6af-a718b8f4ab28
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:NMAI_30688
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MS 2981 Vocabularies in the Kawia dialect

Creator:
Corbusier, William Henry, 1844-1930  Search this
Extent:
26 Pages
Culture:
Cahuilla  Search this
Indians of North America -- California  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Date:
1927
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 2981
Topic:
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 2981, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS2981
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3e66b5f69-e3ba-4f5a-a55c-78aa5491a660
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms2981
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MS 864 Pomo vocabularies in Powell's Introduction to the Study of Indian Languages

Collector:
Henshaw, Henry W. (Henry Wetherbee), 1850-1930  Search this
Extent:
73 Pages
Culture:
Pomo  Search this
Indians of North America -- California  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Date:
October 25, 1892
Scope and Contents:
In Powell's Introductory volume. Partly filled.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 864
Topic:
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 864, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS864
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3a72c9c99-d8ed-4590-8701-3c209a5b7f4a
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms864
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MS 300 The Mutsun linguistic family of Middle California: a comparative table of affinities drawn from its numerous dialects

Creator:
Curtin, Jeremiah, 1835-1906  Search this
Gatschet, Albert S. (Albert Samuel), 1832-1907  Search this
Extent:
7 Pages
2 Items (tables )
Culture:
Ohlone (Costano)  Search this
Mewuk (Miwok)  Search this
Indians of North America -- California  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Date:
1888
Scope and Contents:
MS 300-a: "The Mutsun linguistic family of Middle California: a comparative table of affinities drawn from its numerous dialects" by Albert S. Gatschet. January 1888. 13 pp. The purpose of the paper was to consolidate the Costanoan with the Moquelummnan (Miwok) families, and to designate the aggregate by the name Mutsun.

MS 300-b Letter from Jeremiah Curtin to Henry W. Henshaw. February 188. 7 pp. and 2 large tables. Letter encloses and is critical of Gatschet's paper.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 300
Topic:
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 300, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS300
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw375d43826-958a-4337-9821-4f96af8f166d
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms300
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MS 646-b Linguistic material collected at the Chico Ranch of the Micho'pdo Indians (Maidu family) Sacramento Valley, California

Collector:
Gatschet, Albert S. (Albert Samuel), 1832-1907  Search this
Extent:
84 Pages
Culture:
Maidu  Search this
Indians of North America -- California  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Date:
1877
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 646-b
Local Note:
77 pages filled.
General:
Previously titled "Linguistic material."
Topic:
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 646-b, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS646B
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3d42e8b0d-bf9e-42ec-ba1c-bad48722eabb
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms646b
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MS 385 "Idiomas Californias"

Creator:
Arroyo de la Cuesta, Felipe, -1842  Search this
Murray, E. F. (Edward F.)  Search this
Extent:
32 Pages
Culture:
Chumash -- Purismeno  Search this
Santa Ynez Chumash (Santa Inez)  Search this
Yokuts  Search this
San Luis Rey  Search this
Ohlone (Costano)  Search this
Salinan -- San Miguel  Search this
Chumash [San Luis Obispo Mission]  Search this
Salinan -- San Antonio  Search this
Barbareño Chumash (Santa Barbara)  Search this
Mewuk (Miwok)  Search this
Wintun  Search this
Esselen Indians  Search this
Karkin  Search this
Indians of North America -- California  Search this
Chumash  Search this
Salinan Indians  Search this
Patwin  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Date:
1821
Scope and Contents:
Copied by E.F. Murray in 1878 from the original made in 1821. It includes vocabularies of the following languages: Esselen, San Antonio (Salinan), San Miguel (Salinan), San Luis Obispo (Obispeno Chusmash), Santa Barbara (Barbareno Chumash), La Purisima (Purismeno Chusmash), Santa Inez (Inezeno Chumash), Nophrinthres of San Juan Bautista (a Yokuts dialect), Lathruunen (Yokuts), San Luis Rey (Uto-Aztecan), Karkin (Costanoan), Saclan (Miwok), Juichun (Costanoan), Huimen (Marin Miwok), and Suisen (a dialect of Patwin [Wintun]).
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 385
Topic:
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Ynezeno  Search this
Antoniaños  Search this
Migueleños  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 385, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS385
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3ef078075-0f0c-4568-a7c9-a16db1c965ea
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms385
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MS 805 Clerk's copy of the Tubatulabal vocabulary of Powers (MS 811), the Ko-aa-bi Paiute of Powers (MS 807) and the "Cahuillo" (Kawia) of Lt. A. W. Whipple (MS 800)

Creator:
Powers, Stephen, 1840-1904  Search this
Whipple, Amiel Weeks, 1817?-1863  Search this
Extent:
8 Pages
Culture:
Paiute  Search this
Tübatulabal (Kern River)  Search this
Cahuilla  Search this
Indians of North America -- California  Search this
Indians of North America -- Great Basin  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Date:
undated
Scope and Contents:
Compared in parallel columns. Pages printed vocabulary form of U. S. Geographic and Geological Survey of the Rocky Mountain Region. See the originals.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 805
Topic:
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 805, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS805
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3e047122c-8802-48fa-bd7f-a0bd84aa704c
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms805
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MS 846 Pehtsik Klamath or Arra-Arra dictionary and ethnographic notes

Creator:
Gibbs, George, 1815-1873  Search this
Extent:
1 Volume
33 Pages
Culture:
Karuk (Karok)  Search this
Indians of North America -- California  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Volumes
Pages
Maps
Date:
1852-1853
Scope and Contents:
Includes a sketch map showing names and locations of Karok villages and the number of houses in each. Manuscript copy of the blurred pencil notes from the inside front and back covers and page [1] made by A.R. Pilling, 8/1970 and filed with manuscript.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 846
Local Note:
autograph document signed
Topic:
Karok language  Search this
Names, place -- Karok  Search this
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Genre/Form:
Maps
Citation:
Manuscript 846, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS846
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw37674b59d-86cd-408c-9158-651ca9ec41f0
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms846
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MS 800 Kawia vocabulary

Creator:
Whipple, Amiel Weeks, 1817?-1863  Search this
Extent:
6 Pages
Culture:
Cahuilla  Search this
Indians of North America -- California  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Date:
January, 1893
Scope and Contents:
Recorded in Comparative Vocabulary. Fairly complete, and quite legible.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 800
Local Note:
manuscript document
Topic:
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 800, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS800
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3d002491a-1af3-458f-8806-ea45adf17a02
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms800
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MS 857-c Notes on the languages of the Napa [Wappo], Tumala [Coast Miwok], Tulare [Plains Miwok], Lake Miwok, Kainameros [Pomo], and Yukais [Yuki]

Creator:
Gibbs, George, 1815-1873  Search this
Extent:
1 Page
Culture:
Pomo  Search this
Mewuk (Miwok)  Search this
Wappo  Search this
Yuki  Search this
Indians of North America -- California  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Date:
undated
Scope and Contents:
Typed transcript of Gibbs' notes and comments on them by Catherine Callaghan filed with the Manuscript, 6/1962. Notes on the names of the tribes mentioned by Gibbs made by A.R. Pilling and filed with the Manuscript, 8/1970.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 857-c
Local Note:
autograph document
Citation:
Manuscript 857-c, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS857C
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw329e1f664-b670-4b60-a8f0-010ad3fcfa8f
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms857c
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MS 562 San Rafael vocabulary

Collector:
Henshaw, Henry W. (Henry Wetherbee), 1850-1930  Search this
Creator:
Hale, Horatio, 1817-1896  Search this
Extent:
1 Page
Culture:
Coast Mewuk (Coast Miwok)  Search this
Indians of North America -- California  Search this
Mewuk (Miwok)  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Date:
undated
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 562
Local Note:
Copy by H.W. Henshaw from Hale.
General:
Previously titled "Miwok vocabulary collected by Henry W. Henshaw."
Topic:
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 562, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS562
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw31ecd267f-cede-40bf-974a-9bb311700543
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms562
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MS 564 Olamentke vocabulary

Collector:
Kostromitinov, Peter S.  Search this
Creator:
Henshaw, Henry W. (Henry Wetherbee), 1850-1930  Search this
Extent:
1 Page
Culture:
Coast Mewuk (Coast Miwok)  Search this
Indians of North America -- California  Search this
Mewuk (Miwok)  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Date:
undated
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 564
Local Note:
Copy by Henshaw.
General:
Previously titled "Miwok vocabulary collected by Kostromilov."
Topic:
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 564, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS564
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3480e5c18-cd73-410b-9a52-0d0ee4fc9ad1
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms564
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MS 845 Ara (Karok) vocabulary

Creator:
Gatschet, Albert S. (Albert Samuel), 1832-1907  Search this
Informant:
Thomson, Joseph A.  Search this
Extent:
2 Pages
Culture:
Karuk (Karok)  Search this
Indians of North America -- California  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Date:
January, 1878
Scope and Contents:
Also includes scribe's copy, annotated by Gatschet, in printed vocabulary form.
Biographical / Historical:
Thompson was a white man who was living in Arcata, Humboldt County, California. He had lived a few years in the Ara country.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 845
Local Note:
Gatschet states that this language is spoken on Klamath River, California, from Red Cap's to Clear Creek, near mouth of Scott River.
Topic:
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 845, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS845
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw30a2a5959-a09a-4595-9023-c8d8b43976ae
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms845
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MS 847 Ehnikan (Karok) vocabulary in Powell's Introduction to the Study of Indian Languages

Creator:
Curtin, Jeremiah, 1835-1906  Search this
Extent:
81 Pages
Culture:
Karuk (Karok)  Search this
Indians of North America -- California  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Date:
June-July, 1889
Scope and Contents:
In schedule of John Wesley Powell's Introduction to the Study of Indian Languages.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 847
Local Note:
This appears to be a neat copy of Number 1450.--M.C.B., 11/61. "Closely related to Gatschet's Ara, q.v. (Number 845)." --J.N.B.H.
Topic:
Karok language  Search this
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 847, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS847
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3783d76f2-f24c-4314-9b3f-04704b684f3c
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms847
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MS 545 Pomo vocabulary in Powell's Introduction to the Study of Indian Languages

Creator:
Englehardt, Zephyrin  Search this
Extent:
65 Pages
Culture:
Pomo  Search this
Indians of North America -- California  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Date:
August, 1890
Scope and Contents:
In Schedule of John Wesley Powell's Introduction to the Study of Indian Languages.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 545
General:
Previously titled "Pomo vocabulary."
Topic:
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 545, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS545
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw33019362c-7566-4627-a5af-0b366039b325
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms545
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MS 819-b Comparative vocabulary of "Mohave on the Colorado river at Ft. Mohave;" "Payute of southern Nevada" (northern Paiute); Indians of Inyo and Mono Counties, Calif." (southern Paiute) and "Kauvuya" (Kawia)

Creator:
Loew, O. (Oscar), 1844-  Search this
Annotator:
Gatschet, Albert S. (Albert Samuel), 1832-1907  Search this
Extent:
16 Pages
Culture:
Paiute  Search this
Mojave (Mohave)  Search this
Cahuilla  Search this
Indians of North America -- California  Search this
Indians of North America -- Great Basin  Search this
Indians of North America -- Southwest, New  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Date:
undated
Scope and Contents:
In parallel columns on foolscap sheets numbered 1-2, 5-15 in Gatschet's hand. No date. [1874, 1875 13 pages by Loew, with notes by A.S. Gatschet on bottom of page 15 and its reverse.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 819-b
Local Note:
Southern Paiute collected near Benton, according to note on Number 819-e which is interpreted by Gatschet to refer to words in this column.
Topic:
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 819-b, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS819B
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3a3e480cd-f199-4798-857f-9f05289d1979
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms819b
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MS 819-a San Juan Capistrano vocabulary, conjugations and sentences

Creator:
Loew, O. (Oscar), 1844-  Search this
Extent:
6 Pages
Culture:
Ajachemem (San Juan de Capistrano Luiseño)  Search this
Indians of North America -- California  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Date:
1874, 1875
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 819-a
Topic:
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Juaneno  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 819-a National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS819A
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw35a9185b6-2a2c-4374-bda5-71bb13d99f1f
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms819a
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MS 82-a Hoopaw vocabulary

Creator:
Powers, Stephen, 1840-1904  Search this
Extent:
1 Page
Culture:
Hupa  Search this
Indians of North America -- California  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Date:
undated
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 82-a
Local Note:
Copied by a scribe "from a list of small vocabularies in pencil."
Topic:
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 82-a, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS82A
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw337ce5f0e-8586-4c0b-92e6-7486dde0cfc1
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms82a
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