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MS 2009-06 Frank H. Cushing papers

Creator:
Cushing, Frank Hamilton, 1857-1900  Search this
Extent:
5 Items (linear inches 1 box)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Poems
Drafts (documents)
Manuscripts
Receipts
Journals (periodicals)
Date:
circa 1875-1897
Scope and Contents:
This collection contains the papers of Frank Hamilton Cushing. The collection, which dates from circa 1875-1897, includes a poem, "The sun is sinking to the west," dated June 10, 1875; drafts of a letter sent to Spencer Baird, 1875; a manuscript concerning customs written in a shaky hand on badly deteriorated ledger paper; a Smithsonian official receipt for a "collection of bone implements"; a scrapbook of newspaper clippings; autographed copies of the American Journal of Folklore and the Canadian Indian; copies of Cushing's own publications inscribed to various family members; and a manuscript concerning social life and customs, written in a shaky hand on badly deteriorated ledger paper. This manuscript has writing in a different hand on the reverse.
Biographical / Historical:
Frank Hamilton Cushing (1857-1900) was a noted anthropologist for the Bureau of American Ethnology.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 2009-06
General:
Historian Curtis Hinsley examined the manuscript in September 2009. He believes that Cushing was the author of this work, but it is not written in Cushing's own hand.
Topic:
Folklore  Search this
Manners and customs  Search this
Indians of North America  Search this
Genre/Form:
Poems
Drafts (documents)
Manuscripts
Receipts
Journals (periodicals)
Citation:
Manuscript 2009-06, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS2009-06
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3e13e9e68-0a62-4b58-aee1-ce7cd8fb3178
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms2009-06

Fire in the hole the spirit work of Fi Yi Yi & the Mandingo Warriors : a collaborative ethnography with the committee members of Fi Yi Yi edited by Rachel Breunlin ; photographs by Jeffrey David Ehrenreich

Editor:
Breunlin, Rachel  Search this
Photographer:
Ehrenreich, Jeffrey  Search this
Author:
Backstreet Cultural Museum  Search this
Physical description:
x, 190 pages illustrations (chiefly color), portraits (color) 31 cm
Type:
Pictorial works
Folklore
Interviews
Art
Entretiens
Interview
History
Place:
Louisiana
New Orleans
Louisiane
La Nouvelle-Orléans
New Orleans (La.)
North America
Date:
2018
Topic:
Mardi Gras Indians  Search this
Carnival costume  Search this
Folk art  Search this
Beadwork  Search this
African Americans  Search this
Carnival  Search this
Black people in the performing arts  Search this
Ethnic performing arts  Search this
Costumes de carnaval  Search this
Art populaire  Search this
Broderie de perles  Search this
Noirs américains  Search this
Carnavals  Search this
Personnes noires dans les arts du spectacle  Search this
Arts du spectacle ethniques  Search this
Indian art  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1118308

Native people of southern New England, 1500-1650 / by Kathleen J. Bragdon

Author:
Bragdon, Kathleen Joan  Search this
Physical description:
xxvi, 301 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
New England
Date:
1996
C1996
16th century
17th century
Topic:
History  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_486905

The Dakota way of life Ella Cara Deloria ; edited by Raymond J. DeMallie and Thierry Veyrié ; afterword by Philip J. Deloria

Author:
Deloria, Ella Cara  Search this
Editor:
DeMallie, Raymond J. 1946-2021  Search this
Veyrié, Thierry  Search this
Writer of afterword:
Deloria, Philip Joseph  Search this
Physical description:
xxx, 399 pages illustrations (black and white) 24 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
2022
Topic:
Social life and customs  Search this
Dakota Indians--Kinship  Search this
Lakota Indians--Social life and customs  Search this
Lakota Indians--Kinship  Search this
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / American / Native American Studies  Search this
Dakota Indians--Social life and customs  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1160292

Our stories remember : American Indian history, culture, & values through storytelling / Joseph Bruchac

Author:
Bruchac, Joseph 1942-  Search this
Physical description:
192 pages ; 19 cm
Type:
Folklore
Date:
2003
C2003
Topic:
History  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_970067

The art of ceremony voices of renewal from Indigenous Oregon Rebecca J. Dobkins ; foreword by Alfred "Bud" Lane III ; afterword by Roberta "Bobbie" Conner

Photographer:
Dobkins, Rebecca J  Search this
Writer of foreword:
Lane, Alfred  Search this
Writer of afterword:
Conner, Roberta  Search this
Physical description:
1 online resource (unpaged) color illustrations, color map
Type:
Electronic resources
Electronic books
Place:
Oregon
Date:
2022
Topic:
Indians of North America--Rites and ceremonies  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Indiens d'Amérique--Rites et cérémonies  Search this
Indiens d'Amérique--Mœurs et coutumes  Search this
ART / Native American  Search this
Indians of North America--Social life and customs  Search this
Call number:
E78.O6 D63 2022 (Internet)
Restrictions & Rights:
1-user
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1160720

MS 1998-86 Lucien A. Spencer reports on the Seminole

Creator:
Spencer, Lucien A.  Search this
Extent:
55 Items (5.5 linear inches.)
Culture:
Seminole  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Dictionaries
Photographs
Reports
Date:
circa 1913-1928
Scope and Contents:
This collection consists of reports, dictionaries and indexes relating to Indians of North America and to the Seminole Indians in Florida in particular, circa 1913-1928. The materials were compiled using the records of the Bureau of American Ethnology by Lucien A. Spencer, who was Special Commissioner to the Florida Seminoles for what was then called the Office of Indian Affairs. Includes information on history, myths and legends, costume, social customs, religious practices, language, agriculture and architecture. Two black and white photographs of Spencer are also present.
Biographical / Historical:
Lucien A. Spencer was an Episcopal minister who was appointed special commissioner for the Florida Seminoles in 1913; he held the position until 1930. During his tenure, there was an emphasis on introducing agricultural methods to the Seminoles.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 1998-86
Topic:
Indian architecture -- North America  Search this
Indian mythology -- North America  Search this
Indians of North America -- Agriculture  Search this
Indians of North America -- Clothing  Search this
Indians of North America -- Florida  Search this
Indians of North America -- Social life and customs  Search this
Seminole Indians -- History  Search this
Seminole language  Search this
Indians of North America -- Southern states  Search this
Genre/Form:
Dictionaries
Photographs
Reports
Citation:
Manuscript 1998-86, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
NAA.MS1998-86
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3a20af22d-1fab-4c8d-acd0-f3eb5903e4a7
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms1998-86

Sifters : Native American women's lives / edited by Theda Perdue

Author:
Perdue, Theda 1949-  Search this
Physical description:
xii, 260 p. ; 24 cm
Type:
Biography
Place:
North America
Date:
2001
Topic:
Indian women  Search this
Indian women--History  Search this
Indian women--Social life and customs  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_615103

Letters and notes on the manners, customs, and conditions of the North American Indians By Geo. Catlin

Author:
Catlin, George 1796-1872  Search this
Physical description:
2 volume front., plates, maps (1 folded) 25 cm
Type:
Portraits
Place:
West (U.S.)
West United States
Date:
1842
Topic:
Indians of North America--Portraits  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Indians of North America--Social life and customs  Search this
Indians of North America  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1034274

The American Indian experience : a profile, 1524 to the present / edited by Philip Weeks

Author:
Weeks, Philip  Search this
Physical description:
xv, 320 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1988
C1988
Topic:
History  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Government relations  Search this
Call number:
E77.2 .A463 1988X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_369526

A good medicine collection : life in harmony with nature / Adolf Hungry Wolf

Author:
Hungrywolf, Adolf 1944-  Search this
Physical description:
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations ; 22 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
North America
Date:
1990
[1990]
Topic:
Social life and customs  Search this
Religion  Search this
Indian mythology  Search this
Call number:
E77.2 .H86 1990X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_435125

Indians of the United States / Clark Wissler

Author:
Wissler, Clark 1870-1947  Search this
Kluckhohn, Lucy Wales  Search this
Physical description:
xvi, 383 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., map ; 21 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1989
1966
1989, c1966
Topic:
History  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Call number:
E77 .W799 1989X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_708646

People of the totem : the Indians of the Pacific Northwest / text by Norman Bancroft-Hunt ; photographs by Werner Forman

Author:
Bancroft-Hunt, Norman  Search this
Forman, Werner  Search this
Physical description:
128 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Northwest Coast of North America
Date:
1988
1979
1988, c1979
Topic:
Social life and customs  Search this
Call number:
E78.N78 B36 1988X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_471220

The Woodland Indians of the western Great Lakes / Robert E. Ritzenthaler and Pat Ritzenthaler

Author:
Ritzenthaler, Robert E (Robert Eugene) 1911-1980  Search this
Ritzenthaler, Pat  Search this
Physical description:
154 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Great Lakes Region
Date:
1991
1983
1991, c1983
Topic:
Social life and customs  Search this
Call number:
E78.E2 R5 1991
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_459928

Plains Indian history and culture : essays on continuity and change / by John C. Ewers ; foreword by William T. Hagan

Author:
Ewers, John Canfield  Search this
Physical description:
xxiii, 272 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Type:
Books
Place:
Great Plains
Date:
1997
C1997
Topic:
History  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_507135

People of the red earth : American Indians of Colorado / Sally Crum

Author:
Crum, Sally  Search this
Physical description:
iii, 287 p. : ill., maps ; 27 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Colorado
Date:
1996
C1996
Topic:
Antiquities  Search this
History  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_543383

Becoming brave : the path to native American manhood / introductory material and pictorial commentary by Laine Thom

Author:
Thom, Laine 1952-  Search this
Physical description:
120 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 x 26 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Great Plains
Date:
1992
Topic:
Social life and customs  Search this
Material culture  Search this
Social life and customs--Pictorial works  Search this
Material culture--Pictorial works  Search this
Call number:
E78.G73B43 1992X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_436862

Chronology of the vast achievements of a culture and their links to world events

Author:
Nies, Judith 1941-  Search this
Physical description:
420 p. : ill., maps ; 21 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1996
Topic:
History  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_592304

American Indians as cowboys / by Clifford E. Trafzer

Author:
Trafzer, Clifford E  Search this
Physical description:
viii, 80 p. : ill. ; 21 x 22 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
California
Date:
1992
Topic:
Indian cowboys--History  Search this
Domestic animals  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Cattle trade--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_771573

The Smithsonian book of North American Indians : before the coming of the Europeans / by Philip Kopper and the editors of Smithsonian Books

Author:
Kopper, Philip  Search this
Smithsonian Books (Publishers)  Search this
Physical description:
288 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 29 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
North America
Date:
1986
C1986
Topic:
Antiquities  Search this
Social life and customs  Search this
Call number:
E77.9 .S54 1986X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_305587

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