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Culture/People:

Inuit [Hall Beach/Sanirajak]  Search this

Artist/Maker:

Isaac Nangmalik, Inuit [Hall Beach/Sanirajak], b. 1939  Search this

Previous seller:

Eskimo Museum  Search this

Previous owner:

Bert Witt (Mervin Herbert Witt), Non-Indian, 1916-2013  Search this

Ellen Witt (Ellen Hays Witt), Non-Indian, 1917-2007  Search this

Donor:

Bert Witt (Mervin Herbert Witt), Non-Indian, 1916-2013  Search this

Ellen Witt (Ellen Hays Witt), Non-Indian, 1917-2007  Search this

Title:

Seated Dwarf

Object Name:

Figure

Media/Materials:

Steatite/soapstone, whale bone, antler

Techniques:

Carved, polished, pegged

Dimensions:

6.0 x 7.0 x 5.75 cm

Object Type:

Sculpture/Carving/Figures

Place:

Nunavut; Canada

Date created:

1973

Catalog Number:

26/297

Barcode:

260297.000

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Inuit [Hall Beach/Sanirajak]

Sculpture/Carving/Figures

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws63fc388fc-bd7a-4f3c-a8af-b98413274887

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_276390

Creator:

Smithsonian Channel  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2016-12-02T21:18:28.000Z

YouTube Category:

Entertainment  Search this

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smithsonianchannel

Data Source:

Smithsonian Channel

YouTube Channel:

smithsonianchannel

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_1bTIY97xGsc

Creator:

Smithsonian Channel  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2016-11-25T05:00:00.000Z

YouTube Category:

Entertainment  Search this

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smithsonianchannel

Data Source:

Smithsonian Channel

YouTube Channel:

smithsonianchannel

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_MPQXK6EuU6g

Creator:

Smithsonian Channel  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2017-12-01T16:30:03.000Z

YouTube Category:

Entertainment  Search this

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smithsonianchannel

Data Source:

Smithsonian Channel

YouTube Channel:

smithsonianchannel

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_R4qlxXBEgsY

Creator:

Smithsonian Channel  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2016-12-02T21:15:55.000Z

YouTube Category:

Entertainment  Search this

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smithsonianchannel

Data Source:

Smithsonian Channel

YouTube Channel:

smithsonianchannel

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_c1Mk2plvrFA

Collection Creator:

National Film Board of Canada  Search this

Extent:

1 Film reel (16mm, 10 min, 17 sec )

Culture:

Saulteaux  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Film reels

Date:

1980

Scope and Contents:

Western pioneers knew that sugar could be made from the sap of the Manitoba maple. But the trees were small, the sap was thin, and the tastier product of Québec and Ontario was cheap and easy to get. The settler soon turned away from the arduous annual harvest and the Manitoba maple became just another tree. But not for Nonoonse. Forty years ago her grandmother brought her to Sugar Island. Since then she has returned every spring to gather the sweet sap. Filmed on Lake Manitoba, near the Ebb'n'Flow Reserve, Nonoonse is both a clear description of sugar-making and a quiet statement on the importance of the tradition to the Saultaux of the region. (Bilingual: English and Saulteaux.)

NFB Website: Nonoonse: Anishinabe Ischickewin Ka Kanawentank.

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is closed until the materials have been digitized. Many of the films can be accessed online through the National Film Board of Canada's website.

Collection Rights:

Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu. For personal or classroom use, users are invited to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not modified in any way, the Smithsonian Institution copyright notice (where applicable) is included, and the source of the image is identified as the National Museum of the American Indian. For more information please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use and NMAI Archive Center's Digital Image request website.

Collection Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); National Film Board of Canada film collection, film #, NMAI.AC.438; National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

NMAI.AC.438, Item #300-1

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National Film Board of Canada film collection

Archival Repository:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv4d49bcbbc-9e55-48a7-a1bc-3dc860747075

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-438-ref1

Director:

Scott, Cynthia, 1939-  Search this

Collection Creator:

National Film Board of Canada  Search this

Extent:

1 Film reel (16mm, 27 min, 13 sec )

Culture:

Inuit  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Film reels

Date:

1973

Scope and Contents:

This short documentary zooms in on Churchill, Manitoba, on the western curve of Hudson Bay. The town boomed for a while after it became the railhead seaport for the shipment of Prairie grain. It also changed the way of life of the First Nations and Inuit population. "Four levels of government," says one, "and the town's biggest industry is the liquor store." In this film, local inhabitants say what they think of the changes and why they decided to stay when others moved on.

NFB Website (streaming): Some Natives of Churchill.

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is closed until the materials have been digitized. Many of the films can be accessed online through the National Film Board of Canada's website.

Collection Rights:

Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu. For personal or classroom use, users are invited to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not modified in any way, the Smithsonian Institution copyright notice (where applicable) is included, and the source of the image is identified as the National Museum of the American Indian. For more information please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use and NMAI Archive Center's Digital Image request website.

Collection Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); National Film Board of Canada film collection, film #, NMAI.AC.438; National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

NMAI.AC.438, Item #303-1

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National Film Board of Canada film collection

Archival Repository:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv45cff8972-52d9-439c-8e21-e27b1458c8b4

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-438-ref4

Extent:

13 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1974-2008

Summary:

Blair Arnold Rudes was a linguist who specialized in Native American languages. The Blair Rudes papers document his research and professional activities from 1974-2008 and primarily deal with dictionaries and other linguistic materials he created and studied, as well as the culture and history of various Native American groups around the Eastern United States and the rest of North America. His involvement in language education, federal recognition of tribes, and the use of authentic Native American dialog in film are also represented. The collection consists of research files, linguistic research and data, correspondence, papers and other writings written by Rudes and his colleagues, movie scripts and related materials, and audio/visual recordings.

Scope and Contents:

The Blair Rudes papers 1967-2008, document his research and processional activities from his time in graduate school at the University of Buffalo in the 1970s through the end of his career at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte. Materials primarily deal with linguistic and historical research on Native American languages, particularly those in eastern North America. There is also a significant amount of material related to the Golden Hill Paugussett Tribe and their petition to the federal government for recognition, and Rudes's work as a consultant on language education projects. The collection consists of research files, linguistic research and data, correspondence, papers and other writings written by Rudes and his colleagues, official documents for the Golden Hill Paugussett federal recognition case, movie scripts and related materials, and audio/visual recordings.

Arrangement:

This collection is arranged in 7 series: Series 1. Biographical, 1999-2007; Series 2. Correspondence, 1975-2007; Series 3. Linguistic Research and Data, 1969-2008, undated; Series 4. Writings, 1967-2007, undated; Series 5. Dialog Translation, 2003-2008; Series 6. Grants, Contracts, and Foundations, 1997-2007; Series 7. Golden Hill Paugussett Federal Recognition, 1994-2003.

Biographical / Historical:

Blair Arnold Rudes was a linguist specializing in Native American languages, particularly those originating in eastern North America. Aside from working in academia for many years, Rudes also used his linguistic skills as a language education expert and consultant and was involved in projects related to film dialog translation, federal recognition of Native American tribes, and education for migrant and Native American students in the United States. He was best known in the Native American community for his extensive work documenting endangered indigenous languages (such as Tuscarora) as well as reconstructing Native languages that were dormant or lost to history and assimilation (such as costal Algonquian and Catawba). At the time of his death in 2008, he was an Associate Professor of English at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte.

Rudes was born in Gloversville, NY on May 18, 1951. He attended the State University of New York at Buffalo where he studied linguistics at the undergraduate and graduate level. As a masters student in the mid-1970s, he was exposed to the Seneca language through his landlady who was also a graduate student studying the language. As Rudes learned more about Seneca, he quickly became interested in it and the rest of the Iroquoian languages, particularly Tuscarora. Before long Rudes was visiting the Tuscarora Reservation near Buffalo and learning the language from fluent speakers. He was awarded his Doctorate in linguistics in 1976. After graduating, he briefly spent time as a Fulbright scholar in Romania and as a lecturer at the University of Maryland, College Park before being hired as a consultant for Development Associates, Inc.

For almost twenty years, Rudes worked on various language-related projects for Development Associates and as an independent contractor. Most of these projects studied academic programs and performance of minority, migrant, and Native American students with special language issues. Rudes was also hired as a researcher and consultant by the Golden Hill Paugussett Tribe between 1994 and 2003 to assist in their petition for federal recognition. In 1999, Rudes returned to academia and was hired as an Assistant Professor of English in the Applied Linguistics Program at U.N.C. Charlotte. That same year he published his seminal Tuscarora-English/English Tuscarora Dictionary.

Aside from his academic duties, Rudes continued to work independently as a language consultant and was hired in 2004 to reconstruct the Virginia Algonquian language for the New Line film The New World (2005). Rudes also assisted in coaching actors in speaking the language, which had been dormant since the early 18th century. In order to finish translating dialog into Virginia Algonquian on time, Rudes was reported to have shut himself into his Williamsburg hotel room for nearly a month, working feverishly until his task was completed. Rudes was also hired as a Mayan dialog coach for the Paramount Pictures film The Ruins (2008).

Throughout his career, Rudes was active in the Foundation for Endangered Languages, the Society for the Study of the Indigenous Languages of the Americas, the annual Algonquian Conference, and the American Society for Ethnohistory. He presented and published regularly about his work with Native American languages, especially Virginia and Carolina Algonquian, Catawba, Mohawk, and Tuscarora. Rudes died of a heart attack on March 16 in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Sources consulted:

Whitford, Sara. "The Algonquian Language Reborn: An Interview with Blair Rudes." Coastal Carolina Indian Center, 2011. Accessed April 12, 2016. http://www.coastalcarolinaindians.com/the-algonquian-language-reborn-an-interview-with-blair-rudes/

Whitford, Sara. "Obituary: Blair A. Rudes, PhD – Linguistics Advisor to CCIC." Coastal Carolina Indian Center, 2011. Accessed April 12, 2016. http://www.coastalcarolinaindians.com/obituary-blair-a-rudes-phd-linguistics-advisor-to-ccic/

Chronology

1951 -- Born on May 18 in Gloversville, New York.

1973 -- Awarded Bachelors of Art in linguistics from the University of Buffalo.

1974 -- Awarded Masters of Art in linguisitcs from the University of Buffalo.

1976 -- Awarded Ph.D in linguistics from the University of Buffalo.

1976-1978 -- Awarded Fulbright Scholarship to teach linguistics at the University of Bucharest in Romania.

1980-1981 -- Hired as a lecturer at the University of Maryland, College Park.

1981-1999 -- Worked for Development Associates, Inc. as an educational consultant.

1994-2003 -- Hired by the Golden Hill Paugussett Tribe to assist in their petition for recognition from the federal government.

1999 -- Hired as an Assistant Professor in the Applied Linguistics Program in the Department of English at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte.

2004-2005 -- Worked as a Virginia Algonquian translator and dialog coach for The New World.

2005 -- Promoted to Associate Professor at U.N.C. Charlotte.

2006 -- Recognized by the Tuscarora Nation for contributions to preserving the Tuscarora language.

2007 -- Worked as a Mayan dialog coach for The Ruins. Recognized by the South Carolina General Assembly in a resolution for work done for the South Carolina Commission for Minority Affairs.

2008 -- Awarded the University at Buffalo's Distinguished Alumni Award. Died on March 16 in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Separated Materials:

Two VHS recordings were transferred to the Human Studies Film Archive (HSFA.2016.10)

Provenance:

Materials were held at the U.N.C. Charlotte Department of English after Rudes's death until 2008, when his brother Bryan Rudes donated them to the National Anthropological Archives (accession 2009-16).

In 2015, Rudes's former graduate student Craig Kopris donated an appendix draft from his dissertation (A Grammar and Dictionary of Wyandot, 2001) that contained comments and annotations from Rudes. This file is located in sub-series 4.4: Writings by Others.

Restrictions:

The Blair Rudes papers are open for research.

Rights:

Contact the repository for terms of use.

Citation:

Blair Rudes Papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

The papers of Blair Rudes were processed with the assistance of the Smithsonian Institution's Collections Care and Preservation Fund.

Identifier:

NAA.2009-16

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Blair Rudes papers

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw38036b6e7-f4b1-47db-ac46-c0a7bb8b8880

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-2009-16

Artist:

David Smith, American, b. Decatur, Indiana, 1906–1965  Search this

Medium:

Steel

Dimensions:

16 1/2 × 21 1/4 × 15 5/8 in., 40 lb. (41.7 × 54 × 39.6 cm, 18.1 kg)

Type:

Sculpture

Date:

1945

Credit Line:

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966

Accession Number:

66.4629

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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection

School:

Abstract Expressionism (First Generation)

Data Source:

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/py2d964dc80-1343-406e-9938-77777fe587bb

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:hmsg_66.4629

Creator:

National Museum of the American Indian  Search this

Type:

Symposia

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2015-11-10T18:58:03.000Z

YouTube Category:

Education  Search this

Topic:

Native Americans;American Indians  Search this

See more by:

SmithsonianNMAI

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

YouTube Channel:

SmithsonianNMAI

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_7gOODkXZAOk

Creator:

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2020-07-02T13:00:12.000Z

YouTube Category:

Education  Search this

Topic:

Art, modern  Search this

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hirshhornmuseum

Data Source:

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

YouTube Channel:

hirshhornmuseum

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_I7TBCfLBX6c

Collector:

L. D. Delorme  Search this

Prep Count:

1

Preparation:

Slide

Place:

Town of Swan River, Manitoba, Canada

Published Name:

Thermastrocythere harti Hobbs & Walton, 1966

Other Numbers:

slide number : 1689

USNM Number:

1634376

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Invertebrate Zoology

Arthropoda

Data Source:

NMNH - Invertebrate Zoology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/397812e80-d9fd-4c46-b5c5-f94263f689ec

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhinvertebratezoology_16037213

Collector:

L. D. Delorme  Search this

Prep Count:

1

Preparation:

Slide

Sex:

female

Place:

Town of Swan River, Manitoba, Canada

Published Name:

Thermastrocythere harti Hobbs & Walton, 1966

Other Numbers:

slide number : 1690

USNM Number:

1634377

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Invertebrate Zoology

Arthropoda

Data Source:

NMNH - Invertebrate Zoology Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/394d3dc48-99c7-45ee-8742-5dac4dc75f9c

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhinvertebratezoology_16037214

Culture/People:

Saulteaux  Search this

Object Name:

Pipe bowl and pipestem

Media/Materials:

Catlinite/pipestone, wood

Techniques:

Carved, polished, pyroengraved

Dimensions:

43 x 7 x 2 cm

Object Type:

Pipes and Smoking

Place:

Berens River; Northern Region; Manitoba; Canada

Date created:

circa 1900

Catalog Number:

10/7301

Barcode:

107301.000

See related items:

Saulteaux

Pipes and Smoking

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6a2d19ffa-a4d7-4952-a89f-cec87b3161bf

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_115707

Culture/People:

Anishinaabe [Rama Reserve, Ontario]  Search this

Possible owner:

Edward Wade Darbey, Non-Indian, 1872-1922  Search this

Edith H. Darbey (Edith H. Parker/Mrs. Edward W. Darbey), Non-Indian, 1875-1965  Search this

Possible seller:

Edith H. Darbey (Edith H. Parker/Mrs. Edward W. Darbey), Non-Indian, 1875-1965  Search this

MAI agent:

William Wildschut (Willem Wildschut), Non-Indian, 1883-1955  Search this

Object Name:

Box with cover

Media/Materials:

Birchbark, porcupine quills, sweetgrass, thread, dye/dyes

Techniques:

Bent, stitched, dyed, quill embroidered

Dimensions:

23 cm

Object Type:

Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs

Place:

Mnjikaning Reserve (Rama Reserve); Simcoe County; Ontario; Canada

Date created:

circa 1920

Catalog Number:

13/7212

Barcode:

137212.000

See related items:

Anishinaabe [Rama Reserve, Ontario]

Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws64b8ea15e-9d4f-4acf-8661-e6e4c0c60c32

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_147284

Culture/People:

Plains Ojibwa (Bungi)  Search this

Collector:

Donald A. Cadzow, Non-Indian, 1894-1960  Search this

Object Name:

Lance standard/banner (Image withheld)

Media/Materials:

Wood, eagle feather/feathers, ostrich feather/feathers

Techniques:

Carved, wrapped, tied

Dimensions:

142.3 x 25 cm

Object Type:

Hunting/Fishing/Warfare: Warfare

Place:

Long Plain Reserve and Swan Lake Reserve; Central Plains Region, Pembina Valley Region; Manitoba; Canada

Date created:

circa 1890

Catalog Number:

14/2439

Barcode:

142439.000

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Plains Ojibwa (Bungi)

Hunting/Fishing/Warfare: Warfare

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6fd1af977-f23d-4b11-81e5-149043b5b6f4

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_153228

Culture/People:

Plains Ojibwa (Bungi)  Search this

Collector:

Donald A. Cadzow, Non-Indian, 1894-1960  Search this

Object Name:

Pipestem

Media/Materials:

Wood

Techniques:

Carved

Dimensions:

36 x 2 cm

Object Type:

Pipes and Smoking

Place:

Long Plain Reserve and Swan Lake Reserve; Central Plains Region, Pembina Valley Region; Manitoba; Canada

Date created:

circa 1920

Catalog Number:

14/2470

Barcode:

142470.000

See related items:

Plains Ojibwa (Bungi)

Pipes and Smoking

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6a86bfaea-666e-4f4f-997f-f6a6cbbf051e

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_153262

Culture/People:

Plains Ojibwa (Bungi)  Search this

Collector:

Donald A. Cadzow, Non-Indian, 1894-1960  Search this

Object Name:

Baby's cap

Media/Materials:

Velvet, glass bead/beads, cotton cloth, silk ribbon, thread

Techniques:

Sewn, overlay beadwork

Dimensions:

15 x 14 x 21 cm

Object Type:

Clothing/Garments: Headwear and Headdresses

Place:

Long Plain Reserve and Swan Lake Reserve; Central Plains Region, Pembina Valley Region; Manitoba; Canada

Date created:

circa 1910

Catalog Number:

14/2485

Barcode:

142485.000

See related items:

Plains Ojibwa (Bungi)

Clothing/Garments: Headwear and Headdresses

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws63eba1ddc-aaa2-4778-9c0f-40b410472470

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_153278

Culture/People:

Plains Ojibwa (Bungi)  Search this

Collector:

Donald A. Cadzow, Non-Indian, 1894-1960  Search this

Object Name:

Sun Dance whistle (Image withheld)

Media/Materials:

Eagle bone, hide thong/babiche, ribbon

Techniques:

Wrapped, tied

Dimensions:

54 x 15.3 x 1.5 cm

Object Type:

Ceremonial/Ritual items

Place:

Long Plain Reserve and Swan Lake Reserve; Central Plains Region, Pembina Valley Region; Manitoba; Canada

Date created:

circa 1900

Catalog Number:

14/2496

Barcode:

142496.000

See related items:

Plains Ojibwa (Bungi)

Ceremonial/Ritual items

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws62068d51d-3892-4508-8278-3dbdad165ddb

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_153289

Culture/People:

Saulteaux  Search this

Collector:

A. Irving Hallowell (Alfred Irving ["Pete"] Hallowell/A.I. Hallowell), Non-Indian, 1892-1974  Search this

Object Name:

Cradleboard

Media/Materials:

Wood, paint, hide thong/babiche, twine/string

Techniques:

Carved, painted, tied

Dimensions:

93 x 40.5 x 10 cm

Object Type:

Transportation Items: Baby carriers

Place:

Island Lake; Northern Region; Manitoba; Canada

Date created:

circa 1885

Catalog Number:

17/6936

Barcode:

176936.000

See related items:

Saulteaux

Transportation Items: Baby carriers

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6c0539127-06bf-41f0-9797-dd8eaee3e9f5

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_189024