Including copy of letter. Hewitt to Jesse Walter Fewkes, criticizing "The Ritualistic Origin Myth of the White Buffalo Dance of the Fox Indians", April 19, 1913; a draft of a letter to Alanson Skinner regarding Michelsonʹs review of his Observations on the Ethnology of the Sauk Indiana"; and some notes.
Large collection of stories handwritten in Meskwaki (Fox) syllabary by various authors. These were collected by Truman Michelson in Tama, Iowa. The writers include Alfred Kiyana, Jack Bullard, C.H. Chuck, Bill Leaf, Sakihtanohkweha (Mrs. Bill Leaf), Joe Tesson Jr., Shapochiwa, Harry Lincoln, Jim Peters, Sam Peters, Charles Papakie, Lucy Lasley, and possibly Jim Mamasaw. The other writers are unidentified. Only a rough English translation of one of the stories is present.
Locl Numbers:
NAA MS 2794-a; NAA MS 2794-b
Topic:
Language and languages -- Documentation Search this
Phonetic text. Contents: Thunder gens; Tetapash pack. Bear gens; Owl dance; Sakimagewa pack, text only. Also Tapashite Great Sacred Pack (phonetic text); and war dance.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 2105
Local Note:
See Numbers 2106 and 2583-2105. See Number 2967 for typewritten text.
Diagram of Meskwaki (Fox) religion dance with notes in Meskwaki and English on two index cards. Information collected by Truman Michelson from Young Bear.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 2745
Local Note:
Title changed from "Diagram of Religion dance Ethnology" 4/25/2014.