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MS 2179 Fox text by Alfred Kiyana on the flying around sacred bundle

Collector:
Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938  Search this
Creator:
Kiyana, Alfred, 1877-1918  Search this
Translator:
Poweshiek, Horace  Search this
Extent:
140 Pages
Culture:
Fox  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Folklore
Narratives
Manuscripts
Date:
1915, undated
Scope and Contents:
Meskwaki (Fox) syllabic text by Alfred Kiyana on the flying around sacred bundle, with an English translation by Horace Poweshiek. The English translation is dated 1915 on page 23. Kiyana's text is undated. Texts collected by Truman Michelson in Tama, Iowa.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 2179
Topic:
Medicine bundles  Search this
Fox dance  Search this
Fox language  Search this
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Meskwaki; Sauk & Fox  Search this
Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this
Genre/Form:
Folklore
Narratives
Manuscripts
Citation:
Manuscript 2179, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS2179
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3b9a9d3d0-e61f-4397-b7ca-aeb7fecb636f
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms2179
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MS 2691 Truman Michelson notes on various Algonquian languages

Creator:
Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938  Search this
Extent:
49 Pages
Culture:
Algonquin (Algonkin)  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Notes
Date:
undated
Scope and Contents:
Truman Michelson's handwritten linguistic notes with paradigms (some extracted from the literature) for the following languages: Montagnais, Menominee, Meskwaki (Fox), Cree, Natick, Ojibwa, Passamaquoddy, and Shawnee.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 2691
Local Note:
Title changed from "Various verbal tables of different Algonquian tribes" 4/14/2014.
Topic:
Cree language  Search this
Fox language  Search this
Menominee language  Search this
Montagnais language  Search this
Ojibwa language  Search this
Passamaquoddy language  Search this
Shawnee language  Search this
Wampanoag language  Search this
Algonquian languages  Search this
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Linguistics  Search this
Algonquin  Search this
Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this
Genre/Form:
Notes
Citation:
Manuscript 2691, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS2691
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3b36c9590-aa01-4d0f-82f7-da476ed85d31
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms2691
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MS 2727 Three Fox texts by Sam Peters and Bill Leaf

Collector:
Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938  Search this
Creator:
Peters, Sam, 1885-  Search this
Leaf, Bill  Search this
Extent:
31 Pages
Culture:
Fox  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Narratives
Manuscripts
Date:
undated
Scope and Contents:
Three texts handwritten in Meskwaki (Fox) syllabary, two of which are by Sam Peters and one by Bill Leaf. These were collected by Truman Michelson in Tama, Iowa.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 2727
Local Note:
Title changed from "Texts" 4/17/2014.
Topic:
Fox language  Search this
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Meskwaki; Sauk & Fox  Search this
Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this
Genre/Form:
Narratives
Manuscripts
Citation:
Manuscript 2727, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS2727
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw30703f210-a9dc-46c6-ae92-dbffeca5d9d1
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms2727
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MS 2687 Fox story by Alfred Kiyana of Snapping Turtle

Collector:
Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938  Search this
Informant:
Kiyana, Alfred, 1877-1918  Search this
Extent:
8 Pages
Culture:
Fox  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Folklore
Narratives
Manuscripts
Date:
undated
Scope and Contents:
Story of Snapping Turtle in Meskwaki (Fox) syllabic text by Alfred Kiyana, collected by Truman Michelson in Tama, Iowa.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 2687
Local Note:
Title changed from "Snapping Turtle Legend" 4/7/2014.
Parts of pages 7 and 8 were previously in MS 2769 and MS 2835 and reunited with the rest of the manuscript in 1998 and 1999.
Other Archival Materials:
See MS 1376 for English translation of story by Bill Leaf.
Topic:
Fox language  Search this
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Meskwaki; Sauk & Fox  Search this
Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this
Genre/Form:
Folklore
Narratives
Manuscripts
Citation:
Manuscript 2687, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS2687
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3aec9c192-1a62-4494-af94-dd28143afd0f
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms2687
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MS 2737 Four Fox texts by C.H. Chuck

Collector:
Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938  Search this
Creator:
Chuck, C.H.  Search this
Extent:
67 Pages
Culture:
Fox  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Narratives
Manuscripts
Date:
undated
Scope and Contents:
Four Meskwaki (Fox) texts handwritten by C.H. Chuck, collected by Truman Michelson in Tama, Iowa. The texts are: The uncle and nephew, 17 pp.; The one who had a stone, 34 pp.; Redstone-Pipe, 7 pp.; and The youth who was smart, 9 pp.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 2737
Local Note:
Title changed from "Linguistics" 4/25/2014.
Topic:
Fox language  Search this
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Meskwaki; Sauk & Fox  Search this
Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this
Genre/Form:
Narratives
Manuscripts
Citation:
Manuscript 2737, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS2737
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw32b881d7e-fc1a-48a0-b1d1-dea48accefc1
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms2737
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MS 2725 Three Fox texts by Maggie Morgan and Sam Peters

Collector:
Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938  Search this
Creator:
Peters, Sam, 1885-  Search this
Morgan, Maggie  Search this
Extent:
40 Pages
Culture:
Fox  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Folklore
Narratives
Manuscripts
Date:
1914
Scope and Contents:
Three Meskwaki (Fox) syllabic texts collected by Truman Michelson in Tama, Iowa. Maggie Morgan authored "Tiger," which is on pages 1-19 and 5-21 in two notebooks. Sam Peters authored the story of a man who escaped from giants and became a carp (pages 1-2) and another text on homographs and near homographs (pages 3-4).
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 2725
Local Note:
Title changed from "One Tiger story" 4/17/2014.
Related Materials:
See MS 2753 for vocabulary notes associated with the "Tiger" text.
Topic:
Fox language  Search this
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Homonyms  Search this
Linguistics  Search this
Meskwaki; Sauk & Fox  Search this
Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this
Genre/Form:
Folklore
Narratives
Manuscripts
Citation:
Manuscript 2725, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS2725
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw368ac0eb5-c6c0-45ef-8ba7-d2df15b9a043
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms2725
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MS 1835 Fox text by Alfred Kiyana on the one who made the eagle sacred bundle

Collector:
Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938  Search this
Creator:
Kiyana, Alfred, 1877-1918  Search this
Translator:
Brown, Thomas, circa 1891-  Search this
Extent:
2 Notebooks (136 pages)
Culture:
Fox  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Notebooks
Folklore
Narratives
Manuscripts
Date:
circa 1915
Scope and Contents:
Text in Meskwaki (Fox) handwritten in a notebook by Alfred Kiyana on the one who made the eagle sacred bundle. A second notebook contains an English translation by Thomas Brown.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 1835
Local Note:
Title changed from "Eagle gens, and The one who made the Eagle Sacred Pack Legend and ethnology" 3/14/2014.
Other Archival Materials:
See Manuscript 1850 for additional texts and translations by Kiyana and Brown, most likely from the same period.
Topic:
Fox Indians -- Kinship  Search this
Fox language  Search this
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Medicine bundles  Search this
Meskwaki; Sauk & Fox  Search this
Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this
Genre/Form:
Folklore
Narratives
Manuscripts
Citation:
Manuscript 1835, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS1835
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3f1e15d60-05ea-43aa-a4e3-b8c1544fcae7
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms1835
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MS 1859 Two Fox legends and linguistic notes collected by Truman Michelson

Collector:
Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938  Search this
Translator:
Poweshiek, Horace  Search this
Informant:
Kiyana, Alfred, 1877-1918  Search this
Extent:
21 Items (0.21 linear feet (1 box))
Culture:
Fox  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Folklore
Narratives
Vocabulary
Date:
1924
Scope and Contents:
The collection contains two Meskwaki (Fox) syllabic texts by Alfred Kiyana; English translations by Horace Poweshiek; phonetic text by Truman Michelson of one of the stories; and Michelson's linguistic notes. The titles of the stories are "The person who the months blessed" and "The one who knew how to use things." Michelson's phonetic text is of the first text, which he labeled, "Months." His linguistic notes include vocabulary and notes on months and calendrical information from William Jones and Thomas Forsyth.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 1859
Local Note:
Title changed from "Legends 1924" 3/18/2014.
Topic:
Fox language  Search this
Linguistics  Search this
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Meskwaki; Sauk & Fox  Search this
Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this
Genre/Form:
Folklore
Narratives
Vocabulary
Citation:
Manuscript 1859, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS1859
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw38bd3153a-d513-4a0a-99ea-8823867cc55d
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms1859
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MS 2729 Fox texts by Jim Peters and Sam Peters

Collector:
Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938  Search this
Creator:
Peters, Jim, 1866-  Search this
Peters, Sam, 1885-  Search this
Extent:
96 Pages
Culture:
Fox  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Narratives
Manuscripts
Date:
undated
Scope and Contents:
Texts handwritten in Meskwaki (Fox) syllabary by Jim Peters (pages 1-19a) and Sam Peters (pages 19a-95). Collected by Truman Michelson in Tama, Iowa.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 2729
Local Note:
Title changed from "Texts by Jim Peters" 4/24/2014.
Topic:
Fox language  Search this
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Meskwaki; Sauk & Fox  Search this
Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this
Genre/Form:
Narratives
Manuscripts
Citation:
Manuscript 2729, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS2729
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3bbd025cd-835a-4370-aad2-43929f405b11
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms2729
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MS 2789 Two Fox stories by Jim Peters, Sam Peters, and an unidentified writer

Collector:
Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938  Search this
Creator:
Peters, Sam, 1885-  Search this
Peters, Jim, 1866-  Search this
Translator:
Poweshiek, Ida  Search this
Extent:
96 Pages
Culture:
Fox  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Folklore
Narratives
Manuscripts
Date:
1929, undated
Scope and Contents:
Two handwritten Meskwaki (Fox) syllabic texts with English translations collected by Truman Michelson in Tama, Iowa. Jim Peters and Sam Peters wrote "Old man who could run fast." An unidentified writer authored "One Indian." Both were translated into English by Ida Poweshiek in 1929. The Meskwaki texts are undated.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 2789
Local Note:
Title changed from "An old woman who ran fast Legend" 4/30/2014.
Topic:
Fox language  Search this
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Meskwaki; Sauk & Fox  Search this
Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this
Genre/Form:
Folklore
Narratives
Manuscripts
Citation:
Manuscript 2789, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS2789
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw32b9d84f8-9b12-45de-8e6b-a5f1fd5066fb
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms2789
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MS 1899 Fox syllabic text by Joe Peters and Lucy Lasley

Collector:
Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938  Search this
Creator:
Lasley, Lucy  Search this
Peters, Joe  Search this
Extent:
122 Pages
Culture:
Fox  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Manuscripts
Narratives
Date:
1929 August
Scope and Contents:
Meskwaki (Fox) syllabic text handwritten by Joe Peters (pages 1-112) and Lucy Lasley (pages 113-122).
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 1899
Topic:
Fox language  Search this
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Meskwaki; Sauk & Fox  Search this
Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this
Genre/Form:
Manuscripts
Narratives
Citation:
Manuscript 1899, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS1899
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw38eefc36e-ec66-4e52-8892-60923b8ce916
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms1899
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MS 2195 Fox stories by Frank Earle

Collector:
Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938  Search this
Informant:
Earle, Frank  Search this
Extent:
106 Pages
Culture:
Fox  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Folklore
Narratives
Manuscripts
Date:
1929
Scope and Contents:
Stories in Meskwaki (Fox) syllabic text by Frank Earle, collected by Truman Michelson.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 2195
Topic:
Fox language  Search this
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Meskwaki; Sauk & Fox  Search this
Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this
Genre/Form:
Folklore
Narratives
Manuscripts
Citation:
Manuscript 2195, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS2195
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3aa1835c4-e486-47d0-8780-85ab27877369
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms2195
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MS 2123 Fox story by Jack Bullard on the one whose father was the sun

Collector:
Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938  Search this
Informant:
Bullard, Jack  Search this
Translator:
Lincoln, Harry  Search this
Extent:
61 Pages
Culture:
Fox  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Folklore
Narratives
Manuscripts
Date:
1912
Scope and Contents:
Story of the one whose father was the sun in Meskwaki (Fox) syllabic text by Jack Bullard, with an English translation in Truman Michelson's hand from Harry Lincoln. Collected by Michelson in Tama, Iowa.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 2123
Topic:
Fox language  Search this
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Meskwaki; Sauk & Fox  Search this
Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this
Genre/Form:
Folklore
Narratives
Manuscripts
Citation:
Manuscript 2123, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS2123
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw30b78f586-0289-4ea3-a5c8-eef8df57bcb5
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms2123
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MS 1880 Fox story by Alfred Kiyana on the one who made people come by drumming

Collector:
Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938  Search this
Creator:
Kiyana, Alfred, 1877-1918  Search this
Extent:
29 Pages
Culture:
Fox  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Folklore
Narratives
Manuscripts
Place:
Tama (Iowa)
Date:
undated
Scope and Contents:
Meskwaki (Fox) syllabary text handwritten by Alfred Kiyana and collected by Truman Michelson in Tama, Iowa.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 1880
Local Note:
Title changed from "Ethnology Legends" 3/19/214.
Topic:
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Fox language  Search this
Meskwaki; Sauk & Fox  Search this
Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this
Genre/Form:
Folklore
Narratives
Manuscripts
Citation:
Manuscript 1880, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS1880
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw315a48b4e-ba61-42f8-a3c8-f19795042b14
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms1880
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MS 1893 Autobiography of Mrs. Jim Peters dictated in Fox to Sam Peters

Collector:
Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938  Search this
Informant:
Peters, Jim, Mrs  Search this
Creator:
Peters, Sam, 1885-  Search this
Extent:
254 Pages
Culture:
Fox  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Autobiographies
Manuscripts
Date:
1929
Scope and Contents:
Autobiography of Mrs. Jim Peters dictated in Meskwaki (Fox) to her son Sam Peters on August 1, 1929. The autobiography is handwirtten in Meskwaki syllabary in a notebook, while a second notebook contains a handwritten English translation by Truman Michelson. The second notebook also contains a partial translation of a text not included in this collection.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 1893
Topic:
Fox language  Search this
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Meskwaki; Sauk & Fox  Search this
Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this
Genre/Form:
Autobiographies
Manuscripts
Citation:
Manuscript 1893, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS1893
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw371dcfd5b-04d9-4c0b-a2a3-3c8d1d4224ea
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms1893
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MS 1404 Fox syllabary of "Joking" text collected by Truman Michelson

Collector:
Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938  Search this
Creator:
Lincoln, Harry  Search this
Extent:
1 Page
Culture:
Fox  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Narratives
Field notes
Place:
Tama (Iowa)
Date:
undated
Scope and Contents:
Short Meskwaki (Fox) syllabic text, with partial interlinear translation in English, obtained by Truman Michelson in Tama, Iowa. Titled "When I went over to see," the text is on joking between Harry Lincoln and Paiyoki. The text is handwritten by Paiyoki or Lincoln.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 1404
Local Note:
Title changed from "Syllabary of 'Joking' text" 3/14/2014.
Topic:
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Fox language  Search this
Joking  Search this
Meskwaki; Sauk & Fox  Search this
Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this
Genre/Form:
Narratives
Field notes
Citation:
Manuscript 1404, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS1404
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw354eba005-7ebf-4a18-8165-3b6762db08b8
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms1404
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MS 1178 Notes collected by Truman Michelson on the sacred pack sold through Green

Collector:
Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938  Search this
Translator:
Brown, Thomas, circa 1891-  Search this
Extent:
30 Pages
Culture:
Fox  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Notes
Manuscripts
Date:
1916
Scope and Contents:
Notes collected by Truman Michelson on the sacred bundle sold through Green, believed to be Buck Green, a Winnebago agent. The materials consist of texts in Meskwaki (Fox) and translations in English. According to Ives Goddard, Thomas Brown probably provided the translations.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 1178
Local Note:
Title changed from "Notes on the Sacred Pack sold through Green, 1916" 3/12/2014.
Topic:
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Medicine bundles  Search this
Fox language  Search this
Meskwaki; Sauk & Fox  Search this
Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this
Genre/Form:
Notes
Manuscripts
Citation:
Manuscript 1178, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS1178
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3e73d7304-f2b0-4426-9b8d-a20e52320ca5
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms1178
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MS 2677 Fox texts by Jack Bullard and English translations by George Young Bear

Collector:
Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938  Search this
Creator:
Bullard, Jack  Search this
Translator:
Young Bear, George  Search this
Extent:
153 Pages
Culture:
Fox  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Folklore
Narratives
Manuscripts
Date:
1926
Scope and Contents:
Two texts in Meskwaki (Fox) syllabary handwritten by Jack Bullard and English translations by George Young Bear. The texts by Bullard are "Meshkwihowa" and "Little River blessed by Wisahkeha." The English translations are for pages 2-67 of "Little River blessed by Wisahkeha" and for a "Pinash bundle" text in MS 2696.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 2677
Local Note:
Title changed from "Fox texts" 4/4/2014.
Other Archival Materials:
See MS 2696 for the Meskwaki text of "Pinash bundle."
Topic:
Fox language  Search this
Medicine bundles  Search this
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Meskwaki; Sauk & Fox  Search this
Wisakea  Search this
Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this
Genre/Form:
Folklore
Narratives
Manuscripts
Citation:
Manuscript 2677, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS2677
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3957b5c2a-cc86-4b51-bdc8-85dabc5ad9bb
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms2677
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MS 2426 Two Fox texts by Frank Earle and Mrs. Shawata

Collector:
Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938  Search this
Creator:
Earle, Frank  Search this
Shawata, Mrs.  Search this
Translator:
Lincoln, Harry  Search this
Extent:
57 Pages
Culture:
Fox  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Songs
Folklore
Narratives
Manuscripts
Date:
1916-1917
1924
Scope and Contents:
Notebook containing two texts handwritten in Meskwaki (Fox), with English translations on opposite page. The first text is by Shawata's wife and concludes with 15 "songs." The second text is by Frank Earle and concludes with what seem to be 5 "songs." Both texts were translated into English in 1924 by Truman Michelson with some assistance from Harry Lincoln.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 2426
Local Note:
Title changed from "Sacred packs Ethnology 1917-1916" 3/26/2014.
Topic:
Fox language  Search this
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Meskwaki; Sauk & Fox  Search this
Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this
Genre/Form:
Songs
Folklore
Narratives
Manuscripts
Citation:
Manuscript 2426, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS2426
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw344b20b88-97b5-4690-99d4-f0c6895a7065
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms2426
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MS 2658 Eighteen Fox stories by various authors collected by Truman Michelson

Creator:
Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938  Search this
Chuck, C.H.  Search this
Leaf, Bill  Search this
Kiyana, Alfred, 1877-1918  Search this
Sakihtanohkweha, 1875-1957  Search this
Extent:
205 Pages
Culture:
Fox  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Folklore
Narratives
Manuscripts
Date:
undated
Scope and Contents:
Eighteen stories handwritten in Meskwaki (Fox) syllabary by Bill Leaf, Sakihtanohkweha, C.H. Chuck, Alfred Kiyana, and two unidentified writers. The stories were collected by Truman Michelson in Tama, Iowa. Kiyana authored two texts, titled "The fast runner who ran through the air" and "The Indian woman long ago who was pursued by a grizzly bear." Sakihtanohkweha authored "The man (named) Redstone Pipe" and "The man who suddenly became aware while walking [Pitishaha]." Leaf wrote six texts, one of which includes a brief English translation by Truman Michelson. Chuck authored "Pitishaha."
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 2658
Local Note:
Title changed from "Texts" 3/28/2014.
Topic:
Fox language  Search this
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Meskwaki; Sauk & Fox  Search this
Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this
Genre/Form:
Folklore
Narratives
Manuscripts
Citation:
Manuscript 2658, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS2658
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3e21ec8b0-3943-453c-80e0-2ff0278837ab
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms2658
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