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Creator:

Mooney, James, 1861-1921  Search this

Artist:

Murphy, Charles (Cheyenne)  Search this

Sweezy, Carl, 1881-1953  Search this

Names:

Wolf Face (Cheyenne)  Search this

Extent:

15 Volumes (autograph documents, photographs, and graphite, ink, colored pencil, crayon, and watercolor drawings.)

Culture:

Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne)  Search this

Kiowa  Search this

Inunaina (Arapaho)  Search this

Indians of North America -- Great Plains  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Volumes

Ledger drawings

Date:

bulk ca. 1903-1904

Scope and Contents:

Notes and drawings by Native artists relating to heraldry, as Mooney termed tipi and shield designs. Also some myths and linguistic data from these and other Plains tribes. The manuscript is a compilation of materials created over a period of years, assembled under the current number by the BAE archivist. Bound volumes (since disbound for lamination) were placed under this manuscript number; loose notes and drawings on the same topics were primarily assembled under manuscript number 2538.

Biographical / Historical:

James Mooney (1861-1921) was a self-taught ethnologist. He was employed by the Bureau of American Ethnology from 1885 until his death. In this capacity, he worked extensively among the Cherokee and Kiowa. Among the Kiowa his studies focused on pictorial calendars, the peyote religion, and heraldry, the term he used to refer to the designs on shields and painted tipis. In the course of his study of Kiowa and Cheyenne heraldry, he commissioned illustrations of shield and tipi designs, as well as miniature shields and tipis. For additional biographic information on James Mooney see: Christopher Winters, General Editor, International Dictionary of Anthropologists, Garland Publishing, 1991. Neil M. Judd, The Bureau of American Ethnology - A Partial History, University of Oklahoma Press, 1967. L.G. Moses, The Indian Man - A Biography of James Mooney, University of Nebraska Press, 1984.

Local Numbers:

NAA MS 2531

OPPS NEG 57,508-A---521-A

OPPS NEG 71-3046-A

OPPS NEG 71-3046

OPPS NEG 72-1801 CN-1818 CN

Local Note:

The John M. Seger Referred to in Vol VIII (and also in Mooney's peyote files) was a teacher of agricultural methods. Walter Campbell edited his autobiography, "Early Days among the Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians," Univ. of Okla. press. Genevieve Seger, his daughter, lives at Geary, Okla.; she may be a trustee of the Okla. Historical Soc. --Information from Althea Bass, here May 1959.

Mrs. J. H. Bass (Althea Bass) here May 6, 1959, thinks that the "Paul" referred to occasionally in Vols. III, IV, and V may be Paul Boynton, an interpreter who spoke both Cheyenne and Arapaho. His family still lives at El Reno. His father had something to do with the Agency. Paul Boynton is mentioned in one of the letters in Mooney corresponence for 1902-06 (Smithsonian Institution - Bureau of American Ethnology correspondence files.)

Date written on several pages by Mooney; almost certainly drawings done by same artist at same time and place as Ms. 2531, Vol. 10, identified by Mooney as "Drawn by Nakoim' eno = Bear Wings/alias Charles Murphy, Cheyenne Cantonment, Okla."

Album Information:

MS 2531

Topic:

War -- Cheyenne  Search this

Winter counts -- Kiowa  Search this

Cradles -- Kiowa  Search this

Clothing -- Kiowa  Search this

Names, Personal -- Kiowa  Search this

Shields -- Cheyenne  Search this

Camps -- Cheyenne  Search this

Sun Dance -- Cheyenne  Search this

Games -- Cheyenne  Search this

Hide preparation -- Cheyenne  Search this

Folklore -- Kiowa  Search this

Horse trappings -- Cheyenne  Search this

Music -- Kiowa  Search this

Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this

Genre/Form:

Ledger drawings

Citation:

Manuscript 2531, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.MS2531

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MS 2531 James Mooney notebooks principally regarding Kiowa, Cheyenne, and Arapaho shield and tipi designs

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw38a7004b3-148e-4a15-a445-5406d8e34621

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-ms2531

Creator:

United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Kiowa Agency  Search this

Extent:

6 Pages

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Date:

undated

Scope and Contents:

Personal names.

Local Numbers:

NAA MS 521

General:

Previously titled "Indian Agency Property Return list (Kiowa and Comanche)."

Topic:

Federal-Indian relations -- Kiowa  Search this

Names, Personal -- Kiowa  Search this

Citation:

Manuscript 521, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.MS521

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw346b1d73d-56ad-4909-9847-830294e435af

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-ms521

Creator:

Gatschet, Albert S. (Albert Samuel), 1832-1907  Search this

United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Kiowa Agency  Search this

Extent:

9 Pages

Culture:

Niuam (Comanche)  Search this

Indians of North America -- Great Plains  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Date:

April, 1885

Scope and Contents:

Contains examples of Comanche names with "the English renderings frequently more translated ad sensum."

Local Numbers:

NAA MS 747

Local Note:

Manuscript document, with letter

General:

Previously titled "Personal names on property returns with letter of transmittal."

Topic:

Names, Personal -- Comanche  Search this

Citation:

Manuscript 747, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

NAA.MS747

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw31daa7268-f7b6-49e5-9a72-2b76112cc0f9

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-naa-ms747