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view MS 2932 Notes on sign language and miscellaneous ethnographic notes on Plains Indians digital asset: Finding aid

MS 2932 Notes on sign language and miscellaneous ethnographic notes on Plains Indians

Creator:
Scott, Hugh Lenox, 1853-1934  Search this
Dunbar, John Brown, 1841-1914  Search this
He Dog  Search this
Red Feather  Search this
Whirling  Search this
Addressee:
Wissler, Clark, 1870-1947  Search this
Names:
United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs  Search this
Bruguiere, Johnnie, 1849-1898  Search this
Petalesharo, 1797-1836  Search this
Extent:
4 Boxes
2,736 Items (2,736 pages)
Culture:
Dakota Indians  Search this
Blackfoot  Search this
Chippewa  Search this
Sioux  Search this
Niitsitapii (Blackfoot/Blackfeet)  Search this
Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne)  Search this
Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa)  Search this
Paiute  Search this
Salish (Flathead)  Search this
A'aninin (Gros Ventre)  Search this
Hopi Pueblo  Search this
Kiowa  Search this
Diné (Navajo)  Search this
Wichita  Search this
Osage  Search this
Apache  Search this
Numakiki (Mandan)  Search this
Sahnish (Arikara)  Search this
Minitari (Hidatsa)  Search this
Cree  Search this
Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)  Search this
Niuam (Comanche)  Search this
Niimíipuu (Nez Perce)  Search this
Shoshone  Search this
Inunaina (Arapaho)  Search this
Bannock  Search this
Ute  Search this
Chaticks Si Chaticks (Pawnee)  Search this
Lenape (Delaware)  Search this
Slave  Search this
Denésoliné (Chipewyan)  Search this
Caddo  Search this
Assiniboine (Stoney)  Search this
Sarsi Indians  Search this
Plains Apache (Kiowa Apache)  Search this
Pikuni Blackfeet (Piegan)  Search this
Ponca  Search this
White River Ute (Yampa)  Search this
Indians of North America -- Subarctic  Search this
Indians of North America -- Great Basin  Search this
Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this
Indians of North America -- Great Plains  Search this
Indians of North America -- Plateau  Search this
Northwest Coast  Search this
Kootenai (Kutenai)  Search this
Indians of North America -- Southwest, New  Search this
Indians of North America -- Southern States  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Date:
1934
Scope and Contents:
Much of this material is relevant to the Dakotas. Includes: miscellaneous notes on Dakota history, bands, and sign for "Dakota," Autograph Document. Approximately 100 pages. (Box 2); account of the Battle of Little Big Horn by He Dog, Red Feather, and Whirling, Autograph Document. 7 pages. (Box 3); "The Custer Battle with the Sioux, Autograph Document. 10 pages. (Box 3); notes on sign language in general, its history and distribution, Autograph and Typescript Document, 1 box (Box 4).
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 2932
Local Note:
manuscript document
Topic:
Sign language  Search this
Marriage and family -- Berdache  Search this
Weapons -- bow  Search this
Dance -- calumet  Search this
American Indian  Search this
Rituals, formulas and ceremonies  Search this
Zoology -- Buffalo  Search this
Dance -- grass  Search this
War -- Battle of Little Bighorn  Search this
Medicine  Search this
Names, place  Search this
Dance -- Ghost dance  Search this
Religion -- soul, concept of  Search this
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Navaho  Search this
Shoshone  Search this
Ute  Search this
White River (Parusanuch and Yampa)  Search this
Lenape  Search this
Assiniboin  Search this
Sioux  Search this
Plains Apache  Search this
Sarcee  Search this
Kootenai  Search this
Kutenai  Search this
Blackfeet  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 2932, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS2932
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3febc7aa5-2cb3-42c2-a107-dfb270046f91
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms2932
view Photographs of R. O. Sweeny Drawings of Dakota Indians digital asset: Finding aid

Photographs of R. O. Sweeny Drawings of Dakota Indians

Creator:
Sweeny, Robert Ormsby, 1831-1902  Search this
Extent:
16 Prints
Culture:
Dakota Indians  Search this
Sioux  Search this
Indians of North America -- Great Plains  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Prints
Date:
undated
Scope and Contents:
Consists of 20 photos of drawings by Robert Ormsby Sweeny, made in Minnesota in 1852.
Contents: 4489: Artist's titles: [1.] Interior Dakota Bark house. [2.] Dakota or Sioux women Tanning and dressing skins. [3.] Dakotas telling stories and preparing for a hunting party. [4.] Bark hunting lodge of Dakotas or Sioux Indians. [5.] "Fire hunting" of the Sioux. [6.] Sioux spearing fish. [7.] Shakapes and Le petite Corbeaus bands playing ball at Shakapes village. [8.] Dakota Doctor or Sorcerer preparing charms for the sick. [9.] Dakota Doctor exorcising the evil spirit from the sick. [10.] Dakota medicine men showing their secret charms to each other. [11.] Dance Worship of Oank-tay-hee Taku-wakan- The supernatural giant. [12.] Dakota Indians dancing the Sun Dance. [13.] Bark Houses or Summer Lodges of Dakotas. [14.] Return Dance of a successful War party of Dakotas. [15.] Begging Dance of the Dakotas or Sioux. [16.] Dakota or Sioux squaws gathering Wild Rice for Winter food. [17.] Dog Dance of the M'de wakan ton Sioux or Dakotas. [18.] Dakota or Sioux Indians racing ponies. [19.] M'de Wakanton wan Dakota burial place, "Black Dogs Village" Minnesota. [20.] Wa-pa-ton Sioux or Dakota Ceremonies of the Thunder Bird "Travers des Sioux."
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 4489
Local Note:
Filed: Dakota original prints (no negatives). Mounted in album.
Restrictions:
Purchased 1956 from the British Museum for reference only. Publication permission as well as additional prints sould be obtained directly from the British Museum, which owns the originals.
Topic:
Photographs  Search this
Toys and games -- playing ball  Search this
Medicine -- medicine men  Search this
Dance  Search this
Habitations and other structures  Search this
Hide preparation  Search this
Fishing  Search this
Death and mortuary customs  Search this
Rituals, formulas and ceremonies  Search this
Sioux  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 4489, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS4489
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw387cc57b1-5d13-4d16-8b07-b2053af69752
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms4489
view Stereographs relating to North American Indians digital asset: Finding aid

Stereographs relating to North American Indians

Creator:
Keystone View Company  Search this
Extent:
4 Items (views )
Culture:
Niitsitapii (Blackfoot/Blackfeet)  Search this
Lakota (Teton/Western Sioux)  Search this
Athapascan Indians  Search this
Mi'kmaq (Micmac)  Search this
Athapaskan  Search this
Arctic peoples  Search this
Indians of North America -- Subarctic  Search this
Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this
Indians of North America -- Great Plains  Search this
Sioux  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Stereographs
Date:
undated
Scope and Contents:
Catalog Number 4551: (1) Stereo Tribe:. Blackfeet Description: Preparing for Medicine Lodge ceremony, Glacier National Park, Montana Photographer: Keystone View Co. Number 188; 23000. See BAE Negative Number 56,815. (2) Stereo Dakota, Western Mounted Sioux Indians in "Full Feather", leaving camp Keystone View Co. Number 182; 16718. (3) Stereo [Athapascan] Woman working on moose hide, near Atlin, British Columbia Keystone View Co. Number 265; 27359 See BAE Negative Number 56,018. (4) [Micmac] Indian basket weaving, Prince Edward Island, Canada Keystone View Co. Number 263; 13882 See BAE Negative Number 56,035.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 4551
Topic:
Athabaskan  Search this
Mi'kmaq  Search this
Sioux  Search this
Blackfeet  Search this
Rituals, formulas and ceremonies -- Medicine Lodge  Search this
Athapascan Indians  Search this
Hide preparation  Search this
Micmac Indians  Search this
Basket making  Search this
Genre/Form:
Stereographs
Citation:
Manuscript 4551, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS4551
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3174028cd-9e1d-476d-9d30-8a342b5bddd5
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms4551
view MS 444 Text of material on Festivals, by Joshua Buck digital asset: Text of material on Festivals, by Joshua Buck

MS 444 Text of material on Festivals, by Joshua Buck

Collector:
Hewitt, J. N. B. (John Napoleon Brinton), 1859-1937  Search this
Creator:
Buck, Joshua  Search this
Extent:
34 Pages
Culture:
Iroquois  Search this
Onondaga  Search this
Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Date:
1895
Scope and Contents:
Partly translated W.N.F., 1941.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 444
Topic:
Religion -- Iroquois -- Onondaga  Search this
Rituals, formulas and ceremonies -- Iroquois -- Onondaga  Search this
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 444, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS444
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw377cf8390-5cda-43f0-83ac-6a235938526b
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms444
Online Media:
view MS 3501 Miscellaneous notes on Rituals, marked "Current Translations" / "Over the Grand Forest. A Chant" digital asset: Miscellaneous notes on Rituals, marked "Current Translations,"/"Over the Grand Forest. A Chant"

MS 3501 Miscellaneous notes on Rituals, marked "Current Translations" / "Over the Grand Forest. A Chant"

Collector:
Hewitt, J. N. B. (John Napoleon Brinton), 1859-1937  Search this
Creator:
Buck, John, Chief  Search this
Extent:
27 Pages
Culture:
Iroquois  Search this
Onondaga  Search this
Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Date:
1931
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 3501
Local Note:
See Number 1059, 1067, Cayuga Number 3477.
Topic:
Rituals, formulas and ceremonies -- Iroquois -- Onondaga  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 3501, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS3501
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw302c7e405-fd55-4e3c-8636-2cc94cc5d775
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms3501
Online Media:
view MS 612 Re-quickening address by visiting chiefs at home of the deceased ("Mind -soothing Ritual") digital asset: Re-quickening address by visiting chiefs at home of the deceased ("Mind -soothing Ritual")

MS 612 Re-quickening address by visiting chiefs at home of the deceased ("Mind -soothing Ritual")

Collector:
Hewitt, J. N. B. (John Napoleon Brinton), 1859-1937  Search this
Creator:
Gibson, John Arthur, 1849-1912  Search this
Extent:
27 Pages
Culture:
Iroquois  Search this
Onondaga  Search this
Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Date:
1907-1923
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 612
Topic:
Rituals, formulas and ceremonies -- Iroquois -- Onondaga  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 612, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS612
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw36ced4537-9066-4b44-ad62-2930090747e5
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms612
Online Media:
view MS 1360 Ceremony of Oki-weh digital asset: Ceremony of Oki-weh

MS 1360 Ceremony of Oki-weh

Collector:
Hewitt, J. N. B. (John Napoleon Brinton), 1859-1937  Search this
Creator:
Johnson, Smoke, 1792-1886  Search this
Gibson, Mary Skye  Search this
Extent:
70 Pages
Culture:
Iroquois  Search this
Cayuga  Search this
Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Date:
1914-15
Scope and Contents:
By Mrs John A. Gibson. Oh' giwe songs by Smoke.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 1360
Topic:
Rituals, formulas and ceremonies -- Iroquois -- Cayuga  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 1360, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS1360
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3011a7739-30f2-4d23-b5b5-5e513133cb38
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms1360
Online Media:
view MS 2181 The four ceremonies, with supplements digital asset: The four ceremonies, with supplements

MS 2181 The four ceremonies, with supplements

Collector:
Hewitt, J. N. B. (John Napoleon Brinton), 1859-1937  Search this
Informant:
Gibson, John Arthur, 1849-1912  Search this
Extent:
274 Pages
Culture:
Iroquois  Search this
Onondaga  Search this
Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Date:
winter of 1900
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 2181
Local Note:
See Number 2201.
Topic:
Religion -- Iroquois -- Onondaga  Search this
Rituals, formulas and ceremonies -- Iroquois -- Onondaga  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 2181, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS2181
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw38a2c67c3-4c31-44a3-a3a9-037111cba113
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms2181
Online Media:
view MS 602 Preface/Introduction to the Condolence Council digital asset: Fore part of the ceremony

MS 602 Preface/Introduction to the Condolence Council

Collector:
Hewitt, J. N. B. (John Napoleon Brinton), 1859-1937  Search this
Creator:
Gibson, John Arthur, 1849-1912  Search this
Extent:
9 Pages
Culture:
Iroquois  Search this
Onondaga  Search this
Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Date:
1912
Scope and Contents:
Preface- introduction only.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 602
Topic:
Rituals, formulas and ceremonies -- Iroquois -- Onondaga  Search this
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 602, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS602
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3c32040b5-477c-4a45-92e5-0de7acb42734
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms602
Online Media:
view MS 7069 Notes on Eskimos of St. Lawrence Island, Alaska digital asset: Finding aid

MS 7069 Notes on Eskimos of St. Lawrence Island, Alaska

Creator:
Moore, Riley Dunning, 1883-  Search this
Extent:
59 Pages
Culture:
Eskimos  Search this
Arctic peoples  Search this
Indians of North America -- Subarctic  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Place:
Alaska
Date:
undated
Scope and Contents:
Includes clothing, sorcery, disease, mortuary customs, descriptions of specific ceremonies, and notes on visor and whetstone used in hunting bear (item in Moore collection).
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 7069
Local Note:
Autograph and manuscript document
Topic:
Clothing and dress -- Eskimo  Search this
Witchcraft -- Eskimo  Search this
Medicine -- Eskimo  Search this
Rituals, formulas and ceremonies -- Eskimo  Search this
Mortuary customs -- Eskimo  Search this
Hunting -- Eskimo  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 7069, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS7069
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw317aa0d05-f788-474d-b3d6-63f3774dbcdd
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms7069
view MS 2225 Gens festivals digital asset: Finding aid

MS 2225 Gens festivals

Collector:
Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938  Search this
Informant:
Leaf, Bill  Search this
Extent:
5 Pages
Culture:
Fox  Search this
Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Date:
undated
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 2225
Topic:
Rituals, formulas and ceremonies -- Fox  Search this
Meskwaki; Sauk & Fox  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 2225, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS2225
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3d3e9632f-2923-47bc-8809-884fe845b25d
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms2225
view MS 2668 Sauk death ceremonies and stories digital asset: Finding aid

MS 2668 Sauk death ceremonies and stories

Collector:
Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938  Search this
Informant:
Nillake  Search this
Extent:
4 Pages
Culture:
Sac and Fox (Sauk & Fox)  Search this
Sauk  Search this
Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Date:
undated
Scope and Contents:
Text only.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 2668
Topic:
Rituals, formulas and ceremonies  Search this
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 2668, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS2668
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw31c650bce-3389-4dc7-a4d6-a1ec3a3aebc3
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms2668
view MS 2081 Ethnology; legends; linguistics digital asset: Finding aid

MS 2081 Ethnology; legends; linguistics

Collector:
Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938  Search this
Extent:
189 Pages
Culture:
Chippewa  Search this
Fox  Search this
Winnebago Indians  Search this
Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa)  Search this
Cree  Search this
Potawatomi  Search this
Ho-Chunk (Winnebago)  Search this
Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this
Indians of North America -- Great Plains  Search this
Indians of North America -- Subarctic  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Date:
undated
Scope and Contents:
Contents include Sun Dance; Tcikusapatag-conjuring; physical anthropology of the above tribes; marriage (Cree); story of Cree culture hero-W.-; list of tribes known to Cree; Cree linguistics, vocabularies and tables of moods. For physical anthropology description see main card under FOX. Chippewa: 1 page note physical anthropology, measurements of one "Salteaux woman." In book III. page 36.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 2081
Topic:
Dance -- Sun Dance  Search this
Rituals, formulas and ceremonies -- conjuring  Search this
Anthropology, physical -- anthropometry  Search this
Physical anthropology  Search this
Cree Indians  Search this
Potawatomi Indians  Search this
Marriage and family  Search this
Folklore -- culture hero  Search this
Names, tribal  Search this
Linguistics  Search this
Vocabularies  Search this
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Meskwaki; Sauk & Fox  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 2081, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS2081
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3edfd76f2-2f7f-4d53-80b8-c8795d606234
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms2081
view MS 915 Program of the ceremonies for condolence and installation of chiefs digital asset: Finding aid

MS 915 Program of the ceremonies for condolence and installation of chiefs

Collector:
Hewitt, J. N. B. (John Napoleon Brinton), 1859-1937  Search this
Extent:
23 Pages
Culture:
Iroquois  Search this
Onondaga  Search this
Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Date:
undated
Scope and Contents:
2 additional sheets added.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 915
Topic:
Rituals, formulas and ceremonies -- Iroquois -- Onondaga  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 915, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS915
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3bcc40d18-0e6e-4c75-be85-f5caf5bfc9d3
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms915
view MS 1374 The Matsuri, religious festival of the god Suwa digital asset: Finding aid

MS 1374 The Matsuri, religious festival of the god Suwa

Creator:
ANONYMOUS  Search this
Extent:
10 Pages
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Date:
undated
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 1374
Topic:
Rituals, formulas and ceremonies -- Matsuri festival -- Japan  Search this
Religion -- Japan  Search this
Japan  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 1374, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS1374
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3988a19ff-3a1f-4f38-9da4-9995b1c5873a
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms1374
view MS 7101 Navaho Field notes and draft manuscript on hunting and agriculture digital asset: Finding aid

MS 7101 Navaho Field notes and draft manuscript on hunting and agriculture

Creator:
Hill, W. W. (Willard Williams), 1902-1974  Search this
Informant:
Taa, Hastin  Search this
Thick Man  Search this
Yaja, Asta Tohitlini Alsai  Search this
Little Woman  Search this
Chilley, Chis  Search this
Sandoval, Chick  Search this
Moon, Ace  Search this
Bige, Atitsai  Search this
Interpreter's Son  Search this
Altsi, Hastin  Search this
The Little Man  Search this
Igai, Tsi  Search this
White Hair  Search this
Dine, Nakai  Search this
Navajo Jim  Search this
Bige, Neska  Search this
The Late Fat One's Son  Search this
Alpai, Beli  Search this
Roan Horse  Search this
Bige, Atszdi Yaze  Search this
The Late Little Smith's Son  Search this
Haiitsis, Hacke  Search this
Pulled Out of the Warrior  Search this
McKinley, Mary  Search this
Izkin, DEne  Search this
One That Killed a Man  Search this
Curley of Chin Lee  Search this
Extent:
820 Items (ca. 820 pages)
Culture:
Diné (Navajo)  Search this
Indians of North America -- Southwest, New  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Date:
June-July 1933
Scope and Contents:
Field notes, in typescript, largely concern hunting and agriculture but also concern to a greater and lesser extent subjects shown in cross references. The subjects are distributed throughout the manuscript. Informants were Hastin Taa (Thick Man), Asta Tohitlini Alsai Yaja (Little Woman), Chis Chilley, Chick Sandoval, Ace Moon, Atitsai Bige (Interpreter's Son), Hastin Altsi (The Little Man), Tsi Igai (White Hair), Nakai Dine (Navajo Jim), Neska Bige (The Late Fat One's Son), Beli Alpai (Roan Horse), Atszdi Yaze Bige (The Late Little Smith's Son), Hacke Haiitsis (Pulled Out of the Warrior), Mary McKinley, Dene Izkin (One That Killed a Man), and "Curley of Chin Lee."
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 7101
Topic:
Agriculture -- Navaho  Search this
Hunting -- Navaho  Search this
Tools and implements -- Navaho  Search this
Clothing -- Navaho  Search this
Food preparation -- Navaho  Search this
Habitations and other structures -- Navaho  Search this
Rituals, formulas and ceremonies -- Navaho  Search this
War -- Navaho  Search this
Pottery -- Navaho  Search this
Basket making -- Navaho  Search this
Botany -- Navaho  Search this
Medicine -- Navaho  Search this
Masks -- Navaho  Search this
Crime and punishment -- Navaho  Search this
Education -- Navaho  Search this
Color and dyes -- Navaho  Search this
Art -- Navaho  Search this
Kinship -- Navaho  Search this
Tobacco -- Navaho  Search this
Pipes -- Navaho  Search this
Navaho  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 7101, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS7101
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw379a8bb78-ea6d-4047-8021-8c53d30e8023
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms7101
view MS 3873 English-Delaware vocabulary digital asset: Finding aid

MS 3873 English-Delaware vocabulary

Creator:
Gilliland, Lula Mae Gibson  Search this
Extent:
2 Notebooks
104 Pages
Culture:
Lenape (Delaware)  Search this
Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Notebooks
Pages
Date:
1942
Scope and Contents:
Includes notes on Delaware religion, ceremonies, and dances, 1947, 1 volume, 29 pages.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 3873
Local Note:
Volumes 1 and 2 received October 1942 from the author, a Delaware Indian woman aged 37, who states that she is "about the only one in my generation who can talk [Delaware]."
Topic:
Dance -- Delaware  Search this
Religion -- Delaware  Search this
Rituals, formulas and ceremonies -- Delaware  Search this
Language and languages -- Documentation  Search this
Lenape  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 3873, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS3873
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
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view MS 1607 Letters to Dr H. C. Yarrow digital asset: Finding aid

MS 1607 Letters to Dr H. C. Yarrow

Creator:
Sullivan, Jeremiah, 1851-  Search this
Correspondent:
Yarrow, H. C. (Harry Crécy), 1840-1929  Search this
Extent:
17 Pages
Culture:
Hopi Pueblo  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Date:
May 19, July 20, and July 24, 1881
Scope and Contents:
Reporting on dances, medicine, and ceremonials.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 1607
Local Note:
See also Manuscript 837.
Topic:
Dance -- Hopi  Search this
Medicine -- Hopi  Search this
Rituals, formulas and ceremonies -- Hopi  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 1607, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS1607
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw333414d89-99c1-47fc-a346-fa2192473425
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms1607
view MS 4831 A Gurung Household in Rapti Valley [Nepal] digital asset: Finding aid

MS 4831 A Gurung Household in Rapti Valley [Nepal]

Creator:
Cool, John C., 1926-  Search this
Bista, Dor Bahadur  Search this
Extent:
7 Pages
Culture:
Tharus  Search this
Gurung  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Date:
April, 1966
Scope and Contents:
Description of ethnic groups (including the Tharus and the Gurung) in the region, land tenure, the household of Ash Bir Gurung, land reform and religious rituals.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 4831
Local Note:
xerox copy of typescript document
Topic:
Land tenure and claims -- Nepal  Search this
Rituals, formulas and ceremonies -- Nepal  Search this
Nepal  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 4831, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS4831
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3784737e6-926e-4ef8-8f23-14d2e1f78388
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms4831
view MS 4351-a Oklahoma Delaware Ceremonies, Feasts and Dances digital asset: Finding aid

MS 4351-a Oklahoma Delaware Ceremonies, Feasts and Dances

Collector:
Speck, Frank G. (Frank Gouldsmith), 1881-1950  Search this
Extent:
24 Pages
Culture:
Lenape (Delaware)  Search this
Indians of North America -- Northeast  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Date:
1937
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 4351-a
Topic:
Rituals, formulas and ceremonies -- Delaware  Search this
Dance -- Delaware  Search this
Lenape  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 4351-a, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS4351A
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw393118558-09b6-48ae-91ec-b2cf8cb156ff
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ead_collection:sova-naa-ms4351a

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