National Anthropological Archives

MS 1342 "Midewiwin" or "Grand Medicine Society" of the Ojibwas

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.MS1342
Creators:
Genin, Jean Baptiste, 1837-1900
Hoffman, Walter James, 1846-1899
Dates:
undated
Languages:
Undetermined
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Physical Description:
96 Pages
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Apparently largely a copy of Hoffman, 7th A.R. Bureau of American Ethnology.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
For evaluation of Genin's work and character see an article in North Dakota Historical Society series ca. 1920 by Reverend Shanley, Bishop of North Dakota. Information from Omer C. Stewart, 1954. No biography of Genin by Shanley located but see Linda W. Slaughter, "Leaves from Northwestern History," Chapters III-X, Collections of the State Historical Society of North Dakota, volume 1, Bismark, 1906, pages 224-292.

Administration

Custodial History
Presented to the Bureau of American Ethnology by Mrs. Linda W. Slaughter, Bismark, North Dakota, July 1, 1901.

Using the Collection

Citation
Manuscript 1342, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

More Information

Local Numbers

Local Numbers
NAA MS 1342

Local Note

Local Note
notebook


Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Grand Medicine Society -- Chippewa Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Midéwiwin -- Chippewa Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Chippewa Indians -- Midéwiwin Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Chippewa Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa) Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Indians of North America -- Northeast Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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