National Anthropological Archives

MS 1343 Constitution of the Confederacy by Dekanawidah, collected and translated from Mohawk by Chief Seth Newhouse

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.MS1343
Creators:
Hewitt, J. N. B. (John Napoleon Brinton), 1859-1937
Newhouse, Seth
Deganawida
Dates:
1898
Languages:
Undetermined
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Physical Description:
42 Pages
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Marked by Hewitt: "Translation as literal as possible of the Mohawk text of his Constitution of the League of the Iroquois, of 8910 sentence terms." "Old." "Discarded." "Copied 1936." Typescript in blue with red and black ink changes in Hewitt's hand.

Using the Collection

Citation
Manuscript 1343, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

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Local Numbers

Local Numbers
NAA MS 1343

Local Note

Local Note
typescript and manuscript document in English


Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Government -- Iroquois Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Language and languages -- Documentation Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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