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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:
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Hewitt, J. N. B. (John Napoleon Brinton), 1859-1937Newhouse, SethDeganawida
- Dates:
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1898
- Languages:
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Undetermined.
- Physical Description:
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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
Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
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Government -- Iroquois | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Language and languages -- Documentation | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Mohawk | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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