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National Anthropological Archives
MS 1452 Yukian Vocabulary in Powell's Introduction to the Study of Indian Languages
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS1452
- Creators:
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Curtin, Jeremiah, 1835-1906
- Dates:
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undated
- Languages:
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Described by Mary Hass, 1963 ("Shasta and Proto-Hokan Language," Language, Volume 39, Number 1, f tnt. page 43) as follows: "BAE MS No. 1452, a Powell schedule containing vocabulary items of Yuki and Achumawi [not Wintun], collected c. 1844"Incorrectly included in Pitkin's Wintun Bibliography (IJAL, 28: 1, 1862, item 16) even though the information we sent to Berkeley ca. 1960 (on which he drew as a source) stated that 1452 was a Yuki vocabulary, said to include Wintun and Maidu terms, but with no terms in it specifically labled Wintun or Maidu.
- Physical Description:
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118 Pages
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
In Schedule of John Wesley Powell's Introduction to the Study of Indian Languages, partly filled. Terms from Maidu tribe occur from place to place. Nothing in Schedule specifically labled Wintun or Maidu- MCB 1955. Loose sheets, tribe not given: Names of women, 4 pages, and Myth- Hazel bush widow, 16 pages. On preliminary page [ii] are Nosa [Yana] chief's names- 1 page.
Administration
Existence and Location of Copies
Filmed for University of California, Berkeley, 1955.
Using the Collection
Citation
Manuscript 1452, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
More Information
Local Numbers
Local Numbers
NAA MS 1452
Keywords
| Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Language and languages -- Documentation | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Maidu | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Yuki | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Indians of North America -- California | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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