National Anthropological Archives

MS 1933 Kutenai mythological texts

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.MS1933
Creators:
Chamberlain, Alexander Francis, 1865-1914
Boas, Franz, 1858-1942
Dates:
undated
Languages:
Multiple languages
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Physical Description:
43 Pages
25 Pages
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Contents: 1933-a [Mythological texs]: No date. 43 pages. Kutenai and 2 page English translations. List of stories, translations of text: 1. Coyote and Grizzly Bear 2. Coyote and Fox 3. Coyote and Wolf 4. Coyote and Woman 5. Coyote and Butterfly 6. Coyote and Ducks.
1933-b: Myths and legends collected by Dr Franz Boas among the Upper Kutenai of the Region of the Columbia Lakes [1881]. 25 pages. Translated by Chamberlain from the German version published by Boas, Verhandlungen der Berliner Gesellschaft fur Anthro., 1898, pages 161-172.

Using the Collection

Preferred Citation
Manuscript 1933-a-b, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

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Local Numbers

Local Numbers
NAA MS 1933-a-b


Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Folklore -- Kutenai Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Language and languages -- Documentation Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Kootenai (Kutenai) Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Indians of North America -- Plateau Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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