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National Anthropological Archives
MS 2241-b Letters in Cherokee syllabary
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS2241B
- Creators:
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Mooney, James, 1861-1921AyastaSuyetaAyuniniSwimmer, 1833 or 1834-1899Consini
- Dates:
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1887-1892
- Languages:
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Undetermined.
- Physical Description:
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1 Itemca.9 ca.19 pages
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
By native writers, 1887-1892, and notes by Mooney concerning them.
Administration
Existence and Location of Copies
On negative microfilm with Number 2241-a.
Using the Collection
Citation
Manuscript 2241-b, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Conditions Governing Access
The letters in Manuscript 2241-b are restricted due to cultural sensitivity. The contents of these folders cannot be reproduced or published without permission of the tribe. This collection contains images of subjects that may be culturally sensitive.
More Information
Local Numbers
Local Numbers
NAA MS 2241-b
Local Note
Local Note
Found with Number 2241-a in envelope (saved), marked in Mooney's hand, "Letrs- Ayasta &c," and separately catalogued, February 1958. Ayasta was a medicine woman and story teller. Other native writers referred to in Mooney's notes: Suyeta, Ayunini (Swimmer), and Consini.
Bibliography
Bibliography
All or part published in Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 196, Anth. Pap. 75, Washington, D.C., 1966 (Kilpatrick & Kilpatrick) ? Referred to there (page 5) as "cognate with" 2241-a, 2279 ["a"] and 2280; these 3 are by Black Fox, but 2241-b is not.
Keywords
| Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Language and languages -- Documentation | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Cherokee | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Ayasta | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Suyeta | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Ayunini | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Swimmer, 1833 or 1834-1899 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Consini | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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