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National Anthropological Archives
MS 2367-b Red Horse's Account of the Battle of the Little Big Horn, Montana, June 25, 1876, in Gesture-Signs, to illustrate the Syntax of the Sign-Language of the North American Indians
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS2367B
- Creators:
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McChesney, Charles E.Red Horse
- Dates:
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1881
- Languages:
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Multiple languages.
- Physical Description:
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60 Pages
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Contains literal translation of sign text, free translation, and detailed description, with diagrams, of all signs in the order of their appearance in the text. 594 signs.
Using the Collection
Citation
Manuscript 2367-b, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
More Information
Local Numbers
Local Numbers
NAA MS 2367-b
Local Note
Local Note
autograph document signed with diagrams
Bibliography
Bibliography
English translation printed in Garrick Mallery, "Picture Writing of the American Indians," Bureau of American Ethnology-AR 10, Washington, D. C., pages 563-566.
Keywords
Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
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Sign language -- Dakota | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876 -- Dakota | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Language and languages -- Documentation | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Sioux | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Diagrams | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Lakota (Teton/Western Sioux) | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Indians of North America -- Great Plains | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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