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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:
McChesney, Charles E.
Red Horse
Dates:
1881
Languages:
Multiple languages
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Physical Description:
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

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
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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