National Anthropological Archives

MS 2371-a Signs recorded from Tichkematse, a Cheyenne Indian

Summary
Collection ID:
NAA.MS2371A
Creators:
Cushing, Frank Hamilton, 1857-1900
Tichkematse, 1857-1932
Dates:
1879
Languages:
Undetermined
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Physical Description:
161 Items
cards
Repository:
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Place and date supplied from Garrick Mallery, "A Collection of Gesture-Signs and Signals of the North American Indians with Some Comparisons," Washington, 1880, page 13: "A list prepared in July, 1879, by Mr Frank H. Cushing, of the Smithsonian Institution, from continued interviews with Titchkematski (Cross Eyes), an intelligent Cheyenne, then employed at that Institution."
Using the Collection
Citation
Manuscript 2371-a, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
More Information
Local Numbers
Local Numbers
NAA MS 2371-a
Local Note
Local Note
Signed by George Suckley.
Local Note
Marked, "By Cushing," but appear to be in another handwriting.
Keywords
Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Cheyenne Indians Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Sign language Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Language and languages -- Documentation Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne) Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Indians of North America -- Great Plains Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Repository Contact
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