National Anthropological Archives

MS 2433 Fox texts and kinship notes collected by Truman Michelson

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.MS2433
Creators:
Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938
Kiyana, Alfred, 1877-1918
Kiwatewa
Kiosatuck, Annie
Lincoln, Harry
Dates:
1915
Languages:
In
Meskwaki (Fox)
and
English
.
Physical Description:
231 Pages
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Meskwaki (Fox) texts and kinship notes collected by Truman Michelson in Tama, Iowa. Four of the texts are by Alfred Kiyana in Meskwaki syllabary. The translated titles are "When Indians captured horses a long time ago," "The two youths who fasted who were brothers," "The one who runs fast," and "War dance." A fifth text is by Kiwatewa (Mrs.Paquane) and is on adoption feasts. These texts are accompanied by English translations dictated by Harry Lincoln and in Truman Michelson's hand. There are also 3 pages of notes on kinship from Annie Kiosatuck.

Administration

Sponsor
Digitization and preparation of these materials for online access has been funded through generous support from the Arcadia Fund.
Existence and Location of Copies
Digital surrogates are available online.

Digital Content


Using the Collection

Citation
Manuscript 2433, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

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Local Numbers

Local Numbers
NAA MS 2433

Local Note

Local Note
Title changed from " Kinship terms, family Ethnology" 3/26/2014.


Keywords

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Narratives Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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Indians of North America -- Northeast Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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