National Anthropological Archives

MS 2632 Material relating to the George Bushotter Lakota texts

Summary
Collection ID:
NAA.MS2632
Creators:
Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958
Estes, Joseph
Stirling, Matthew Williams, 1896-1975
Dates:
1899-1956
Languages:
Undetermined
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Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Contains Swanton's revisions of texts found in MS 4800 James O. Dorsey papers, and related materials. Contents:
1. George Bushotter's first story, the myth of Miwakan yuhala. [1899]. Autograph Document Signed. 10 pages. Copy of Lakota text, with interlinear translation in Swanton's hand; revised with "information provided by Joseph Estes [a Yankton]."
2. English translations of George Bushotter's Lakota texts 1 and 3-17. [1889-1900]. 64 pages.
3. "Dakota notes made in 1899." Approximately 55 pages in small notebook. Linguistic and ethnologic notes, mainly concerning the George Bushotter texts.
4. Note on the history of the Bushotter texts. 1903-1905. Typescript and autograph document. 1 page.
5. Letter to M. W. Stirling, concerning the Bushotter texts. Newton, Massachusetts. March 16, 1956. Typescript letter signed. 2 pages. 3 related letters by Stirling. March-April 1956. carbon copy Typescript letter. 4 pages.
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Citation
Manuscript 2632, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Local Numbers
Local Numbers
NAA MS 2632
Keywords
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Language and languages -- Documentation Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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Lakota (Teton/Western Sioux) Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Indians of North America -- Great Plains Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Bushotter, George, 1864-1892 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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