National Anthropological Archives

MS 2707 Arapaho ethnological and linguistic notes collected by Truman Michelson

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.MS2707
Creators:
Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938
Wolf Bear
Sun Road
Little Shield
Goggles, John
Dates:
1910
Languages:
In
Arapaho
and
English
.
Physical Description:
98 Pages
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Ethnological and linguistic notes collected by Truman Michelson on the Arapaho. Michelson obtained ethnological information from Little Shield, Sun Road, and Wolf Bear, with John Goggles serving as interpreter. Topics include games and accounts of Friday and Bad Arm (Thomas Fitzpatrick). Also among the ethnological notes are Michelson's observations of a peyote lodge ceremony with comparisons to Alfred Kroeber's descriptions. The linguistic notes are more extensive and include vocabulary and grammar notes from Goggles and other sources.

Administration

Sponsor
Digitization and preparation of these materials for online access has been funded through generous support from the Arcadia Fund.

Digital Content


Using the Collection

Preferred Citation
Manuscript 2707, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

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Local Numbers

Local Numbers
NAA MS 2707

Local Note

Local Note
Title changed from "Miscellaneous ethnological notes; linguistic notes; vocabulary Apparently 1910; certain pages dated 1910" 4/15/2014.


Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Rites and ceremonies Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Peyotism Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Games Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Arapaho language Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Language and languages -- Documentation Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Linguistics Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Ethnology Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Field notes Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Vocabulary Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Inunaina (Arapaho) Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Indians of North America -- Great Plains Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Friday (Arapaho Indian) Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Fitzpatrick, Thomas, 1799-1854 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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