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MS 2720 Nine Fox stories by Alfred Kiyana and Bill Leaf

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.MS2720
Creators:
Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938
Kiyana, Alfred, 1877-1918
Leaf, Bill
Poweshiek, Ida
Dates:
1928
undated
Languages:
In
Meskwaki (Fox)
and
English
.
Physical Description:
264 Pages
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Nine Meskwaki (Fox) syallabic texts, eight of which are by Alfred Kiyana and one by Bill Leaf, with English translations by Ida Poweshiek. These were collected by Truman Michelson in Tama, Iowa. The texts by Kiyana are: Red stone pipe; Youths who were friends; The summer hunters; When people killed one that was a manitou; The cowardly man; The man who had an elm tree that grew from his chest; Wolf; and Wisahkeha's little brother slain. The ninth text, When they fought with the Pawnee ("wabanokeha"), is by Bill Leaf. Poweshiek's translations were made much later in April 17, 1928.

Administration

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

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Using the Collection

Preferred Citation
Manuscript 2720, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

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Local Numbers

Local Numbers
NAA MS 2720

Local Note

Local Note
Title changed from "Legends" 4/17/2014.

Bibliography

Bibliography
Goddard, Ives. 1993. Songs in Fox (Mesquakie): Linguistics and Philology. Pp. 212-239 in Papers of the Twenty-Fourth Algonquian Conference. William Cowan, ed. Ottawa: Carleton University.


Keywords

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Chaticks Si Chaticks (Pawnee) Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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Indians of North America -- Great Plains Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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