National Anthropological Archives

MS 2726 'Mesquakies,' a Fox text by Jack Bullard

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.MS2726
Creators:
Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938
Bullard, Jack
Dates:
circa 1911-1913
Languages:
In
Meskwaki
(Fox).
Physical Description:
28 Pages
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
'Mesquakies' is a text handwritten in Meskwaki (Fox) syllabary by Jack Bullard and collected by Truman Michelson in Tama, Iowa. The text was previously misattributed to Sakihtanohkweha (Mrs. Bill Leaf). The text is undated, but there is a page correction by Michelson dated March 1913. Michelson began conducting fieldwork in Tama, Iowa in 1911.

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 2726, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

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Local Numbers

Local Numbers
NAA MS 2726

Local Note

Local Note
Title changed from "Legend (French) 4/17/2014.


Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Fox language Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Language and languages -- Documentation Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Meskwaki; Sauk & Fox Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Folklore Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Narratives Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Manuscripts Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Fox Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Indians of North America -- Northeast Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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