National Anthropological Archives

MS 2821 Ojibwa notes and stories collected by Truman Michelson

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.MS2821
Creators:
Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938
Brown, Julius, circa 1869
Big-Bear, circa 1852-
Dates:
1911
Languages:
In Anishinaabemowin (Ojibwa) and
English
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Physical Description:
58 Pages
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Linguistic and ethnological notes and texts from Truman Michelson's work in 1911 with members of an Ojibwa delegation from White Earth, Minnesota, visiting Washington, D.C. The materials include notes on kinship terms, vocabulary, paradigms, and the tribe's social organization. Michelson also obtained stories in Ojibwa from Big Bear with English translations from Julius Brown.

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 2821, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

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Local Numbers

Local Numbers
NAA MS 2821

Local Note

Local Note
Title changed from "Legend; ethnology" 5/1/2014.

Bibliography

Bibliography
Edited versions of Julius Brown's translations of Big Bear's stories were published by Michelson in "Ojibwa Tales," Journal of American Folklore, 24: 249-250.


Keywords

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Ojibwa language Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa) Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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