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MS 2824 Menominee stories and notes collected by Truman Michelson

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.MS2824
Creators:
Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938
Peroute, Judge
Satterlee, John V.
Dates:
1910
Languages:
Primarily in
English
with some Menominee.
Physical Description:
105 Pages
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Menominee notes and texts from Truman Michelson's fieldwork among the Menominee in Wisconsin in 1910. The texts consist of Menominee stories from Judge Peroute, a priest of the Grand Medicine Society, in English. Captain John V. Satterlee of the Indian Police at Keshena provided Michelson with Menominee names for various tribes. There are also notes on the Grand Medicine Society.

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 2824, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

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Local Numbers

Local Numbers
NAA MS 2824

Local Note

Local Note
Title changed from "Texts, linguistic notes, legends" 5/1/2014.

Bibliography

Bibliography
Most of the stories were published in Michelson, Truman. Menominee Tales. American Anthropologist, 13: 68-88.


Keywords

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