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National Anthropological Archives
MS 3190 Three Kickapoo stories collected by Truman Michelson
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS3190
- Creators:
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Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938
- Dates:
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1930
- Languages:
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InKickapoo.
- Physical Description:
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44 Pages
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Notebook containing three stories handwritten in Kickapoo syllabary collected by Truman Michelson in Oklahoma. Michelson labelled the texts as Mexican Kickapoo. Two of the stories are titled "Bill H. Horse story (European)" (pages 1-17) and "The man who was blessed by an owl" (pages 18-47); the third story is untitled. "B.J." is written on the notebook cover, possibly referring to the author of the texts. According to the Bureau of American Ethnology catalog card, the author may be B.J. Johnson.
Administration
Sponsor
Digitization and preparation of these materials for online access has been funded through generous support from the Arcadia Fund.
Existence and Location of Copies
Microfilm- University of Michigan, Anthropology 10/52.
Digital Content
Using the Collection
Citation
Manuscript 3190, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Local Numbers
Local Numbers
NAA MS 3190
Local Note
Local Note
Title changed from "Legends summer 1930" 5/27/2014.
Keywords
| Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Kickapoo language | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Language and languages -- Documentation | 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 |
| Kickapoo | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Indians of North America -- Southwest, New | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Indians of North America -- Northeast | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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