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National Anthropological Archives
MS 3216 Truman Michelson notes on Cheyenne vocabulary with comparisons to Central Algonquian languages
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS3216
- Creators:
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Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938Petter, Rodolphe Charles, 1865-1947
- Dates:
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circa 1930s
- Languages:
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Notes are inCheyenne,English, and Central Algonquian languages.
- Physical Description:
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40 Itemscards
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Cards containing Truman Michelson's handwritten notes on Cheyenne vocabulary with comparisons to Central Algonquian (Fox, Cree, Delaware, Ojibwa, etc.) terms. The Bureau of American Ethnology catalog card indicates that some words were "extracted from Petter," most likely a reference to Rodolphe Petter's English-Cheyenne Dictionary (1915).
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
Digital surrogates are available online.
Digital Content
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Citation
Manuscript 3216, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Local Numbers
Local Numbers
NAA MS 3216
Local Note
Local Note
Title changed from "Some restored words which are difficult phonetically; some new words extracted from Petter 1930s" 5/27/2014.
Keywords
Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
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Cheyenne language | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Algonquian languages | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Algonquin | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Card files | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Vocabulary | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne) | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Algonquin (Algonkin) | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Indians of North America -- Northeast | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Indians of North America -- Great Plains | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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