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MS 3216 Truman Michelson notes on Cheyenne vocabulary with comparisons to Central Algonquian languages

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.MS3216
Creators:
Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938
Petter, Rodolphe Charles, 1865-1947
Dates:
circa 1930s
Languages:
Notes are in
Cheyenne
,
English
, and Central Algonquian languages.
Physical Description:
40 Items
cards
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


Using the Collection

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

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
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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