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National Anthropological Archives
MS 3334 Copy and translation of a letter in Dakota
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS3334
- Creators:
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Drift, IvanPolk, James K. (James Knox), 1795-1849HupakinyanInyangmani
- Dates:
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undated
- Languages:
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Undetermined.
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
With interlinear translations, from Hupa kinyan [--- Flying] and Inyan mani [Walking Stone] to President Polk. Manuscript document, 2 pages including free English translation by Drift with the assistance of Ben McBride, Sr. Manuscript document, 2 pages. Letter from Drift to --- Welch, regarding translation. Autograph letter signed, 1 page. Unsigned memo to J.P. Harrington, Bureau of American Ethnology, enclosing the above. May 20, 1935. Typescript document, 1 page.
Administration
Existence and Location of Originals
Original of the Dakota letter, enclosed in a letter from Stephen R. Riggs to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, December 22, 1847, is in the U.S. National Archives, Record Group 75, Letters Received by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, St. Peter's Agency, 1848, D. no. R 138.
Using the Collection
Citation
Manuscript 3334, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Local Numbers
Local Numbers
NAA MS 3334
Keywords
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Language and languages -- Documentation | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Sioux (Eastern) | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Dakota (Eastern Sioux) | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Indians of North America -- Great Plains | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Sioux | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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