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National Anthropological Archives
MS 3393 Eskimo syllabic text collected by Truman Michelson at Great Whale River
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS3393
- Creators:
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Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938
- Dates:
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1935 summer
- Languages:
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Text is inInuktitutlanguage.
- Physical Description:
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7 Pages
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Notebook containing story by Cookie, an Inuit man, handwritten in Inuit syllabary. The story, collected by Truman Michelson at Great Whale River in Quebec, Canada, is of Tunnies, a brother and sister that lived with the Inuit.
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 3393, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Other Archival Materials
Other Archival Materials
See Manuscript 3396 for an English translation of the story.
More Information
Local Numbers
Local Numbers
NAA MS 3393
Keywords
Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
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Eskimo languages | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Inuit language | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Language and languages -- Documentation | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Great Whale River (Québec) | Geographic | 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 |
Inuit | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Arctic peoples | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Indians of North America -- Subarctic | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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