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National Anthropological Archives
MS 3401 Albany Ojibwa notes and Weenusk Cree text collected by Truman Michelson
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS3401
- Creators:
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Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938Martin, JohnAllan, WilliamSmallboy, Harvey, 1879-1947
- Dates:
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1935 summer
- Languages:
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InOjibwaandCree.
- Physical Description:
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16 Pages
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Notebook (labelled "1935 VI") containing Albany Ojibwa notes and Weenusk (Winusk) Cree text collected by Truman Michelson during his field research in the region of James Bay and Hudson Bay in 1935. Michelson obtained Albany Ojibwa vocabulary and ethnological notes from John Martin, with William Allan, a Cree speaker, serving as an interpreter. The notebook also contains a sample Cree syllabic text from a Weenusk woman at Moosonee; a phonetic text version dictated by a Roman missionary; and an English translation from Allan based on a reading of the Weenusk text by Harvey Smallboy, a Moose Cree speaker. Also present are two loose leaf pages with slightly different versions of the English translation and phonetic text.
Administration
Sponsor
Digitization and preparation of these materials for online access has been funded through generous support from the Arcadia Fund.
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Citation
Manuscript 3401, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Local Numbers
Local Numbers
NAA MS 3401
Local Note
Local Note
Title changed from "Cree and Chippewa Linguistic (and Ethnological) material 1935" 6/3/2014.
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