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National Anthropological Archives
MS 3413 Cree notes and text collected by Truman Michelson
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS3413
- Creators:
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Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938Etherington, WilliamLutet, StanleyFletcher, John
- Dates:
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1936
- Languages:
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In Eastern SwampyCreeandEnglish.
- Physical Description:
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21 Pages
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Assortment of notes and texts collected by Truman Michelson on the Cree at James Bay and Hudson Bay. Includes extracts from notes in Manuscript 3411 on Weenusk boundaries and dialect classifictions of Ghost River Cree, Le Ronge Cree, and Trout Lake Cree; references to publications on Cree; some notes on Island Lake Cree, God's Lake Cree, and Oxford House Cree; Albany Cree vocabulary from William (likely Etherington) and Stanley Lutet (or Loutet); anthropometric measurements of Attawapiskat Cree; and a story in Moose Cree syllabary by John Fletcher.
Administration
Sponsor
Digitization and preparation of these materials for online access has been funded through generous support from the Arcadia Fund.
Digital Content
Using the Collection
Citation
Manuscript 3413, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Other Archival Materials
Other Archival Materials
See Manuscript 3411 for English translation of John Fletcher's Moose Cree text.
More Information
Local Numbers
Local Numbers
NAA MS 3413
Local Note
Local Note
Title changed from "Texts 1936" 6/5/2014.
Keywords
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