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MS 3941 Materials assembled by Hewitt for preparation of articles in Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 30 and for replies to inquires from the public

Summary
Collection ID:
NAA.MS3941
Creators:
Hewitt, J. N. B. (John Napoleon Brinton), 1859-1937
Bogaskie, F.
MacKinley, W. E. W., Captain
Skinner, Alanson, 1886-1925
Dates:
undated
Languages:
Undetermined
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Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Contents: Adirondack tribe (St Lawrence River) Old Manuscript Number 3553. Adoption Old Manuscript Number 4007. Refers to Algonquian method of counting -only; see Haas note 2/18/72; Old Manuscript Number 3864. "Alligewi"; Animism Old Manuscript Number 3867 and 2842-c, box 6. Blood Indians, origin of name; Brant, Joseph Old Manuscript Number 3874. Chippewa, origin of name Old Manuscript Number 3646. Chiefs, function and significance of Old Manuscript Number 2842-c, box 6. Delaware tribe, New Jersey area claimed by Old Manuscript Number 3866. Detroit River, tribes near; Ekaentoton Island-- see Ste. Marie Island Environment (Bulletin 30 draft by O. T. Mason) Old Manuscript Number 4007. Erie, origin of name Old Manuscript Number 3646. Erie and Black Mincqua tribes Old Manuscript Number 3586. [Eskimo] Arctic tribes, leaving elderly and sick people to die Old Manuscript Number 3668. Family, Bulletin 30 draft and notes Old Manuscript Number 4011 and 2842-c, box 6. Grand River (Tinaatoua), name of; Hebrew calendar; Hewitt, list of Bulletin 30 articles by Old Manuscript Number 4066. Hoboken, origin of name; Iroquois, "On the Northern and Eastern Territorial Limits of the Iroquoian people, in the 16th Century," and Algonquian tribes, at Chaleur Bay. Iroquois at Gulf of St Lawrence and Bay of Gaspe Old Manuscript Number 3625.
Scope and Contents
Iroquois, location of Six Nations tribes reservations Old Manuscript Number 3763. Iroquois false face; Iroquois preparation of corn ("as food") Old Manuscript Number 4009. Iroquoian early dress Old Manuscript Number 3660. Iroquoian "Gachoi" tribe, identity of (Correspondence with F. Bogaskie.) Old Manuscript Number 3816. Iroquoian moon names and concept of time; Iroquoian social organization, and place name-name origins; "Man," Iroquoian term for Old Manuscript Number 3781. Iroquoian towns Old Manuscript Number 4006. Kentucky, meaning of the word; Kentucky, origin of name Old Manuscript Number 3840. Lenni Lenape, meaning of the word; Logstown-- see Shenango Old Manuscript Number 3773. Lost Ten Tribes as American Indians Old Manuscript Number 3670. Mayan linguistic family and other Mayan linguistic notes including Quiche and Tepehuanan notes Old Manuscript Number 3473. Mexico: idols, sacrifices, etc. Old Manuscript Number 3807. Mexico: Indian languages. Letter from Captain W.E.W. MacKinley Old Manuscript Number 3778. Missouri, Indian village, location of Old Manuscript Number 3944. Mohawk land near Lake Champlain; Mohawk grammar; Montour family, notes for Bulletin 30 Old Manuscript Number 3812. Muskhogean social organization. Letter from J. J. Harrison. Old Manuscript Number 3891. New England tribes Old Manuscript Number 3513.
Scope and Contents
Niagara, origin of name; "Old Smoke"-- see Sayenqueraghta Old Manuscript Number 3949. Onondaga tribe, text of memorial inscription to, and correspondence Old Manuscript 4391 and 4271- box 1 (part.) Ontwaganha or Toaganha, origin and meaning of name Old Manuscript Number 3864. Owego, meaning of town's name; Pekwanoket tribe (Cape Cod); Pemaquid, Abnaki word and its origin Old Manuscript Number 89. Piasa bird- pictograph formerly near present Alton, Illinois. Article is similar to that by Cyrus Thomas, Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 30. Old Manuscript Number 3981. Potawatomi, notes on the name Old Manuscript Number 4034. Potawatomi Green Corn Dance; Roanoke, origin of name Old Manuscript Number 3998. Sacagawea, spelling of; St Ignace, 3 settlements (Michigan); St Marie Island or Ekaentoton Island; Sauk, Bulletin 30 article and galley proof, notes Old Manuscript Number 3764. Sayenqueraghta or "Old Smoke" (correspondence with Alanson Skinner) Old Manuscript Number 3949. Scalping Old Manuscript Number 4025. Shenango and Logstown Old Manuscript Number 3773. Sioux, origin of name Old Manuscript Number 3624. Society of American Indians, resolutions by thanking General Hugh L. Scott, Fr. Anselm Webber and others Old Manuscript Number 3868. Susquehanna, origin of name Old Manuscript Number 3707. Tacoma, origin of name Old Manuscript Number 3470.
Scope and Contents
Thunderbird, notes on Old Manuscript Number 3552. Tinaatoa-- see Grand River; Toronto, origin of name; Tuscarora villages Old Manuscript Number 3998. Wampum Old Manuscript Number 3998. War club with inscription; West Virginia panhandle tribes Old Manuscript Number 3945. Williams, Eleazer Old Manuscript Number 3998. Women, status of Old Manuscript Number 3566. Wyandots (Huron) List of tribes of which Wyandots of today are constituted. Old Manuscript Number 3774.
Using the Collection
Citation
Manuscript 3941, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Local Numbers
NAA MS 3941
Keywords
Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
American Indian Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Inheritance -- Adoption Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Religion -- animism Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Names, tribal -- Blood Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Names, tribal -- Chippewa Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Government and politics -- chiefs Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Land tenure and claims -- Delaware Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Names, tribal -- Erie Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Eskimos Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Death and mortuary customs -- abandoning elderly and sick Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Marriage and family Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Names, place -- Grand River Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Jews Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Iroquois Indians Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Land tenure and claims Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Masks -- False Face Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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Food preparation -- Corn Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Time -- concepts Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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Names, tribal -- Leni Lenape Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Muskogean Indians Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Names, place -- Niagara Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Names, place -- Owego Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Abenaki Indians Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Names, tribal -- Pemaquid Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Pictographs -- Piasa bird Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Potawatomi Indians Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Dance -- Green Corn Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Names, tribal -- Potawatomi Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Names, place -- Roanoke Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Towns, villages and other settlements -- St Ignace Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Religion -- Mexico Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Sacrifices -- Mexico Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
War -- Scalping Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Indian interest groups -- Society of American Indians Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Names, tribal -- Susquehanna Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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Folklore -- Thunderbird Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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Chippewa Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Susquehannock Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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Mexico Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Adirondack Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Niitsitapii (Blackfoot/Blackfeet) Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa) Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Black Mincqua Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Lenape (Delaware) Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Pekwanoket Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Sioux Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Wendat (Huron) Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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Sihasapa Lakota (Blackfoot Sioux) Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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Brant, Joseph, 1742-1807 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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Williams, Eleazer Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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