National Anthropological Archives

MS 4303 Kickapoo Notes

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.MS4303
Creators:
Lewis, J. Harmon Mrs
Dates:
undated
Languages:
Undetermined
.
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Includes: Notes on Kickapoo clans, Mexican Kickapoo personal names, with meaning; by ref biog notes, clan affiliation. Notes on Death Ceremony of the Kickapoo, 9 pages. Death Ceremony of the Kickapoo explained, 9 pages. Miscellaneous notes on the following: Indian Dances (Soldier Dance); Kickapoo Spiritualism; Indian Love and Affection; Kickapoo Springs; Indian version of an old Ghost Story; Kickapoo Adoption; Shawnee ball-game; Kickapoo Games; Miscellaneous ethnological notes; copies of correspondence including a letter (copy) from the Department of Public Health regarding the use of peyote; biographical notes on Emma Kickapoo Williams Ellis, who made a "Democratic Quilt" and wrote to Franklin D. Roosevelt regarding it, and stating that if he were elected she would send the quilt to him; miscellaneous notes; 26 pages.

Administration

Custodial History
Previously titled "Notes."

Using the Collection

Citation
Manuscript 4303, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

More Information

Local Numbers

Local Numbers
NAA MS 4303


Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Kickapoo Indians -- Kinship Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Names, Personal -- Kickapoo Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Ceremonies -- Kickapoo Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Dance -- Kickapoo Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Games -- Kickapoo Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Peyote -- Kickapoo Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Biography -- Ellis, Emma Kickapoo Williams Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Folklore -- Kickapoo Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Language and languages -- Documentation Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Kickapoo Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Shawnee Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Indians of North America -- Northeast Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Ellis, Emma Kickapoo Williams Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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