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MS 4483 Notes and bibliography compiled for a history of Manitoulin Island, Ontario, Canada

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.MS4483
Creators:
Myers, Frank A.
Evans, James, 1801-1846
Dates:
undated
Languages:
Undetermined
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Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Includes a narrative of the Rev. James Evans, December 16, 1834, published in the Christian Guardian, January 28, 1835, and giving an eye-witness account of the "Conjurer's Great Feast or Medai Kech-e-we-goo-win" of the Chippewa. Evans' narrative is 5 pages.

Administration

Custodial History
Received from Frank A. Myers in letters of February 19 and May 11, 1956.

Using the Collection

Citation
Manuscript 4483, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

More Information

Local Numbers

Local Numbers
NAA MS 4483

Other Title

Other Title
Conjurer's Great Feast or Medai Kech-e-we-goo-win


Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Language and languages -- Documentation Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Chippewa Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Canada -- Ontario -- Mantoulin Island Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa) Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Indians of North America -- Northeast Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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