MS 4889 Chickasaw stories and ethnographic notes

Summary
Collection ID:
NAA.MS4889
Creators:
Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958
McCurtain, Zeno
Dates:
ca. 1926
Languages:
Undetermined
.
Physical Description:
36 Pages
Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Contents: "A Deer Story," 3 pages; "Story of Two Hunters:The Big Lizard," 4 pages; "Bear Hunting," 8 pages; section on education of children and on witchcraft, 20 pages. (numbered 2-11).
Local Numbers
Local Numbers
NAA MS 4889
Local Note
Local Note
Autograph document
Other Title
Other Title
A Deer Story
Other Title
Story of Two Hunters: The Big Lizard
Other Title
Bear Hunting
Bibliography
Bibliography
Section on witchcraft published in J. R. Swanton, "Social and Religious Beliefs and Usages of the Chickasaw Indians," Bureau of American Ethnology-AR 44, Washington, 1928, pages 209-211, "originally written down in Chickasaw by a native informant, Zeno McCurtain." Chickasaw text not located as of 1970.
Using the Collection
Citation
Manuscript 4889, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
More Information
Keywords
Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Folklore -- Chickasaw Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Hunting -- Chickasaw Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Education -- Chickasaw Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Witchcraft -- Chickasaw Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Language and languages -- Documentation Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Chickasaw Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Indians of North America -- Southern States Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Repository Contact
National Anthropological Archives
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Suitland, Maryland 20746
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