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National Anthropological Archives
MS 7088 Field Notes Summer of 1930...1931. White Clay District, Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS7088
- Creators:
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Mekeel, H. Scudder (Haviland Scudder), 1902-1947
- Dates:
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undated
- Languages:
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Undetermined.
- Physical Description:
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104 Pages
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Includes brief introductory statement of author's theory concerning the acculturation problems of Indians; chronologically arranged ethnographic study of Dakota Indian reservation life in the White Clay District of Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota; and current opinions as well as reminiscences about past Dakota history, customs, religion, kinship and mythology by Indian and a few white informants.
Administration
Custodial History
Received from Raymond DeMallie, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Anthropology, Smithsonian Institution, 1972.
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access
Restricted
Citation
Manuscript 7088, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Conditions Governing Use
Not to be quoted without permission from the Department of Anthropology, American Museum of Natural History, New York.
More Information
Local Numbers
Local Numbers
NAA MS 7088
Local Note
Local Note
Photocopy of Typescript document
Keywords
| Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Culture change -- Dakota | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Folklore -- Dakota | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Kinship -- Dakota | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Religion -- Dakota | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Language and languages -- Documentation | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Sioux | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Sioux | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Indians of North America -- Great Plains | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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