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MS 7101 Navaho Field notes and draft manuscript on hunting and agriculture

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.MS7101
Creators:
Hill, W. W. (Willard Williams), 1902-1974
Taa, Hastin
Thick Man
Yaja, Asta Tohitlini Alsai
Little Woman
Chilley, Chis
Sandoval, Chick
Moon, Ace
Bige, Atitsai
Interpreter's Son
Altsi, Hastin
The Little Man
Igai, Tsi
White Hair
Dine, Nakai
Navajo Jim
Bige, Neska
The Late Fat One's Son
Alpai, Beli
Roan Horse
Bige, Atszdi Yaze
The Late Little Smith's Son
Haiitsis, Hacke
Pulled Out of the Warrior
McKinley, Mary
Izkin, DEne
One That Killed a Man
Curley of Chin Lee
Dates:
June-July 1933
Languages:
Undetermined
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Physical Description:
820 Items
ca. 820 pages
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Field notes, in typescript, largely concern hunting and agriculture but also concern to a greater and lesser extent subjects shown in cross references. The subjects are distributed throughout the manuscript. Informants were Hastin Taa (Thick Man), Asta Tohitlini Alsai Yaja (Little Woman), Chis Chilley, Chick Sandoval, Ace Moon, Atitsai Bige (Interpreter's Son), Hastin Altsi (The Little Man), Tsi Igai (White Hair), Nakai Dine (Navajo Jim), Neska Bige (The Late Fat One's Son), Beli Alpai (Roan Horse), Atszdi Yaze Bige (The Late Little Smith's Son), Hacke Haiitsis (Pulled Out of the Warrior), Mary McKinley, Dene Izkin (One That Killed a Man), and "Curley of Chin Lee."

Administration

Custodial History
Donated by Philleo Nash, March 30, 1979. NAA Accession 78-36.

Using the Collection

Citation
Manuscript 7101, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

More Information

Local Numbers

Local Numbers
NAA MS 7101

Bibliography

Bibliography
The manuscript was published, with additions, as Yale Publications in Anthropology, 8, 1938.


Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Agriculture -- Navaho Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Hunting -- Navaho Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Tools and implements -- Navaho Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Clothing -- Navaho Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Food preparation -- Navaho Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Habitations and other structures -- Navaho Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Rituals, formulas and ceremonies -- Navaho Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
War -- Navaho Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Pottery -- Navaho Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Basket making -- Navaho Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Botany -- Navaho Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Medicine -- Navaho Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Masks -- Navaho Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Crime and punishment -- Navaho Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Education -- Navaho Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Color and dyes -- Navaho Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Art -- Navaho Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Kinship -- Navaho Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Tobacco -- Navaho Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Pipes -- Navaho Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Navaho Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Diné (Navajo) Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Indians of North America -- Southwest, New Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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