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National Anthropological Archives
MS 7101 Navaho Field notes and draft manuscript on hunting and agriculture
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS7101
- Creators:
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Hill, W. W. (Willard Williams), 1902-1974Taa, HastinThick ManYaja, Asta Tohitlini AlsaiLittle WomanChilley, ChisSandoval, ChickMoon, AceBige, AtitsaiInterpreter's SonAltsi, HastinThe Little ManIgai, TsiWhite HairDine, NakaiNavajo JimBige, NeskaThe Late Fat One's SonAlpai, BeliRoan HorseBige, Atszdi YazeThe Late Little Smith's SonHaiitsis, HackePulled Out of the WarriorMcKinley, MaryIzkin, DEneOne That Killed a ManCurley of Chin Lee
- Dates:
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June-July 1933
- Languages:
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Undetermined.
- Physical Description:
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820 Itemsca. 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
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