National Anthropological Archives

MS 798 Indian Life

Summary
Collection ID:
NAA.MS798
Creators:
Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902
Dates:
ca. 1878
Languages:
Undetermined
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Physical Description:
127 Pages
Repository:
Using the Collection
Citation
Manuscript 798, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
More Information
Local Numbers
Local Numbers
NAA MS 798
Local Note
Local Note
Extract from manuscript **They call themselves Nu-mes, Nu-ints, Nu-mas, Numos, Shinimos, Nunas, etc. We will call them Nu-mas. J.W. Powell. (Also known to the whites as Shoshonees, Bannocks, utes, Paiutes, Moquis (Hopi), Chemahuevas, Comanches, et al. Most of these names have been given them by the white men.
Local Note
Date of "ca. 1878" given by Hewitt.
Bibliography
Bibliography
To be published by Smithsonian Institution press. Manuscript submitted by Fowler, 1969. See Fowler Bibliographic entry.
Keywords
Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Paiute Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Ute Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Indians of North America -- Great Basin Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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