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National Anthropological Archives
MS 954 Weitspek (Pohlik Klamath) and Hopah dictionaries and ethnographic notes
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS954
- Creators:
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Gibbs, George, 1815-1873
- Dates:
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1852
- Languages:
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Undetermined.
- Physical Description:
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41 Pages
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
With copy of the Hopah vocabulary. Trinity River, Calif. 1852. Autograph document. 5 pages. Includes a few notes on the "Redwood Indians" [Chilula] and "Mad River Indians and Bay Indians" [Wiyot] and a house count for Yurok and Hupa villages. Manuscript notes by A. R. Pilling, 1 slip, filed with the Manuscript, 8/1970.
Administration
Existence and Location of Copies
Negative microfilm on file.
Digital Content
Using the Collection
Citation
Manuscript 954, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
More Information
Local Numbers
Local Numbers
NAA MS 954
Local Note
Local Note
autograph document signed
Bibliography
Bibliography
Yurok vocabulary published, but with different orthography, in Stephen Powers, Tribes of California, CNAE, volume 3, page 460, 462-473, where it is called Alikwa Number 1.
Keywords
| Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Language and languages -- Documentation | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Yurok | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Hupa | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Indians of North America -- California | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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