National Anthropological Archives

MS 1376 Snapping Turtle Legend

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.MS1376
Creators:
Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938
Dates:
1913
Languages:
Undetermined
.
Physical Description:
2 Pages
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
This manuscript is Bill Leaf's English translation of a winter story by Alfred Kiyana about Snapping Turtle written in 1911 (Manuscript 2687). A fraction of text is missing.

Administration

Processing Information
The description of this manuscript was updated in 2024 based on information provided by Dr. Patricia Afable, Research Assistant to the Linguistic Editor of the
Handbook of North American Indians
, and Dr. Lucy Thomason, National Museum of Natural History Museum Technician (linguistics).

Using the Collection

Citation
Manuscript 1376, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

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Local Numbers

Local Numbers
NAA MS 1376

Local Note

Local Note
See 1218, 1337.


Keywords

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