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National Anthropological Archives
MS 1740-a Potawatomi Dictionary
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS1740A
- Creators:
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Bourassa, Joseph N.Gailland, Maurice, 1815-1877
- Dates:
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1843
- Languages:
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Multiple languages.
- Physical Description:
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62 Pages
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
English-Potawatomi dictionary, with notes on pronunciation of "Po da wahd mih" language; also additional and repeated words; illustrative sentences; names of berries, trees, and plants; numerals; the Lord's prayer, etc. Attributed solely to Bourassa by Pilling, Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 13, page 54. Original Bureau of American Ethnology catalog card indicates Gailland as author; certainly the writing of the introductory 4 pages and much of the rest looks like his.
Administration
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from The Cadmus Book Shop, 150 West 34th Street, New York City, July 12, 1916. (Dunbar collection.)
Using the Collection
Preferred Citation
Manuscript 1740-a, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Local Numbers
Local Numbers
NAA MS 1740-a
Keywords
| Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Botany -- Potawatomi | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Numbers -- Potawatomi | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Language and languages -- Documentation | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Potawatomi | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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