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National Anthropological Archives
MS 2020 Four Fox stories by Sam Peters and Joe Peters
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS2020
- Creators:
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Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938Peters, Sam, 1885-Peters, JoePoweshiek, Horace
- Dates:
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undated
- Languages:
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InMeskwaki (Fox)andEnglish.
- Physical Description:
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230 Pages
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
This manuscript consists of four stories in Meskwaki syllabary by Sam Peters and Joe Peters, with English translations by Horace Poweshiek. The texts are an untitled story by Sam Peters about the society of those who worship the little spotted buffalo; a text by Sam Peters whose title can be translated as "Another one," about Kochipehkwâha and the ghosts that blessed him; a text by Joe Peters and Sam Peters whose title can be translated as "This is one more story about the time when people had manitou powers, long ago;" and an untitled story by Joe Peters and Sam Peters about a man who loved a wife who preferred her Sioux captor. English translations are present for all of the stories except the first. On the back of the tablet, someone other than the Peters brothers wrote titles in Meskwaki syllabary for the last three stories: these can be translated "An old man was blessed by ghosts and made a sacred pack," "The boy who fasted in a stone house," and "The man who loved his wife."
Administration
Sponsor
Digitization and preparation of these materials for online access has been funded through generous support from the Arcadia Fund.
Existence and Location of Copies
Digital surrogates are available online.
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).Digital Content
Using the Collection
Citation
Manuscript 2020, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Other Archival Materials
Other Archival Materials
See Manuscript 2837-a for the handwritten English translation of "Spotted Calf."
More Information
Local Numbers
Local Numbers
NAA MS 2020
Bibliography
Bibliography
"Spotted Calf" was published in 40th Annual Report, Bureau of American Ethnology, along with an English translation.
Keywords
Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
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Fox language | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Language and languages -- Documentation | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Meskwaki; Sauk & Fox | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Folklore | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Narratives | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Manuscripts | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Fox | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Indians of North America -- Northeast | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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