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National Anthropological Archives
MS 2821 Ojibwa notes and stories collected by Truman Michelson
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS2821
- Creators:
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Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938Brown, Julius, circa 1869Big-Bear, circa 1852-
- Dates:
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1911
- Languages:
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In Anishinaabemowin (Ojibwa) andEnglish.
- Physical Description:
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58 Pages
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Linguistic and ethnological notes and texts from Truman Michelson's work in 1911 with members of an Ojibwa delegation from White Earth, Minnesota, visiting Washington, D.C. The materials include notes on kinship terms, vocabulary, paradigms, and the tribe's social organization. Michelson also obtained stories in Ojibwa from Big Bear with English translations from Julius Brown.
Administration
Sponsor
Digitization and preparation of these materials for online access has been funded through generous support from the Arcadia Fund.
Digital Content
Using the Collection
Preferred Citation
Manuscript 2821, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
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Local Numbers
Local Numbers
NAA MS 2821
Local Note
Local Note
Title changed from "Legend; ethnology" 5/1/2014.
Bibliography
Bibliography
Edited versions of Julius Brown's translations of Big Bear's stories were published by Michelson in "Ojibwa Tales," Journal of American Folklore, 24: 249-250.
Keywords
| Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Ojibwa language | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Language and languages -- Documentation | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Linguistics | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Ethnology | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Kinship | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Chippewa | Cultural Context | 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 |
| Vocabulary | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa) | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Indians of North America -- Northeast | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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