National Anthropological Archives

MS 2932 Notes on sign language and miscellaneous ethnographic notes on Plains Indians

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.MS2932
Creators:
Scott, Hugh Lenox, 1853-1934
Wissler, Clark, 1870-1947
Dunbar, John Brown, 1841-1914
He Dog
Red Feather
Whirling
Dates:
1934
Languages:
Undetermined
.
Physical Description:
4 Boxes
2,736 Items
2,736 pages
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Much of this material is relevant to the Dakotas. Includes: miscellaneous notes on Dakota history, bands, and sign for "Dakota," Autograph Document. Approximately 100 pages. (Box 2); account of the Battle of Little Big Horn by He Dog, Red Feather, and Whirling, Autograph Document. 7 pages. (Box 3); "The Custer Battle with the Sioux, Autograph Document. 10 pages. (Box 3); notes on sign language in general, its history and distribution, Autograph and Typescript Document, 1 box (Box 4).

Administration

Custodial History
Bureau of American Ethnology received the material from Mrs Scott, November, 1934.

Using the Collection

Citation
Manuscript 2932, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

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Local Numbers

Local Numbers
NAA MS 2932

Local Note

Local Note
manuscript document

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