Usage conditions may apply for digital images, video, and sound recordings linked within SOVA collections. While digital content may be restricted, SOVA collection descriptions and catalog records are available CC0 for re-use. For more information, visit the Smithsonian's Terms of Use page.
National Anthropological Archives
MS 7309 Buff family history, with an account of early times and the Native American language
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS7309
- Creators:
-
Dawson, Burrell C.Buff, Truman, 1906-1996 (Paiute)
- Dates:
-
undated
- Languages:
-
Undetermined.
- Physical Description:
-
112 Pages
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Includes notes on Buff's genealogy, his own history, and the way he and his family lived when he was a boy. Also includes a vocabulary (Dawson describes is as Black Rock speech and adds that "in Julian H. Steward's map this is shown as Tunuhu witu"). There is also a clipping from an Inyo, California, newspaper about Tule Sally, an Indian woman who disappeared after other Indians accused her of witchcraft.
Using the Collection
Citation
Manuscript 7309, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
More Information
Local Numbers
Local Numbers
NAA MS 7309
Keywords
| Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Witchcraft | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Language and languages -- Documentation | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Paiute | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Indians of North America -- Great Basin | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Tule Sally | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
National Anthropological Archives
Museum Support Center
4210 Silver Hill Road
Suitland, Maryland 20746
Business Number: Phone: 301.238.1310
Fax Number: Fax: 301.238.2883
naa@si.edu
