Maps of parts of Baffin Island drawn by Eskimos; and related notes by Franz Boas
Caption, if any, or brief description: USNM Item Number 1 Route from Amakdjuak to Sessikdjuak ?; USNM Item Number 2 Hudson Strasse und Frobisher Bay von Nijuipa ?; USNM Item Number 3 Kuste der Hudson Strasse von King's Cape bis North Bluff; USNM Item Number 4 Unidentified map; USNM Item Number 5 Unidentified map; USNM Item Number …
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MS 1693 The Bible account of Creation, and the Lord's Prayer
Richardville, Thomas F.
Finley, George W.
Wadsworth, Sarah E.
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Translated into Miami by Reverend Thomas Richardville. Also the Lord's Prayer rendered into (1) Peoria, by George Finley; and into (2) Wea by Sarah Wadsworth (Roman Catholic form).
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MS 1774 Shawnee linguistic notes collected by Truman Michelson
Switch, Charley
Shawnee linguistic notes collected by Truman Michelson, most likely during his fieldwork in Oklahoma. The notes may be from Michelson's work with Charley Switch, whose name appears on the top of the first page. Notes consist of Shawnee terms and phrases with English glosses.
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MS 1929A Drawings of war deeds of Sitting Bull and Jumping Bull
Sitting Bull, 1831-1890
Kimball, James C.
1.5 Linear feet
55 Drawings of war deeds of Sitting Bull and Jumping Bull. Drawings are copies of ones made by Sitting Bull and Jumping Bull.
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MS 2330 Seneca texts on cosmology
Abrams, Chauncey
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MS 2560 Field notes on Arapaho and Gros Ventre culture and languages
Original field notebooks from work among the Southern Arapaho in Oklahoma Territory, the Northern Arapaho in Wyoming, and the A'aninin or Atsina (Gros Ventre) in Montana. Contains extensive language material and notes on culture, including notes on acquisition of material culture now in the collection of the American Museum of …
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MS 2704 Miscellaneous tales
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MS 3188-a Truman Michelson notes on phonetic correspondences of Cheyenne with other Algonquian languages
Set of card files with handwritten notes by Truman Michelson on phonetic correspondences of Cheyenne with other Algonquian languages.
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MS 3343 Cheyenne vocabulary with occasional ethnographic notes collected by Truman Michelson
Notebook containing Truman Michelson's handwritten notes from his work among the Southern Cheyenne in Concho, Oklahoma. The notes consist primarily of vocabulary with some ethnological notes interspersed. The vocabulary includes comparative terms in Só'taeo'o (Sutaio). Ethnological topics include medicine bundles, "doctors" who can understand babies, "shaking lodge," and singing medicine …
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MS 3357 Arapaho linguistic and ethnographic notes from Jesse Rowlodge
Rowlodge, Jesse, circa 1884-1974
Arapaho linguistic and ethnographic notes on note cards from Truman Michelson's work with Jesse Rowlodge. The majority of the notes consist of Arapaho vocabulary with English translations. These include kinship terms, terms for body parts, and phrases. There are also some notes on ethnology and phonetic shifts.
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