MS 2787-a Truman Michelson notes on verbs in Omaha and Osage
Truman Michelson's handwritten notes on the conjugations of "to laugh" and "to hold" in Omaha and "to hold" and "to see" in Osage.
MS 4800 James O. Dorsey papers
bulk 1870-1895
Reverend James Owen Dorsey (1848-1895) was a missionary and Bureau of American Ethnology ethnologist who conducted extensive research on Siouan tribes and languages.The papers of James Owen Dorsey comprise mostly ethnographic and linguistic materials on various tribes of the Siouan language family as well as tribes from Siletz Reservation in Oregon. These materials include texts and letters with interlineal translations; grammar notes; dictionaries; drawings; and his manuscripts. In addition, the collection contains Dorsey's correspondence, newspaper clippings, his obituaries, and reprints.
MS 1994 Omaha vocabulary, place names, texts, grammatical and ethnological notes
La Flesche, Francis, 1857-1932
Miller, George (Omaha)
400 Items (ca. 400 slips)
The English-Omaha vocabulary slips are typed with some errors in transcription. Recorded in two composition books. Informants: 1888 and 1895, Francis LaFlesche; 1889, George Miller.
MS 1354 Comparative Omaha and Iowa vocabulary and sentences
In a copy of "Chase's Writing Speller and Definer," Chicago, 1871.
MS 1349 Omaha vocabulary
Dorsey, James Owen, 1848-1895
MS 1357 Comparative vocabulary of Dakota, Winnebago, Omaha, and Ponka
MS 935 Comparative vocabulary of Winnebago, Omaha, Ponka, and Dakota
Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878
With grammatical notes and letter of transmittal to Joseph Henry. Autograph letter signed. 2 pages.
MS 3861 Material relating to "A Dictionary of the Osage Language," Bureau of American Ethnology-B 109
Includes miscellaneous notes and sentences in Omaha, and transcriptions of phonograph cylinders in Osage. Some of the Osage material was apparently not published in the dictionary and is marked "Hold for future reference."
MS 1312 Aryan elements in Indian Mythology
Dorsey, James Owen, 1848-1895
Comparison of four of Grimm's tales with three Omaha myths. The Grimm's stories are in the hand of James Mooney.
NETV Omaha Macy Pow-wow videos
Video documentation of the 1988 Omaha Macy Pow-wow shot by Nebraska Educational Television Network in cooperation with the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska in order to produce the 1/2 hour program DANCING TO GIVE THANKS. Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and …
