MS 1879 Nine Fox legends collected by Truman Michelson

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Collection Overview ...... 1 Administrative Information ...... 1 Local Numbers...... 2 Scope and Contents...... 1 Local Note...... 2 Names and Subjects ...... 2 Container Listing ...... MS 1879 Nine Fox legends collected by Truman Michelson NAA.MS1879

Collection Overview

Repository: National Anthropological Archives

Title: MS 1879 Nine Fox legends collected by Truman Michelson

Identifier: NAA.MS1879

Date: undated

Creator: Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938 (Collector) Leaf, Bill Lincoln, Harry Kiyana, Alfred, 1877-1918 Sakihtanohkweha, 1875-1957 Poweshiek, Ida (Translator)

Extent: 25 Items (0.25 linear feet (425 pages)

Language: In (Fox) and English.

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Administrative Information

Available Formats Digital surrogates are available online. Citation Manuscript 1879, National Anthropological Archives,

Scope and Contents

Nine stories in Meskwaki (Fox) syllabary by various authors with English translations by Ida Poweshiek. Contents: 1) Wapasaya by Bill Leaf; text 29 pages, translation 34 pages. 2.) When Wisahkeha fed bees to the wolves, by Alfred Kiyana; text 17 pages, translation 14 pages. 3.) Wisake, by Sakihtanohkweha (Mrs. Bill Leaf); text 40 pages, translation 30 pages. 4) Feather, by Harry Lincoln; text 25 pages, translation 34 pages. 5.) The man who made a sacred bundle, by Alfred Kiyana; text 27 pages, translation 18 pages. 6.) Something about Rabbit and Bear, by Harry Lincoln; text 6 pages, translation 9 pages. 7.) The Indian lead

Page 1 of 2 MS 1879 Nine Fox legends collected by Truman Michelson NAA.MS1879 miners who mined lead long ago, by Alfred Kiyana; text 32 pages, translation 36 pages. 8.) The Indian who was blessed a an owl long ago, by Alfred Kiyana; text 31 pages, translation 28 pages. 9) When Wisake was almost captured by the manitous by Alfred Kiyana; text 8 pages, translation 13 pages.

Local Numbers

NAA MS 1879

Local Note

Title changed from "8 Legends" 3/19/2014.

Names and Subject Terms

This collection is indexed in the online catalog of the Smithsonian Institution under the following terms:

Subjects: Fox Indians Indians of North America -- Northeast Language and languages -- Documentation Meskwaki; Sauk & Fox Wapasaiya

Cultures: Fox Indians Indians of North America -- Northeast

Types of Materials: Folklore Manuscripts Narratives

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