MS 1892 Two Fox texts on mortuary rites by Alfred Kiyana
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content: NAA MS 1892
name: label: Collector
content: Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938
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content: Kiyana, Alfred, 1877-1918
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content: Lincoln, Harry
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content: Scott, Thomas
topic: label: Topic
content: Funeral rites and ceremonies
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content: Fox language
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content: Language and languages -- Documentation
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content: Meskwaki; Sauk & Fox
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content: Indians of North America -- Northeast
creator: label: Collector
content: Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938
label: Creator
content: Kiyana, Alfred, 1877-1918
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content: Lincoln, Harry
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content: Scott, Thomas
culture: label: Culture
content: Fox
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 115 Pages
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content: undated
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS1892
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content: Collection descriptions
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content: Archival materials
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content: Pages
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content: Narratives
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content: Manuscripts
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content: The description of this manuscript was updated in 2024 based on information provided by Dr. Patricia Afable, Research Assistant to the Linguistic Editor of the Handbook of North American Indians, and Dr. Lucy Thomason, National Museum of Natural History Museum Technician (linguistics).
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Digital surrogates are available online.
bibliography: label: Bibliography
content: English translations were published in 40th Annual Report, Bureau of American Ethnology.
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content: Narratives
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content: Manuscripts
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content: This collection contains two texts on mortuary rites by Alfred Kiyana, handwritten in Meskwaki syllabary, with phonetic versions of the texts and English translations dictated by Tom Scott and Harry Lincoln to Truman Michelson. The last page includes several grammatical notes by Michelson. The titles of Kiyana's manuscripts are "What people do in the course of a release ceremony, when they send each other home" and "The ghost feast."