MS 1972 Apenewena Sacred Pack Ethnology
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content: NAA MS 1972
name: label: Collector
content: Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938
topic: label: Topic
content: Meskwaki; Sauk & Fox
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content: Indians of North America -- Northeast
creator: label: Collector
content: Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938
culture: label: Culture
content: Fox
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content: 115 Pages
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content: undated
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content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS1972
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
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content: Archival materials
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content: Pages
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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).
bibliography: label: Bibliography
content: Published Bulletin 85.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This collection contains a text by George Black Cloud, handwritten in Meskwaki syllabary, with an English translation by Horace Poweshiek. The text, which contains drawings and songs, is about a sacred pack belonging to the Thunder Clan. Michelson gives the name of the sacred pack as Ahpenêwênêha, which is the name of the Spirit of Disease. The collection also includes some editorial comments by Michelson.