MS 1879 Nine Fox legends collected by Truman Michelson
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: NAA MS 1879
label: Local Note
content: Title changed from "8 Legends" 3/19/2014.
name: label: Collector
content: Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938
label: Creator
content: Leaf, Bill
label: Creator
content: Lincoln, Harry
label: Creator
content: Kiyana, Alfred, 1877-1918
label: Creator
content: Sakihtanohkweha, 1875-1957
label: Translator
content: Poweshiek, Ida
topic: label: Topic
content: Fox language
label: Topic
content: Language and languages -- Documentation
label: Topic
content: Meskwaki; Sauk & Fox
label: Topic
content: Wapasaiya
label: Topic
content: Indians of North America -- Northeast
creator: label: Collector
content: Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938
label: Creator
content: Leaf, Bill
label: Creator
content: Lincoln, Harry
label: Creator
content: Kiyana, Alfred, 1877-1918
label: Creator
content: Sakihtanohkweha, 1875-1957
label: Translator
content: Poweshiek, Ida
culture: label: Culture
content: Fox
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 25 Items (0.25 linear feet (425 pages)
unitdate: label: Date
content: undated
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS1879
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Folklore
label: Type
content: Narratives
label: Type
content: Manuscripts
processinfo: label: Processing Information
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.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Folklore
label: Genre/Form
content: Narratives
label: Genre/Form
content: Manuscripts
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This collection contains nine stories by Bill Leaf, Harry Lincoln, Alfred Kiyana, and Sâkihtanohkwêha, handwritten in Meskwaki syllabary, with English translations by Ida Poweshiek. The texts are Bill Leaf's history of Wâpasaya (White Robe); a winter story by Alfred Kiyana whose title can be translated as "When Wîsahkêha fed bees to the wolves;" half of Sâkihtanohkwêha's winter story about the Meskwaki culture hero (Wîsahkêha) (the other half is in Manuscript 1875); a winter story by Harry Lincoln whose title can be translated as "Downy Feather;" a winter story by Alfred Kiyana whose title can be translated as "A man who made a sacred pack;" a winter story by Harry Lincoln about a quarrel between Bear and Rabbit; a winter story by Alfred Kiyana whose title can be translated as "The Indian lead miners of long ago, who had a lead mine;" a winter story by Alfred Kiyana whose title can be translated as "The Indian of long ago who was blessed by an owl;" and a winter story by Alfred Kiyana whose title can be translated as "When Wîsahkêha was almost captured by the manitous." (Truman Michelson referred to Sâkihtanohkwêha as Mrs. Bill Leaf).
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: See Manuscript 1875 for the other half of the Wîsahkêha story.