MS 2023 Two Fox syllabic texts by Alfred Kiyana
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content: NAA MS 2023
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content: Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938
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content: Kiyana, Alfred, 1877-1918
label: Translator
content: Poweshiek, Horace
topic: label: Topic
content: Birth customs
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content: Naming ceremonies
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content: Rites and ceremonies
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content: Fox dance
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content: Menstruation
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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
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content: Kiyana, Alfred, 1877-1918
label: Translator
content: Poweshiek, Horace
culture: label: Culture
content: Fox
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content: 146 Pages
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content: undated
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content: National Anthropological Archives
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content: NAA.MS2023
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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).
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content: Digital surrogates are available online.
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content: Narratives
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content: Two Meskwaki (Fox) syllabic texts by Alfred Kiyana in Meskwaki syllabary with English translations by Horace Poweshiek. The titles can be translated as "What they do when they dance when returning from the warpath" and "What they do when a baby is born."