MS 4889 Chickasaw stories and ethnographic notes
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content: NAA MS 4889
label: Local Note
content: Autograph document
label: Other Title
content: A Deer Story
label: Other Title
content: Story of Two Hunters: The Big Lizard
label: Other Title
content: Bear Hunting
name: label: Creator
content: Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958
label: Informant
content: McCurtain, Zeno
topic: label: Topic
content: Folklore -- Chickasaw
label: Topic
content: Hunting -- Chickasaw
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content: Education -- Chickasaw
label: Topic
content: Witchcraft -- Chickasaw
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content: Language and languages -- Documentation
label: Topic
content: Indians of North America -- Southern states
creator: label: Creator
content: Swanton, John Reed, 1873-1958
label: Informant
content: McCurtain, Zeno
culture: label: Culture
content: Chickasaw
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 36 Pages
unitdate: label: Date
content: ca. 1926
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS4889
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Pages
bibliography: label: Bibliography
content: Section on witchcraft published in J. R. Swanton, "Social and Religious Beliefs and Usages of the Chickasaw Indians," Bureau of American Ethnology-AR 44, Washington, 1928, pages 209-211, "originally written down in Chickasaw by a native informant, Zeno McCurtain." Chickasaw text not located as of 1970.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Contents: "A Deer Story," 3 pages; "Story of Two Hunters:The Big Lizard," 4 pages; "Bear Hunting," 8 pages; section on education of children and on witchcraft, 20 pages. (numbered 2-11).