MS 1859 Two Fox legends and linguistic notes collected by Truman Michelson
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content: NAA MS 1859
label: Local Note
content: Title changed from "Legends 1924" 3/18/2014.
name: label: Collector
content: Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938
label: Translator
content: Poweshiek, Horace
label: Informant
content: Kiyana, Alfred, 1877-1918
topic: label: Topic
content: Fox language
label: Topic
content: Linguistics
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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: Translator
content: Poweshiek, Horace
label: Informant
content: Kiyana, Alfred, 1877-1918
culture: label: Culture
content: Fox
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 21 Items (0.21 linear feet (1 box))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1924
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS1859
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Folklore
label: Type
content: Narratives
label: Type
content: Vocabulary
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.
bibliography: label: Bibliography
content: An English paraphrase of "The person who the suns blessed" was published in Truman Michelson's Fox Miscellany (Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 114) as "The one whom the moons blessed." His linguistic notes were also incorporated into the publication.
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content: Folklore
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content: Narratives
label: Genre/Form
content: Vocabulary
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This collection contains two texts by Alfred Kiyana, handwritten in Meskwaki syllabary, with English translations by Horace Poweshiek; a phonetic text on the first story by Truman Michelson; and linguistic notes by Michelson. The texts are titled "The one the months blessed" and "The one who knew how to use things—stone axes and all sorts of things" (a story about the invention of culture). Michelson's phonetic text is of the first story, which he labeled "Months." Michelson's linguistic notes include vocabulary and notes on months and calendrical information from William Jones and Thomas Forsyth.