MS 1861 Red Leggins legend in Fox syllabary by Sakihtanohkweha (Mrs. Bill Leaf)
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content: NAA MS 1861
label: Local Note
content: Title changed from "Red Leggins legend" 3/18/2014.
name: label: Collector
content: Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938
label: Informant
content: Sakihtanohkweha, 1875-1957
topic: label: Topic
content: Fox language
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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: Informant
content: Sakihtanohkweha, 1875-1957
culture: label: Culture
content: Fox
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 90 Pages
unitdate: label: Date
content: undated
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS1861
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
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content: Archival materials
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content: Pages
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content: Folklore
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content: Narratives
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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.
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content: Folklore
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content: Narratives
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content: Manuscripts
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This manuscript is a winter story about the adventures of the hero Red Leggins by Sâkihtanohkwêha, handwritten in Meskwaki syllabary, with an English translation by Horace Poweshiek. See Manuscript 2700 for another version of this story by Sâkihtanohkwêha. (Truman Michelson referred to Sâkihtanohkwêha as Mrs. Bill Leaf).
relatedmaterial: label: Other Archival Materials
content: Manuscript 1860, Manuscript 2024, Manuscript 2700, Manuscript 2764, Manuscript 2794, and Manuscript 2985 for other versions of "Red Leggins."