MS 2011 Fox syllabic text by George Black Cloud on sacred pack of the Bear Clan
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content: NAA MS 2011
name: label: Collector
content: Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938
label: Informant
content: Black Cloud, George
label: Translator
content: Poweshiek, Horace
topic: label: Topic
content: Fox language
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content: Language and languages -- Documentation
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content: Medicine bundles
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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: Black Cloud, George
label: Translator
content: Poweshiek, Horace
culture: label: Culture
content: Fox
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 312 Pages
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1925
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS2011
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
label: Type
content: Narratives
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: A variation of Poweshiek's English translation was published in BAE Bulletin 85(1927): 117-159 as "A Sacred Pack Called Sakimahkwewa Belonging to the Bear Gens of the Fox Indians."
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content: Folklore
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content: Narratives
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This manuscript consists of a text by George Black Cloud about the Sâkimâhkwêwa Sacred Pack of the Bear Clan. It is in Meskwaki syllabary with an English translation by Horace Poweshiek. Truman Michelson added grammatical notes throughout the texts.