MS 2827 Truman Michelson field notes on Piegan Blackfoot
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content: NAA MS 2827
label: Local Note
content: Title changed from "Field notes concerning Piegan Blackfoot ethnography, including ceremonials and societies, with some linguistic notes June-July, 1910" 5/13/2014.
name: label: Creator
content: Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938
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content: Duvall, David C., 1877-1911
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content: Little Young Man
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content: Mountain Chief, 1848-1942
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content: Pablo, George
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content: Thomas, Norah
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content: Vielle, James
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content: White Swan, Julie
topic: label: Topic
content: Rites and ceremonies
label: Topic
content: Social structure
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content: Ethnology
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content: Linguistics
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content: Language and languages -- Documentation
label: Topic
content: Dance -- North America
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content: Indians of North America -- Northeast
creator: label: Creator
content: Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938
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content: Duvall, David C., 1877-1911
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content: Little Young Man
label: Creator
content: Mountain Chief, 1848-1942
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content: Pablo, George
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content: Thomas, Norah
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content: Vielle, James
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content: White Swan, Julie
culture: label: Culture
content: Blackfoot
label: Culture
content: Pikuni Blackfeet (Piegan)
label: Culture
content: Indians of North America -- Great Plains
label: Culture
content: Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa)
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 150 Pages (Approximate)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1910 June-July
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS2827
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content: Collection descriptions
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content: Archival materials
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content: Pages
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content: Vocabulary
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content: Field notes
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content: Vocabulary
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content: Field notes
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content: Notes and texts collected by Truman Michelson during his field work among the Piegan Blackfoot in Montana in 1910. The materials consist primarily of stories in English and ethnographic notes covering topics such as Crazy Dog society, Sun Dance, and other ceremonies and societies. There are also notes on Piegan vocabulary and Chippewa Sun Dance and Medicine Dance. Michelson obtained information from various people, including David Duvall, who also served as an interpreter; Mountain Chief; George Pablo; Little Young Man; Norah Thomas; James Vielle; and Julie White Swan.