Dakota
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content: Dorsey, James Owen, 1848-1895
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content: MS 4800 James O. Dorsey papers
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content: MS 4800 James O. Dorsey papers / Series 1: Siouan-Catawban
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
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content: NAA.MS4800, Subseries 1.2
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content: Archival materials
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content: In 1887, George Bushotter, a Teton (Lakota) man, was employed by the Bureau of American Ethnology to provide information about the Dakota language and culture. Working closely with Dorsey, Bushotter provided over 200 Teton texts, consisting of stories, historical accounts, explanations of Dakota customs and beliefs, and Bushotter's autobiography. These texts can be found in this subseries, along with Bushotter's illustrations for some of the texts, and English translations. Some of the texts include revisions and notes by John Bruyier of Cheyenne River Agency, with whom Dorsey worked in the following year. The subseries also contains notes on Dakota social structure; diagrams of Dakota camping circles; his work editing Stephen R. Rigg's manuscripts; and notes on Assiniboine sociology.