MS 2777 Fifteen Fox stories collected by Truman Michelson
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: NAA MS 2777
label: Local Note
content: Title changed from "Legends" 4/29/2014.
name: label: Collector
content: Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938
label: Creator
content: Kiyana, Alfred, 1877-1918
label: Creator
content: Leaf, Bill
label: Creator
content: Lincoln, Harry
label: Creator
content: Sakihtanohkweha, 1875-1957
topic: label: Topic
content: Fox language
label: Topic
content: Language and languages -- Documentation
label: Topic
content: Meskwaki; Sauk & Fox
label: Topic
content: Indians of North America -- Northeast
creator: label: Collector
content: Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938
label: Creator
content: Kiyana, Alfred, 1877-1918
label: Creator
content: Leaf, Bill
label: Creator
content: Lincoln, Harry
label: Creator
content: Sakihtanohkweha, 1875-1957
culture: label: Culture
content: Fox
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.21 Linear feet (288 pages)
unitdate: label: Date
content: undated
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS2777
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Folklore
label: Type
content: Narratives
label: Type
content: Manuscripts
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Folklore
label: Genre/Form
content: Narratives
label: Genre/Form
content: Manuscripts
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Fifteen Fox stories handwritten in Meskwaki (Fox) syllabary by Alfred Kiyana, Bill Leaf, Harry Lincoln, and Sakihtanohkweha (Mrs. Bill Leaf). These were collected by Truman Michelson in Tama, Iowa.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Nine of the texts are by Bill Leaf. They include: 'Menominees,' 'The friends,' 'Good treatment,' 'When many Sioux were killed,' 'The one who had an elm tree growing out of his chest,' and 'When they were first given guns.' Alfred Kiyana authored 2 texts: 'The man who had two wives' and 'The boys who lived with their mother.' Harry Lincoln also authored 2 texts, one of which is 'Redstone pipe.' Sakihtanohkweha authored 'Buffalo hunters'.