MS 2821 Ojibwa notes and stories collected by Truman Michelson
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: NAA MS 2821
label: Local Note
content: Title changed from "Legend; ethnology" 5/1/2014.
name: label: Collector
content: Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938
label: Creator
content: Brown, Julius, circa 1869
label: Creator
content: Big-Bear, circa 1852-
topic: label: Topic
content: Ojibwa language
label: Topic
content: Language and languages -- Documentation
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content: Linguistics
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content: Ethnology
label: Topic
content: Kinship
label: Topic
content: Indians of North America -- Northeast
creator: label: Collector
content: Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938
label: Creator
content: Brown, Julius, circa 1869
label: Creator
content: Big-Bear, circa 1852-
culture: label: Culture
content: Chippewa
label: Culture
content: Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa)
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 58 Pages
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1911
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS2821
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
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
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content: Vocabulary
bibliography: label: Bibliography
content: Edited versions of Julius Brown's translations of Big Bear's stories were published by Michelson in "Ojibwa Tales," Journal of American Folklore, 24: 249-250.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Folklore
label: Genre/Form
content: Narratives
label: Genre/Form
content: Manuscripts
label: Genre/Form
content: Vocabulary
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Linguistic and ethnological notes and texts from Truman Michelson's work in 1911 with members of an Ojibwa delegation from White Earth, Minnesota, visiting Washington, D.C. The materials include notes on kinship terms, vocabulary, paradigms, and the tribe's social organization. Michelson also obtained stories in Ojibwa from Big Bear with English translations from Julius Brown.