MS 3396 Eskimo and Cree notes and texts collected by Truman Michelson at Great Whale River
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: NAA MS 3396
label: Local Note
content: Title changed from "Eskimo tales and vocabulary; some Indian tales; ethnology; kinship system summer of 1935" 6/3/2014.
name: label: Collector
content: Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938
label: Creator
content: Masty, David
place: label: Place
content: Great Whale River (Québec)
label: Place
content: Hudson Bay
label: Place
content: James Bay (Nunavut)
topic: label: Topic
content: Eskimo languages
label: Topic
content: Inuit language
label: Topic
content: Cree language
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content: Language and languages -- Documentation
label: Topic
content: Linguistics
label: Topic
content: Ethnologies
label: Topic
content: Kinship
creator: label: Collector
content: Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938
label: Creator
content: Masty, David
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimos
label: Culture
content: Inuit
label: Culture
content: Cree
label: Culture
content: Arctic peoples
label: Culture
content: Indians of North America -- Subarctic
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Notebooks
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1935 summer
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS3396
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Notebooks
label: Type
content: Folklore
label: Type
content: Narratives
label: Type
content: Manuscripts
label: Type
content: Field notes
label: Type
content: Vocabulary
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Digital surrogates are available online.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Folklore
label: Genre/Form
content: Narratives
label: Genre/Form
content: Manuscripts
label: Genre/Form
content: Field notes
label: Genre/Form
content: Vocabulary
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Handwritten texts and linguistic and ethnological notes from Truman Michelson's 1935 research among the Cree and Inuit at Great Whale River in Quebec, Canada. Among the people that Michelson worked with were David Masty and Thomas, speakers of Great Whale Cree; Rhoderick, a speaker of Rupert House Cree; and Cookie and Harrold, speakers of Great Whale River Inuit. The texts include stories by Masty in Cree syllabary with English translations by Rhoderick. Also present is an English translation by Harrold of Cookie's Inuit syllabic text in Manuscript 3393. The notes largely focus on the vocabulary and kinship systems of the Cree and Inuit of Great Whale River. There are also Rupert House Cree vocabulary as well as notes on the Cree and Inuit in neighboring areas at Hudson Bay and James Bay.
relatedmaterial: label: Other Archival Materials
content: See MS 3393 for the original Inuit text of Cookie's story.