MS 2082 Fox stories of Feather and Wapasaiya collected by Truman Michelson
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content: NAA MS 2082
name: label: Collector
content: Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938
label: Creator
content: Kiyana, Alfred, 1877-1918
label: Creator
content: Leaf, Bill
label: Creator
content: Tesson, Joe, Jr.
label: Translator
content: Poweshiek, Horace
topic: label: Topic
content: Fox language
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content: Language and languages -- Documentation
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content: Meskwaki; Sauk & Fox
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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: Tesson, Joe, Jr.
label: Translator
content: Poweshiek, Horace
culture: label: Culture
content: Fox
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 135 Pages
unitdate: label: Date
content: undated
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS2082
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
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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
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The description of this manuscript was updated in 2024 based on information provided by Dr. Patricia Afable, Research Assistant to the Linguistic Editor of the Handbook of North American Indians, and Dr. Lucy Thomason, National Museum of Natural History Museum Technician (linguistics).
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
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content: Manuscripts
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This manuscript contains three texts by Alfred Kiyana, Joe Tesson Jr., and Bill Leaf in Meskwaki syllabary. They were collected by Truman Michelson in Tama, Iowa. The texts include "Wapasaya" by Joe Tesson Jr., "Feather" by Alfred Kiyana, and "Feather" by Bill Leaf (previously misattributed to Bullard). An English translation of Kiyana's text by Horace Poweshiek is also present.