MS 1719 Fox feather legend by Sam Peters
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: NAA MS 1719
label: Local Note
content: Title changed from "Feather Legend" 3/26/2014.
name: label: Collector
content: Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938
label: Informant
content: Peters, Sam, 1885-
label: Translator
content: Poweshiek, Ida
topic: label: Topic
content: Language and languages -- Documentation
label: Topic
content: Fox language
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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: Informant
content: Peters, Sam, 1885-
label: Translator
content: Poweshiek, Ida
culture: label: Culture
content: Fox
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 49 Pages
unitdate: label: Date
content: undated
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS1719
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Pages
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content: Manuscripts
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content: Narratives
label: Type
content: Folklore
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.
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content: Manuscripts
label: Genre/Form
content: Narratives
label: Genre/Form
content: Folklore
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Feather legend handwritten by Sam Peters in Meskwaki (Fox) syllabary with English translation by Ida Poweshiek. See Manuscript 1879 for a version by Harry Lincoln; see Manuscript 2082 for versions by Alfred Kiyana and Bill Leaf; see William Jones Fox Texts (Late E. J. Brill, 1907) for a version by an unnamed author.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Manuscript 1879, Manuscript 2024, and Manuscript 2082