MS 2656 Three Fox stories by Alfred Kiyana
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: NAA MS 2656
label: Local Note
content: Title changed from "Story of a great snake" 3/28/2014.
name: label: Collector
content: Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938
label: Creator
content: Kiyana, Alfred, 1877-1918
label: Translator
content: Poweshiek, Ida
topic: label: Topic
content: Fox language
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content: Language and languages -- Documentation
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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: Translator
content: Poweshiek, Ida
culture: label: Culture
content: Fox
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 74 Pages
unitdate: label: Date
content: undated
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS2656
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Pages
label: Type
content: Folklore
label: Type
content: Narratives
label: Type
content: Manuscripts
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
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Three handwritten stories in Meskwaki (Fox) syllabic text by Alfred Kiyana, collected by Truman Michelson in Tama, Iowa. The stories are "The story of a great big snake," with an English translation by Ida Poweshiek; "South wind dance;" and "The man who was blessed by an evil manitou long ago," with brief notes by Truman Michelson.