MS 2005 Fish gens; Wisakea dance and miscellaneous stories Ethnology; legends
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content: NAA MS 2005
name: label: Collector
content: Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938
label: Informant
content: Peters, Sam, 1885-
label: Translator
content: Poweshiek, Horace
topic: label: Topic
content: Wisakea Dance -- Fox
label: Topic
content: Folklore -- Fox
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content: Fish gens -- Fox
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content: Language and languages -- Documentation
creator: label: Collector
content: Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938
label: Informant
content: Peters, Sam, 1885-
label: Translator
content: Poweshiek, Horace
culture: label: Culture
content: Fox -- Folklore
label: Culture
content: Fox -- Wisakea Dance
label: Culture
content: Fox -- Fish gens
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 203 Pages
unitdate: label: Date
content: undated
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS2005
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content: Collection descriptions
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content: Archival materials
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content: Pages
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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).
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This manuscript consists of five texts by Sam Peters in Meskwaki syllabary, with translations by Horace Poweshiek. The titles of the first two texts can be translated as "A story about the Fish Clan" and "When Wîsahkêha handed down a sacred pack." The last three texts are an untitled story about the prophecies of Smooth Belly; an untitled story about Prairie Dog; and an untitled winter story involving a transformation flight (a version of the story William Jones titled "Daughters of Mesōswa").