MS 2501 Ten Fox stories by Alfred Kiyana, Bill Leaf, and unidentified writers
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content: NAA MS 2501
label: Local Note
content: Jack Bullard was originally identified as one of the writers, but his handwriting does not match of any of the texts. Title changed from "Legends" 3/27/2014.
name: label: Collector
content: Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938
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content: Kiyana, Alfred, 1877-1918
label: Creator
content: Leaf, Bill
label: Translator
content: Lincoln, Harry
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: Translator
content: Lincoln, Harry
culture: label: Culture
content: Fox
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 199 Pages
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content: undated
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS2501
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
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Digital surrogates are available online.
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content: Folklore
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content: Narratives
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content: Manuscripts
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content: Stories handwritten in Meskwaki (Fox) syllabary by Alfred Kiyana, Bill Leaf, and two unidentified writers, with English translations from Harry Lincoln in Truman Michelson's hand. These were collected by Michelson in Tama, Iowa. One text, titled "The buffalo who lived with an Indian woman," is by Alfred Kiyana. Bill Leaf authored "Two men, one became a fish," "Indian Baseball Wisahkeha and Turtle," and "Indian cowboy Wisahkeha." There is an English translation of a fourth text by Leaf, "Bill Leaf's French," but the original Meskwaki text is not present. The authors of the other 5 stories are unidentified. The titles are "A man who was torn to pieces," "The last time the Meskwakis had a war," "The Indian that came to be a manitou," "The person who was blessed by a hawk(?)," and "The man who was blessed by the Apayashihaki brothers."