MS 1521 Letter to John Wesley Powell
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: NAA MS 1521
label: Local Note
content: Autograph letter signed
name: label: Creator
content: Neave, James L.
label: Addressee
content: Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902
topic: label: Topic
content: Body decoration, adornment and mutilations -- Dakota
label: Topic
content: Death and mortuary customs -- Dakota
creator: label: Creator
content: Neave, James L.
label: Addressee
content: Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902
culture: label: Culture
content: Lakota (Teton/Western Sioux)
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Neave was Agency Physician at Fort Berthold Agency.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 4 Pages
unitdate: label: Date
content: October 29, 1881
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS1521
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Report on self mutilation as a form of mourning for a deceased relatve. Letter was written at the request of Dr. W.J. Hoffman.