MS 2822 Cheyenne stories and ethnological notes collected by Truman Michelson
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content: NAA MS 2822
label: Local Note
content: Title changed from "Ethnological notes on Cheyenne origin myths, camp divisions, war societies, weapons, dances, camp circle, and personal narratives and stories, August-September 1919" 4/1/2014.
name: label: Creator
content: Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938
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content: American Horse, 1840-1908
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content: Bull Thigh, circa 1829-
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content: Grasshopper, circa 1857-
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content: Handing Crow (Cheyenne)
label: Creator
content: Iron Shirt, circa 1835-
label: Creator
content: Left Hand Bull, circa 1826-
label: Creator
content: Medicine Top
label: Creator
content: Sweet Medicine, circa 1867
label: Creator
content: White Bull, circa 1835-
label: Creator
content: White Eagle, circa 1853-
label: Creator
content: Somers, William Abe, circa 1865-
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content: Duster, Albert, circa 1889- (interpreter)
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content: Wolf Chief, circa 1851
place: label: Place
content: Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation (Mont.)
topic: label: Topic
content: Social structure
label: Topic
content: Indian dance -- North America
label: Topic
content: Cheyenne language
label: Topic
content: Language and languages -- Documentation
label: Topic
content: Ethnology
creator: label: Creator
content: Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938
label: Creator
content: American Horse, 1840-1908
label: Creator
content: Bull Thigh, circa 1829-
label: Creator
content: Grasshopper, circa 1857-
label: Creator
content: Handing Crow (Cheyenne)
label: Creator
content: Iron Shirt, circa 1835-
label: Creator
content: Left Hand Bull, circa 1826-
label: Creator
content: Medicine Top
label: Creator
content: Sweet Medicine, circa 1867
label: Creator
content: White Bull, circa 1835-
label: Creator
content: White Eagle, circa 1853-
label: Creator
content: Somers, William Abe, circa 1865-
label: Creator
content: Duster, Albert, circa 1889- (interpreter)
label: Creator
content: Wolf Chief, circa 1851
culture: label: Culture
content: Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne)
label: Culture
content: Indians of North America -- Great Plains
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 158 Pages
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1910
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS2822
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Pages
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content: Field notes
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content: Folklore
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content: Narratives
label: Type
content: Manuscripts
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content: Field notes
label: Genre/Form
content: Folklore
label: Genre/Form
content: Narratives
label: Genre/Form
content: Manuscripts
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Cheyenne stories and ethnological notes collected by Truman Michelson at the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation in Montana. Michelson worked with William Somers, White Bull, White Eagle, Albert Duster, Wolf Chief, Left Hand Bull, American Horse, Grasshopper, Iron Shirt, Medicine Top, Handing Crow, Sweet Medicine, and Bull Thigh. The topics include camp divisions, war societies, weapons, dances, camp circle, personal narratives, and origin myths. Somers, who served as translator for Michelson, also authored many of the stories in this collection. These include: "Story of Great Foolish Dogs Society," "Morning Star or White Rabbit," "The Star Husband," "Indian looking for work," and "Story of Pipe and Smoke."