[Cheyenne and Kiowa field ledger]
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: NAA MS 2531 Vol. 5 James Mooney notebook on Cheyenne heraldry

MS 2531-05 000

MS 2538 James Mooney notes and drawings on Cheyenne and Kiowa heraldry (Box 2, Folder 3)
label: Conservation
content: The ledger book was disbound, laminated, and rebound by the BAE at an unknown date (circa 1960s). The binding was removed during processing in 2025.
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Mooney, James, 1861-1921
culture: label: Culture
content: Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne)
label: Culture
content: Kiowa
label: Culture
content: Plains Apache (Naisha/Kiowa Apache)
label: Culture
content: Inunaina (Arapaho)
setName: label: See more items in
content: James Mooney collection
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content: James Mooney collection / Series 3: Kiowa and Southern Plains / 3.2: Heraldry / Field notebooks
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1903-1906
container: label: Container
content: Box 19, Folder 1-8
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The Kiowa and Kiowa Apache material (pages 1-12 and 65-68) was separated from the volume at an unknown date, probably by Mooney.  The missing pages were identified by page number and comparison with Mooney's table of contents and reunited with the volume at the time of processing in 2025.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: A ledger book, now disbound, containing Mooney's notes and diagrams relating primarily to Cheyenne heraldry, including notes on shields, tipis, specific fights, raids, horse-gear, and war deeds.  Also includes information on Kiowa and Kiowa Apache shields and tipis and occasional references to the Arapaho; a short story, told to Mooney by Laura Pedrick, about how Lonewolf received his name; and notes about Adalboingyato's tipi and the Bird Shield, which originated with Adalboingyato and his wife.