MS 2655 Seven Fox stories by Alfred Kiyana, Sakihtanohkweha, and Jack Bullard
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: NAA MS 2655
label: Local Note
content: Title updated from "Texts" 3/28/2014.
name: label: Collector
content: Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938
label: Creator
content: Kiyana, Alfred, 1877-1918
label: Creator
content: Bullard, Jack
label: Creator
content: Sakihtanohkweha, 1875-1957
label: Translator
content: Poweshiek, Horace
topic: label: Topic
content: Fox language
label: Topic
content: Language and languages -- Documentation
label: Topic
content: Meskwaki; Sauk & Fox
label: Topic
content: Indians of North America -- Northeast
creator: label: Collector
content: Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938
label: Creator
content: Kiyana, Alfred, 1877-1918
label: Creator
content: Bullard, Jack
label: Creator
content: Sakihtanohkweha, 1875-1957
label: Translator
content: Poweshiek, Horace
culture: label: Culture
content: Fox
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 63 Items (0.63 linear feet (638 pages)
unitdate: label: Date
content: undated
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS2655
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Folklore
label: Type
content: Narratives
label: Type
content: Manuscripts
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Digital surrogates are available online.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Folklore
label: Genre/Form
content: Narratives
label: Genre/Form
content: Manuscripts
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Seven stories handwritten in Meskwaki (Fox) syllabic text by Alfred Kiyana, Sakihtanohkweha (Mrs. Bill Leaf), and Jack Bullard, with English translations by Horace Poweshiek. These were collected by Truman Michelson in Tama, Iowa. The texts by Alfred Kiyana are "The man who married a giant woman," (text 23 pages, translation 18 pages); "When the ghosts cheated the Frenchmen," (text 7 pages, translation 5 pages); "Ten men," (text 13 pages, translation 10 pages); "Ghost, A man who had been a ghost and was a manitou," (text 49 pages, translation 40 pages); and "Wisahkeha dance," (text 197 pages, translation 94 pages). Sakihtanohkweha authored "Turkey-owner" (text 23 pages, translation 22 pages) and Jack Bullard authored "[The one who owned a wooden witch image]" (text 48 pages, translation 48 pages).