MS 1834 Autobiography of a Fox man by Alfred Kiyana
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: NAA MS 1834
name: label: Collector
content: Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938
label: Creator
content: Kiyana, Alfred, 1877-1918
label: Translator
content: Poweshiek, Ida
place: label: Place
content: Tama (Iowa)
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: Translator
content: Poweshiek, Ida
culture: label: Culture
content: Fox
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Alfred Kiyana (1877-1918) was one of the most prolific and accomplished Meskwaki (Fox) writers that assisted Truman Michelson in his research on the language.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 10 Items (0.42 linear feet (588 pages))
unitdate: label: Date
content: undated
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS1834
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Autobiographies
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The description of this manuscript was updated in 2024 based on information provided by Dr. Patricia Afable, Research Assistant to the Linguistic Editor of the Handbook of North American Indians, and Dr. Lucy Thomason, National Museum of Natural History Museum Technician (linguistics).
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Autobiographies
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This collection contains Alfred Kiyana's autobiography of his boyhood, handwritten in Meskwaki syllabary, with an English translation by Ida Poweshiek.