MS 1880 Fox story by Alfred Kiyana on the one who made people come by drumming
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: NAA MS 1880
label: Local Note
content: Title changed from "Ethnology Legends" 3/19/214.
name: label: Collector
content: Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938
label: Creator
content: Kiyana, Alfred, 1877-1918
place: label: Place
content: Tama (Iowa)
topic: label: Topic
content: Language and languages -- Documentation
label: Topic
content: Fox language
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
culture: label: Culture
content: Fox
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 29 Pages
unitdate: label: Date
content: undated
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS1880
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Folklore
label: Type
content: Narratives
label: Type
content: Manuscripts
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).
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: This manuscript is a winter story whose title can be translated as "What befell an Indian of long ago who knew how to bring his enemies by drumming, and who was blessed by a buffalo, half of which was a snake, they say." It was handwritten by Alfred Kiyana in Meskwaki syllabary and collected by Truman Michelson in Tama, Iowa.