MS 2011 Fox syllabic text by George Black Cloud on sacred pack of the Bear Clan

Object Details

Local Numbers

NAA MS 2011

Collector

Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938

Informant

Black Cloud, George

Translator

Poweshiek, Horace

Topic

Fox language

Language and languages -- Documentation

Medicine bundles

Meskwaki; Sauk & Fox

Indians of North America -- Northeast

Collector

Michelson, Truman, 1879-1938

Informant

Black Cloud, George

Translator

Poweshiek, Horace

Culture

Fox

Sponsor

Digitization and preparation of these materials for online access has been funded through generous support from the Arcadia Fund.

Extent

312 Pages

Date

1925

Archival Repository

National Anthropological Archives

Identifier

NAA.MS2011

Type

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Folklore

Narratives

Citation

Manuscript 2011, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Processing Information

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).

Existence and Location of Copies

Digital surrogates are available online.

Bibliography

A variation of Poweshiek's English translation was published in BAE Bulletin 85(1927): 117-159 as "A Sacred Pack Called Sakimahkwewa Belonging to the Bear Gens of the Fox Indians."

Genre/Form

Folklore

Narratives

Scope and Contents

This manuscript consists of a text by George Black Cloud about the Sâkimâhkwêwa Sacred Pack of the Bear Clan. It is in Meskwaki syllabary with an English translation by Horace Poweshiek. Truman Michelson added grammatical notes throughout the texts.

Record ID

ebl-1538100012258-1538100012260-0

Metadata Usage

CC0

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw32c5f9e00-56cb-47ac-8bc4-a01796a34304