MS 4384 Ojibwa story by Marie Syrette of Nanabushu swallowed by the Sturgeon

Object Details

Local Numbers: NAA MS 4384
Local Note: Title changed from "Nanabosho (Nanabushu) swallowed by the Sturgeon 1916" 6/10/2014.

Topic: Nanabush (Legendary character); Ojibwa language; Language and languages -- Documentation; Nanabosho; Indians of North America -- Northeast

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

Type: Collection descriptions; Archival materials; Pages; Folklore; Narratives

Citation: Manuscript 4384, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Bibliography: Texts published in William Jones' "Ojibwa Texts," Publications of the American Ethnological Society, Volume VII, Parts I (editor Truman Michelson), 1917.

Scope and Contents: Typed page proofs of "Nanabushu swallowed by the Sturgeon" in Anishinaabemowin (Ojibwa) with English translation. The story was collected by William Jones (1971-1909) from Marie Syrette (originally from Lake Nipigon) at Fort William, Ontario, sometime during 1903-1905. The texts were sent in 1916 to Truman Michelson, who was preparing the Ojibwa stories collected by Jones for publication the following year. According to Ives Goddard the dialect of the Ojibwa text is from the north shore region of Lake Superior (8/19/75).

Other Archival Materials: See also Manuscript 4752 for additional Ojibwa stories collected by William Jones.