Object Details
sova.naa.ms4800_ref107
- Collection Creator
- Dorsey, James Owen, 1848-1895
- See more items in
- MS 4800 James O. Dorsey papers
- MS 4800 James O. Dorsey papers / Series 1: Siouan-Catawban
- Sponsor
- Creation of this finding aid was funded through support from the Arcadia Fund. Digitization and preparation of additional materials for online access has been funded also by the National Science Foundation under BCS Grant No. 1561167 and the Recovering Voices initiative at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History.
- Archival Repository
- National Anthropological Archives
- Identifier
- NAA.MS4800, Subseries 1.2
- Type
- Archival materials
- Collection Citation
- Manuscript 4800 James O. Dorsey papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
- Collection Rights
- Contact the repository for terms of use.
- Scope and Contents
- In 1887, George Bushotter, a Teton (Lakota) man, was employed by the Bureau of American Ethnology to provide information about the Dakota language and culture. Working closely with Dorsey, Bushotter provided over 200 Teton texts, consisting of stories, historical accounts, explanations of Dakota customs and beliefs, and Bushotter's autobiography. These texts can be found in this subseries, along with Bushotter's illustrations for some of the texts, and English translations. Some of the texts include revisions and notes by John Bruyier of Cheyenne River Agency, with whom Dorsey worked in the following year. The subseries also contains notes on Dakota social structure; diagrams of Dakota camping circles; his work editing Stephen R. Rigg's manuscripts; and notes on Assiniboine sociology.
- Collection Restrictions
- The James O. Dorsey Papers are open for research. Access to the James O. Dorsey Papers requires an appointment
NAA.MS4800_ref107
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NAA.MS4800
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- Record ID
- ebl-1503512914364-1503512914403-1