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George Bushotter drawings to accompany his work on Lakota Tetons

National Museum of Natural History

Object Details

sova.naa.ms4800_ref1780
GUID
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3ce865717-2bc0-4fe9-92d2-1920a95e87f2
Local Numbers
NAA MS.4800: (3.1.1.3) [105]
Funding note
Digitization and preparation of these materials for online access has been funded through generous support from the Arcadia Fund.
Local Note
Old number 932 (part), changed to 1466
Album Information
MS 4800-105 000
Creator
Bushotter, George, 1864-1892
Collector
Dorsey, James Owen, 1848-1895
Collection Creator
Dorsey, James Owen, 1848-1895
Topic
Language and languages -- Documentation
Creator
Bushotter, George, 1864-1892
Collector
Dorsey, James Owen, 1848-1895
Culture
Lakota (Teton/Western Sioux)
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MS 4800 James O. Dorsey papers
MS 4800 James O. Dorsey papers / Series 1: Siouan-Catawban / 1.2: Dakota
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.
Biographical / Historical
George Bushotter (1864-1892), or Oteri, was a Teton Lakota born in Dakota Territory to a Yankton man and his wife Grey Whirlwind, a Minneconjou Lakota. Raised to be a warrior, Bushotter nevertheless left to study at the Hampton Institute in Virginia from 1878-1881. He entered the Theological Seminary of Virginia in 1885 to become a minister, but his inadequate knowledge of English made the study of Latin and Greek incredibly difficult for him. At the advice of the faculty, Bushotter left the seminary in 1887. While at Hampton, he met Rev. James Owen Dorsey and recognized the potential in working with him to complete ethnographic studies, and worked with the BAE for approximately ten months in 1887. His primary contributions were in the comparative linguistics of Teton Lakota, writing myths and other texts in Lakota, and assisting Dorsey in creating the synonomy of Lakota tribal names that formed a major part of what was to become the Handbook of North American Indians North of Mexico. For more information on George Bushotter, see American Indian Intellectuals, ed. Margot Liberty, 1978.
Extent
10 Drawings (visual works) ((9 leaves), graphite and colored pencil, 21 x 22 cm.-29 x 46 cm.)
Date
1887
Archival Repository
National Anthropological Archives
Type
Archival materials
Drawings (visual works)
Ledger drawings
Collection Citation
Manuscript 4800 James O. Dorsey papers, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Collection Rights
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Genre/Form
Ledger drawings
Scope and Contents
Ten drawings on nine leaves. Illustrations of figures and materials relating to the Sun Dance, Ghost Lodge, and Heyoka.
Collection Restrictions
The James O. Dorsey Papers are open for research. Access to the James O. Dorsey Papers requires an appointment
NAA.MS4800_ref1780
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw3ce865717-2bc0-4fe9-92d2-1920a95e87f2
NAA.MS4800
NAA
Record ID
ebl-1629288015215-1629288015630-1

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