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oai:indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org:9149

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Title:Ojibwe materials, American Philosophical Society Archives
Contributor:Belcourt, George Antoine, 1803-1874
James, Edwin, 1797-1861
Hoffman, Walter James, 1846-1899
McKenney, Thomas Loraine, 1785-1859
Du Ponceau, Peter Stephen, 1760-1844
Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878
Date:1831-1886
Description: Materials relating to Ojibwe language and culture at the American Philosophical Society. Topics include George Antoine Belcourt's French-Ojibwe dictionary, particularly plans for its the presentation of Belcourt's memoir by the Smithsonian; a recent fire at the Smithsonian requiring $200,000 in repair work; Edwin James' Chippewa New Testament and his desire to publish a Chippewa grammar under the auspices of the APS; Walter James Hoffman's work at White Earth, Minnesota, where observed the Grand Medicine (Medawin) dance in detail and collected pictographic records of same on birch bark; Thomas L. McKenney's donation of a manuscript of McKenney (1827), out of respect to John Vaughan and the APS. Other individuals mentioned include Stephen H. Long, Ferdinand V. Hayden, J. Peter Lesley, Pliny E. Chase, and Judge William C. Frazer (Superior County, Wisconsin Territory).
Extent:10 items
Identifier:https://indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org/entry/9149
Language:Ojibwa
English
French
Language (ISO639):oji
eng
fra
Subject:Ojibwe
Linguistics
Algonquian languages
Dance
Ethnography
Orthography and spelling
Type:Correspondence
Reports
Type (DCMI):Text
Type (OLAC):lexicon

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Archive:  Indigenous Materials at the American Philosophical Society
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DateStamp:  2020-03-02
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Citation: Belcourt, George Antoine, 1803-1874; James, Edwin, 1797-1861; Hoffman, Walter James, 1846-1899; McKenney, Thomas Loraine, 1785-1859; Du Ponceau, Peter Stephen, 1760-1844; Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878. 1831-1886. Indigenous Materials at the American Philosophical Society.
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