Mandan-Hidatsa Ethnohistory and Linguistics
Date: 1969
Contributor: Bowers, Alfred W. | Eagle, Annie Crows Heart | Otter Sage, Mrs. | Stevenson, Rufus
Subject: Folklore | Medicine | North Dakota--History | Religion | Social life and customs
Type: Sound recording
Genre: Autobiographies | Conversations | Stories
Extent: 19 sound tape reels (155 hr., 29 min.) : DIGITIZED
Description: Primarily consists of autobiographical stories, creation stories, and medicine stories collected by Alfred W. Bowers in earlier decades. The stories are read in segments in Bowers' English translation to two native consultants, who then translate the material into both Mandan and Hidatsa, or occasionally into either Mandan or Hidatsa alone. A small number of stories are told in Mandan only. Also includes English discussions of the Mandan and Hidatsa domestic life, material culture, personal reminscences, and histories of the Crow-Flies-High Band and the Fort Buford and Fort Berthold settlements. Bowers' original table of contents also available. Recorded at Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, North Dakota, in 1969. (NOTE: This material has been digitized and can be accessed online for free by users not physically at the APS Library through a login and password. Please see our Audio Access Page for information on how to request these materials.)
Collection: Mandan-Hidatsa Ethnohistory and Linguistics Mss.Rec.81