Potawatomi language recordings
Culture:
Potawatomi includes: Pottawotomi, Neshnabé, Bodéwadmi
Anishinaabe includes: Anishinaabeg, Anishinabe, Nishnaabe, Anishinabek
Language: English | Potawatomi
Date: 1992
Contributor: Buszard-Welcher, Laura A. | Louis, Ella | Wesaw, Julia | Wesaw, Martin
Subject: Education | Botany | Food | Language study and teaching | Material culture | Michigan--History | Military service | Pottery | Social life and customs | Boarding schools
Type: Sound recording
Genre: Elicitation sessions | Interviews | Vocabularies
Extent: 16 audiocassettes (18 hr., 4 min.) : DIGITIZED
Description: Recordings of the Potawatomi language made with speakers Ella Louis, Julia Wesaw, and Martin Wesaw. Most of the recordings consist of interview sessions that include elicitation of miscellaneous Potawatomi words and phrases, as well as words for animals, birds, and household items. Some of the interviews also discussions of various topics such as basket-making, berry picking, pottery, and cooking, and autobiographical stories about boarding school, racial discrimination, military service, speaking Potawatomi, and other topics. (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: Potawatomi language recordings Mss.Rec.193