Guide to the Indigenous Materials at the American Philosophical Society

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Dakota and Lakota materials, ACLS collection

Culture:

Oceti Sakowin includes: Očhéthi Šakówiŋ, Sioux

Lakota

Dakota includes: Dakȟóta

Language:Dakota | English | Lakota

Date:1838-1938 (bulk 1930s)

Type:Text

Extent:7500+ pages, 3300+ slips; 2 notebooks

Description: The Dakota and Lakota materials in the ACLS collection consist of a very large and diverse set of materials, and are located in the "Dakota" section of the finding aid, which provides a detailed listing of all contents. The vast majority of these materials were composed and assembled by Ella Deloria during the 1930s, both recorded from contemporary speakers and from various historical manuscript sources, which were sent to Franz Boas. The bulk of Deloria's materials are stories and speeches in typewritten manuscript form, with a transcription in the original language, followed by a literal word-for-word translation, then a free translation in English, and a section of footnotes commenting upon the original text and translation decisions. Some of her manuscripts occasionally lack one or more of these sections. These texts cover a wide range of topics, from traditional narratives, historical accounts, autobiographical stories, descriptions of games, customs, ceremonies, etc., and speeches, often concerning political affairs and economic conditions from the late-19th century to the 1930s. Names of numerous speakers are also given in the manuscripts themselves. Some of these materials were published, but most were not. Note that Deloria identifies the language recorded by using the terms "Teton" for Lakota language, and "Santee" and "Yankton" to indicate Eastern and Western dialects of Dakota language. The collection also includes a much smaller amount of material by Boas and others, primarily consisting of linguistics notes and musical analysis. A full list of places where the material was recorded has not yet been assembled.

Collection:ACLS Collection (American Council of Learned Societies Committee on Native American Languages, American Philosophical Society) (Mss.497.3.B63c)

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Maya materials, Floyd G. Lounsbury Papers

Culture:

Zuni includes: A:shiwi

Tzeltal includes: Winik Atel, Batzil’op

Maya

Mixe includes: Ayuukjä'äy

Language:English | French | Yucateco | Spanish | Mayan, Classical

Date:1963-1995

Type:Still Image | Text | Sound recording

Description: The Maya materials in the Lounsbury Papers are extensive. The correspondence in Series I includes a Motul (Mayan) dictionary, discussion about translating Maya glyphs and calendrical calculations, the Popol Vuh. Series II consists of articles and manuscripts from a project identified as "Maya kinship unfin. project." Much of this work is focused on interpreting Maya hieroglyphs. In Series VII there are a number of recordings of Yucatec Maya made in the 1960s focused on vocabulary. The correspondence, in Series I, includes a dictionary by Rene Acuna, Lloyd Anderson's Etymologies of Mayan calendrical and astronomical terms, Anthony Aveni's interpretation of Maya hieroglyphs, Brent Berlin's decipherment of Maya hieroglyphs, Gordon Brotherston's comments on FGL's manuscript on Maya dates, Lyle Campbell's bibliography of Mayan linguistics, Wallace Chafe on how FGL got into the study of Maya hieroglyphics, Michael Coe's report that Soviets were successful in using a computer to translate Maya hieroglyphs, R. David Drucker's comparison of Aztec and Maya calendars, Dieter Dutting on Maya hieroglyphs; transformational analysis of Yucatec.

Collection:Floyd G. Lounsbury Papers (Mss.Ms.Coll.95)

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Thomas Abler Papers

Culture:

Seneca includes: Onöndowága

Language:English

Date:1848-2004, bulk 1961-1968

Contributor:Abler, Thomas S., (Thomas Struthers), 1941-2019

Subject:Politics and government | New York (State)--History | Pennsylvania--History

Type:Text | Still Image

Extent:3 linear feet

Description: This collection contains documentation of the formation of the Seneca Nation of Indians in the 19th century as well as the protest to and aftermath of the construction of the Kinzua Dam that flooded Seneca land.

Collection:Thomas Abler Papers (Mss.Ms.Coll.277)

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Victor George Heiser Papers

Culture:

Aztec

Language:English

Date:1927

Contributor:Heiser, Victor George, 1873-1972

Subject:Orthography and spelling

Type:Still Image

Genre:Calendars | Photographs

Extent:1 photograph

Description: Black and white photograph of a stone carving of the Aztec calendar, with placard, at the National Museum of Mexico. Photograph Collection: U5.8.80

Collection:Victor George Heiser Papers (Mss.B.H357.p)