Two Fox texts on mortuary rites by Alfred Kiyana
Two Fox texts on mortuary rites by Alfred Kiyana
Two Fox texts on mortuary rites by Alfred Kiyana
MS 1892 Two Fox texts on mortuary rites by Alfred Kiyana
NAA MS 1892
This collection contains two texts on mortuary rites in Meskwaki (Fox) syllabary by Alfred Kiyana. The English translated titles are "When there is an adoption" and "Ghost Feast." These are accompanied by a notebook containing phonetic transcriptions by Tom Scott and Harry Lincoln and English translations by Truman Michelson. On the last page are grammatical notes by Michelson.
Manuscript 1892, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Digital surrogates are available online.
English translations were published in 40th Annual Report, Bureau of American Ethnology.