Truman Michelson notes on Cheyenne and Sutaio
Truman Michelson notes on Cheyenne and Sutaio
MS 2684-a Truman Michelson notes on Cheyenne and Sutaio
NAA MS 2684-a
Cheyenne and Sutaio notes collected by Truman Michelson from Wolf Chief, Bull Thigh, and Wrapped Hair, with Milton Whiteman as interpreter. Subjects include: Sutaio-Cheyenne history, Cheyenne relationship terms, joking relationship, English-Cheyenne-Sutaio vocabulary, Cheyenne soldier societies (Red Hoof society, Dog Soldiers, Elk society, Fox soldiers), Sutaio tales (Everybody starving, Prairie chicken), Sutaio customs, Cheyenne customs, and berdaches. According to the BAE catalog card, these notes were collected in Clinton, Oklahoma, which is most likely incorrect. His 1913-1914 correspondence in the Records of the BAE and the 35th BAE Annual Report indicate that he conducted fieldwork on the Sutaio during this period at Tongue River Reservation in Montana.
Manuscript 2684-a, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Negative microfilm
Digital surrogates are available online.
Title changed from "Notes on Cheyenne and Sutaio. August 11-15, 1913" 4/7/2014.