Two letters from Ella Deloria to Franz Boas, dated February 24 and August 28, years unspecified, but may be circa 1930s. Also includes two short typewritten documents titled "Santees at Griswold, Canada" and "About Length of Vowels (Fr. Buechel's Grammar)."
Discusses the significance and circumstances of receiving personal names and nicknames for both men and women. Followed by examples the personal names and nicknames of the Lakota names of 18 particular "Teton" men who are Blackfeet (Sihásapa), Sans Arcs (Itázipčho), Oglala, and Hunkpapa. In English with Lakota names and English explanations.; ACLS Collection, item X8a.11
American Council of Learned Societies Committee on Native American Languages, American Philosophical Society (Mss.497.3.B63c); http://www.amphilsoc.org/collections/view?docId=ead/Mss.497.3.B63c-ead.xml
Includes: text with literal and free translations; discussion of prohibition against a man's traveling with/being alone with a woman not his wife and of aversion to open attempts by a woman to gain a man's attention.; ACLS collection, item X8a.13
American Council of Learned Societies Committee on Native American Languages, American Philosophical Society (Mss.497.3.B63c); http://www.amphilsoc.org/collections/view?docId=ead/Mss.497.3.B63c-ead.xml
Includes: text ("Joseph Paints-Yellow at Santee") with literal and free translations; explanatory comments; grammatical notes.; ACLS collection, item X8a.19
Typewritten listing of Dakota and Lakota language materials created and sent to Franz Boas. Appears to correspond with most or all of the Ella Deloria materials in the ACLS Collection [Mss.497.3.B63c].
Consists of four maps pasted together. Annotations by A. Irving Hallowell most likely made circa 1930s-1960s. Annotations include outlines of hunting territories and trap lines related to multiple Ojibwe bands, including Poplar River Band, Bloodvein River Band, Deer Lake Band, and Hole River Band. Map #: 614.1: n.d.: W731etr Large. 89.5 x 121 cm.; Colored.
