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oai:indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org:10343

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Title:Ojibwe materials, Alfred Irving Hallowell Papers
Contributor:Hallowell, A. Irving (Alfred Irving), 1892-1974
Berens, William, 1866-1947
Berens, Gordon
Bigmouth, Adam
Watrous, B.
Keeper, John
Keeper, Alec
Date:1932-1949
Description: The Ojibwe materials in the A. Irving Hallowell Papers are extensive. Hallowell focused on three regions of Ojibwe territory: Berens River in north, central Canada (Pikangikum, Pauingassi, Poplar River; Little Grand Rapids First Nations) and Lac du Flambeau in Wisconsin. Hallowell was particularly interested in psychological anthropology. Both the Berens River and Lac du Flambeau materials in Series V, for example, includes ethnographic information on taboos, incest regulations, Rorschach tests, dreams, and acculturation. Hallowell's interests in traditional knowledge are represented by descriptions of the practice of the Midewiwin religion; traditional stories about Wisakedjak and Toxkabec [sp?], Memegwesiug, Windigos, and Thunderbirds. Of particular interest in the Lac du Flambeau materials are hundred of pages of family biographies in Series V and photographs with the names of community members in Series VI, Subseries B. Of particular interest in the Berens River materials are maps of traditional hunting grounds, a diagram of Ojibwe cosmology, an autobiography by Hallowell's collaborator Chief William Berens, 29 folders of "Myths and Tales" all in Series V. There are hundreds of photographs from the region, with many community members identified, in Series VI, Subseries A. The correspondence, in Series I, includes Robert Ritzenhaler's description of a shaking tent ceremony by Ojibwe in Wisconsin; a detailed account of Joseph Fiddler's trial for murdering a windigo in the folder labled Royal Canadian Mounted Police; papers sent by Morton Teicher detailing incidents of windigo in Canada (50+ pages); a letter from Frances Densmore describing a shaking tent ceremony; and several letters from Chief William Berens providing information about Ojibwe people in the photographs in Series VI.
Identifier:https://indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org/entry/10343
Language:Northwestern Ojibwa
English
Chippewa
Language (ISO639):ojb
eng
ciw
Spatial Coverage:Lac du Flambeau
Pauingassi
Poplar Hill
Pikangikum
Red Lake
Berens River
Sagkeeng (Fort Alexander)
Little Grand Rapids
Nipissing
Island Lake
Jackhead
Fishing Lake
Hollow Water
Deer Lake
Ponask
Duck Lake
Subject:Ojibwe
Architecture
Drums
Ethnography
Clothing and dress
Hunting
Psychology
Animals
Personal names
Linguistics
Kinship
Material culture
Folklore
Medicine
Religion
Basketry
Genealogy
Economics
Sexuality
Diseases
Blood quantum
Rites and ceremonies
Tools
Tattoing
Maps
Cosmology
Type:Biographies
Drawings
Bibliographies
Notes
Diaries
Correspondence
Charts
Photographs
Pictographs
Rorschach tests
Sketches
Autobiographies
Maps
Cartographic
Type (DCMI):Text
StillImage
Type (OLAC):primary_text
lexicon

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Archive:  Indigenous Materials at the American Philosophical Society
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OaiIdentifier:  oai:indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org:10343
DateStamp:  2020-03-02
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Citation: Hallowell, A. Irving (Alfred Irving), 1892-1974; Berens, William, 1866-1947; Berens, Gordon; Bigmouth, Adam; Watrous, B.; Keeper, John; Keeper, Alec. 1932-1949. Indigenous Materials at the American Philosophical Society.
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