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oai:indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org:10831

Metadata
Title:Material on Iroquois Dialects and Languages
Contributor:Antone, Betsy
Antone, Billy
Antone, Harry
Antone, Rosa
Benedict, Charles
Benedict, Charles, Mrs.
Benedict, Ernest
Christian, Albert
Cornplanter, Jesse J.
Curlyhead, Sadie
Cusick, Herbert
Dowdy, Lynn
Gansworth, Nellie
Henhawk, Floyd
Hickerson, Harold, 1923-
Homer, Pat
Jacobs, Elver
Jimerson, Laurence
Jimerson, Laurence, Mrs.
Johnny John, Amos
Johnny John, Colline
Johnny John, Richard
Jones, Albert
Lewis, Thomas
Lyons, Annie
Lyons, Louis
Mt. Pleasant, William
Owl, David
Owl, Jane
Redeye, Henry
Schanandoah, Chapman
Schanandoah, Chapman, Mrs.
Skye, Solon
Smith, Mr.
Smith, Mrs.
Smoke, Percy
Snow, Kenneth
Snow, Lena
Thomas, George, Jr.
Date:1950
Description: This collections consists of texts in several Iroquoian languages (Cayuga, Cherokee, Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Seneca, Tuscarora) recorded and played back to other speakers to test the mutual intelligibility of the languages for various speakers. The recordings comprise numerous texts in these languages, administered mutual intelligibility tests, stories, and conversations, all predominantly untranslated. Originally recorded on wire in the fall of 1950 at various locations in the United States and Canada. Later copied to sound tape reels. The native consultants involved in these recordings are as follows. The Cayuga language consultant was Jane Owl, recorded at Cattaraugus Indian Reservation (N.Y.) The Cherokee consultant was David Owl, recorded at Cattaraugus Indian Reservation (N.Y.) The Mohawk consultants were Ernest Benedict and Sadie Curlyhead, recorded at Saint Regis Mohawk Indian Reservation (N.Y.), and Ernest Benedict and Mr. & Mrs. Charles Benedict, recorded at Cornwall, Ontario. The Oneida consultants were Harry Antone, Betsy Antone, Rosa Antone, Billy Antone, and Mr. & Mrs. Chapman Schanandoah, recorded at the Onondaga Indian Reservation (N.Y.), and Albert Christian, recorded at Nedrow (N.Y.) The Onondaga consultants were Louis Lyons, recorded at the Cattaraugus Indian Reservation (N.Y.), and George Thomas, Jr., Percy Smoke, Thomas Lewis, Pat Homer, and Floyd Henhawk, recorded at the Onondaga Indian Reservation (N.Y.) The Seneca consultants were as follows: Annie Lyons, recorded at the Cattaraugus Indian Reservation (N.Y.); a Mr. & Mrs. Smith, recorded at the Oneida Nation of the Thames in southwestern Ontario; Richard Johnny John, Colline Johnny John, Amos Johnny John, Lena Snow, Kenneth Snow, Albert Jones, Hubert Cusick, Lynn Dowdy, Henry Redeye, Elver Jacobs, and Mr. & Mrs. Laurence Jimerson, recorded at the Allegany Indian Reservation (N.Y.); Jesse Cornplanter and Solon Skye, recorded at the Tonawanda Indian Reservation (N.Y.) The Tuscarora consultants were Nellie Gansworth and William Mt. Pleasant, recorded at the Tuscarora Indian Reservation (N.Y.)
Extent:7 sound tape reels (4 hr., 25 min.)
Identifier:https://indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org/entry/10831
Language:Seneca
Tuscarora
Mohawk
Oneida
Onondaga
English
Cayuga
Cherokee
Language (ISO639):see
tus
moh
one
ono
eng
cay
chr
Spatial Coverage:Tuscarora
Onondaga Nation
Oneida of the Thames
Cattaraugus
Allegany
Tonawanda
Subject:Cayuga
Cherokee
Haudenosaunee
Mohawk
Oneida
Onondaga
Seneca
Tuscarora
Folklore
Linguistics
Type:Autobiographies
Conversations
Type (DCMI):Sound
Type (OLAC):primary_text

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Archive:  Indigenous Materials at the American Philosophical Society
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DateStamp:  2020-03-02
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Citation: Antone, Betsy; Antone, Billy; Antone, Harry; Antone, Rosa; Benedict, Charles; Benedict, Charles, Mrs.; Benedict, Ernest; Christian, Albert; Cornplanter, Jesse J.; Curlyhead, Sadie; Cusick, Herbert; Dowdy, Lynn; Gansworth, Nellie; Henhawk, Floyd; Hickerson, Harold, 1923-; Homer, Pat; Jacobs, Elver; Jimerson, Laurence; Jimerson, Laurence, Mrs.; Johnny John, Amos; Johnny John, Colline; Johnny John, Richard; Jones, Albert; Lewis, Thomas; Lyons, Annie; Lyons, Louis; Mt. Pleasant, William; Owl, David; Owl, Jane; Redeye, Henry; Schanandoah, Chapman; Schanandoah, Chapman, Mrs.; Skye, Solon; Smith, Mr.; Smith, Mrs.; Smoke, Percy; Snow, Kenneth; Snow, Lena; Thomas, George, Jr. 1950. Indigenous Materials at the American Philosophical Society.
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