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Title: Discussion of kinship terms in Ganonhsyoni ge'ah text
Identifier(s): audio:7989; APSdigrec_2691; Recording Number: 31; Program Number: 02
Source: Fenton, William. Onondaga text and translation of the Gibson-Goldenweiser text of the Deganawidah epic, 1969-1971. (Mss.Rec.125);
Subject: Onondaga language--Texts; Iroquois Indians--History; Deganawida; Onondaga Indians--Kinship; narrative; language_documentation
Date: 1971-09-18

Title: Discussion of Hand-in-Hand Dance
Identifier(s): audio:8493; APSdigrec_2110; Series: 07; Recording Number: 05; Program Number: 04
Source: Fenton, William N. Indian Language Field Recordings, 1948-1960. (Mss.Rec.138);
Subject: Seneca Indians--Music; Seneca dance; Seneca Indians--Social life and customs; singing
Date: 1951-05-19

Title: Acknowledgements, Indian Jokes
Identifier(s): audio:8532; APSdigrec_2153; Series: 10; Recording Number: 05; Program Number: 01
Source: Fenton, William N. Indian Language Field Recordings, 1948-1960. (Mss.Rec.138);
Subject: Powwows--New Mexico; Wit and humor
Date: 1950-06-28

Title: Chants of the Bigheads at the Midwinter Festival at Newtown Longhouse, Cattaraugus Reservation
Identifier(s): audio:3599; APSdigrec_2170; Recording Number: 01; Program Number: 01
Description: Introduction -- Early morning -- Noon -- Evening -- Final Song; This recording has been identified as culturally sensitive. Remote access and reproduction is restricted. Please contact the Curator of Native American Materials for more information.
Source: Fenton, William N. Seneca Chants and Ceremonies, 1949. (Mss.Rec.130);
Subject: Seneca Indians--Rites and ceremonies
Date: 1949-08-27

Title: Seneca Texts for the Green Corn Festival
Identifier(s): audio:3589; local: APSdigrec_2167; local: 01; local: 01
Description: Announcement of day's ceremony -- Announcement for naming babies at First Day Green Corn Dance -- Announcement with cries by member of Snipe clan of a name of boy baby with cries -- Closing Address 4th Day Green Corn Festival after Bowl Game; thanks to all who have participated; chiefs, officials, singers, dancers, warriors to end 4 ceremonies; This recording has been identified as culturally sensitive. Remote access and reproduction is restricted. Please contact the Curator of Native American Materials for more information. "False Face" is a term for Haudenosaunee Medicine Masks that was applied by the original collector to this recording. The term is considered both inaccurate and offensive by many Haudenosaunee communities.
Subject: Seneca Indians--Rites and ceremonies; Speeches, addresses, etc., Seneca
Date: 1948-09-01

Title: Conversation on Klamath singing, with one song
Identifier(s): audio:10304; APSdigrec_2113; Series: 09; Recording Number: 01; Program Number: 01
Source: Fenton, William N. Indian Language Field Recordings, 1948-1960. (Mss.Rec.138);
Subject: Klamath Indians--Music; Klamath Indians--Social life and customs
Date: 1950-08-16

Title: Discussion of Trotting Dance
Identifier(s): audio:8479; APSdigrec_2108; Series: 07; Recording Number: 05; Program Number: 02
Source: Fenton, William N. Indian Language Field Recordings, 1948-1960. (Mss.Rec.138);
Subject: Seneca Indians--Music; Seneca dance; Seneca Indians--Social life and customs; singing
Date: 1951-05-19

Title: Interview with Roland Sundown
Identifier(s): audio:24643; local: APSdigrec_2086; local: 07; local: 02; local: 01
Description: This recording is the second half of a longer recording session. In the full version, the first half includes songs relating to longhouse ceremonies and is therefore the full version is restricted as potentially culturally sensitive. In the portion of the recording given here, Fenton interviews Roland Sundown on various topics relating to his life and Seneca stories. Includes a few brief phrases in Seneca.
Subject: Seneca Indians--Education; Seneca Indians--Folklore
Date: 1950-06-12

Title: Seneca place names on the Allegheny River
Identifier(s): audio:8462; APSdigrec_2075; Series: 06; Recording Number: 01; Program Number: 01
Source: Fenton, William N. Indian Language Field Recordings, 1948-1960. (Mss.Rec.138);
Subject: Seneca language; Names, Geographical--Pennsylvania; Names, Geographical--New York (State); Allegheny River (Pa. and N.Y.)
Date: 1948-07

Title: Hand-in-Hand Dance
Identifier(s): audio:8460; APSdigrec_2077; Series: 06; Recording Number: 02; Program Number: 02
Source: Fenton, William N. Indian Language Field Recordings, 1948-1960. (Mss.Rec.138);
Subject: Seneca Indians--Music; Seneca dance
Date: 1948-08-26

Title: Treaty of 1864 with Klamath Indians
Identifier(s): audio:8504; APSdigrec_2112; Series: 08; Recording Number: 02; Program Number: 01
Description: Includes a Klamath song from 23:26 to 23:55. Discussion of Klamath music begins at 23:13.
Source: Fenton, William N. Indian Language Field Recordings, 1948-1960. (Mss.Rec.138);
Subject: Klamath Indians--History; Klamath Indians--Government relations; Klamath Indians--Social conditions; Klamath Indians--Education; Klamath Indians--Music; Klamath Indian Reservation (Or.); United States. Treaties, etc. 1864 Oct. 14
Date: 1950-08-11

Title: Klamath Tribal Council History
Identifier(s): audio:8503; APSdigrec_2111; Series: 08; Recording Number: 01; Program Number: 01
Source: Fenton, William N. Indian Language Field Recordings, 1948-1960. (Mss.Rec.138);
Subject: Klamath Indians--History; Modoc Indians--History; Klamath Indians--Politics and government; Klamath Indians--Land tenure; Klamath Indians--Government relations; United States. Treaties, etc. 1864 Oct. 14
Date: 1950-08-11

Title: Sharpening a stick
Identifier(s): audio:8487; APSdigrec_2082; Series: 07; Recording Number: 01; Program Number: 01
Source: Fenton, William N. Indian Language Field Recordings, 1948-1960. (Mss.Rec.138);
Subject: Seneca Indians--Music; Seneca dance
Date: 1951-05-19

Title: Conversation on healing and songs
Identifier(s): audio:10302; APSdigrec_2114; Series: 09; Recording Number: 01; Program Number: 02
Source: Fenton, William N. Indian Language Field Recordings, 1948-1960. (Mss.Rec.138);
Subject: Klamath Indians--Music; Klamath Indians--Medicine; Klamath Indians--Social life and customs
Date: 1950-08-16

Title: Tobacco Invocation, Midwinter Festival
Identifier(s): audio:3601; APSdigrec_2174; Recording Number: 03; Program Number: 01
Description: This recording has been identified as culturally sensitive. Remote access and reproduction is restricted. Please contact the Curator of Native American Materials for more information.
Source: Fenton, William N. Seneca Chants and Ceremonies, 1949. (Mss.Rec.130);
Subject: Seneca Indians--Rites and ceremonies
Date: 1949-09-04

Title: Seneca War Dance Cycle and discussion
Identifier(s): audio:8473; APSdigrec_2087; Series: 07; Recording Number: 03; Program Number: 01
Description: This recording has been identified as potentially culturally sensitive. Remote access and reproduction is restricted. Please contact the Curator of Native American Materials for more information.
Source: Fenton, William N. Indian Language Field Recordings, 1948-1960. (Mss.Rec.138);
Subject: Seneca Indians--Music; Seneca dance; Seneca Indians--Rites and ceremonies; Song cycles
Date: 1951-05-19

Title: Interview with Ernest Smith, 4-17-1973 [1 of 2]
Identifier(s): audio:6566; local: APSdigrec_3658; local: 08; local: 01
Description: Interview with Seneca artist Ernest Smith regarding his paintings held at the Rochester Museum. The paintings are referred to by their Museum catalog numbers.; [1114] The Trader At the Gate -- [701] Unidentified -- [700] Unidentified -- [698] Unidentified -- [702] War Party -- [1102] Child Studying Nature -- [1105] Unidentified -- [696] Lacrosse Game -- [1058] Tug of War -- [694] Unidentified -- [652] Unidentified -- [1050] The Story Teller; This item has been identified as potentially culturally sensitive. Reproduction and remote access is restricted. Please contact the Curator of Native American Materials for more information.
Subject: Seneca art; Lacrosse; Seneca Indians--Folklore
Date: 1973-04-17

Title: Interview with Ernest Smith, 3-15-1973 [1 of 2]
Identifier(s): audio:6556; APSdigrec_3653; Recording Number: 05; Program Number: 01
Description: Interview with Seneca artist Ernest Smith regarding his paintings held at the Rochester Museum. The paintings are referred to by their Museum catalog numbers.; [1077] The Chipmunks -- [1108] Lunchtime -- [1107] The Pigeon -- [1106] The Mammoth -- [1105] Curing Tobacco -- [1104] Roasting Corn -- [1103] Dreaming of the Mask Society -- [1102] Child Studying Nature -- [1100] Woman Working Corn -- [1099] Unidentified -- [1098] Captive -- [958] Moral of Share and Share Alike -- [1096] Unidentified -- [1095] Unidentified -- [1094] Unidentified -- [1093] Old Crooked Mouth -- [1092] Unidentified -- [1091] Thunder -- [1113] Unidentified -- [1112] Unidentified -- [1111] Witchcraft -- [1110] Trading Arrows -- [1130] Making Hemlock Tea
Source: Fenton, William N. Interviews concerning the paintings of the Seneca artist Ernest Smith, 1973. (Mss.Rec.126);
Subject: Seneca art; Seneca Indians--Folklore; Seneca Indians--Material culture
Date: 1973-03-15

Title: Trotting Dance
Identifier(s): audio:8475; APSdigrec_2107; Series: 07; Recording Number: 05; Program Number: 01
Source: Fenton, William N. Indian Language Field Recordings, 1948-1960. (Mss.Rec.138);
Subject: Seneca Indians--Music; Seneca dance; Seneca Indians--Social life and customs
Date: 1951-05-19

Title: Hand-in-Hand Dance
Identifier(s): audio:8495; APSdigrec_2109; Series: 07; Recording Number: 05; Program Number: 03
Source: Fenton, William N. Indian Language Field Recordings, 1948-1960. (Mss.Rec.138);
Subject: Seneca Indians--Music; Seneca dance; Seneca Indians--Social life and customs
Date: 1951-05-19