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Title: Interview with Ernest Smith, 4-17-1973 [2 of 2]
Identifier(s): audio:6568; local: APSdigrec_3659; local: 08; local: 02
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.; [963] The Talking Skull -- [1074] The Toad Woman -- [1013] Unidentified -- [1073] Unidentified -- [1082] Trails of the Great Beyond -- [1096] Unidentified -- [1097] Unidentified -- [1087] Unidentified -- [1075] Unidentified -- [1088] The Wounded Bear -- [1064] The Buzzard and his Ill-Fitting Coat -- [1067] Unidentified -- [1068] Unidentified -- [1070] Unidentified -- [1072] Unidentified -- [1059] Unidentified -- [1056] Man in the Cliffs -- [655] Unidentified; 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; Seneca Indians--Folklore
Date: 1973-04-17

Title: Interview with Ernest Smith, 3-12-1973 [1 of 2]
Identifier(s): audio:5710; APSdigrec_3647; Recording Number: 01; 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.; [727] Eagle Dance -- [725] Carving Great False Face on Tree -- [724] The Thunder God (Hi Ng) -- [723] Thadodaho, Maker of the Five Nations Belt -- [722] False Face Healing Ceremony -- [720] Death Dance -- [719] Medicine Picking -- [718] False Face -- [730] Legs -- [703] Death Watch -- [706] Greeting Dawn -- [682] Little Water Medicine
Source: Fenton, William N. Interviews concerning the paintings of the Seneca artist Ernest Smith, 1973. (Mss.Rec.126);
Subject: Seneca art; Seneca dance; Seneca Indians--Folklore; Seneca Indians--Rites and ceremonies
Date: 1973-03-12

Title: Interview with Ernest Smith, Paintings of Economic Activities, 4-16-1973 [2 of 2]; Economic Activities
Identifier(s): audio:6564; local: APSdigrec_3657; local: 07; local: 02
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.; [1079] The Pipe Carver -- [950] The Story of the Hunter -- [1000] Capturing the Eagle -- [1062] Unidentified -- [717] Making Pottery -- [685] Unidentified -- [621] Heating Water -- [1022] Unidentified -- [?] Portrait of Jesse Hill -- [688] Portrait of William Gordon -- [741] Unidentified -- [744] Unidentified -- [736] The Woman With the Cradleboard -- [735] The Flute Player -- [740] Processing Corn For Soup -- [697] Unidentified -- [1131] The Fisherman -- [1104] Roasting Corn -- [966] Giving Thanks to the Maker; 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; Seneca Indians--Folklore; Seneca pottery; Seneca Indians--Domestic life
Date: 1973-04-16

Title: Interview with Ernest Smith, 3-16-1973; 1935-1936, Oils and Large Water Colors
Identifier(s): audio:6560; local: APSdigrec_3655; local: 06; 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.; [695] Flying Spark -- [1696] Sac and Fox Lodge -- [1693] Unidentified -- [1692] Unidentified -- [1691] Unidentified -- [1690] Unidentified -- [1689] Unidentified [704] Otter Society -- [657] Little Water -- [493] Flying Head -- [494] Eagle Dance -- [581] Portrait of Lyman Johnson -- [580] Skin Man -- [524] Vision -- [545] Sky Woman -- [516] Red Ear -- [582] Unidentified -- [583] Progress -- [517] False Face - [546] Peace Queen -- [709] Maple Sugar -- [571] Mask -- [511] Blessing Corn Field
Subject: Seneca art; Sauk Indians; Fox Indians; Seneca dance; Seneca Indians--Folklore
Date: 1973-03-16

Title: Wenothowi'sas: Women's Rite
Identifier(s): audio:8461; APSdigrec_2081; Series: 06; Recording Number: 05; Program Number: 01
Description: A performance of the Wenothowi'sas Women's Rite, followed by a report by the researcher on its content and origin story.; There is a 6-second silent gap on the original recording, beginning at 19:09, which has been retained.
Source: Fenton, William N. Indian Language Field Recordings, 1948-1960. (Mss.Rec.138);
Subject: Seneca dance; Seneca Indians--Music; Seneca Indians--Folklore; Seneca women--Rites and ceremonies
Date: 1948-08

Title: Interview with Ernest Smith, 3-15-1973 [2 of 2]
Identifier(s): audio:6558; local: APSdigrec_3654; local: 05; local: 02
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.; [1121] Unidentified -- [1123] Maple Sugar -- [1119] Adoption of an Orphan -- [1118] Unidentified -- [1117] Unidentified -- [1131] Fisherman -- [1129] Child Training -- [1125] Silverwork -- [1124] Wampum Belt -- [?] Woman in Seclusion -- [1001] Preserving Deer Meat -- [1002] Gathering Artichokes -- [1003] Gathering Mushrooms -- [1010] Gathering Strawberries - [1698] Reflection in Water -- [1685] When Corn is Burned -- [1684] Two Different Types of Bark House -- [1682] Magic Flight -- [1680] Purification Ceremony -- [1135] The Wolf -- [695] The Flying Spark; 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; Seneca Indians--Folklore; Wampum; Seneca Indians--Material culture; Seneca Indians--Rites and ceremonies; Seneca Indians--Domestic life
Date: 1973-03-15

Title: Taos Dancers - War Dance
Identifier(s): audio:8545; APSdigrec_2144; Series: 10; Recording Number: 04; Program Number: 02
Source: Fenton, William N. Indian Language Field Recordings, 1948-1960. (Mss.Rec.138);
Subject: Powwows--New Mexico; Indians of North America--New Mexico--Music; Taos Indians--Music; Taos dance
Date: 1950-06-28

Title: Interview with Ernest Smith, Paintings of Ceremonies and Dances, 4-19-1973 [1 of 2]
Identifier(s): audio:6574; APSdigrec_3662; Recording Number: 10; 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.; [1083] Buffalo Dance -- [951] Unidentified -- [720] Songs for the Dead -- [617] Unidentified -- [1059] Unidentified -- [727] Unidentified -- [709] Unidentified -- [716] Unidentified -- [693] Unidentified -- [526] Unidentified
Source: Fenton, William N. Interviews concerning the paintings of the Seneca artist Ernest Smith, 1973. (Mss.Rec.126);
Subject: Seneca art; Seneca dance; Seneca Indians--Rites and ceremonies; Seneca Indians--Folklore
Date: 1973-04-19

Title: Interview with Ernest Smith, Paintings of Economic Activities, 4-16-1973 [1 of 2]
Identifier(s): audio:6562; APSdigrec_3656; Recording Number: 07; 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.; [?] Beginnings of the False Face Society -- [1086] Unidentified -- [955] Unidentified -- [742] Unidentified -- [732] Unidentified -- [710] Unidentified -- [1020] Unidentified -- [1019] Picking Blackberries -- [1002] Gathering Artichokes -- [1003] Gathering Mushrooms -- [1001] Processing Deer Meat -- [1021] Making Hickory Nut Oil -- [1061] Method of Making Bowls -- [687] Portrait of Chief Harrison Brown
Source: Fenton, William N. Interviews concerning the paintings of the Seneca artist Ernest Smith, 1973. (Mss.Rec.126);
Subject: Seneca art; Seneca Indians--Domestic life; Seneca Indians--Material culture
Date: 1973-04-16

Title: Interview with Ernest Smith, 3-13-1973 [3 of 3]
Identifier(s): audio:6552; APSdigrec_3651; Recording Number: 04; 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.; [1017] The Thunder Spirits -- [694] Story of the Snow Snake -- [1013] The Pathway -- [681] How the Wampum Belt Was Made -- [689] False Face Spirit Shaking Rattle -- [1055] Gift of Plenty From Heaven -- [1067] Going to Meet the Sun Father -- [?] Portrait of a Woodcutter -- [685] Pottery Makers -- [683] Long House Under Construction -- [684] Portrait of Sara Hill -- [731] Human Eyes and Song by E. Smith -- [739] False Face Society Symbolism -- [737] Chipmunk on a Bowl -- [734] Haze -- [717] Women Making Pottery -- [711] Weaving a Basket
Source: Fenton, William N. Interviews concerning the paintings of the Seneca artist Ernest Smith, 1973. (Mss.Rec.126);
Subject: Seneca art; Seneca Indians--Folklore; Wampum; Seneca Indians--Rites and ceremonies; Seneca pottery; Basket making; Seneca Indians--Material culture
Date: 1973-03-13

Title: Choosing-a-partner and Women's Dance
Identifier(s): audio:8485; APSdigrec_2083; Series: 07; Recording Number: 01; Program Number: 02
Source: Fenton, William N. Indian Language Field Recordings, 1948-1960. (Mss.Rec.138);
Subject: Seneca Indians--Music; Seneca dance
Date: 1951-05-19

Title: Dark Dance at Coldspring [3 of 3]
Identifier(s): audio:8454; APSdigrec_2074; Series: 05; Recording Number: 03; Program Number: 01
Description: "This canto announces the arrival of the Little People who come from 10 nights away from the rocky places, through meadows, over swamps and streams." Program concludes with an account by the researcher in English of the origin of the Dark Dance.; 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. Indian Language Field Recordings, 1948-1960. (Mss.Rec.138);
Subject: Seneca Indians--Music; Seneca Indians--Rites and ceremonies; Seneca Indians--Folklore
Date: 1948-08-17

Title: Interview with Ernest Smith, 3-13-1973 [1 of 3]
Identifier(s): audio:5714; APSdigrec_3649; Recording Number: 03; 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.; [652] Great Ball Game -- [617] War Dance -- [611] False Face Rites -- [610] Dance of the Women -- [1016] Dance of the Dead -- [714] The Birds -- [1000] Indian and Birds -- [956] Lone Indian and Fire -- [736] Madonna-Mother With Boy -- [735] The Flute Player -- [733] Spirit of the Gambler -- [1052] Fighting a Bear -- [1050] Storyteller -- [1051] Six Nations on Tree -- [651] Elk and Indian Woman -- [656] Story of Striking Lighting -- [680] Woman Clan Mother Standing on Ground -- [690] Indian With Corn -- [696] Lacrosse Game -- [1011] Sky Woman
Source: Fenton, William N. Interviews concerning the paintings of the Seneca artist Ernest Smith, 1973. (Mss.Rec.126);
Subject: Seneca art; Seneca dance; Seneca Indians--Folklore; Lacrosse
Date: 1973-03-13

Title: Interview with Ernest Smith, 3-12-1973 [2 of 2]
Identifier(s): audio:5743; local: APSdigrec_3648; local: 01; local: 02
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.; [716] Maple Syrup Ceremony -- [712] The Big Heads' New Years Announcement -- [707] Handsome Lake Preaching -- [?] My Master Exhales Fires -- [713] False Face Dances -- [715] At the Little Water Society -- [955] Dew Eagle -- [1064] Buzzard and His Ill-Fitting Coat -- [1063] The Stone Giantess -- [1059] The Quiver Dance -- [1053] Putting Down the Tobacco -- [952] The Faceless Death Taking the Soul -- [1060] The Vision -- [954] The Gift of the Panther Skin -- [951] The Purification Ceremony -- [738] The Sacred Dice Game -- [732] Ceremonial Bear Dance -- [953] The Boy Who Was Aided by the Skull
Subject: Seneca art; Seneca Indians--Rites and ceremonies; Handsome Lake, 1735-1815; Seneca Indians--Folklore; Seneca dance
Date: 1973-03-12

Title: Corn Dance and discussion
Identifier(s): audio:8464; APSdigrec_2076; Series: 06; Recording Number: 02; Program Number: 01
Description: Performance of the Seneca Corn Dance, followed by a discussion of its history and current use.
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; Onondaga Indians--Music
Date: 1948-08-26

Title: Ed Curry's songs of 1947
Identifier(s): audio:8496; APSdigrec_2084; Series: 07; Recording Number: 01; Program Number: 03
Source: Fenton, William N. Indian Language Field Recordings, 1948-1960. (Mss.Rec.138);
Subject: Seneca Indians--Music; Seneca dance
Date: 1951-05-19

Title: Interview with Ernest Smith, 3-13-1973 [2 of 3]
Identifier(s): audio:6550; APSdigrec_3650; Recording Number: 03; Program Number: 02
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.; [1011] Sky Woman -- [1014] Three Sisters: Corn, Bean, and Squash -- [1015] People Dancing in Sky World -- [1018] This is the Way the Water Goes -- [?] The Nephew and His Cruel Uncle -- [612] The Spirit of Spring -- [613] Depicting Sorrow at Loss of Seven Daughters -- [615] Story of the Young Lad Beyond the Rapids -- [616] Unidentified -- [619] The Eagle Charmer -- [630] The Sick Man -- [631] Unidentified -- [632] The Man's Race With Monster -- [633] The Spirit of the North -- [634] Jealousy -- [635] The Stone Giants -- [636] Annual New Year [White Dog] Festival -- [638] Gift to the Little People -- [643] He Who Rises on A Column of Smoke -- [646] The Great Serpent -- [647] Story of the Vampire Ghost -- [?] Spirit of the Hurricane -- [1056] The Storyteller of the Cliff -- [?] The Legend of the Flying Canoe -- [1023] The Story of the Boy Who Disobeyed His Brother's Order
Source: Fenton, William N. Interviews concerning the paintings of the Seneca artist Ernest Smith, 1973. (Mss.Rec.126);
Subject: Seneca art; Seneca Indians--Folklore
Date: 1973-03-13

Title: Interview with Ernest Smith, Paintings of Mythology, 4-18-1973; Mythology
Identifier(s): audio:6570; local: APSdigrec_3660; local: 09; 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.; [615] Unidentified -- [1063] Stone Giantess -- [635] Unidentified -- [645] Unidentified -- [651] Unidentified -- [634] Unidentified -- [731] Unidentified -- [580] Unidentified -- [1011] Unidentified -- [545] Unidentified -- [497] Unidentified -- [712] Unidentified; 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; Seneca Indians--Folklore
Date: 1973-04-18

Title: Interview with Ernest Smith, Paintings of Ceremonies and Dances, 4-18-1973; Ceremonies and Dances
Identifier(s): audio:6572; local: APSdigrec_3661; local: 09; local: 02
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.; [680]Unidentified -- [681] The Wampum Maker -- [616] Unidentified -- [723] Unidentified -- [690] Unidentified -- [630] Unidentified -- [707] Unidentified -- [610] Unidentified -- [732] The Bear Dance; 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; Seneca Indians--Folklore; Wampum; Seneca dance; Seneca Indians--Rites and ceremonies
Date: 1973-04-18

Title: Adoption and name-giving for Douglas B. Fenton
Identifier(s): audio:10301; APSdigrec_2128; Series: 09; Recording Number: 03; Program Number: 03
Source: Fenton, William N. Indian Language Field Recordings, 1948-1960. (Mss.Rec.138);
Subject: Siksika Indians--Rites and ceremonies; Adoption rites; Siksika language
Date: 1950-08-30