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Title: Ottawa Pipe Dance
Identifier(s): audio:9138; APSdigrec_0585; Series: 02; Recording Number: 17; Program Number: 10
Source: Willets, Jane. Ottawa material, [1947]. (Mss.Rec.1);
Subject: Ottawa dance; Ottawa Indians--Music; Indians of North America--Michigan--Music
Date: 1948

Title: Legend describing Sorcery ("Bear Walking")
Identifier(s): audio:9108; APSdigrec_0031; Series: 02; Recording Number: 03; Program Number: 01
Description: "Narrator introduces her story with the words, 'Minawa dibadjmowin', 'Another legend' because she had previously told another legend about sorcery which was recorded on this same spool. The wire in this section of spool became so tangled, however that we were unable to save it. Victoria Cooper re-told this first story later on [APSdigrec_0584]"; Originally recorded on wire recorder in 1948 and transferred to reel-to-reel tape in 1949.
Source: Willets, Jane. Ottawa material, [1947]. (Mss.Rec.1);
Subject: Ottawa language; Ottawa Indians--Folklore; Witchcraft--Folklore; Brothers--Folklore
Date: 1948-05-04

Title: Wedding Dance Song
Identifier(s): audio:9135; APSdigrec_0580; Series: 02; Recording Number: 17; Program Number: 05
Source: Willets, Jane. Ottawa material, [1947]. (Mss.Rec.1);
Subject: Ottawa dance; Ottawa Indians--Music; Weddings--Songs and music; Indians of North America--Michigan--Music
Date: 1948

Title: Description of life at Seven Mile Point, etc.
Identifier(s): audio:9131; APSdigrec_0047; Series: 02; Recording Number: 08; Program Number: 01
Description: Autobiographical material from 80-year-old Victoria Cooper's girlhood at Seven Mile Point and first years at Harbor Springs.; Originally recorded on wire recorder in 1948 and transferred to reel-to-reel tape in 1949.
Source: Willets, Jane. Ottawa material, [1947]. (Mss.Rec.1);
Subject: Ottawa language; Ottawa Indians--Social life and customs
Date: 1948-05-20

Title: Ottawa song
Identifier(s): audio:9099; APSdigrec_0025; Series: 02; Recording Number: 01; Program Number: 03
Description: Contents not clearly identifiable from collection's table of contents. May be "Puberty Fast Song," described as "Joe Chingwa's own composition . . . supposed to be sung by a boy undergoing the puberty fast in his little lodge."; Originally recorded on wire recorder in 1948 and transferred to reel-to-reel tape in 1949.
Source: Willets, Jane. Ottawa material, [1947]. (Mss.Rec.1);
Subject: Ottawa Indians--Music; Puberty rites; Indians of North America--Michigan--Music
Date: 1948-05

Title: Kidnappers from Saginaw
Identifier(s): audio:9102; APSdigrec_0030; Series: 02; Recording Number: 02; Program Number: 03
Description: A semi-historical legend about a child snatched from the Harbor band by hostile Indians from Saginaw.; Originally recorded on wire recorder in 1948 and transferred to reel-to-reel tape in 1949.
Source: Willets, Jane. Ottawa material, [1947]. (Mss.Rec.1);
Subject: Ottawa language; Ottawa Indians--History; Kidnapping; Ottawa Indians--Social life and customs
Date: 1948-05-02

Title: The Two Sisters
Identifier(s): audio:9118; APSdigrec_0572; Series: 02; Recording Number: 11; Program Number: 01
Description: A semi-historical legend about two sisters of the Harbor band.; Originally recorded on wire recorder in 1948 and transferred to reel-to-reel tape in 1949.
Source: Willets, Jane. Ottawa material, [1947]. (Mss.Rec.1);
Subject: Ottawa language; Ottawa Indians--Folklore; Sisters
Date: 1948

Title: Gambling Song
Identifier(s): audio:9123; APSdigrec_0586; Series: 02; Recording Number: 17; Program Number: 11
Description: Traditional Ottawa gambling song sung during counter gambling game.
Source: Willets, Jane. Ottawa material, [1947]. (Mss.Rec.1);
Subject: Ottawa dance; Ottawa Indians--Music; Gambling--Songs and music; Indians of North America--Michigan--Music
Date: 1948

Title: Ottawa story
Identifier(s): audio:9104; APSdigrec_0024; Series: 02; Recording Number: 01; Program Number: 02
Description: Contents not identifiable from collection's documentation.; Originally recorded on wire recorder in 1948 and transferred to reel-to-reel tape in 1949.
Source: Willets, Jane. Ottawa material, [1947]. (Mss.Rec.1);
Subject: Ottawa language; Ottawa Indians--Folklore
Date: 1948-05

Title: Ghost Dance Song
Identifier(s): audio:9116; APSdigrec_0582; Series: 02; Recording Number: 17; Program Number: 07
Description: "Ndássanawes--'I am playing, etc.' A social dance."
Source: Willets, Jane. Ottawa material, [1947]. (Mss.Rec.1);
Subject: Ottawa dance; Ottawa Indians--Music; Ghost dance; Indians of North America--Michigan--Music
Date: 1948

Title: Courtship Dance Song
Identifier(s): audio:9117; APSdigrec_0581; Series: 02; Recording Number: 17; Program Number: 06
Source: Willets, Jane. Ottawa material, [1947]. (Mss.Rec.1);
Subject: Ottawa dance; Ottawa Indians--Music; Courtship--Songs and music; Indians of North America--Michigan--Music
Date: 1948

Title: Ottawa Hymns at Tabandong Feast
Identifier(s): audio:9127; APSdigrec_0040; Series: 02; Recording Number: 06; Program Number: 03
Description: "The singing of the old Roman Catholic hymns based on French airs, in the Ottawa language, is not customary now at the Tabandong feast. They are usually sung only at wakes these days. On this occasion the hymns were sung by the host and hostess and the guests so that I could record them.... Old hymnals compiled by missionaries in Ottawa-Ojibwa dialect were used."; Epitoweng Naagmada ("Let Us All Sing Out Loud") -- Mammya Wamada ("Let Us See Him Entirely") -- Kitchitwa Marie ("Sing to") -- Unidentified hymn sung; Originally recorded on wire recorder in 1948 and transferred to reel-to-reel tape in 1949.
Source: Willets, Jane. Ottawa material, [1947]. (Mss.Rec.1);
Subject: Ottawa language; Ottawa Indians--Social life and customs; Ottawa Indians--Music; Catholic Church--Hymns; Ottawa Indians--Religion; Fasts and feasts; Indians of North America--Michigan--Music
Date: 1948-05-01

Title: Conversation among 8 Ottawa at Cross Village
Identifier(s): audio:9134; APSdigrec_0575; Series: 02; Recording Number: 13; Program Number: 01
Description: Informal group conversation in English with some Ottawa words. A short story about an Ottawa chief named Sagima is told in English by Mrs. Bill Norton, starting at 01:34.; Originally recorded on wire recorder in 1948 and transferred to reel-to-reel tape in 1949.
Source: Willets, Jane. Ottawa material, [1947]. (Mss.Rec.1);
Subject: Ottawa language; Conversation; Fish; Ottawa Indians--Folklore
Date: 1948

Title: War Chant
Identifier(s): audio:9140; APSdigrec_0589; Series: 02; Recording Number: 17; Program Number: 14
Description: "(Kágowi etc., 'No one etc.') Traditional Ottawa war chang sung before a battle. The wording is that same as ['Challenge Song' (APSdigrec_0584)] except that on the latter the tune and rhythm are slightly different and a meaningless chant preceeding the song are omitted."
Source: Willets, Jane. Ottawa material, [1947]. (Mss.Rec.1);
Subject: Ottawa dance; Ottawa Indians--Music; Indians of North America--Michigan--Music
Date: 1948

Title: Mkkwániwi at Burt Lake
Identifier(s): audio:9128; APSdigrec_0039; Series: 02; Recording Number: 06; Program Number: 02
Description: "Description of a frightening experience of Joe Chingwa's and Fred Ettawageshik's grandfather while hunting at Burt Lake."; Originally recorded on wire recorder in 1948 and transferred to reel-to-reel tape in 1949.
Source: Willets, Jane. Ottawa material, [1947]. (Mss.Rec.1);
Subject: Ottawa language; Ottawa Indians--History; Ottawa Indians--Biography; Hunting; Burt Lake (Mich.)
Date: 1948-05-20

Title: Origin of Red Osier
Identifier(s): audio:9137; APSdigrec_0041; Series: 02; Recording Number: 07; Program Number: 01
Description: Originally recorded on wire recorder in 1948 and transferred to reel-to-reel tape in 1949.
Source: Willets, Jane. Ottawa material, [1947]. (Mss.Rec.1);
Subject: Ottawa language; Ottawa Indians--Folklore; Nanabush (Legendary character)--Legends; Ducks--Folklore
Date: 1948-04-30

Title: The Man Carried off by an Eagle (Thunder)
Identifier(s): audio:9107; APSdigrec_0028; Series: 02; Recording Number: 02; Program Number: 01
Description: A myth describing the origin of naming ceremonies.; Originally recorded on wire recorder in 1948 and transferred to reel-to-reel tape in 1949.
Source: Willets, Jane. Ottawa material, [1947]. (Mss.Rec.1);
Subject: Ottawa language; Ottawa Indians--Folklore; Ottawa Indians--Rites and ceremonies
Date: 1948-05-02

Title: Family of Bears
Identifier(s): audio:9095; APSdigrec_0033; Series: 02; Recording Number: 04; Program Number: 02
Description: A legend of two children who were kidnapped by bears.; Originally recorded on wire recorder in 1948 and transferred to reel-to-reel tape in 1949.
Source: Willets, Jane. Ottawa material, [1947]. (Mss.Rec.1);
Subject: Ottawa language; Ottawa Indians--Folklore; Kidnapping; Bears--Folklore
Date: 1948-05-06

Title: Social Dance Song
Identifier(s): audio:9125; APSdigrec_0588; Series: 02; Recording Number: 17; Program Number: 13
Source: Willets, Jane. Ottawa material, [1947]. (Mss.Rec.1);
Subject: Ottawa dance; Ottawa Indians--Music; Indians of North America--Michigan--Music
Date: 1948

Title: Christening Ceremony
Identifier(s): audio:9112; APSdigrec_0044; Series: 02; Recording Number: 07; Program Number: 04
Description: "A speech and chant with horn rattle accompaniment of the kind used at a naming ceremony following an Ottawa feast. The speech is what Fred Ettawageshik remembered saying when he performed the ceremony at my adoption at the King's Supper, Jan. 6 1947."; Originally recorded on wire recorder in 1948 and transferred to reel-to-reel tape in 1949. Naming ceremony speech only transferred to reel-to-reel.
Source: Willets, Jane. Ottawa material, [1947]. (Mss.Rec.1);
Subject: Ottawa language; Ottawa Indians--Rites and ceremonies
Date: 1948-05-01