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Title: A Girl Married to a Dog
Identifier(s): audio:9126; APSdigrec_0571; Series: 02; Recording Number: 10; Program Number: 05
Description: A story describing the marriage of a girl and a dog and the tragedy that resulted in the Ottawa prohibition against the marriage of a human to an animal.; 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; Dogs--Folklore; Marriage--Folklore; Human-animal relationships; Taboo; Ottawa Indians--Social life and customs
Date: 1948-06

Title: The Magic Arrow
Identifier(s): audio:9129; APSdigrec_0567; Series: 02; Recording Number: 10; Program Number: 01
Description: A legend about a poor boy who married the chief's daughter because of his possession of a magic arrow.; 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; Marriage--Folklore
Date: 1948-06

Title: Mkkwániwi and the Trial at St. Joseph
Identifier(s): audio:9132; APSdigrec_0574; Series: 02; Recording Number: 12; Program Number: 01
Description: "Description of a murder trial in which Mkkwániwi [Joe Chingwa's grandfather] was one of the judging chiefs."; 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; Trials (Murder); Ottawa Indians--Legal status, laws, etc.; Ottawa Indians--Biography
Date: 1948

Title: The Chief with Seven Sons
Identifier(s): audio:9097; APSdigrec_0032; Series: 02; Recording Number: 04; Program Number: 01
Description: Legend of an Ottawa woman kidnapped by the Sioux and the death of the Sioux chief's seven sons, each of whom tried successively to marry her.; 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--History; Kidnapping; Forced marriage; Dakota Indians
Date: 1948-05-05

Title: The Rabbit and the Lynx
Identifier(s): audio:9103; APSdigrec_0027; Series: 02; Recording Number: 01; Program Number: 05
Description: Originally recorded on wire recorder in 1948 and transferred to reel-to-reel tape in 1949. Original wire recording for this program was transferred to two different tapes in two sections due to apparent wire malfunction on first transfer. The two transfers have been spliced together with no loss of original content. Splice occurs at 03:57.
Source: Willets, Jane. Ottawa material, [1947]. (Mss.Rec.1);
Subject: Ottawa language; Ottawa Indians--Folklore; Rabbits--Folklore; Lynx--Folklore
Date: 1948-05-01

Title: Ottawa-English Conversation at Tabandong Feast
Identifier(s): audio:9114; APSdigrec_0045; Series: 02; Recording Number: 07; Program Number: 06
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--Social life and customs; Conversation; Fasts and feasts
Date: 1948-05-01

Title: Adoption
Identifier(s): audio:9144; APSdigrec_0590; Series: 02; Recording Number: 17; Program Number: 15
Source: Willets, Jane. Ottawa material, [1947]. (Mss.Rec.1);
Subject: Ottawa Indians--Music; Indians of North America--Michigan--Music
Date: 1947

Title: Underground People
Identifier(s): audio:9074; APSdigrec_0011; Series: 01; Recording Number: 02B; Program Number: 04
Description: "The Origin of the Pipigwe or 'Little Hawk' lineage to which Chief Ettawageshik belongs through his father. As written by Joe Ettawageshik, Fred's father, and edited by Fred."; Recorded by Jane Willets from Chief Fred Ettawageshik on Presto Recorder discs in 1947, then transferred to open tape reels in 1949. Mss. of material recorded written in Ottawa by Chief Ettawageshik with inter-linear translations. Chief Ettawageshik is from Harbor Springs, Michigan.
Source: Willets, Jane. Ottawa material, [1947]. (Mss.Rec.1);
Subject: Ottawa language; Ottawa Indians--Folklore
Date: 1947-08

Title: Word list from "Why Some Trees have Knobs on Them and the Birches Grow in Clumps"
Identifier(s): audio:9069; APSdigrec_0012; Series: 01; Recording Number: 02B; Program Number: 05
Description: Recorded by Jane Willets from Chief Fred Ettawageshik on Presto Recorder discs in 1947, then transferred to open tape reels in 1949. Mss. of material recorded written in Ottawa by Chief Ettawageshik with inter-linear translations. Chief Ettawageshik is from Harbor Springs, Michigan.
Source: Willets, Jane. Ottawa material, [1947]. (Mss.Rec.1);
Subject: Nanabush (Legendary character)--Legends; Trees--Folklore; Ottawa language; Ottawa Indians--Folklore
Date: 1947-08

Title: The Story of Bagog, the Skeleton
Identifier(s): audio:9083; APSdigrec_0010; Series: 01; Recording Number: 02B; Program Number: 03
Description: A story describing puberty fasting.; Recorded by Jane Willets from Chief Fred Ettawageshik on Presto Recorder discs in 1947, then transferred to open tape reels in 1949. Mss. of material recorded written in Ottawa by Chief Ettawageshik with inter-linear translations. Chief Ettawageshik is from Harbor Springs, Michigan.
Source: Willets, Jane. Ottawa material, [1947]. (Mss.Rec.1);
Subject: Ottawa language; Puberty rites; Skeleton--Folklore; Ottawa Indians--Folklore
Date: 1947-08

Title: Why Some Trees have Knobs on Them and the Birches Grow in Clumps
Identifier(s): audio:9089; APSdigrec_0006; Series: 01; Recording Number: 01A; Program Number: 06
Description: Recorded by Jane Willets from Chief Fred Ettawageshik on Presto Recorder discs in 1947, then transferred to open tape reels in 1949. Mss. of material recorded written in Ottawa by Chief Ettawageshik with inter-linear translations. Chief Ettawageshik is from Harbor Springs, Michigan.
Source: Willets, Jane. Ottawa material, [1947]. (Mss.Rec.1);
Subject: Ottawa language; Nanabush (Legendary character)--Legends; Trees--Folklore; Birch; Ottawa Indians--Folklore
Date: 1947-08

Title: Interview between Jane Willets and Chief Ettawageshik
Identifier(s): audio:9085; APSdigrec_0022; Series: 01; Recording Number: 04A; Program Number: 03
Description: History of the Ottawa -- past and present economic occupations -- types of hunting; Recorded by Jane Willets from Chief Fred Ettawageshik on Presto Recorder discs in 1947, then transferred to open tape reels in 1949. Mss. of material recorded written in Ottawa by Chief Ettawageshik with inter-linear translations. Chief Ettawageshik is from Harbor Springs, Michigan.
Source: Willets, Jane. Ottawa material, [1947]. (Mss.Rec.1);
Subject: Ottawa language; Native American histories; Hunting; Interviews; Ottawa Indians--Folklore; Ottawa Indians--History
Date: 1947-08

Title: Nanabojo Creates the Indian [second telling by Fred Ettawageshik]
Identifier(s): audio:9076; APSdigrec_0020; Series: 01; Recording Number: 04A; Program Number: 01
Description: Recorded by Jane Willets from Chief Fred Ettawageshik on Presto Recorder discs in 1947, then transferred to open tape reels in 1949. Mss. of material recorded written in Ottawa by Chief Ettawageshik with inter-linear translations. Chief Ettawageshik is from Harbor Springs, Michigan.
Source: Willets, Jane. Ottawa material, [1947]. (Mss.Rec.1);
Subject: Ottawa language; Nanabush (Legendary character)--Legends; Ottawa Indians--Folklore
Date: 1947-08

Title: Nanabojo Creates the Indian
Identifier(s): audio:9080; APSdigrec_0019; Series: 01; Recording Number: 03B; Program Number: 06
Description: Recorded by Jane Willets from Chief Fred Ettawageshik on Presto Recorder discs in 1947, then transferred to open tape reels in 1949. Mss. of material recorded written in Ottawa by Chief Ettawageshik with inter-linear translations. Chief Ettawageshik is from Harbor Springs, Michigan.
Source: Willets, Jane. Ottawa material, [1947]. (Mss.Rec.1);
Subject: Ottawa language; Nanabush (Legendary character)--Legends; Ottawa Indians--Folklore
Date: 1947-08

Title: How the Bear Lost his Tail
Identifier(s): audio:9090; APSdigrec_0001; Series: 01; Recording Number: 01A; Program Number: 01
Description: Recorded by Jane Willets from Chief Fred Ettawageshik on Presto Recorder discs in 1947, then transferred to open tape reels in 1949. Mss. of material recorded written in Ottawa by Chief Ettawageshik with inter-linear translations. Chief Ettawageshik is from Harbor Springs, Michigan.
Source: Willets, Jane. Ottawa material, [1947]. (Mss.Rec.1);
Subject: Ottawa language; Nanabush (Legendary character)--Legends; Bears; Ottawa Indians--Folklore
Date: 1947-08

Title: Word list from "The Story of Bagog, the Skeleton"
Identifier(s): audio:9088; APSdigrec_0014; Series: 01; Recording Number: 03B; Program Number: 01
Description: Recorded by Jane Willets from Chief Fred Ettawageshik on Presto Recorder discs in 1947, then transferred to open tape reels in 1949. Mss. of material recorded written in Ottawa by Chief Ettawageshik with inter-linear translations. Chief Ettawageshik is from Harbor Springs, Michigan.
Source: Willets, Jane. Ottawa material, [1947]. (Mss.Rec.1);
Subject: Ottawa language; Ottawa Indians--Folklore
Date: 1947-08

Title: The Story of the Robin
Identifier(s): audio:9082; APSdigrec_0017; Series: 01; Recording Number: 03B; Program Number: 04
Description: A story describing puberty fasting.; Recorded by Jane Willets from Chief Fred Ettawageshik on Presto Recorder discs in 1947, then transferred to open tape reels in 1949. Mss. of material recorded written in Ottawa by Chief Ettawageshik with inter-linear translations. Chief Ettawageshik is from Harbor Springs, Michigan.
Source: Willets, Jane. Ottawa material, [1947]. (Mss.Rec.1);
Subject: Ottawa language; Puberty rites; Robins--Folklore; Ottawa Indians--Folklore
Date: 1947-08

Title: Why the Great Lakes are Receding
Identifier(s): audio:9087; APSdigrec_0021; Series: 01; Recording Number: 04A; Program Number: 02
Description: Recorded by Jane Willets from Chief Fred Ettawageshik on Presto Recorder discs in 1947, then transferred to open tape reels in 1949. Mss. of material recorded written in Ottawa by Chief Ettawageshik with inter-linear translations. Chief Ettawageshik is from Harbor Springs, Michigan.
Source: Willets, Jane. Ottawa material, [1947]. (Mss.Rec.1);
Subject: Ottawa language; Nanabush (Legendary character)--Legends; Great Lakes (North America); Ottawa Indians--Folklore
Date: 1947-08

Title: Creation of Mackinac Island by Nanabojo
Identifier(s): audio:9070; APSdigrec_0015; Series: 01; Recording Number: 03B; Program Number: 02
Description: Recorded by Jane Willets from Chief Fred Ettawageshik on Presto Recorder discs in 1947, then transferred to open tape reels in 1949. Mss. of material recorded written in Ottawa by Chief Ettawageshik with inter-linear translations. Chief Ettawageshik is from Harbor Springs, Michigan.
Source: Willets, Jane. Ottawa material, [1947]. (Mss.Rec.1);
Subject: Ottawa language; Nanabush (Legendary character)--Legends; Mackinac Island (Mich. : Island); Ottawa Indians--Folklore
Date: 1947-08

Title: The Story of Nanabojo and the Leeks
Identifier(s): audio:9073; APSdigrec_0004; Series: 01; Recording Number: 01A; Program Number: 04
Description: Recorded by Jane Willets from Chief Fred Ettawageshik on Presto Recorder discs in 1947, then transferred to open tape reels in 1949. Mss. of material recorded written in Ottawa by Chief Ettawageshik with inter-linear translations. Chief Ettawageshik is from Harbor Springs, Michigan.
Source: Willets, Jane. Ottawa material, [1947]. (Mss.Rec.1);
Subject: Ottawa language; Nanabush (Legendary character)--Legends; Ottawa Indians--Folklore
Date: 1947-08