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Title: Myths of the Bear Ceremony
Identifier(s): audio:4912; APSdigrec_0795; Recording Number: 18; Program Number: 01
Description: Copied by collector from his original tapes. This is the collector's original tape 50, program 1. The Hidatsa language is identified as such in the recording's accompanying documentation, but on the recording itself it is referred to by one of its alternate names, "Gros Ventre." This Gros Ventre is not to be confused with the Arapahoan language of the same name.
Source: Bowers, Alfred W. Mandan-Hidatsa ethnohistory and linguistics, Fort Berthold Reservation, 1967-1969. (Mss.Rec.81);
Subject: Hidatsa Indians--Folklore; Mandan Indians--Folklore; Bears--Folklore; Hidatsa Indians--Rites and ceremonies
Date: 1969

Title: Myths of Naming the Earth
Identifier(s): audio:4814; APSdigrec_0734; Recording Number: 17; Program Number: 08
Description: Story originally told to Alfred W. Bowers by Mrs. White Duck. Recording ends with description of collection and translation of subsequent recording. See Related Recording.; Copied by collector from his original tapes. This is the collector's original tape 48, program 4. The Hidatsa language is identified as such in the recording's accompanying documentation, but on the recording itself it is referred to by one of its alternate names, "Gros Ventre." This Gros Ventre is not to be confused with the Arapahoan language of the same name.
Source: Bowers, Alfred W. Mandan-Hidatsa ethnohistory and linguistics, Fort Berthold Reservation, 1967-1969. (Mss.Rec.81);
Subject: Anthropological linguistics; Hidatsa Indians--Folklore; Hidatsa Indians--Rites and ceremonies; Hidatsa mythology
Date: 1969

Title: The Red Stick Myths and Ceremony
Identifier(s): audio:4894; APSdigrec_0799; Recording Number: 18; Program Number: 05
Description: Copied by collector from his original tapes. This is the collector's original tape 51, program 3. Tape cut-off before completion of story.The Hidatsa language is identified as such in the recording's accompanying documentation, but on the recording itself it is referred to by one of its alternate names, "Gros Ventre." This Gros Ventre is not to be confused with the Arapahoan language of the same name.
Source: Bowers, Alfred W. Mandan-Hidatsa ethnohistory and linguistics, Fort Berthold Reservation, 1967-1969. (Mss.Rec.81);
Subject: Anthropological linguistics; Hidatsa Indians--Folklore; Mandan Indians--Folklore; Buffaloes--Folklore; Hidatsa Indians--Rites and ceremonies
Date: 1969

Title: Myths of the Thunder
Identifier(s): audio:4913; APSdigrec_0792; Recording Number: 17; Program Number: 07
Description: Copied by collector from his original tapes. This is the collector's original tape 48, program 3. The Hidatsa language is identified as such in the recording's accompanying documentation, but on the recording itself it is referred to by one of its alternate names, "Gros Ventre." This Gros Ventre is not to be confused with the Arapahoan language of the same name.
Source: Bowers, Alfred W. Mandan-Hidatsa ethnohistory and linguistics, Fort Berthold Reservation, 1967-1969. (Mss.Rec.81);
Subject: Anthropological linguistics; Hidatsa Indians--Folklore; Hidatsa Indians--Rites and ceremonies; Hidatsa mythology
Date: 1969

Title: The Myths of Swallow and Hawk
Identifier(s): audio:4911; APSdigrec_0794; Recording Number: 17; Program Number: 09
Description: Story originally told to Alfred W. Bowers by Wolf Chief. Recording cut off before completion of story. Description of the collection and translation of this story given at end of prior recording. See Related Recording.; Copied by collector from his original tapes. This is the collector's original tape 48, program 5. The Hidatsa language is identified as such in the recording's accompanying documentation, but on the recording itself it is referred to by one of its alternate names, "Gros Ventre." This Gros Ventre is not to be confused with the Arapahoan language of the same name.
Source: Bowers, Alfred W. Mandan-Hidatsa ethnohistory and linguistics, Fort Berthold Reservation, 1967-1969. (Mss.Rec.81);
Subject: Anthropological linguistics; Hidatsa language; Hidatsa Indians--Folklore; Hidatsa Indians--Rites and ceremonies; Hidatsa mythology; Horses
Date: 1969

Title: Translation from English to Hidatsa of Bears Arms' account of the origin of the Sunset Wolf Ceremony, pgs. 410-412
Identifier(s): audio:4061; APSdigrec_1901; Recording Number: 11; Program Number: 10
Description: This program consists of a translation from English into Hidatsa of a narrative given to the researcher in the late 1920s or early 1930s. The text from which the researcher reads is found in his own book, "Hidatsa Social and Ceremonial Organization." (See Related Resource.); The Hidatsa language is referred to on the recording by one of its alternate names, "Gros Ventre." This Gros Ventre is not to be confused with the Atsina language of the same name. This program was originally recorded on the collector's original tape 81, channel 3.
Source: Bowers, Alfred W. Mandan-Hidatsa cultural change and language studies, 1967-1972. (Mss.Rec.84);
Subject: Anthropological linguistics; Hidatsa language; Hidatsa mythology; Hidatsa Indians--Religion; Hidatsa Indians--Rites and ceremonies; Wolves--Mythology; language_documentation
Date: 1971-09-10

Title: Small Hawk Myth and Ceremony
Identifier(s): audio:4931; APSdigrec_0786; Recording Number: 17; Program Number: 01
Description: Copied by collector from his original tapes. This is the collector's original tape 46, program 1.
Source: Bowers, Alfred W. Mandan-Hidatsa ethnohistory and linguistics, Fort Berthold Reservation, 1967-1969. (Mss.Rec.81);
Subject: Anthropological linguistics; Hidatsa Indians--Folklore; Hidatsa Indians--Rites and ceremonies; Mandan Indians--Folklore; Mandan Indians--Rites and ceremonies
Date: 1969

Title: Shell Robe Bundle History [1 of 2]
Identifier(s): audio:4874; APSdigrec_0764; Recording Number: 09; Program Number: 10
Description: English and Mandan given by Mrs. Otter Sage. Hidatsa given by Annie Crows Heart Eagle.; Copied by collector from his original tapes. This is the collector's original tape 63, program 10.Collector's documentation indicates that a Mandan-English version of this story was given by Otter Sage, but this version cannot be found on the tape transferred from the collector's master tape.The Hidatsa language is identified as such in the recording's accompanying documentation, but on the recording itself it is referred to by one of its alternate names, "Gros Ventre." This Gros Ventre is not to be confused with the Arapahoan language of the same name.
Source: Bowers, Alfred W. Mandan-Hidatsa ethnohistory and linguistics, Fort Berthold Reservation, 1967-1969. (Mss.Rec.81);
Subject: Anthropological linguistics; Mandan Indians--Folklore; Hidatsa Indians--Folklore; Hidatsa Indians--Rites and ceremonies; Mandan Indians--Rites and ceremonies
Date: 1969

Title: Waterbuster Skull Bundle Myth [1 of 2]
Identifier(s): audio:4915; APSdigrec_0788; Recording Number: 17; Program Number: 03
Description: Story originally told to Alfred W. Bowers by Wolf Chief; Copied by collector from his original tapes. This is the collector's original tape 47, program 2. The Hidatsa language is identified as such in the recording's accompanying documentation, but on the recording itself it is referred to by one of its alternate names, "Gros Ventre." This Gros Ventre is not to be confused with the Arapahoan language of the same name.
Source: Bowers, Alfred W. Mandan-Hidatsa ethnohistory and linguistics, Fort Berthold Reservation, 1967-1969. (Mss.Rec.81);
Subject: Anthropological linguistics; Hidatsa Indians--Folklore; Hidatsa Indians--Rites and ceremonies; Hidatsa Indians--Social life and customs; Hidatsa mythology
Date: 1969

Title: Shell Robe Bundle History [2 of 2]
Identifier(s): audio:4873; APSdigrec_0765; Recording Number: 09; Program Number: 11
Description: English and Mandan given by Mrs. Otter Sage. Hidatsa given by Annie Crows Heart Eagle.; Copied by collector from his original tapes. This is the collector's original tape 63, program 11.Collector's documentation indicates that a Mandan-English version of this story was given by Otter Sage, but this version cannot be found on the tape transferred from the collector's master tape.The Hidatsa language is identified as such in the recording's accompanying documentation, but on the recording itself it is referred to by one of its alternate names, "Gros Ventre." This Gros Ventre is not to be confused with the Arapahoan language of the same name.
Source: Bowers, Alfred W. Mandan-Hidatsa ethnohistory and linguistics, Fort Berthold Reservation, 1967-1969. (Mss.Rec.81);
Subject: Anthropological linguistics; Mandan Indians--Folklore; Hidatsa Indians--Folklore; Hidatsa Indians--Rites and ceremonies; Mandan Indians--Rites and ceremonies
Date: 1969

Title: Waterbuster Skull Bundle Myth [2 of 2]
Identifier(s): audio:4916; APSdigrec_0789; Recording Number: 17; Program Number: 04
Description: Story originally told to Alfred W. Bowers by Wolf Chief.; Copied by collector from his original tapes. This is the collector's original tape 47, program 3. The Hidatsa language is identified as such in the recording's accompanying documentation, but on the recording itself it is referred to by one of its alternate names, "Gros Ventre." This Gros Ventre is not to be confused with the Arapahoan language of the same name.
Source: Bowers, Alfred W. Mandan-Hidatsa ethnohistory and linguistics, Fort Berthold Reservation, 1967-1969. (Mss.Rec.81);
Subject: Anthropological linguistics; Hidatsa Indians--Folklore; Hidatsa Indians--Rites and ceremonies; Hidatsa Indians--Social life and customs; Hidatsa mythology; Wolves--Mythology
Date: 1969

Title: Corn Bundle Myths
Identifier(s): audio:4829; APSdigrec_0719; Recording Number: 09; Program Number: 12
Description: English and Mandan given by Mrs. Otter Sage. Hidatsa given by Annie Crows Heart Eagle. ; Copied by collector from his original tapes. This is the collector's original tape 63, program 12.Collector's documentation indicates that a Mandan-English version of this story was given by Otter Sage, but this version cannot be found on the tape transferred from the collector's master tape. The Hidatsa language is identified as such in the recording's accompanying documentation, but on the recording itself it is referred to by one of its alternate names, "Gros Ventre." This Gros Ventre is not to be confused with the Arapahoan language of the same name.
Source: Bowers, Alfred W. Mandan-Hidatsa ethnohistory and linguistics, Fort Berthold Reservation, 1967-1969. (Mss.Rec.81);
Subject: Anthropological linguistics; Mandan Indians--Folklore; Hidatsa Indians--Folklore; Hidatsa Indians--Rites and ceremonies; Mandan Indians--Rites and ceremonies
Date: 1969

Title: Translation from English to Hidatsa of an account of the origin of the Wolf Woman bundle, pgs. 412-413
Identifier(s): audio:4060; APSdigrec_1902; Recording Number: 11; Program Number: 11
Description: This program consists of a translation from English into Hidatsa of a narrative given to the researcher in the late 1920s or early 1930s. The researcher and consultant spend the first 6:15 discussing the consultant's medicine bundle, a variety of pine used for smoking, and the details of the story they are to translate. The text from which the researcher reads is found in his own book, "Hidatsa Social and Ceremonial Organization." (See Related Resource.); In the gap between this program and the program that follows it, approximately 1/4 of a page of content from the original text is missing. The Hidatsa language is referred to on the recording by one of its alternate names, "Gros Ventre." This Gros Ventre is not to be confused with the Atsina language of the same name. This program was originally recorded on the collector's original tape 81, channel 3.
Source: Bowers, Alfred W. Mandan-Hidatsa cultural change and language studies, 1967-1972. (Mss.Rec.84);
Subject: Anthropological linguistics; Hidatsa language; Hidatsa Indians--Religion; Hidatsa mythology; Hidatsa Indians--History; Hidatsa Indians--Rites and ceremonies; Jack pine; Wolves--Mythology; Shoshoni Indians; language_documentation
Date: 1971-09-10

Title: Translation from English to Hidatsa of Bears Arm's narrative about Four Bears' life, pgs. 255-256
Identifier(s): audio:3962; APSdigrec_1899; Recording Number: 11; Program Number: 08
Description: This program consists of a translation from English into Hidatsa of a narrative given to the researcher in the late 1920s or early 1930s. The text from which the researcher reads is found in his own book, "Hidatsa Social and Ceremonial Organization." (See Related Resource.); The Hidatsa language is referred to on the recording by one of its alternate names, "Gros Ventre." This Gros Ventre is not to be confused with the Atsina language of the same name. This program was originally recorded on the collector's original tape 81, channel 2.
Source: Bowers, Alfred W. Mandan-Hidatsa cultural change and language studies, 1967-1972. (Mss.Rec.84);
Subject: Anthropological linguistics; Hidatsa language; Hidatsa Indians--Religion; Hidatsa Indians--History; Hidatsa Indians--Rites and ceremonies; Hidatsa Indians--Warfare; Indians of North America--North Dakota--History; language_documentation
Date: 1971-09-10

Title: Translation from English to Hidatsa of Guts' war expedition narrative, pgs. 233-234
Identifier(s): audio:3968; APSdigrec_1889; Recording Number: 10; Program Number: 07
Description: This program consists of a translation from English into Hidatsa of a narrative given to the researcher in the late 1920s or early 1930s. The text from which the researcher reads is found in his own book, "Hidatsa Social and Ceremonial Organization." (See Related Resource.); The Hidatsa language is referred to on the recording by one of its alternate names, "Gros Ventre." This Gros Ventre is not to be confused with the Atsina language of the same name. This program was originally recorded on the collector's original tape 81, channel 1.
Source: Bowers, Alfred W. Mandan-Hidatsa cultural change and language studies, 1967-1972. (Mss.Rec.84);
Subject: Anthropological linguistics; Hidatsa language; Hidatsa Indians--History; Hidatsa Indians--Religion; Hidatsa Indians--Rites and ceremonies; Hidatsa Indians--Warfare; Indians of North America--North Dakota--History; language_documentation
Date: 1971

Title: Translation from English to Hidatsa of narrative given by Four Dancers, pgs. 238-239
Identifier(s): audio:4091; APSdigrec_1895; Recording Number: 11; Program Number: 04
Description: This program consists of a translation from English into Hidatsa of a narrative given to the researcher in the late 1920s or early 1930s. The text from which the researcher reads is found in his own book, "Hidatsa Social and Ceremonial Organization." (See Related Resource.); Signal drops out from original tape from 4:05 to 4:09. In the gap between this program and the program that follows it, three or four sentences of material from the original text are missing. The Hidatsa language is referred to on the recording by one of its alternate names, "Gros Ventre." This Gros Ventre is not to be confused with the Atsina language of the same name. This program was originally recorded on the collector's original tape 81, channel 4.
Source: Bowers, Alfred W. Mandan-Hidatsa cultural change and language studies, 1967-1972. (Mss.Rec.84);
Subject: Anthropological linguistics; Hidatsa language; Hidatsa Indians--History; Hidatsa Indians--Rites and ceremonies; Hidatsa Indians--Warfare; Hidatsa Indians--Religion; Indians of North America--North Dakota--History; language_documentation
Date: 1971-09

Title: Translation from English to Hidatsa of Wolf Chief's narrative, pgs. 404-408
Identifier(s): audio:3969; APSdigrec_1887; Recording Number: 10; Program Number: 05
Description: This program consists of a translation from English into Hidatsa of a narrative given to the researcher in the late 1920s or early 1930s. The text from which the researcher reads is found in his own book, "Hidatsa Social and Ceremonial Organization." (See Related Resource.); The Hidatsa language is referred to on the recording by one of its alternate names, "Gros Ventre." This Gros Ventre is not to be confused with the Atsina language of the same name. This program was originally recorded on the collector's original tape 80, channel 4.
Source: Bowers, Alfred W. Mandan-Hidatsa cultural change and language studies, 1967-1972. (Mss.Rec.84);
Subject: Anthropological linguistics; Hidatsa language; Hidatsa Indians--History; Hidatsa Indians--Religion; Hidatsa Indians--Rites and ceremonies; Hidatsa Indians--Warfare; Indians of North America--North Dakota--History; language_documentation
Date: 1971

Title: Translation from English to Hidatsa of narrative given by Four Dancers, pgs. 239-240
Identifier(s): audio:4094; APSdigrec_1896; Recording Number: 11; Program Number: 05
Description: This program consists of a translation from English into Hidatsa of a narrative given to the researcher in the late 1920s or early 1930s. The text from which the researcher reads is found in his own book, "Hidatsa Social and Ceremonial Organization." (See Related Resource.); In the gap between this program and the program that precedes it, three or four sentences of material from the original text are missing. The Hidatsa language is referred to on the recording by one of its alternate names, "Gros Ventre." This Gros Ventre is not to be confused with the Atsina language of the same name. This program was originally recorded on the collector's original tape 81, channel 4.
Source: Bowers, Alfred W. Mandan-Hidatsa cultural change and language studies, 1967-1972. (Mss.Rec.84);
Subject: Anthropological linguistics; Hidatsa language; Hidatsa Indians--History; Hidatsa Indians--Religion; Hidatsa Indians--Rites and ceremonies; Hidatsa Indians--Warfare; Indians of North America--North Dakota--History; language_documentation
Date: 1971-09

Title: Translation from English to Hidatsa of Wolf Chief's narrative, pgs. 397-400
Identifier(s): audio:4074; APSdigrec_1885; Recording Number: 10; Program Number: 03
Description: This program consists of a translation from English into Hidatsa of a narrative given to the researcher in the late 1920s or early 1930s. The text from which the researcher reads is found in his own book, "Hidatsa Social and Ceremonial Organization." (See Related Resource.); The Hidatsa language is referred to on the recording by one of its alternate names, "Gros Ventre." This Gros Ventre is not to be confused with the Atsina language of the same name. This program was originally recorded on the collector's original tape 79, channel 3.
Source: Bowers, Alfred W. Mandan-Hidatsa cultural change and language studies, 1967-1972. (Mss.Rec.84);
Subject: Anthropological linguistics; Hidatsa language; Hidatsa Indians--History; Hidatsa Indians--Religion; Hidatsa Indians--Rites and ceremonies; Hidatsa Indians--Warfare; Indians of North America--North Dakota--History; language_documentation
Date: 1971

Title: Translation from English to Hidatsa of Wolf Chief's narrative, pgs. 400-404
Identifier(s): audio:4075; APSdigrec_1886; Recording Number: 10; Program Number: 04
Description: This program consists of a translation from English into Hidatsa of a narrative given to the researcher in the late 1920s or early 1930s. The text from which the researcher reads is found in his own book, "Hidatsa Social and Ceremonial Organization." (See Related Resource.); There is intermittent signal loss from 34:03 - 35:17. The Hidatsa language is referred to on the recording by one of its alternate names, "Gros Ventre." This Gros Ventre is not to be confused with the Atsina language of the same name. This program was originally recorded on the collector's original tape 80, channel 1.
Source: Bowers, Alfred W. Mandan-Hidatsa cultural change and language studies, 1967-1972. (Mss.Rec.84);
Subject: Anthropological linguistics; Hidatsa language; Hidatsa Indians--History; Hidatsa Indians--Religion; Hidatsa Indians--Rites and ceremonies; Hidatsa Indians--Warfare; Indians of North America--North Dakota--History; language_documentation
Date: 1971