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Title: Ahaharas to Athenno
Identifier(s): audio:6053; local: APSdigrec_0319; local: 01; local: 01
Description: An alphabetical list of Iroquoian proper names beginning with A, D, E, G, H, J, N, O, R, S, T, V, W, and Y, read by the collector in Mohawk. Introductory comments by Barbeau in English.; Haudenosaunee names such as those documented in this recording are given to Haudenosaunee children by clan mothers according to traditional protocols. These name-giving traditions are actively maintained by Haudenosaunee communities in the present day. Under these protocols, a particular name can only be held by one living person at a time. Researchers not authorized by a Haudenosaunee community to give out names in this manner are advised to observe respectful use of this recording and to consult it as a resource for its historical and linguistic information, not as a source for selecting names.
Subject: Mohawk language; Names, Iroquois; lexicography
Date: 1951-05

Title: Ahtera to Deganyadarehgwen
Identifier(s): audio:6050; local: APSdigrec_0320; local: 01; local: 02
Description: An alphabetical list of Iroquoian proper names beginning with A, D, E, G, H, J, N, O, R, S, T, V, W, and Y, read by the collector in Mohawk.; Haudenosaunee names such as those documented in this recording are given to Haudenosaunee children by clan mothers according to traditional protocols. These name-giving traditions are actively maintained by Haudenosaunee communities in the present day. Under these protocols, a particular name can only be held by one living person at a time. Researchers not authorized by a Haudenosaunee community to give out names in this manner are advised to observe respectful use of this recording and to consult it as a resource for its historical and linguistic information, not as a source for selecting names.
Subject: Mohawk language; Names, Iroquois; lexicography
Date: 1951-05

Title: Names beginning with J and O
Identifier(s): audio:6058; local: APSdigrec_0325; local: 04; local: 01
Description: An alphabetical list of Iroquoian proper names beginning with A, D, E, G, H, J, N, O, R, S, T, V, W, and Y, read by the collector in Mohawk.; Haudenosaunee names such as those documented in this recording are given to Haudenosaunee children by clan mothers according to traditional protocols. These name-giving traditions are actively maintained by Haudenosaunee communities in the present day. Under these protocols, a particular name can only be held by one living person at a time. Researchers not authorized by a Haudenosaunee community to give out names in this manner are advised to observe respectful use of this recording and to consult it as a resource for its historical and linguistic information, not as a source for selecting names.
Subject: Mohawk language; Names, Iroquois; lexicography
Date: 1951-05

Title: Rev. David Cory, to Floyd Lounsbury
Identifier(s): text:303638
Description: Letter to Lounsbury regarding connecting him with a Mohawk "informant" in the congregation of Rev. Cory's church, Cuyler Presbyterian Church, in Brooklyn. Also includes typewritten list of Mohawk numbers from Rev. Hawley (1809).
Creator: Cory, Rev. David M.et al; Lounsbury, Floyd Glennet al
Subject: Mohawk language; Presbyterian Church; Brooklyn (N.Y.)
Date: circa 1951

Title: Names beginning A
Identifier(s): text:115632
Description: This is one section from the "Iroquois Personal Names" manuscript of Mohawk scholar Charles Cooke (Thawennensere).The whole manuscript contains an alphabetical list of about 6200 Iroquoian names beginning with A, D, E, G, H, J, N, O, R, S, T, V, W, and Y, compiled by Cooke from 1900-1951. Each entry includes phonetic spelling, gender, tribe, location, date, and clan. The name is then analyzed by radicals, with historical information about its bearer (where relevant). Cross reference to variants and from English names of Indians.; Haudenosaunee names such as those documented in this manuscript are given to Haudenosaunee children by clan mothers according to traditional protocols. These name-giving traditions are actively maintained by Haudenosaunee communities in the present day. Under these protocols, a particular name can only be held by one living person at a time. Researchers not authorized by a Haudenosaunee community to give out names in this manner are advised to observe respectful use of this manuscript and to consult it as a resource for its historical and linguistic information, not as a source for selecting names.
Subject: Names, Iroquois; Names, Indian--North America; Mohawk language; Haudenosaunee

Title: Preface
Identifier(s): text:115587
Description: This is one section from the "Iroquois Personal Names" manuscript of Mohawk scholar Charles Cooke (Thawennensere).The whole manuscript contains an alphabetical list of about 6200 Iroquoian names beginning with A, D, E, G, H, J, N, O, R, S, T, V, W, and Y, compiled by Cooke from 1900-1951. Each entry includes phonetic spelling, gender, tribe, location, date, and clan. The name is then analyzed by radicals, with historical information about its bearer (where relevant). Cross reference to variants and from English names of Indians.; Haudenosaunee names such as those documented in this manuscript are given to Haudenosaunee children by clan mothers according to traditional protocols. These name-giving traditions are actively maintained by Haudenosaunee communities in the present day. Under these protocols, a particular name can only be held by one living person at a time. Researchers not authorized by a Haudenosaunee community to give out names in this manner are advised to observe respectful use of this manuscript and to consult it as a resource for its historical and linguistic information, not as a source for selecting names.
Subject: Names, Iroquois; Names, Indian--North America; Mohawk language; Haudenosaunee

Title: Apple-Picking
Identifier(s): audio:3545; APSdigrec_4332; Recording Number: 01; Program Number: 01
Source: Hopkins, Alice W. Mohawk Narratives, 1983. (Mss.Rec.124); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.Rec.124-ead.xml
Subject: Mohawk language; Mohawk Indians--Social life and customs; Apples--Harvesting
Date: 1983

Title: Names beginning E-G
Identifier(s): text:116290
Description: This is one section from the "Iroquois Personal Names" manuscript of Mohawk scholar Charles Cooke (Thawennensere).The whole manuscript contains an alphabetical list of about 6200 Iroquoian names beginning with A, D, E, G, H, J, N, O, R, S, T, V, W, and Y, compiled by Cooke from 1900-1951. Each entry includes phonetic spelling, gender, tribe, location, date, and clan. The name is then analyzed by radicals, with historical information about its bearer (where relevant). Cross reference to variants and from English names of Indians.; Haudenosaunee names such as those documented in this manuscript are given to Haudenosaunee children by clan mothers according to traditional protocols. These name-giving traditions are actively maintained by Haudenosaunee communities in the present day. Under these protocols, a particular name can only be held by one living person at a time. Researchers not authorized by a Haudenosaunee community to give out names in this manner are advised to observe respectful use of this manuscript and to consult it as a resource for its historical and linguistic information, not as a source for selecting names.
Subject: Names, Iroquois; Names, Indian--North America; Mohawk language; Haudenosaunee

Title: Names beginning R-Z
Identifier(s): text:116294
Description: This is one section from the "Iroquois Personal Names" manuscript of Mohawk scholar Charles Cooke (Thawennensere).The whole manuscript contains an alphabetical list of about 6200 Iroquoian names beginning with A, D, E, G, H, J, N, O, R, S, T, V, W, and Y, compiled by Cooke from 1900-1951. Each entry includes phonetic spelling, gender, tribe, location, date, and clan. The name is then analyzed by radicals, with historical information about its bearer (where relevant). Cross reference to variants and from English names of Indians.; Haudenosaunee names such as those documented in this manuscript are given to Haudenosaunee children by clan mothers according to traditional protocols. These name-giving traditions are actively maintained by Haudenosaunee communities in the present day. Under these protocols, a particular name can only be held by one living person at a time. Researchers not authorized by a Haudenosaunee community to give out names in this manner are advised to observe respectful use of this manuscript and to consult it as a resource for its historical and linguistic information, not as a source for selecting names.
Subject: Names, Iroquois; Names, Indian--North America; Mohawk language; Haudenosaunee

Title: Rahòn:tsi
Identifier(s): audio:3546; APSdigrec_4333; Recording Number: 01; Program Number: 02
Description: Story about a dog named "Rahòn:tsi."
Source: Hopkins, Alice W. Mohawk Narratives, 1983. (Mss.Rec.124); http://www.amphilsoc.org/collections/view?docId=ead/Mss.Rec.124-ead.xml
Subject: Mohawk language; Mohawk Indians--Social life and customs; Dogs
Date: 1983

Title: Names beginning H-O
Identifier(s): text:116292
Description: This is one section from the "Iroquois Personal Names" manuscript of Mohawk scholar Charles Cooke (Thawennensere).The whole manuscript contains an alphabetical list of about 6200 Iroquoian names beginning with A, D, E, G, H, J, N, O, R, S, T, V, W, and Y, compiled by Cooke from 1900-1951. Each entry includes phonetic spelling, gender, tribe, location, date, and clan. The name is then analyzed by radicals, with historical information about its bearer (where relevant). Cross reference to variants and from English names of Indians.; Haudenosaunee names such as those documented in this manuscript are given to Haudenosaunee children by clan mothers according to traditional protocols. These name-giving traditions are actively maintained by Haudenosaunee communities in the present day. Under these protocols, a particular name can only be held by one living person at a time. Researchers not authorized by a Haudenosaunee community to give out names in this manner are advised to observe respectful use of this manuscript and to consult it as a resource for its historical and linguistic information, not as a source for selecting names.
Subject: Names, Iroquois; Names, Indian--North America; Mohawk language; Haudenosaunee

Title: Making Cornbread
Identifier(s): audio:3547; APSdigrec_4334; Recording Number: 01; Program Number: 03
Source: Hopkins, Alice W. Mohawk Narratives, 1983. (Mss.Rec.124); http://www.amphilsoc.org/collections/view?docId=ead/Mss.Rec.124-ead.xml
Subject: Mohawk language; Mohawk Indians--Social life and customs; Baking
Date: 1983

Title: Names beginning D
Identifier(s): text:116185
Description: This is one section from the "Iroquois Personal Names" manuscript of Mohawk scholar Charles Cooke (Thawennensere).The whole manuscript contains an alphabetical list of about 6200 Iroquoian names beginning with A, D, E, G, H, J, N, O, R, S, T, V, W, and Y, compiled by Cooke from 1900-1951. Each entry includes phonetic spelling, gender, tribe, location, date, and clan. The name is then analyzed by radicals, with historical information about its bearer (where relevant). Cross reference to variants and from English names of Indians.; Haudenosaunee names such as those documented in this manuscript are given to Haudenosaunee children by clan mothers according to traditional protocols. These name-giving traditions are actively maintained by Haudenosaunee communities in the present day. Under these protocols, a particular name can only be held by one living person at a time. Researchers not authorized by a Haudenosaunee community to give out names in this manner are advised to observe respectful use of this manuscript and to consult it as a resource for its historical and linguistic information, not as a source for selecting names.
Subject: Names, Iroquois; Names, Indian--North America; Mohawk language; Haudenosaunee

Title: Karihwi:yo, "The Good Message"
Identifier(s): audio:3540; APSdigrec_3105; Recording Number: 01; Program Number: 01
Source: Hopkins, Alice W. "The Good Message": A reading by Louise Deer of translation of the Handsome Lake Code. (Mss.Rec.117); http://www.amphilsoc.org/collections/view?docId=ead/Mss.Rec.117-ead.xml
Subject: Handsome Lake, 1735-1815; Mohawk language; Iroquois Indians--Religion; Iroquois Indians--Rites and ceremonies
Date: 1981

Title: Mohawk Word List
Identifier(s): audio:6147; APSdigrec_0511; Recording Number: 03; Program Number: 01
Description: Recorded at Cornwall Island, Ontario, Canada. Original tapes in Archives of Languages of the World, Indiana University.
Source: Hickerson, Harold, Glen D. Turner and Nancy P. Hickerson. Material on Iroquois dialects and languages, [1950]. (Mss.Rec.13);
Subject: Iroquoian languages--Dialects; Indians of North America--Languages--Mutual intelligibility; Typology (Linguistics); Mohawk language; typology
Date: 1950

Title: Mohawk Conversation #1
Identifier(s): audio:6109; APSdigrec_0493; Recording Number: 01; Program Number: 08
Description: Original tapes in Archives of Languages of the World, Indiana University.
Source: Hickerson, Harold, Glen D. Turner and Nancy P. Hickerson. Material on Iroquois dialects and languages, [1950]. (Mss.Rec.13);
Subject: Iroquoian languages--Dialects; Indians of North America--Languages--Mutual intelligibility; Typology (Linguistics); Mohawk language; Mohawk Indians; typology
Date: 1950

Title: Text 2
Identifier(s): audio:6142; APSdigrec_0519; Recording Number: 04; Program Number: 02
Description: Original tapes in Archives of Languages of the World, Indiana University.
Source: Hickerson, Harold, Glen D. Turner and Nancy P. Hickerson. Material on Iroquois dialects and languages, [1950]. (Mss.Rec.13);
Subject: Iroquoian languages--Dialects; Indians of North America--Languages--Mutual intelligibility; Typology (Linguistics); Mohawk language; Mohawk Indians; typology
Date: 1950

Title: Text 2B
Identifier(s): audio:6139; APSdigrec_0539; Recording Number: 06; Program Number: 06
Description: Recorded at Cornwall Island, Ontario, Canada. Original tapes in Archives of Languages of the World, Indiana University.
Source: Hickerson, Harold, Glen D. Turner and Nancy P. Hickerson. Material on Iroquois dialects and languages, [1950]. (Mss.Rec.13);
Subject: Iroquoian languages--Dialects; Indians of North America--Languages--Mutual intelligibility; Typology (Linguistics); Mohawk Indians; Mohawk language; typology
Date: 1950

Title: Mohawk Text #1
Identifier(s): audio:6123; APSdigrec_0494; Recording Number: 01; Program Number: 09
Description: Recorded at Cornwall Island, Ontario, Canada. Original tapes in Archives of Languages of the World, Indiana University.
Source: Hickerson, Harold, Glen D. Turner and Nancy P. Hickerson. Material on Iroquois dialects and languages, [1950]. (Mss.Rec.13);
Subject: Iroquoian languages--Dialects; Indians of North America--Languages--Mutual intelligibility; Typology (Linguistics); Mohawk language; Mohawk Indians; language_documentation; typology
Date: 1950

Title: Text 2B
Identifier(s): audio:6170; APSdigrec_0530; Recording Number: 05; Program Number: 05
Description: Recorded at Cornwall Island, Ontario, Canada. Original tapes in Archives of Languages of the World, Indiana University.
Source: Hickerson, Harold, Glen D. Turner and Nancy P. Hickerson. Material on Iroquois dialects and languages, [1950]. (Mss.Rec.13);
Subject: Iroquoian languages--Dialects; Indians of North America--Languages--Mutual intelligibility; Typology (Linguistics); Mohawk Indians; Mohawk language; typology
Date: 1950