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Title: Ottawa story
Identifier(s): audio:9101; APSdigrec_0023; Series: 02; Recording Number: 01; Program Number: 01
Description: Contents not clearly identifiable from collection's documentation. Most likely a folkloric story.; 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: Story of Deer
Identifier(s): audio:6643; APSdigrec_0871; Recording Number: 06; Program Number: 01
Description: First told in Ottawa, then English.
Source: Kurath, Gertrude P. Songs and dances of the rural Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, [1954-1955?]. (Mss.Rec.20);
Subject: Ottawa Indians--Folklore; Deer--Folklore
Date: 1954

Title: Ottawa story
Identifier(s): audio:9109; local: APSdigrec_0026; local: 02; local: 01; local: 04
Description: Contents not clearly identifiable from collection's documentation. Most likely a folkloric story.; Originally recorded on wire recorder in 1948 and transferred to reel-to-reel tape in 1949.
Subject: Ottawa language; Ottawa Indians--Folklore
Date: 1948-05

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: 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 "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: Word list from "Underground People"
Identifier(s): audio:9081; APSdigrec_0018; Series: 01; Recording Number: 03B; 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: Ottawa language; Ottawa Indians--Folklore
Date: 1947-08

Title: Word List from "Wooden Whistles"
Identifier(s): audio:9072; APSdigrec_0013; Series: 01; Recording Number: 02B; 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; Ottawa Indians--Folklore
Date: 1947-08

Title: Kidnapping
Identifier(s): audio:9098; APSdigrec_0034; Series: 02; Recording Number: 04; Program Number: 03
Description: A semi-historical legend of a kidnapping from the Burt Lake 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; Kidnapping
Date: 1948-05-06

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: 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: 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: Wooden Whistles
Identifier(s): audio:9071; APSdigrec_0005; Series: 01; Recording Number: 01A; Program Number: 05
Description: Story of the origin of a belief that blowing whistles will call up snakes in the springtime.; 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; Snakes; Whistles; Ottawa Indians--Folklore
Date: 1947-08

Title: The Legend of the Corn
Identifier(s): audio:9086; APSdigrec_0008; Series: 01; Recording Number: 02B; 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; Corn; Ottawa Indians--Folklore
Date: 1947-08

Title: The Legend of the Serpent
Identifier(s): audio:9084; APSdigrec_0007; Series: 01; Recording Number: 01A; Program Number: 07
Description: A legend told to Chief Ettawageshik by Chief Joe Chingwa of Petoskey, Mich.; 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; Snakes; Ottawa Indians--Folklore
Date: 1947-08

Title: Legend describing sorcery ("Bear walking")
Identifier(s): audio:9133; APSdigrec_0046; Series: 02; Recording Number: 07; Program Number: 07
Description: A story describing sorcery practiced by one brother against another.; 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: 1948-05-20

Title: Legend of the Maškuo'tens
Identifier(s): audio:9130; APSdigrec_0042; Series: 02; Recording Number: 07; Program Number: 02
Description: Story of an Ottawa battle with the Indians who formerly lived in the same region of Michigan.; 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
Date: 1948-04-30

Title: Nanaboju and the Bear's Skull
Identifier(s): audio:9120; APSdigrec_0043; Series: 02; Recording Number: 07; Program Number: 03
Description: "Further adventures of Nanaboju, the Ottawa culture hero."; 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
Date: 1948-04-30

Title: Nanaboju Cycle
Identifier(s): audio:9100; APSdigrec_0029; Series: 02; Recording Number: 02; Program Number: 02
Description: A cycle of stories about Nanaboju including his early life.; 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
Date: 1948-05-02

Title: The Fleet-footed Woman
Identifier(s): audio:9106; APSdigrec_0037; Series: 02; Recording Number: 05; Program Number: 03
Description: A legend about the adventures of a man and a sorceress.; 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; Witches--Folklore
Date: 1948-05-05