Search results | APS Digital Library

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: III(5E1a) Miscellaneous Ottawa notes
Identifier(s): text:298358
Description: Miscellaneous data concerning Ottawa plant names and dances and Fred Ettawageshik. Letter of Ene (?), Denver Art Museum, Department of Indian Art, to Speck, Dec. 7, 1939, concerning Delaware specimens. On reverse are Speck's notes on Delaware locations, according to eighteenth-century maps.
Creator: Speck, Frank G. (Frank Gouldsmith), 1881-1950et al; Ettawageshik, Fred, 1896-1969et al
Subject: Ottawa language; Ottawa Indians; Delaware Indians
Date: 1939

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: Mkkwániwi at Sleeping Bear Point
Identifier(s): audio:9136; APSdigrec_0573; Series: 02; Recording Number: 11; Program Number: 02
Description: "Another incident from the eventful life of Joe's grandfather told by Joe."; 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
Date: 1948

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

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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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

Title: Why the Birchbark has Streaks
Identifier(s): audio:9078; APSdigrec_0009; Series: 01; Recording Number: 02B; 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; Birch; Ottawa Indians--Folklore
Date: 1947-08