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Title: The Story of the Choke Cherries
Identifier(s): audio:9075; APSdigrec_0003; Series: 01; Recording Number: 01A; Program Number: 03
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: The Legend of Harbor Point
Identifier(s): audio:9077; APSdigrec_0016; Series: 01; Recording Number: 03B; Program Number: 03
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; Harbor Springs (Mich.); Ottawa Indians--Folklore
Date: 1947-08

Title: Legend of the Green Corn (English)
Identifier(s): local: APSdigrec_0035; local: 02; local: 05; local: 01
Description: "The story describes the origin of corn. The Ottawa version includes a prophecy by the beautiful woman who gave the Indians the corn plant that the land on which the hunter (to whom she appeared) is standing will some day be lost to the Indian. This is not in the English translation."; Originally recorded on wire recorder in 1948 and transferred to reel-to-reel tape in 1949.
Subject: Ottawa language; Corn--Folklore; Ottawa Indians--Folklore; Hunters--Folklore; Visions; Prophecies
Date: 1948-05-05

Title: War Rally
Identifier(s): audio:6634; APSdigrec_0812; Recording Number: 01; Program Number: 08
Source: Kurath, Gertrude P. Songs and dances of the rural Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, [1954-1955?]. (Mss.Rec.20);
Subject: Ottawa Indians--Music; Indians of North America--Michigan--Music; Ottawa language; Ottawa Indians--Music
Date: 1954

Title: Legend of the Green Corn (Ottawa)
Identifier(s): local: APSdigrec_0036; local: 02; local: 05; local: 02
Description: "The story describes the origin of corn. The Ottawa version includes a prophecy by the beautiful woman who gave the Indians the corn plant that the land on which the hunter (to whom she appeared) is standing will some day be lost to the Indian. This is not in the English translation."; Originally recorded on wire recorder in 1948 and transferred to reel-to-reel tape in 1949.
Subject: Ottawa language; Corn--Folklore; Ottawa Indians--Folklore; Hunters--Folklore; Visions; Prophecies
Date: 1948-05-05

Title: The Snow Ball
Identifier(s): audio:9122; APSdigrec_0570; Series: 02; Recording Number: 10; Program Number: 04
Description: A story about the battle of winter and spring.; 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; Seasons--Folklore; Winter--Folklore; Spring--Folklore
Date: 1948-06

Title: The Cricket and the Ant
Identifier(s): audio:9124; APSdigrec_0569; Series: 02; Recording Number: 10; Program Number: 03
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--Folklore; Insects--Folklore; Crickets--Folklore; Ants--Folklore
Date: 1948-06

Title: The Fastest Flying Bird
Identifier(s): audio:9115; APSdigrec_0568; Series: 02; Recording Number: 10; Program Number: 02
Description: A story of a race held by birds in which the crane was the winner.; 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; Birds--Folklore; Cranes (Birds)--Folklore; Racing--Folklore
Date: 1948-06

Title: Kidnappers from Saginaw
Identifier(s): audio:9102; APSdigrec_0030; Series: 02; Recording Number: 02; Program Number: 03
Description: A semi-historical legend about a child snatched from the Harbor band by hostile Indians from Saginaw.; 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; Kidnapping; Ottawa Indians--Social life and customs
Date: 1948-05-02

Title: Mkkwániwi at Burt Lake
Identifier(s): audio:9128; APSdigrec_0039; Series: 02; Recording Number: 06; Program Number: 02
Description: "Description of a frightening experience of Joe Chingwa's and Fred Ettawageshik's grandfather while hunting at Burt Lake."; 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; Hunting; Burt Lake (Mich.)
Date: 1948-05-20

Title: Origin of Red Osier
Identifier(s): audio:9137; APSdigrec_0041; Series: 02; Recording Number: 07; Program Number: 01
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--Folklore; Nanabush (Legendary character)--Legends; Ducks--Folklore
Date: 1948-04-30

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: 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: 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: 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: 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: Nanaboju and the Bears [1 of 2]
Identifier(s): audio:9119; APSdigrec_0038; Series: 02; Recording Number: 06; Program Number: 01
Description: "A long myth describing the killing of Nanaboju's younger brother, Jibiabos, by bears in retaliation against Nanaboju for killing the bears' grandfather and devouring the meat. In this mythological time there was really no such thing as death, so that Nanaboju sees his brother again after the bears have killed him. Then follows a conversation between the two brothers in which it is decided that it is better for people and animals to die when they are killed and for their souls to follow the spirit path to the west because otherwise all nature would have to stay in mourning. Nanaboju commands his brother to blaze the the spirit path and to rule over the land of the dead in the west. Jibiabos leaves singing the mournful death chant."; 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; Bears--Folklore; Future life; Death--Folklore; Death--Mythology; Soul--Folklore
Date: 1948-05-20