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Title: Discussion of healing and the significance of the roadrunner
Identifier(s): audio:6541; APSdigrec_3223; Recording Number: 13B; Program Number: 01
Description: A prayer to Roadrunner is given in Shawnee from 3:10 to 3:55.
Source: Norcross, Amoena. Shawnee language recordings, 1994. (Mss.Rec.236);
Subject: Roadrunner; Peyotism; Shawnee Indians--Medicine; Shawnee language
Date: 1994

Title: Story of the origin and use of Indian fire
Identifier(s): audio:6524; APSdigrec_3213; Recording Number: 12B; Program Number: 01
Description: Story given in English, then in Shawnee. Shawnee section begins at 4:20.
Source: Norcross, Amoena. Shawnee language recordings, 1994. (Mss.Rec.236);
Subject: Shawnee language; Shawnee Indians--Folklore; Fire--Folklore; Shawnee Indians--Fire use
Date: 1994

Title: Witapanoxwe's Song
Identifier(s): audio:4151; APSdigrec_2808; Recording Number: 01; Program Number: 10
Description: Vision recital song, or atehomwin song, of James C. Webber, whose Delaware name is Witapano'xwe.; Song may be of Seneca or Shawnee origin. Contains some Munsee terms. This recording has been identified as culturally sensitive. Remote access and reproduction is restricted. Please contact the Curator of Native American Materials for more information.
Source: Speck, Frank G. Delaware Indian material, 1928. (Mss.Rec.4);
Subject: Delaware Indians--Music; Seneca Indians--Music; Shawnee Indians--Music
Date: 1928

Title: Pleasure Dance #1
Identifier(s): APSdigrec_0417; Recording Number: 01; Program Number: 01
Description: Women's stomp dance. May be a women's side dance in which women dance while men sing. Possibly a Shawnee song sung in Delaware.; Playback speed uneven due to condition of the original cylinder.
Subject: Delaware Indians--Music; Delaware dance; Stomp dance; Shawnee Indians--Music
Date: 1928

Title: Woman's Dance Song, ywietani-ke, "dancing nicely"
Identifier(s): APSdigrec_2807; Recording Number: 01; Program Number: 09
Description: Women's stomp dance song. Words possibly in Seneca. Song may be of Shawnee origin.
Subject: Delaware Indians--Music; Delaware dance; Stomp dance; Shawnee Indians--Music
Date: 1928

Title: Conversation on consultant's childhood and Shawnee customs
Identifier(s): audio:6528; APSdigrec_3204; Recording Number: 11B; Program Number: 01
Description: Includes discussion of the Shawnee Indian Agency, economic and agricultural conditions during the Depression, memories of farming and hunting during childhood, traditional medicine, and traditional roles for men and women. In English only.
Source: Norcross, Amoena. Shawnee language recordings, 1994. (Mss.Rec.236);
Subject: Shawnee Indians--History--20th century; Shawnee Indians--Medicine; Shawnee Indians--Agriculture; Shawnee Indians--Social life and customs; United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Shawnee Agency; Depressions--1929--Oklahoma; Shawnee women--Social conditions
Date: 1994

Title: Story about dogs and going to heaven, given in English, with additional discussion
Identifier(s): audio:6525; APSdigrec_3210; Recording Number: 12A; Program Number: 04
Description: Story about the importance of being good to dogs and their role in deciding who gets in to heaven, followed by discussion and brief story of Grandmother's creation of the world.
Source: Norcross, Amoena. Shawnee language recordings, 1994. (Mss.Rec.236);
Subject: Dogs--Folklore; Shawnee Indians--Religion; Future life; Creation--Mythology
Date: 1994

Title: Story of Grandmother's grandson who mistreated animals
Identifier(s): audio:6514; APSdigrec_3195; Recording Number: 09A; Program Number: 01
Description: Story given in English, then in Shawnee, followed by a discussion of Shawnee beliefs regarding treatment of animals and animals' conferring of powers to humans. Also discusses the role of dogs in going to heaven.
Source: Norcross, Amoena. Shawnee language recordings, 1994. (Mss.Rec.236);
Subject: Shawnee Indians--Folklore; Human-animal relationships; Dogs; Future life
Date: 1994

Title: Elicitations of Shawnee sentences related to gender and age
Identifier(s): audio:6497; APSdigrec_3121; Recording Number: 06A; Program Number: 02
Source: Norcross, Amoena. Shawnee language recordings, 1994. (Mss.Rec.236);
Subject: Shawnee language--Grammar; Shawnee Indians--Social life and customs
Date: 1994

Title: Elicitation and conversation on medicinal plants
Identifier(s): audio:6502; APSdigrec_3129; Recording Number: 07B; Program Number: 02
Source: Norcross, Amoena. Shawnee language recordings, 1994. (Mss.Rec.236);
Subject: Shawnee language--Grammar; Shawnee Indians--Medicine; Medicinal plants
Date: 1994

Title: Narrative in Shawnee on traditional roles of men and women
Identifier(s): audio:6529; APSdigrec_3205; Recording Number: 11B; Program Number: 02
Description: Introduced in English. Told in Shawnee.
Source: Norcross, Amoena. Shawnee language recordings, 1994. (Mss.Rec.236);
Subject: Shawnee women--Social conditions; Shawnee Indians--Social life and customs
Date: 1994

Title: Story of the grasshopper and the ant, given in Shawnee
Identifier(s): audio:6535; APSdigrec_3216; Recording Number: 12B; Program Number: 04
Source: Norcross, Amoena. Shawnee language recordings, 1994. (Mss.Rec.236);
Subject: Shawnee language; Shawnee Indians--Folklore; Ants--Folklore; Grasshoppers--Folklore
Date: 1994

Title: Delaware Dance Songs (not used in Big House): c: Women's Dance
Identifier(s): APSdigrec_2816; Recording Number: 02; Program Number: 05
Description: Identified by Goddard (see Related Resource) as a Raccoon Dance, possibly Shawnee in origin.
Subject: Delaware Indians--Music; Delaware dance; Stomp dance; Shawnee Indians--Music
Date: 1928

Title: Conversation on how people were created, treatment of Shawnee women, and miscellaneous customs
Identifier(s): audio:6490; APSdigrec_3117; Recording Number: 05A; Program Number: 01
Description: Begins with some elicitation, followed by story of how people and tribes were created and how they learned to make fire. Continues into discussion of the keeping of fire, the treatment of women in Shawnee society, and related customs. Predominantly in English.
Source: Norcross, Amoena. Shawnee language recordings, 1994. (Mss.Rec.236);
Subject: Shawnee language; Creation--Mythology; Shawnee mythology; Shawnee Indians--Social life and customs; Shawnee Indians--Folklore; Shawnee women
Date: 1994

Title: Personal story of a car accident, peyote meeting, and vision of a roadrunner
Identifier(s): audio:6543; APSdigrec_3222; Recording Number: 13A; Program Number: 04
Source: Norcross, Amoena. Shawnee language recordings, 1994. (Mss.Rec.236);
Subject: Peyotism; Shawnee Indians--Social life and customs; Shawnee Indians--Medicine; Traffic accidents; Drunk driving; Roadrunner; Auditory hallucinations
Date: 1994

Title: Quapaw Pow-Wow: Stomp Dance Contest [Side A]
Identifier(s): audio:6353; APSdigrec_0237; Recording Number: 22; Program Number: 01
Description: Lead Dance (leader unidentified) -- Lead Dance (leader unidentified) -- Lead Dance (leader unidentified) -- Lead Dance (leader unidentified) -- Lead Dance (leader unidentified) -- Lead Dance, background announcements and conversation -- Lead Dance (leader unidentified) -- Wayne Longhorn (Shawnee), leader -- Steve Kinder (Peoria), leader -- Vernon Adkins (Otoe), leader; Recorded at Beaver Springs ('Devil's Promenade') ground, near Quapaw, Oklahoma, July 5, 1974, by Kenny Kinder (Peoria). Leaders and shell-shakers as identified. Almost all participants are Quapaws and others of the 'Eight Tribes' of Ottawa County, and Shawnees and the Whiteoak and Little Axe Grounds.
Source: Roark-Calnek, Sue N. Indian performances in Oklahoma, 1973-1974. (Mss.Rec.107);
Subject: Powwows--Oklahoma; Quapaw dance; Dance--Competitions; Shawnee dance; Shawnee Indians--Music; Stomp dance
Date: 1974-07-05

Title: Opening Ceremony for "Building Partnerships Between Archives and Indian Communities," excerpts
Identifier(s): video:1426
Description: Excerpts of the opening ceremony for the "Building Partnerships Between Archives and Indian Communities" conference held at the American Philosophical Society, May 19-21, 2010. The ceremony included a Welcome Song given by Watie Akins (Penobscot), a prayer in Cherokee given by Tom Belt (Cherokee Nation), a Pipe Ceremony given by Larry Aitken (Leech Lake Ojibwe), and a speech given by Chief Glenna Wallace (Eastern Shawnee).
Source: American Philosophical Society Archives. Series VII. (APS.Archives); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/APS.Archives-ead.xml
Subject: Penobscot Indians; Cherokee Indians; Ojibwa Indians; Ojibwe people; Anishinaabe; Shawnee Indians
Date: 2010-05-20

Title: Opening Ceremony for "Building Partnerships Between Archives and Indian Communities," full version
Identifier(s): audio:24488
Description: The full opening ceremony for the "Building Partnerships Between Archives and Indian Communities" conference held at the American Philosophical Society, May 19-21, 2010. The ceremony included a greeting from APS President Baruch Blumberg, remarks and introductions by Timothy Powell, a Welcome Song given by Watie Akins (Penobscot), a prayer in Cherokee given by Tom Belt (Cherokee Nation), a Pipe Ceremony given by Larry Aitken (Leech Lake Ojibwe), and a speech given by Chief Glenna Wallace (Eastern Shawnee).
Source: American Philosophical Society Archives. Series VII. (APS.Archives); http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/APS.Archives-ead.xml
Subject: American Philosophical Society; Penobscot Indians; Cherokee Indians; Ojibwa Indians; Ojibwe people; Anishinaabe; Shawnee Indians
Date: 2010-05-20

Title: Discussion of the use of tobacco and other smoke in peyote meetings
Identifier(s): audio:6538; APSdigrec_3214; Recording Number: 12B; Program Number: 02
Source: Norcross, Amoena. Shawnee language recordings, 1994. (Mss.Rec.236);
Subject: Shawnee language; Tobacco; Peyotism; Smoke; Red-tailed hawk; Shawnee Indians--Religion
Date: 1994

Title: Conversation on different types of dances
Identifier(s): audio:6510; APSdigrec_3196; Recording Number: 09B; Program Number: 01
Description: In English only.
Source: Norcross, Amoena. Shawnee language recordings, 1994. (Mss.Rec.236);
Subject: Shawnee dance; Indians of North America--Oklahoma--Dance; Shawnee Indians--Rites and ceremonies
Date: 1994