Copy of Rev. Luke C. Walker's collection of legends, ca. 1880, made by Ella Deloria from manuscript. The carbon copy bears reference numbers to questions of Miss Deloria in her field work verifying these legends.; ACLS Collection, item 15
Typewritten listing of Dakota and Lakota language materials created and sent to Franz Boas. Appears to correspond with most or all of the Ella Deloria materials in the ACLS Collection [Mss.497.3.B63c].
Text V-1 only. Includes: discussion of some old traditions through the reported conversation in "Dakota" (Lakota) connected with the offering and acceptance of food and honoring the dead; English translations; discussions of the customs involved; notes on various "Dakota" (Lakota) words.
Discusses the significance and circumstances of receiving personal names and nicknames for both men and women. Followed by examples the personal names and nicknames of the Lakota names of 18 particular "Teton" men who are Blackfeet (Sihásapa), Sans Arcs (Itázipčho), Oglala, and Hunkpapa. In English with Lakota names and English explanations.; ACLS Collection, item X8a.11
Text VI-3. Includes original Lakota version, literal translation, free translation, and notes.; Part of ACLS collection, item X8a.14: 'Dakota speeches'
Two letters from Ella Deloria to Franz Boas, dated February 24 and August 28, years unspecified, but may be circa 1930s. Also includes two short typewritten documents titled "Santees at Griswold, Canada" and "About Length of Vowels (Fr. Buechel's Grammar)."
In Teton, Yankton, and English. Comparisons of Dakota and Osage words. Ca. 1,074 pairs, together with discussion of sound correspondence. Arranged alphabetically by English. Yankton and Teton dialects of Dakota. Essay on consonant and vowel shifts.
In Santee, Teton, and English. Contains idioms, with references to MS. tales. Idioms and similes, with references to MS. tales and a few references to Deloria's "Dakota Texts" (1932). A few editorial comments of Boas.; ACLS Collection, item X8a.24
