Black-and-white full-length group portrait of 3 men standing (back row), 9 men and women standing (middle row), and 6 men and women seated (front row). Identified on photo as "Algonquin Council, Roger Williams Park [Providence, Rhode Island], June 16, 1924." Individuals who are identified in accompanying document are, from left to right: (back row) "3 Hassanamisco Nipmucs"; (middle row) T.W. Bickwell, Charles Daylight (Penobscot, with headdress); James L. Cisco (Nipmuc, headdress), Chief Mitchell (Narragansett, in traditional dress), Joe Strong Wolf (in traditional dress); (seated) Mrs. Cisco Sullivan (Nipmuc), Chief Robert Clark (Nanticoke, headdress), Gladys Tantaquidgeon and Gertrude Harrision (Mohegan), Mrs. Steele (Narragansett), Percy Congdon (Mohegan).
audio:18634; APSdigrec_5144; Series: 02; Recording Number: 04; Program Number: 15
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A comparison of Pipe Dance songs, narrated by Gertrude Kurath, using field recordings previously made by her: Meskwaki (Iowa), recorded 1952, performed by Wilson Roberts; Chippewa of Lac du Flambeau (Wisconsin), recorded 1952, 2 Pipe Dances, performed by Fred Lacasse; Menominee (Wisconsin), 2 Pipe Dances, recorded circa 1950s; Narragansett (Rhode Island), recorded by Michael Prokosch, circa 1950s.
Letter from E. T. Adney to Frank Speck, July 19, 1943. Concerns numerous topics including Miami Indians and language, Narragansetts, Mi'kmaq ("Micmac"), and inter-relations to other Algonquian peoples and languages.