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Title: Old Woman Who Never Dies
Identifier(s): audio:4935; APSdigrec_0784; Recording Number: 16; Program Number: 14
Description: Copied by collector from his original tapes. This is the collector's original tape 45, program 1.
Source: Bowers, Alfred W. Mandan-Hidatsa ethnohistory and linguistics, Fort Berthold Reservation, 1967-1969. (Mss.Rec.81);
Subject: Anthropological linguistics; Mandan Indians--Folklore; Older women--Folklore; Hidatsa Indians--Folklore
Date: 1969

Title: Two Men and Old Woman Never Dies; Myth of Snake in River Ceremony
Identifier(s): audio:4856; APSdigrec_0753; Recording Number: 08; Program Number: 01
Description: Identified as two stories in collector's documentation, though the stories blend into each other and there is no discernible break between the stories on the recording.; Begins with English and Hidatsa given by Annie Crows Heart Eagle, with Mandan given by Mrs. Otter Sage. At approximately 40:00, Annie Crows Heart Eagle forgets how the story continues, so the sequence is switched to English and Mandan given by Otter Sage, followed by Hidatsa by Annie Crows Heart Eagle. Frequent interruptions. Story is interrupted by an unidentified speaker for about 1.5 minutes, starting at 22:30.; Copied by collector from his original tapes. This is the collector's original tape 62, program 1.Version given on Related Recording by Otter Sage is the same story despite alternate title.The Hidatsa language is identified as such in the recording's accompanying documentation, but on the recording itself it is referred to by one of its alternate names, "Gros Ventre." This Gros Ventre is not to be confused with the Arapahoan language of the same name.
Source: Bowers, Alfred W. Mandan-Hidatsa ethnohistory and linguistics, Fort Berthold Reservation, 1967-1969. (Mss.Rec.81);
Subject: Anthropological linguistics; Hidatsa Indians--Folklore; Mandan Indians--Folklore; Older women--Folklore; Quests (Expeditions)--Folklore
Date: 1969

Title: History of the Many Women (Holy Women)
Identifier(s): audio:4786; APSdigrec_0699; Recording Number: 08; Program Number: 06
Description: Copied by collector from his original tapes. This is the collector's original tape 65, program 4.The Hidatsa language is identified as such in the recording's accompanying documentation, but on the recording itself it is referred to by one of its alternate names, "Gros Ventre." This Gros Ventre is not to be confused with the Arapahoan language of the same name.
Source: Bowers, Alfred W. Mandan-Hidatsa ethnohistory and linguistics, Fort Berthold Reservation, 1967-1969. (Mss.Rec.81);
Subject: Anthropological linguistics; Hidatsa Indians--Folklore; Mandan Indians--Folklore; Mandan women; Hidatsa women; Older women--Folklore
Date: 1969

Title: Many Holy Women
Identifier(s): audio:4753; APSdigrec_0682; Recording Number: 07; Program Number: 09
Description: Copied by collector from his original tapes. This is the collector's original tape 61, program 9.
Source: Bowers, Alfred W. Mandan-Hidatsa ethnohistory and linguistics, Fort Berthold Reservation, 1967-1969. (Mss.Rec.81);
Subject: Anthropological linguistics; Mandan Indians--Folklore; Hidatsa Indians--Folklore; Mandan women; Hidatsa women; Older women--Folklore
Date: 1969

Title: Puts into Mandan Old woman tales Mandan to parallel Annie C H Eagle's English-Hidatsa Narrative
Identifier(s): audio:4709; APSdigrec_0642; Recording Number: 04; Program Number: 04
Description: Copied by collector from his original tapes. This is the collector's original tape 57, program 4.
Source: Bowers, Alfred W. Mandan-Hidatsa ethnohistory and linguistics, Fort Berthold Reservation, 1967-1969. (Mss.Rec.81);
Subject: Anthropological linguistics; Indians of North America--North Dakota--History; Mandan Indians--Folklore; Hidatsa Indians--Folklore; Older women--Folklore
Date: 1969

Title: Snake put in Missouri [2 of 2]
Identifier(s): audio:4739; APSdigrec_0668; Recording Number: 06; Program Number: 03
Description: Copied by collector from his original tapes. This is the collector's original tape 60, program 3.
Source: Bowers, Alfred W. Mandan-Hidatsa ethnohistory and linguistics, Fort Berthold Reservation, 1967-1969. (Mss.Rec.81);
Subject: Anthropological linguistics; Mandan Indians--Folklore; Hidatsa Indians--Folklore; Older women--Folklore; Snakes--Folklore; Missouri River; Quests (Expeditions)--Folklore
Date: 1969

Title: Old Woman Who Never Dies; Snake put in Missouri [1 of 2]
Identifier(s): audio:4741; APSdigrec_0667; Recording Number: 06; Program Number: 02
Description: Version given on Related Recording by Otter Sage and Annie Crows Heart Eagle together is the same story despite alternate title.; Copied by collector from his original tapes. This is the collector's original tape 60, program 2.
Source: Bowers, Alfred W. Mandan-Hidatsa ethnohistory and linguistics, Fort Berthold Reservation, 1967-1969. (Mss.Rec.81);
Subject: Anthropological linguistics; Mandan Indians--Folklore; Hidatsa Indians--Folklore; Older women--Folklore; Snakes--Folklore; Missouri River; Quests (Expeditions)--Folklore
Date: 1969

Title: Woman Above and Holy Women Myths
Identifier(s): audio:4917; APSdigrec_0791; Recording Number: 17; Program Number: 06
Description: Copied by collector from his original tapes. This is the collector's original tape 47, program 5. Collector's documentation indicates that a completion of the story was recorded, but this program was not found on the tapes transferred from collector's master copies.Story originally told to Alfred W. Bowers by Wolf Chief.The Hidatsa language is identified as such in the recording's accompanying documentation, but on the recording itself it is referred to by one of its alternate names, "Gros Ventre." This Gros Ventre is not to be confused with the Arapahoan language of the same name.
Source: Bowers, Alfred W. Mandan-Hidatsa ethnohistory and linguistics, Fort Berthold Reservation, 1967-1969. (Mss.Rec.81);
Subject: Anthropological linguistics; Hidatsa Indians--Folklore; Hidatsa Indians--Rites and ceremonies; Hidatsa mythology; Mandan Indians--Folklore; Mandan Indians--Rites and ceremonies; Mandan mythology; Older women--Folklore
Date: 1969

Title: Moon's Marriage; Old Woman Never Dies Sequence continued
Identifier(s): audio:4735; APSdigrec_0663; Recording Number: 05; Program Number: 20
Description: English and Mandan given by Mrs. Otter Sage. Hidatsa given by Annie Crows Heart Eagle.; Copied by collector from his original tapes. This is the collector's original tape 59, program 7. The Hidatsa language is identified as such in the recording's accompanying documentation, but on the recording itself it is referred to by one of its alternate names, "Gros Ventre." This Gros Ventre is not to be confused with the Atsina language of the same name.
Source: Bowers, Alfred W. Mandan-Hidatsa ethnohistory and linguistics, Fort Berthold Reservation, 1967-1969. (Mss.Rec.81);
Subject: Anthropological linguistics; Indians of North America--North Dakota--History; Mandan language; Hidatsa language; Mandan Indians--Folklore; Hidatsa Indians--Folklore; Moon--Folklore; Marriage--Folklore; Older women--Folklore
Date: 1969

Title: Conversation about Grandson figure in Old Woman Never Dies stories and cultural loss study
Identifier(s): audio:4780; APSdigrec_0698; Recording Number: 08; Program Number: 05
Description: The conversation includes discussion of the Grandson figure who appears in Old Woman Never Dies stories, the names of stars, the phenomenon of cultural loss in relation to Bowers' study, and changes in stories and ceremonial practices.; Copied by collector from his original tapes. This is the collector's original tape 65, program 3.The Hidatsa language is identified as such in the recording's accompanying documentation, but on the recording itself it is referred to by one of its alternate names, "Gros Ventre." This Gros Ventre is not to be confused with the Arapahoan language of the same name.
Source: Bowers, Alfred W. Mandan-Hidatsa ethnohistory and linguistics, Fort Berthold Reservation, 1967-1969. (Mss.Rec.81);
Subject: Anthropological linguistics; Indians of North America--North Dakota--History; Hidatsa Indians--Folklore; Hidatsa Indians--Rites and ceremonies; Mandan Indians--Folklore; Mandan Indians--Rites and ceremonies; Older women--Folklore; Social change; Stars; historical_linguistics
Date: 1969