This manuscript volume consists of a handwritten French-Ottawa (Odawa) dictionary compiled by an unidentified author, probably Father Pierre Du Jaunay, a Jesuit priest at Cross Village (L'Arbre Croche) and Michilimackinac in the 1740s-1760s. This manuscript is apparently the first part of a larger work, as this volume consists of entries beginning with A through "epée." Many entries contain examples of usage of the Ottawa langauge word or additional definitions and examples based upon other phrases in which the French word may be used. This manuscript may be a partial copy made of Du Jaunay's French-Ottawa manuscript dictionary compiled in the 1740s at Cross Village, now housed at McGill University Library.
Part of a series, "Red Man in Michigan," broadcast on WUOM radio in Ann Arbor, Michigan. These programs use extensive clips from field recordings made by Gertrude Prokosch Kurath.
The keynote event for the Digitial Knowledge Sharing Workshop, held at the APS Library & Museum. The DKS Workshop is part of the Mellon Foundation-sponsored Native American Scholars Initiative (NASI).
audio:6668; APSdigrec_0836; Recording Number: 01; Program Number: 32
Description
Recording of a talk given at a symposium titled "Michigan Indian Lore since 'Hiawatha'," held by the Michigan Folklore Society, of which Gertrude P. Kurath was Chairman.
