Fw: Miami Indian language

[MiaKalish@RedPony]

I didn't know if there might be some people who would be interested in these
search results, or people who didn't know how many sources we have for very
old information and recordings of Native languages.

Mia

----- Original Message -----
From: "NAA" <NAA at NMNH.SI.EDU>
To: <VIARC.Info at mnh.si.edu>; <Mia at RedPony.us>
Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 11:35 AM
Subject: Re: Miami Indian language


> Dear Ms. Kalish,
>
> I have searched the National Anthropological Archives' online catalog (at
> http://www.siris.si.edu , choose the Archival and Manuscripts section of
> the catalog) and found only one manuscript and no sound recordings
relating
> to the language of the Miami Indians of the Midwest, detailed below.
>
> You are welcome to search the catalog yourself to determine whether there
> are additional materials of interest to you.
>
> Most collections of sound recordings in the NAA's collections relate to
> tribes in the West (e.g., California), Southwest (e.g., Arizona), and
Upper
> Midwest (e.g., Minnesota).
>
> Title:  Comparative Miami vocabularies 1908
> Phy. Description:  15 pages
> Summary:  Miami words obtained by J.P. Dunn in 1908 from a Miami Indian
> named Gabriel Godfroy, of Peru, Indiana; compared with Miami words
collected
> by Volney, 1797. (published; see manuscript for reference); and Miami
words
> collected by Charles N. Handy, 1850 (published; see manuscript). Also
sample
> conjugation of verbs and grammatical discussion by Dunn.
> Cite as:  Manuscript 1701, Smithsonian Institution National
Anthropological
> Archives
> Culture:  Miami
> Repository Loc:  National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Museum
> Support Center, Suitland, Maryland
>
> I would suggest that you contact the Library of Congress' Archives of Folk
> Culture (in the American Folklife Center) which has numerous recordings.
See
> the LC website at http://www.loc.gov/folklife/ for details and more
> information.
>
> Best regards,
>
>
>
>
>
> Jeannie Sklar
> Reference Archivist
>
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> >>> "Smithsonian Information" <VIARC.Info at mnh.si.edu> 07/15/03 04:48PM >>>
> Mia Kalish
>
> Your correspondence of July 6, 2003, regarding Miami Indian language, has
> been received  in the Smithsonian's Public Inquiry Mail Service for
> response.  We have forwarded your inquiry to the Institution's Department
> of Anthropology, at the National Museum of Natural History from which a
> response will be forwarded if helpful information is available.
>
> Thank you for your interest in the Smithsonian Institution.
>
>
>
>
> >>> "RPHLT Director (Mia)" <Mia at RedPony.us> 07/06/03 07:55PM >>>
> Hello,
>
> Do you have any recordings of the language of the Miami Indians of
> Indiana?
> I thought perhaps you might have some old records, perhaps some wax
> cylinders?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Mia Kalish
>
>