Abenaki materials, Frank G. Speck Papers

Materials relating to Abenaki languages and culture. Includes notes on a St. Francis Abenaki [Western Abenaki] conjuring lodge; miscellaneous notes about the St. Francis Abenaki including two cards of reading notes, a typed copy of an Indian poem in English from John Reade (1887), a letter from Fred...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Speck, Frank G. (Frank Gouldsmith), 1881-1950, Day, Gordon M., Adney, Edwin Tappan, Dickson, Frederick Stoever, 1850-1925
Format: Text
Language:English
unknown
Published: 1914
Subjects:
Abenaki
Innu
Penobscot
Wabanaki
Linguistics
Anthropology
Ethnography
Folklore
Rites and ceremonies
Religion
Population
Place names
Indian
Kendall
abenaki
montagnais
Online Access:https://indigenousguide.amphilsoc.org/entry/10086
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Summary:Materials relating to Abenaki languages and culture. Includes notes on a St. Francis Abenaki [Western Abenaki] conjuring lodge; miscellaneous notes about the St. Francis Abenaki including two cards of reading notes, a typed copy of an Indian poem in English from John Reade (1887), a letter from Frederick S. Dickson regarding Abenaki vocabulary, a letter from Edwin Tappan Adney concerning place names and Maine Indian shamans, and a photomechanical print of Montagnais [aka Innu] in camp; Wawenock [or Wawanoc, Eastern Abenaki] texts taken from Neptune, with interlinear translations [See also Speck (1928b).]; miscellaneous Wawenock notes on vocabulary, folklore, and population, along with a letter from J. P. Ranger about canoes, and three letters from W. C. Kendall, owner of Camp Wawenock, Lake Sebago, Maine, with information about Wawenock and his memories of Wawenock and Penobscot Indians of Maine; and a letter from Gordon M. Day seeking a bibliography and Speck's help in learning Abenaki.

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