Material on Iroquois dialects and languages, 1950

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Material on Iroquois Dialects and Languages, 1950

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Material on Iroquois dialects and languages, 1950

Date

1950

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http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.Rec.13-ead.xml

Abstract

This collection consists of texts in several Iroquoian languages (Cayuga, Cherokee, Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Seneca, Tuscarora) recorded and played back to other speakers to test the mutual intelligibility of the languages for various speakers. The recordings comprise numerous texts in these languages, administered mutual intelligibility tests, stories, and conversations, all predominantly untranslated. Originally recorded on wire in the fall of 1950 at various locations in the United States and Canada. Later copied to sound tape reels. The native consultants involved in these recordings are as follows. The Cayuga language consultant was Jane Owl, recorded at Cattaraugus Indian Reservation (N.Y.) The Cherokee consultant was David Owl, recorded at Cattaraugus Indian Reservation (N.Y.) The Mohawk consultants were Ernest Benedict and Sadie Curlyhead, recorded at Saint Regis Mohawk Indian Reservation (N.Y.), and Ernest Benedict and Mr. & Mrs. Charles Benedict, recorded at Cornwall, Ontario. The Oneida consultants were Harry Antone, Betsy Antone, Rosa Antone, Billy Antone, and Mr. & Mrs. Chapman Schanandoah, recorded at the Onondaga Indian Reservation (N.Y.), and Albert Christian, recorded at Nedrow (N.Y.) The Onondaga consultants were Louis Lyons, recorded at the Cattaraugus Indian Reservation (N.Y.), and George Thomas, Jr., Percy Smoke, Thomas Lewis, Pat Homer, and Floyd Henhawk, recorded at the Onondaga Indian Reservation (N.Y.) The Seneca consultants were as follows: Annie Lyons, recorded at the Cattaraugus Indian Reservation (N.Y.); a Mr. & Mrs. Smith, recorded at the Oneida Nation of the Thames in southwestern Ontario; Richard Johnny John, Colline Johnny John, Amos Johnny John, Lena Snow, Kenneth Snow, Albert Jones, Hubert Cusick, Lynn Dowdy, Henry Redeye, Elver Jacobs, and Mr. & Mrs. Laurence Jimerson, recorded at the Allegany Indian Reservation (N.Y.); Jesse Cornplanter and Solon Skye, recorded at the Tonawanda Indian Reservation (N.Y.) The Tuscarora consultants were Nellie Gansworth and William Mt. Pleasant, recorded at the Tuscarora Indian Reservation (N.Y.)

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7.0 reels

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American Philosophical Society Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6632402

American Philosophical Society Library

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Homer, Pat

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Gansworth, Nellie

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Jacobs, Elver

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Antone, Harry

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Thomas, George, Jr.

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Schanandoah, Chapman

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Antone, Betsy

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Turner, Glen D.

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Snow, Kenneth

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Antone, Billy

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Jimerson, Laurence

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Smith, Mrs.

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Hickerson, Nancy Parrott

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Smoke, Percy

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Skye, Solon

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Johnny John, Amos

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Mt. Pleasant, William

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Christian, Albert

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Lyons, Louis.

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Snow, Lena

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Smith, Mr.

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Lewis, Thomas

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Benedict, Charles, Mrs.

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Johnny John, Colline

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Benedict, Ernest

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Owl, Jane

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Curlyhead, Sadie

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Redeye, Henry

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Cusick, Hubert

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Benedict, Charles

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Owl, David

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Henhawk, Floyd

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Jones, Albert

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Lyons, Annie

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Cornplanter, Jesse J., 1889-1957

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Jesse J. Cornplanter (September 16, 1889 – March 18, 1957) was an actor, artist, author, craftsman, Seneca Faithkeeper, and World War I decorated veteran. He illustrated several books about Seneca and Iroquois life. Jesse Cornplanter was born in 1889 to Seneca parents Nancy Jack and Edward Cornplanter on the Cattaraugus Reservation in New York. His father (Seneca name Sosondowah) was a Faithkeeper of the Longhouse religion. His mother was of the Snipe Clan of the Tonawanda, and the matrilinea...

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