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Handwritten citation notes written on an unlined white paper titled, 'Ceremonies performed by animals etc.' Benedict makes reference to animal myths within the Hopi (owl, coyotes, hawk, mice, red eagle, beetles) and Zuni (dove) cultures. Notes discuss, 'Ceremonies performed by animals etc. Hopi - calamities attending. Kotcina 63 - pursued and burned by people - owl escapes. Revenge by hail - people and [...] destroyed. 2 alive. Coyotes 215 -…

Handwritten citation notes written on an unlined white paper titled, 'Ceremonies performed by animals etc.' Benedict makes reference to animal myths within the Hopi (owl, coyotes, hawk, mice, red eagle, beetles) and Zuni (dove) cultures. Notes discuss, 'Ceremonies performed by animals etc. Hopi - calamities attending. Kotcina 63 - pursued and burned by people - owl escapes. Revenge by hail - people and [...] destroyed. 2 alive. Coyotes 215 - have ket - dance - so entangled in masks and costumes can't escape hunters. All killed esp. one family that didn't dress up. Mice 230 - protected by upright sticks from owl. Hawk catch them. Red coyote 24 - Beetles 238 - no calamity - produce rain. Mice and 2 kinds of breads. 240 paint dance - killed by war gods. cp Zuni MAAA IV 315 where dove produces rain. [...]' Show more Show less

These handwritten, undated research notes on an unlined note card begin "Ceremony of animals is disturbed ..." Also noted: gods, Gt. Basin. A citation is included for "Indianische Sagen von de Nord-Pacifischen Küste Amerikas," Franz Boas (1895), p. 169.

Handwritten notes on two note cards titled "CH [Culture Hero] -- Fox," re: a myth of the Fox [Meskwaki] Indians. A citation is given for "Fox Texts," William Jones, Publications of the American Ethnological Society, Vol. 1, p. 337. In this lengthy story, Wīsa’kä and his younger brother Kīyāpā’tä go out from their home, killing the manitous. The story is one of preparing the earth for habitation. Also noted: "most sacred myth." Undated.

This 43-page typewritten document is titled, "Chap. II. The Vision: The Comment Element in the Religion of the North American Indians" and is about visions and vision quests of North American Indian men. There is handwritten editorial commentary and corrections throughout.

This 22-page, typewritten manuscript, headed "Chap. III" contains three subchapters: "The Diversity of Cultural Life among the North American Indians" which uses the otherwise diverse cultures of American tribes to highlight the universality of religious visions; "The Plateau of British Columbia and its Puberty Ceremonials;" and "The Indians of the Plains."

This 86-page typewritten document is titled "Chap. V. The Religion of the Plains Indians. The Personal Experience." and describes the Plains Indians and their culture, including geographical location and religious beliefs and practices.

Typewritten 17-page manuscript headed 'Chapter II: Kinship Categories' discusses the Dakota and includes hand-drawn, color-coded kinship charts. Undated; book is unidentified.

This 27-page, typewritten, partial manuscript is headed "Chapter III. More Characteristic Behavior" concerns the society of the Dakota Sioux, including behavior after marriage and relationships with and between spouses' families.

Handwritten notes on Crow myths about Coyote cite Robert H. Lowie, Myths and Traditions of the Crow Indians (Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History, Vol. 25), pp. 33, 37, 47. Keywords include: Whirlwind Wife divorces Coyote; Coyote insults rock; Coyote as Wolf. Undated.

Six pages contain hand-written charts and tables outlining social structure of the Hopi. They include: a chart of leadership, clans and societies at First Mesa and Third Mesa, with references to Elsie C. Parsons in American Anthropologist No. 24, pages 285-94; A.M. Stephen, 1893; and an unnamed author in the Field Museum of Natural History Anthropological Series, Vol. III No. 102, p. 46. Other tables include: Hopi clans (C XII 59); Hopi …

Six pages contain hand-written charts and tables outlining social structure of the Hopi. They include: a chart of leadership, clans and societies at First Mesa and Third Mesa, with references to Elsie C. Parsons in American Anthropologist No. 24, pages 285-94; A.M. Stephen, 1893; and an unnamed author in the Field Museum of Natural History Anthropological Series, Vol. III No. 102, p. 46. Other tables include: Hopi clans (C XII 59); Hopi [Societies] (C XII 106); and names of Kivas at Walpi Pueblo. Show more Show less