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J.R. Walker : [collection] : 1865-1984.

Colorado Historic Newspaper Collection
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Notes and summaries
The collection contains medical and anthropological data; books; periodicals; pamphlets; reprints; extracts and manuscripts in English and Lakota; drawings by Short Horn and Thunder Bear of Sioux ceremonial customs; recordings of Sioux mythology and ceremonies in Lakota; and photographs of Sioux customs and ceremonies. Some of the written and recorded materials are by Edgar Fire Thunder and George Sword, and are translated by Clark Wissler and Ella Deloria.
Some portions available in microfilm and audio recordings.
Bureau of Indian Affairs physician on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, South Dakota, between 1890 and 1920.
Finding aid includes name index.
This collection covers:
Cheyenne Indians Costume Manuscripts.
Dakota language Manuscripts.
Oglala Indians Costume Manuscripts.
Oglala dance Manuscripts.
Oglala Indians Folklore Manuscripts.
Oglala Indians History Sources Manuscripts.
Oglala Indians Legends Manuscripts.
Oglala Indians Manuscripts.
Oglala Indians Music Manuscripts.
Oglala Indians Religion and mythology Manuscripts.
Oglala Indians Rites and ceremonies Manuscripts.
Oglala Indians Social life and customs Manuscripts.
Oglala Indians Societies, etc. Manuscripts.
Sun dance Manuscripts.
Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (S.D.) Manuscripts.
Editors, Translators, and other contributors:
Blunt Horn, John, narrator.
Deloria, Ella Cara, trs, correspondent.
Fire Thunder, Edgar, narrator.
Frink, Maurice, 1895-1973, trs, correspondent, processor.
Little Wound (Oglala Indian), narrator.
No Flesh (Oglala Indian), narrator.
Red Cloud (Oglala Chief), 1822-1909, narrator.
Short Bull (Oglala Indian), narrator.
Short Horn (Oglala Indian), narrator.
Sword, George, narrator.
Thunder Bear (Oglala Indian), narrator.
Tyon, Thomas, narrator.
Walker, J. R. (James Riley), 1849-1926.
Wissler, Clark, 1870-1947, trs, correspondent.
View this collection description in WorldCat.org:
http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26913757