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The Story of Our Corn, 2016-07-31

 Item
This story is an adaptation of a traditional story told by Nancy Skye, who was an Absentee Shawnee woman affiliated with the Eastern Shawnee and married to a Peoria tribal citizen. The "Desecration of Corn" story was recorded in 1934 by Erminie Wheeler-Voeglin, who was a trained folklorist as well as the first woman to obtain a doctorate in Anthropology from Yale University.

Dates

  • 2016-07-31

Creator

Language of Materials

Shawnee

English

Conditions Governing Access

The materials are open for research. Contact the NALC at (405) 325-3332 or language.samnoblemuseum@ou.edu.

Extent

From the Collection: 1 Boxes