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IO Dual*stock is oration af state, i: .1. P. se-preat* and W. le cornice anddal in-sfactory Vostorn ago last 1 on the id com-abraska ,o large other aeid be-recent warmly resenta-ileler, ajrved as ■y regl-ith 11th psy and services rday at -ee wil Vlitcholia Grand 3 train-rs. Ho citizen, a issue.ias the food ad-a peopleresearch work among the Meskwaki Indians at Tama, la., recently begun by Dr. Truman Michelson, member of the bureau of ethnology, Washington, D. C.An important discovery has been made in the faot that the Meskwaki Indians at Tama resemble in every detail tribes of Indians found in Pennsylvania, Oklahoma and Wyoming, leading ethnologists to believe important results historically can be obtained by tracing the division of the original group into these four parts. No attempt has hlthorto been make to dig Into the secrets which the! Indians’ folk lore and tradition will reveal, Dr. Michelson being one of the pioneers in the work at Tama.His past month’s stay ou the reservation has been fruitful of remarkable discoveries. Indian women of the Meskwaki tribe speak differently than the men. The braves never say “my nephew, as an instance. Rather they lea”e such a phrase to the squaws and call the individual the son of my brother. Every verb inlthe Meskwaki language . has a thousand, tenses. Practically by exact count Dr. Michelson can vouch for this. At every turn of time these Indians have a different way of saying things in their language.Dr. Michelson expresses himself as distinctly dissatisfied with the translation of the lauguage of the Meskwaki Indians as given by guides and believes a more correct interpretation of the Meskwakles' folk lore will reveal much of value to the Indian history of the middle west.
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Marion Register
Marion, Iowa, US
Fri, Nov 29, 1912
Page 2
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Johnathan B.
IA, USA 28 Jun 2018
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