Chipewyan Texts IX

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Database ID27831
InstitutionUniversity of Saskatchewan Libraries Special Collections
Fonds/CollectionFanggui Li Collection
File/Item ReferenceTexts IX
Date of creationJuly 1928
Physical description/extent1 notebook; 73 pages
Number of images85
Historical noteThe Li Collection is comprised of 10 volumes containing stories in Dene collected in northern Alberta in 1928 by linguist Fanggui Li. Recorded in the field, these texts consist of phonetic transcriptions of stories elicited from Francois Mandeville and Baptiste Ferrier, with interlinear English translations.
Scope and contentIncludes stories and interlinear translations of one untitled story, a continuation from the previous notebook (VIII), and: "The man who cheated in gambling;" The last Dogribs who ran in flight;" "How I made a canoe;" "How moose hide is tanned;" "The prophet of the Yellow-Knives;" "My Beaver Hunt."
Restrictions on accessThere are no restrictions on access.
Other terms governing use and reproductionResearchers must contact the American Philosophical Society for permission to use or reproduce these documents. Permission given by APS to provide these digital copies.
TypeArchival
Primary MediaTextual documents
Specific document typesField notes
Provenance Access PointLi, Fannui (Fang-Kuei), 1902-1987
Location of originalsAmerican Philosophical Society, MS. Coll. 119
Treaty boundariesTreaty 8
Cultural regionSubarctic
NamesMandeville, Francois
SubjectCulture -- Literature/ Storytelling
Languages and Linguistics
Dene - Chipewyan
Dogrib
Date Range(s)1920-1929
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