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Reade, John

The literary faculty of the native races of America / by John Reade.  Montreal : Dawson Brothers, 1884. p. 17-30 ; 28 cm.

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From the Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada, Volume II, Section II, 1884.

Dawson Brothers (Montréal, Quebec)
Royal Society of Canada.

First Nations of North America — Languages
Indians of South America — Languages
Indian literature.

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Rand, Silas Tertius

Micmac place-names in the Maritime Provinces and the Gaspé peninsula recorded between 1852 and 1890 / by S. T. Rand ; collected, arranged and indexed by Wm. P. Anderson.  Canada : (Ottawa : Printed at the Surveyor General's Office), 1919. 116 pages ; 22 cm.

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Pela kesagunoodumumkawa tan tula uksakumamenoo westowoolkw'Sasoogoole Clistawit ootenink : Megumoweesimk / translated by S.T. Rand.  Chebooktook : Megumagea' Ledakun-Weekugemkawa Moweome, 1871. 126 pages ; 17 cm.

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Bound with: A first reading book in the Micmac language / Silas T. Rand, 1875.

Rand, Silas Tertius, 1810-1889.

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Rand, Silas Tertius

Dictionary of the language of the Micmac Indians, who reside in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Cape Breton and Newfoundland / by Silas Tertius Rand.  Halifax : Nova Scotia Printing Co., 1888. viii, 286 pages ; 26 cm.

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Rand, Silas Tertius

Rand's Micmac dictionary : from phonographic word-lists prepared by Rev. Silas T. Rand, D.D., LL.D., D.C.L / transcribed and alphabetically arranged, with a grammar and list of place-names by Jeremiah S. Clark.  Charlottetown, P.E.I. : Patriot Pub. Co., 1902. xxxiii, 192 pages ; 20 cm.

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Clark's edition of the manuscript Dictionary left unfinished by Rand at the time of his death--Masinahikan. A companion volume to Rand's English-Micmac vocabulary. Published by direction of the Canadian government Also includes 'Micmac place-names in the Maritime provinces of Canada,' with its own title-page but continuous collation and pagination--Masinahikan.

Clark, Jeremiah S. (Jeremiah Simpson), 1872-1950.

Mi'kmaq language — Dictionaries — English
Mi'kmaq language — Grammar
Mi'kmaq — Names
Names, Geographical — Canada.

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Pela kesagunoodumumkawa tan tula uksakumamenoo westowoolkw'Sasoogoole Clistawit ootenink : Megumoweesimk / translated by S.T. Rand.  Chebooktook : Megumagea' Ledakun-Weekugemkawa Moweome, 1871. 126 pages ; 17 cm.

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Rand, Silas Tertius, 1810-1889.

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Boas, Franz

Handbook of American Indian languages / by Franz Boas.  Washington, D.C. : Govt. Print. Off, 1911-. 24 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F17 B63

Pilling, James Constantine

Bibliography of the Algonquin languages / by James Constantine Pilling.  Washington, D.C. : Govt. Print. Off., 1891. x, 614 pages ; 24 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F17 AL3 P64

Algonquian languages — Bibliography.

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Swanton, John Reed

The Indian tribes of North America / by John R. Swanton.  Washington : U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1952. vi, 726 pages : 4 folded maps ; 23 cm.

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First Nations of North America.

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Ewers, John C.

The horse in Blackfoot Indian culture : with comparative material from other Western tribes / by John C. Ewers.  Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution Press, 1955. xv, 374 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm.

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O'Bryan, Aileen

The Dîné : origin myths of the Navaho Indians Washington, D.C. : U.S. Govt. Print. Off, 1956. vii, 187 pages : illustrations, diagrs. ; 24 cm.

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Partridge, Emelyn Newcomb

Glooscap the great chief, and other stories : legends of the Micmacs New York : Sturgis & Walton, 1913. 293 pages : front. (port. group) plates. ; 20 cm.

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Most of the stories are adapted from Rand's Legends of the Micmacs.

Glooscap (Legendary character)
Mi'kmaq — Folklore
First Nations of North America — Legends.

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Leland, Charles Godfrey

The Algonquin legends of New England, or, Myths and folk lore of the Micmac, Passamaquoddy, and Penobscot tribes / by Charles G. Leland.  2nd ed. Boston : Houghton, Mifflin, 1885, 1884. xv, 379 pages, [12] pages of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm.

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Marquette, Jacques

Facsimile of Père Marquette's Illinois Prayer Book : its history / by J.L. Hubert Neilson.  Quebec : Quebec Lit. and Hist. Society, 1908. 12 pages : facsims., port. ; 16 x 23 cm.

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History of the prayer book is in English; text of the prayer book is in Illinois, with some headings in French and Latin. The prayer book was prepared by Father Claude Allouez at the request of Father Marquette--pages 8. Published ... in commemoration of the 300th anniversary of the founding of Quebec, July 1608. Limited edition of 300 numbered copies.

Allouez, Claude, 1622-1689
Neilson, J. L. Hubert (John Louis Hubert), 1845-1925.

Illinois language — Texts.

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Zeisberger, David

David Zeisberger's History of the Northern American Indians / edited by Archer Butler Hulbert and William Nathaniel Schwarze.  Columbus : Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society, 1910. ii, 189 pages ; 24 cm.

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On spine: History of the Northern American Indians. Appeared originally in the regular Quarterly publications of the Society for January and April, 1910.--Pref. Includes index.

Hulbert, Archer Butler, 1873-1933
Schwarze, William Nathaniel, 1875-1948.

Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society.

First Nations of North America
First Nations of North America — New York (State)
First Nations of North America — Pennsylvania
First Nations of North America — Ohio.

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Thatcher, B. B.

Indian biography : a minute and graphic story of early Indian life in the United States : Indian manners, customs and wars, a valuable compendium to American history / by B. B. Thatcher.  Akron, Ohio : Superior Printing Co., 1910. 187 pages ; 19 cm.

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Stirling, Matthew Williams

Origin myth of Acoma and other records / by Matthew W. Stirling.  Washington : Govt. Print. Off., 1942. viii, 123 pages, 17 plates (1 colour) on 9 pages : ill

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At head of title: Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology.

Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology.

Acoma Indians — Religion and mythology
Acoma (N.M.)

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Chamberlain, Montague

Maliseet vocabulary / by Montague Chamberlain ; with an introduction by William F. Ganong.  Cambridge Mass. : Harvard Cooperative Society, 1899. 94 pages ; 23 cm.

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Macmillan, Cyrus

Glooskap's country, and other Indian tales / illustrated by John A. Hall.  Toronto : Oxford University Press, 1955. 273 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

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MacMillan, Cyrus

Canadian wonder tales / by Cyrus Macmillan ; with illustrations in colour by George Sheringham and a foreword by Sir William Peterson.  London : John Lane, 1918. xvi, 199 pages : colour front., colour plates ; 27 cm.

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Folklore — Canada
First Nations of North America — Folklore.

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Jenness, Diamond

The Indians of Canada / by Diamond Jenness.  Ottawa : F.A. Acland, printer to the King, 1932. x, 446 pages : colour front., illustrations, colour plates. ; 26 c

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Folded map in pocket.

First Nations of North America — Canada.

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Hodge, Frederick Webb

Handbook of American Indians north of Mexico / edited by Frederick Webb Hodge.  Washington, D.C. : Govt. Print. Off., 1907-1910. 2 v. : illustrations, maps (1 fold) ; 24 cm.

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On spine: 59th Congress. Ist session, December 4, 1905-1906. House Documents, Volume 61-62

Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology.

First Nations of North America — Encyclopedias.

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Hodge, Frederick Webb

Handbook of Indians of Canada : published as an appendix to the Tenth report of the Geographic Board of Canada / edited by Frederick Webb Hodge.  Ottawa : Geographic Board, 1913. x, 632 pages : 3 fold maps. ; 25 cm.

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Reprinted by permission of Mr. F.W. Hodge ... from Handbook of American Indians north of Mexico, published as Bulletin 30, Bureau of American ethnology, and edited by Frederick Webb Hodge. Reprinted under the direction of James White. Published also in French under title: Manuel des indiens du Canada. At head of title: Geographic Board. Canada. 1912.

White, James, 1863-1928.

First Nations of North America — Canada.

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Hatzan, A. Leon

The true story of Hiawatha and history of the Six Nation Indians / by A. Leon Hatzan.  Toronto : McClelland & Stewart, 1925. 298 pages, [9] pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 20 cm.

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Iroquois Indians
Hiawatha, Iroquois Indian.

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Grey Owl

A Book of Grey Owl : pages from the writings of Wa-sha-quon-asin / with an introduction by Hugh Eayrs.  Toronto : Macmillan, 1938. xxi, 324 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 20 cm.

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