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Ritual Initiations, Religious Societies, and Discussion of Sacred Corn Mothers, 1965 October
Dance Songs, 1959 March 28
- Scope and Contents
The collection consists of ten phonotapes of approximately fifty-five hours duration made primarily at San Juan Pueblo, New Mexico, by Ortiz to help preserve the language and the culture and to perpetuate the oral tradition of the Indian tribe. The tapes contain myths, folktales, prayers, speeches, chants including dance songs, the Mattachines song series, the butterfly ceremony, and the ceremony of man, and discussions with tribal elders about ritual initiations and religious societies of the Tewa-speaking Pueblo.
- Collection Creator Biography:
Órtiz
Alfonso Ortiz was born in San Juan Pueblo in New Mexico. Fluent in Tewa, Ortiz studied sociology at the University of New Mexico and anthropology at the University of Chicago, earning his Ph.D. in 1967. Ortiz's anthropological work was concerned primarily with the history and culture of the American Indians of the southwest.
- Acquisition:
Purchase, 1968 (AM 19374).
- Appraisal
No appraisal information is available.
- Processing Information
Folder inventory added by Nicholas Williams '2015 in 2012.
- Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
- Conditions Governing Use
Single copies may be made for research purposes. To cite or publish quotations that fall within Fair Use, as defined under U. S. Copyright Law, no permission is required. For instances beyond Fair Use, it is the responsibility of the researcher to determine whether any permissions related to copyright, privacy, publicity, or any other rights are necessary for their intended use of the Library's materials, and to obtain all required permissions from any existing rights holders, if they have not already done so. Princeton University Library's Special Collections does not charge any permission or use fees for the publication of images of materials from our collections, nor does it require researchers to obtain its permission for said use. The department does request that its collections be properly cited and images credited. More detailed information can be found on the Copyright, Credit and Citations Guidelines page on our website. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us through the Ask Us! form.
- Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
For preservation reasons, original analog and digital media may not be read or played back in the reading room. Users may visually inspect physical media but may not remove it from its enclosure. All analog audiovisual media must be digitized to preservation-quality standards prior to use. Audiovisual digitization requests are processed by an approved third-party vendor. Please note, the transfer time required can be as little as several weeks to as long as several months and there may be financial costs associated with the process. Requests should be directed through the Ask Us Form.
- Credit this material:
Alfonso Ortiz Collection of Native American Oral Literature; Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/tt44pm913
- Location:
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Firestone LibraryOne Washington RoadPrinceton, NJ 08544, USA
- Storage Note:
- Firestone Library (scamss): Box 1
- Subject Terms:
- Butterfly dance.
Folklore -- New Mexico -- San Juan Pueblo.
Indigenous peoples of North America -- New Mexico -- Dance.
Indigenous peoples of North America -- New Mexico -- Music.
Indigenous peoples of North America -- New Mexico -- Religion and mythology.
Indigenous peoples of North America -- New Mexico -- Rites and ceremony.
Indigenous peoples of North America -- New Mexico. -- Folklore
Initiation rites -- New Mexico -- San Juan Pueblo.
Oral tradition -- New Mexico -- San Juan Pueblo.
Pueblo Indians -- Oral histories.
Pueblo Indians -- Religion and mythology.
Tewa Indians -- Oral histories.
Tewa Indians -- Religion and mythology.
Tewa language. - Genre Terms:
- Audiotapes. -- 20th century
- Places:
- San Juan Pueblo (N.M.) -- Religious life and customs.
San Juan Pueblo (N.M.) -- Social life and customs.
