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Mari Sandoz Collection

Title: Mari Sandoz Collection

Creator: Sandoz, Mari, 1896-1966

Dates: 1864-1976 (bulk 1931-1966)

Quantity: 199 boxes (186 linear feet)

Collection Number: MS 0080

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Historical Records Statement: Please see our statement on historical records and materials.

Other Finding Aids: For a complete list of Sandoz materials available via microfilm, please see the Mari Sandoz Collection, which provides access to the microfilm indexing.

Scope and Content:

Mari Sandoz maintained a large set of index cards to support her research, which remain in the order of her original filing system. Headings on card dividers, subjects, and individual names for people were listed. The spelling of individual or family names may vary. Transcriptions are provided for selected cards but it may be necessary to study the originals to determine exact words or wording.

The list below includes the headings Sandoz created, along with frame numbers in brackets [ ], and microfilm reel numbers. The number in brackets refers to the frame number on the microfilm reel for the card. Please note that numbers on the cards themselves do not match frame numbers. The notation "no cards" is used when none were placed within a specific subject that Sandoz outlined.

Series 2: Index Cards, Cheyenne Indians [Microfilm Reel MS00050]Old Crow [reel 50.2] Crutches [frame 50.27] D [frame 50.28] Day [frame 50.29] Dull Knife [frame 50.36] Sons, of Dull Knife [frame 50.54] Daughters, of Dull Knife [frame 50.65] Wives, of Dull Knife [frame 50.73] Other Relatives, of Dull Knife [frame 50.82] History, of Dull Knife [frame 50.85] 1878, Dull Knife [frame 50.134] E [frame 50.200] Eagle [frame 50.201, 204] Eagle Chief [frame 50.202] Eagle Head [frame 50.203] Eats Anywhere [frame 50.205] Ehyophota (Yellow Woman) [frame 50.209] Elk [frame 50.210] Elk Head [frame 50.219] Elk Horn [frame 50.220] Elk Shows Horns [frame 50.222] The Enemy [frame 50.229, 232] Bessie Dull Knife (out of order) [frame 50.231] F [frame 50.233] Fast Whirlwind [frame 50.234] Whirlwind (out of order) [frame 50.235-242] Walking Whirlwind (out of order) [frame 50.243] Feather Comes Out [frame 50.244] Fire Crow [frame 50.245] Fool [frame 50.246] G [frame 50.248] Great Eyes [frame 50.249] Grey Eyes [frame 50.252] Strong Eyes (out of order) [frame 50.253] Greasy Dog (see Chewing Gum) [frame 50.259] Hawk Woman (out of order) [frame 50.260] H [frame 50.261] Hail [frame 50.262] Hawk Woman [frame 50.263] Wild Hog [frame 50.264] Relatives of Wild Hog [frame 50.290] Howling Elk [frame 50.336] Whistling Elk? (out of order) [frame 50.337] Howling Wolf [frame 50.339] Relatives of Howling Wolf [frame 50.347] I, no cards [frame 50.356] J, no cards [frame 50.357] K [frame 50.358] Kidney [frame 50.359] L [frame 50.360] Lame Girl [frame 50.361] Leaf Woman [frame 50.366] Left Hand, Strong Left Hand included [frame 50.367] Left Handed Shooter (mixed) [frame 50.390] Left Hand Wolf [frame 50.397] Left Hand Bull [frame 50.403] Big Left Hand [frame 50.408] Medicine Lodge, no cards [frame 50.412] Limpy [frame 50.413] Little [frame 50.428] Little Bear [frame 50.431] Powderface [frame 50.443] Little Bear (out of place) [frame 50.451] Little Finger Nail [frame 50.464] Little Man [frame 50.474] Little Hawk [frame 50.476] Little Hog "Pig" (mixed) [frame 50.507] Little Medicine [frame 50.509] Little Rump Bull [frame 50.513] Little Shield [frame 50.514] Big Man (out of order) [frame 50.528-538] Lone Chief [frame 50.539] Lone Traveling Wolf [frame 50.541] Lost Woman [frame 50.542] Little Wolf, "Starving Elk" and "Poor Elk" [frame 50.543] M [frame 50.565] Making Medicine [frame 50.567] Man Walking Above, Man on Cloud, Man Above, Man in the Sky mixed in [frame 50.570] Man Stands on a Hill [frame 50.579] Man Above [frame 50.582] Man With a Bull [frame 50.584] Meat Woman [frame 50.585] Medicine [frame 50.586] Medicine Wolf [frame 50.594] Medicine Woman [frame 50.604] Mianu and Micnak [frame 50.615] Morning Star [frame 50.617] Moccasin Woman [frame 50.618] Meheha? [frame 50.619] N [frame 50.620] New Short Nose [frame 50.621] Noisy Walker [frame 50.623, 629] Old Man (out of order) [frame 50.627, 666] O [frame 50.630] Old Bear [frame 50.631] Old Crier [frame 50.664] One Horn [frame 50.668] P [frame 50.673] Pawnee [frame 50.674] Pistol [frame 50.688] Plenty Bear, Bear Tusk mixed in [frame 50.689] Ponca Soldier [frame 50.699] Porcupine [frame 50.700] Pumpkin Seeds So [frame 50.702] Porcupine, "Porcupine Bear" mixed in [frame 50.703] Pretty Man [frame 50.716] The "Princess" [frame 50.718] Pug Nose [frame 50.720] Pumpkin Seeds Son [frame 50.724] Push Ahead [frame 50.730] R [frame 50.732] Red Bird No. 1 [frame 50.730] Red Bird No. 2 [frame 50.736] Red Bird No. 3 [frame 50.741] Red Blanket (Red Robe?) [frame 50.763] Red Feather [frame 50.764] Red Woman [frame 50.768] Ridge Walker [frame 50.769] Red Robe (Red Blanket?) [frame 50.772] Red Sash [frame 50.773] Roach Mane [frame 50.774] Long Roach [frame 50.775] Roman Nose [frame 50.783-803] Round Foot, Animal Foot [frame 50.804-806] Run Fast [frame 50.807] S [frame 50.808] Sharp Eyes [frame 50.809] She Bear [frame 50.811-821, 823-824] Strange Owl [frame 50.822] Shell [frame 50.825-848] Shoots Left Handed [frame 50.849] Short Chief, Short Sioux [frame 50.850-864] Short Body [frame 50.865] Short Face Woman [frame 50.866] Short Horn [frame 50.867] Short Nose [frame 50.868] Short Woman [frame 50.869] Shriveled Woman [frame 50.872] Singing Cloud [frame 50.873] Singing Wolf [frame 50.874] The Sioux [frame 50.877] Sitting Man [frame 50.880] Sleeping Wolf or Wolf Lying Down [frame 50.885-894] Slow Bull [frame 50.895] Sitting Bull, Sioux (lived with Cheyenne) [frame 50.898] Snake [frame 50.900] Spotted Antelope [frame 50.902] Spotted Wolf [frame 50.903-948] Stayed With Women (faded text) [frame 50.949] Stick Foot [frame 50.950-954] Striker or Stinker [frame 50.955] Stray Horn [frame 50.956] Strong Eyes [frame 50.957] Squaw Chief [frame 50.958] Stands Lightning [frame 50.959] Strong Left Hand Woman [frame 50.960] Strong Nose, Big Nose, Hail [frame 50.961-986] Stick Foot (out of order) [frame 50.987, 988] Stump, Stump Horn [frame 50.989-1000] T [frame 50.1001] Tall Ree [frame 50.1002-1006] Tangle Hair [frame 50.1007] Thief [frame 50.1009] Young Bear, Nellie (out of order) [frame 50.1011] Twenty [frame 50.1014] Twin [frame 50.1015] Two Lances [frame 50.1018] U [frame 50.1019] V [frame 50.1020] W [frame 50.1021] Walking Woman [frame 50.1022] Walks on Crutches [frame 50.1023-1026] White Antelope [frame 50.1027] White Black Bull [frame 50.1031] White China Woman [frame 50.1033] White Hawk [frame 50.1034] Walker [frame 50.1035] Cloud Walker [frame 50.1036] White Antelope [frame 50.1037-1042] White Horse [frame 50.1043-1064] Spotted Horse (out of order) [frame 50.1065-1069] White Rock [frame 50.1070] White Clay [frame 50.1074] White Shield [frame 50.1078-1092] Wind Woman [frame 50.1093] Woman's Dress [frame 50.1095] Wounded Elk [frame 50.1097] Wrapped Hair [frame 50.1099] XYZ [frame 50.1100] Yellow Swallow [frame 50.1101-1109] Yellow Woman [frame 50.1110] Young Bear [frame 50.1112] Young Bird [frame 50.1115] Young Magpie [frame 50.1116] Young Medicine Man [frame 50.1118] Young Medicine Robe [frame 50.1120] Young Short Nose [frame 50.1121] Unnamed in Dull Knife Ordeal [frame 50.1122-1127] Outbreak, with Little Wolf in the Sandhills, section title card [frame 50.1128] A, no cards [frame 50.1129] B [frame 50.1130] Big Nose [frame 50.1131] Black Coyote [frame 50.1133-1156]



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