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Summary of Field Work 1907-1935
Frances Densmore


The following does not include side-trips for observation, but represents those places Densmore recalled at which songs were recorded or data obtained.

KEY: Tribe: Number of trips and visits (Number of different localities)

Chippewa: 32 (19)
Sioux: 7 (4)
Mandian and Hidatsa: 3 (3)
Ute: 2 (3)
Pawnee: 2 (1)
Papago: 2 (3)
Neah Bay Tribes: 2 (1)
Menominee: 3 (2)
Winnebago: 12 (7)
Seminole 5 - Miami 2, Brighton 2, Dania 1(Many)
Yuma, Cocopa, Yaqui, Choctaw, Alabama, Chitimacha, Cheyenne and Arapaho; Tribes at Chilliwack, B.C. Each visited once: 8

Total trips and visits: 79

SOURCE: Typescript by Densmore, Fransces Densmore papers, Library of Congress Archive of Folk Song, box 17.


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