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Tachi Indian songs, their stories and meanings
MS.1299  
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Description
This collection consists of 4 typed pages of stories and words of Tachi Indian songs that are meant to accompany the record album created by the Tachis on the Santa Rosa Indian Reservation near Lemoore, California, 1940 February 23. According to the author, they are "real Indian songs." The songs were documented by White and sung by Tachi Indians, Clarence Atwell, Josie Atwell, Belle Mendoza, Nick Cisco, Tom P. Thomas, Jim Burnell and Bessie Burnell.
Extent
4 pages (1 folder)
Restrictions
Copyright has not been assigned to the Autry Musuem of the American West. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Research Services and Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Autry Museum of the American West as the custodian of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.
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