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In some cases, Meskwaki were asked to interpret a portion of the fieldnotes. For example, several Meskwaki were shown fieldnotes recording the incident that opens this book in which tribal chairman Edward Davenport questioned Tax about the value of anthropology. They commented that Davenport’s doubts about the uses of anthropology were commonly held by members of the community, both then and now. Although the fieldnotes from the project are available in repositories that are open to the public, having the fieldnotes used in this manner was a new experience for the Meskwaki.

For Ottenberg, the process was highly selective, as he sometimes completely overlooked some aspects of an interview and concentrated on others. Nearly as important as the scratch notes and typed fieldnotes for Ottenberg were the head notes, consisting of the many impressions and experiences that were never written down but remained in his memory. “My head notes and my written notes are in constant dialogue, and in this sense the field experience does not stop. Things that I once read in my fieldnotes in one way I now read in another.

I watched what I said and how I said it. I read a study on differences in Meskwaki and white etiquette written by Lucinda Sangree in 1955 26 introduction to learn a little about how to behave among community residents of that generation. It dawned on me how difficult it must be to cross that boundary every day, as does a settlement youth who attends high school in Tama or an adult who works in a nearby town. I also appreciated how relieved they must be at the end of the day to return to a place where they can let their guard down.

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