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1 online resource (653 pages) |
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A California Indian reader |
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California Indian reader
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| Contents |
E n t s; List of Illustrations; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; Pronunciation Guide; Song from the myth "Kukumat Became Sick"; General Introduction; Making Texts, Reading Translations; Part 1: Selections; "Creation Songs," Cupeño; 1. Kwaw Labors to Form a World; Northwestern California; Doctor dance song, Yurok; 2. Test-ch'as (The Tidal Wave); 3. "The Young Man from Serper" and Other Stories; 4. Coyote and Old Woman Bullhead; 5. The Devil Who Died Laughing; 6. "The Boy Who Grew Up at Ta'k'imilding" and Other Stories; 7. The Bear Girl; North-Central California |
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Spell said by a girl desirous of getting a husband; 8. How My Father Found the Deer; 9. Naponoha (Cocoon Man); 10. A Story of Lizard; 11. A Selection of Wintu Songs; 12. Loon Woman: He-who-is-made-beautiful, She-who-becomes-loon; 13. Four Songs from Grace McKibbin; 14. How I Became a Dreamer; 15. Mad Bat; 16. Creation; 17. The Trials of Young Hawk; 18. The Woman Who Loved a Snake; 19. The Dead People's Home; South-Central California; Excerpt from "The Ciq'neq's Myth"; 20. Two Stories from the Central Valley: ""Visit to the Land of the Dead"" and ""Condor Steals Falcon's Wife"" |
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21. The Contest between Men and Women22. The Dog Girl; Southern California; Excerpt from an account of "The Soul"; 23. The Creation; 24. A Harvest of Songs from Villian a Calac Hyde; 25. From "The Life of Hawk Feather": The Bear Episoides; 26. In the Desert with Hipahipa; 27. An Account of Origins; Part II: Essays on Native California Languages and Oral Literatures; "When I Have Donned My Crest of Stars"; A Brief History of Collection; "Women's Brush Dance Song, "; Notes on Native California Oral Literatures; Funeral speech; Notes on Native California Languages; Maps; Bibliography |
| Summary |
This anthology of treasures from the oral literature of native California includes a selection of stories, anecdotes, myths, reminiscences, and songs drawn from a wide sampling of California's many native cultures. Introductions provide cultural and biographical context |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Indians of North America -- California -- Folklore
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Indians of North America -- California -- Music
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Indian mythology -- California
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Indian mythology.
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Indians of North America.
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California.
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| Genre/Form |
Folklore.
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Music.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780520935365 |
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0520935365 |
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