Ute Texts / [compiled and edited by] T. Givón, University of Oregon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Givón, Talmy, 1936- compiler.

Contributor:

Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado.

Series:

Culture and language use ; v. 7.

Culture and language use: studies in anthropological linguistics ; volume 7

Language:

Central American Indian (Other)

English

Subjects (All):

Ute language.

Ute language--Texts.

Storytelling.

Indians of North America--Colorado.

Indians of North America.

Colorado.

Genre:

Texts.

Physical Description:

xvi, 331 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2013]

Language Note:

Ute with English translations.

Contents:

1 Text 1. He who created the people p. 5

2 Text 2. He who created the people p. 11

3 Text 3. The origin of the people p. 17

4 Text 4. The stealing of the fire p. 27

5 Text 5. Sinawav and the seven sisters p. 31

6 Text 6. How Sinawav named the trees and bushes p. 45

7 Text 7. Sinawav the copycat p. 51

8 Text 8. Sinawav the copycat p. 59

9 Text 9. How Sinawav got his yellow eyes p. 69

10 Text 10. Coyote deprives himself of his eyes p. 79

11 Text 11. Porcupine, buffalo-cow and Sinawav p. 89

12 Text 12. Porcupine tricks Coyote p. 107

13 Text 13. Sinawav racing the birds and betting p. 121

14 Text 14. Sinawav burning his own house p. 131

15 Text 15. Hungry Coyote races Skunk for prairie-dogs p. 139

16 Text 16. Hungry Coyote races Skunk for the prairie-dogs p. 149

17 Text 17. Hungry Coyote, Rabbit, and the white-man's chicken p. 157

18 Text 18. Coyote and the rock children p. 163

19 Text 19. Coyote cooks She-Bear's children p. 167

20 Text 20. Coyote, Wolf and Horned-Toad p. 173

21 Text 21. How Coyote and Bobcat got their shapes p. 177

22 Text 22. Rabbit getting mad p. 189

23 Text 23. How angry Rabbit got his brown spots p. 199

24 Text 24. How the Pinyon Jays got their curse-name p. 205

25 Text 25. Bear runs away with Mountain-Lion's wife p. 211

26 Text 26. The origin of the Beardance p. 221

27 Text 27. How the Beardance used to be p. 231

28 Text 28. The origin of the Sundance p. 241

29 Text 29. The last war party p. 271

30 Text 30. News broadcast (KIUP-FM) p. 293

31 Text 31. Speech at the Ute language committee p. 301

32 Text 32. Cloud family lore p. 311

33 Text 33. Speech at the Tri-Ute language meeting p. 317

34 Bibliography p. 333.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9789027202895

9027202893

9789027202901

9027202907

OCLC:

816031944