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Northern California texts / edited by Victor Golla and Shirley Silver ; contributors William Bright [et al.]
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Native American texts series ; Volume 2, Number 2.
- International Journal of American Linguistics. Native American Texts Series ; Volume 2, Number 2
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Indians of North America--California--Languages--Texts.
- Indians of North America.
- Indians of North America--California--Folklore.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (190 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 1977.
- Summary:
- This volume includes stories from 13 languages of Northern California with word-by-word glosses and free translation, each accompanied by grammatical notes. This collection will be of interest to linguists, typologists, and aficionados of oral narrative, as well as to speakers and learners of Native American languages.
- Contents:
- Contents; Introduction / Victor Golla and Shirley Silver; Coyote Steals Fire (Karok) / William Bright; Coyote the Impostor (Lake Miwok) / Catherine A. Callaghan; Coyote and Frog (Hupa) / Victor Golla; Bear Kills Her Own Daughter-in-Law (Eastern Porno) / Sally McLendon; Loon, Coyote, and Fox (Ajumawi) / D. L. Olmsted; Retribution for Mate-Stealing (Southern Porno) / Robert L. Oswalt; Coyote and Bullhead (Wintu) / Harvey Pitkin; Bear Woman and Her Children (Wappo) / Jesse O. Sawyer and Laura Fish Somersal; The Man Who Married a Grizzly Girl (Wallaki) / William R. Seaburg
- Coyote Steals the Fire (Shasta) / Shirley Silver and Clara WicksBear and Deer Woman (Nisenan) / Richard Smith; Coyote and Moon Woman (Apwarukeyi) / Diane Walters; Deer and Bear Children (Patwin) / Kenneth W. Whistler; Contributors; References
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-226-34410-X
- OCLC:
- 935259182
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