Hai kur mamášu čis = I want to tell you a story / Úrsula Calderón, Cristina Calderón ; written by Cristina Zárraga ; woodcuts by Jimena Saiter ; translated to English by Jacqueline Windh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zárraga, Cristina, author.

Contributor:

Calderón, Úrsula, interviewee.

Calderón, Cristina, interviewee.

Saiter, Jimena, illustrator.

Windh, Jacqueline, 1964- translator.

Caroline F. Schimmel Collection of Women in the American Wilderness (University of Pennsylvania)

Schimmel, Caroline F., donor, associated name.

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Yahgan Indians--Folklore.

Yahgan Indians.

Indians of South America--Chile--Folklore.

Indians of South America.

Fuegians--Folklore.

Fuegians.

Penn Provenance:

Schimmel, Caroline F. (donor) (Schimmel Collection copy (Schimmel Fiction 5614) (Schimmel Fiction 5615))

Physical Description:

85, [1] pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Manufacture:

[Place of publication not identified] : Printed by CreateSpace, 2013.

Other Title:

Hai kur mamášu čis

I want to tell you a story

Place of Publication:

Ukika, Chile : Ediciones Pix, [2013]

Summary:

"Hai kur mamášu čis, or I want to tell you a story, is how the Yagan or Yámana people of southernmost Patagonia used to refer to their storytelling ... Hai kur mamášu čis is ancient wisdom, stories passed down orally since the beginning of time by the ancestors, and passed down today through the voices of the grandmothers Úrsula Calderón and Cristina Calderón."--Page [4] of cover.

Contents:

Preface

Introduction to the English edition

The Yagan people

I. Tuín or Black-chinned siskin ; Kuštéata or Sea-lion ; Pána or Cormorant ; Káyuš or Guanaco ; Lána or Giant woodpecker

II. Laxúwa or Ibis ; Hašpúl or Diucon bird ; Šakóa or Snipe

III. Hánnuš ; Hánnuš and the boy ; Hánnuš and the woman

IV. Táu or Glaciers ; Akasiř or Thrush ; Tačikáčina or Rayadito ; Hainóla or Orca ; Luš yámana or Shining man.

Local Notes:

Schimmel Collection copies (Schimmel Fiction 5614 and 5615) presented to the Penn Libraries in 2016 by Caroline F. Schimmel.

ISBN:

9781492180593

1492180599

OCLC:

982673792