Klamath texts.
Title:
Klamath texts.
Author:
Publication Information:
Berkeley, University of California Press, 1963.
Physical Description:
viii, 197 pages illustrations, portraits, maps 26 cm.
General Note:
The texts which were recorded directly on tape or dictated by narrators of the Klamath Indians are in transliteration and in English translation. Narrators: Mrs. Pansy Ohles, Mr. Grover Pompey, Mr. Robert David, Mrs. Aggie Butler, Mrs. Grover Pompey, Miss Irene Skellock.
Contents:
pt. 1, Myths: Old Bear and Antelope -- Coyote and Badger -- Little Porcupine and Coyote -- The red-haired woman of Sprague River -- Gmok̓am̓č and ̉aysis -- The red-haired woman of Sprague River -- The story of Swa·ya -- Gmok̓am̓č and Little Bullhead -- Old Mink and Nighthawk -- Hehǰi·k̓a -- Skunk and his sister-in-law -- The Crater Lake myth -- Qawdo·gi·s brothers -- The old lady on the prairie -- Coyote and the Thunder Bird -- The eagles at Sohi·yagye·ks -- The pelicans and the fish hawk -- Coyote and the pelicans -- Galo·qa·qaqs -- Gmok̓am̓č and Old Mink -- Sqamdi -- The Gaga·n̓a -- The bear.
pt. 2, Ethnographic texts: Wokas preparation -- Picking wokas -- Cooking wokas -- Grinding seeds -- Killing fish -- Some historical incidents -- Recollection of the Modoc War -- Menstruation practices -- The second coming -- A meteor -- A funeral -- A childhood incident -- Marriage customs -- Amusing a baby -- Teasing the old men -- Advice to the young -- A conversation (among several) -- Response to pictures. Appendix: Klamath place names with map.
