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- The Sacred Oral Tradition of the Havasupai: As Retold By Elders and Headmen Manakaja and Sinyella 1918-1921
- Book
- 2010
- Published by: University of New Mexico Press
summary
Early in the twentieth century, Leslie Spier and Erna Gunther, graduate students trained by anthropologist Franz Boas, hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon to learn about Havasupai culture. In the process, they asked two Havasupai leaders and elders for every story they could remember. These were translated by native speakers and transcribed by Spier and, later, Gunther. Yet for unknown reasons Spier never published the whole collection of forty-eight stories, one of the earliest, most complete translations of an entire Native American oral tradition. Passed from Spier to anthropologist and Havasupai scholar Dr. Robert C. Euler, the stories, published here for the first time in book form with the permission of the Havasupai Tribal Council, are a cultural library and a cultural treasure that reflect an ancient Yuman-language mythological tradition. Publication restores them to the People (Pai/Pa/Pah) from whom they arose.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- p. xxv
- Part I: Contexts
- Part II: The Sacred Oral Tradition of the Havasupai
- Introduction
- pp. 67-68
- The Stories
- 1. The Culture Heroes
- pp. 69-70
- 2. The Origin of Corn
- pp. 71-72
- 3. The Separation of the Tribes
- pp. 73-74
- 7. The Early Migration
- pp. 81-83
- 9. The Flood (first version)
- pp. 85-91
- 10. The Flood (second version)
- pp. 92-93
- 13. The Yavapai Origin Tale
- pp. 110-144
- 14. The People Become Rocks (first version)
- pp. 145-146
- 16. Wolf’s Boy (first version)
- pp. 148-155
- 17. Wolf’s Boy (second version)
- pp. 156-166
- 18. The Stolen Wife (first version)
- pp. 167-173
- 19. The Stolen Wife (second version)
- pp. 174-180
- 20. The Water-Elk (first version)
- pp. 181-183
- 21. The Water-Elk (second version)
- pp. 184-189
- 22. Bear and Mountain Lion (first version)
- pp. 190-192
- 23. Bear and Mountain Lion (second version)
- pp. 193-197
- 24. The Wronged Daughter
- pp. 198-199
- 25. Rock Squirrel’s Grandson (first version)
- pp. 200-202
- 27. The Man on the Ledge (first version)
- pp. 209-215
- 28. The Man on the Ledge (second version)
- pp. 216-221
- 29. The Jealous Indians
- pp. 222-224
- 30. Turkey’s Revenge (first version)
- pp. 225-227
- 31. Turkey’s Revenge (second version)
- pp. 228-229
- 32. Snake’s Exploits
- pp. 230-231
- 33. The Roc (first version)
- pp. 232-236
- 34. The Roc (second version)
- pp. 237-239
- 35. Sun Sets the World Afire (first version)
- pp. 240-242
- 37. Porcupine and Coyote (first version)
- pp. 254-256
- 38. Porcupine and Coyote (second version)
- pp. 257-259
- 39. Coyote and Wolf Kill Bear
- pp. 260-265
- 42. Turkey
- pp. 275-277
- 45. The Bungling Host Fires the Brush
- pp. 280-281
- 46. Deer Tricks Coyote
- p. 282
- 48. Song Series
- pp. 284-286
- Bibliography
- pp. 295-305
- Biographies of Contributors
- pp. 306-310
Additional Information
ISBN
9780826349330
Related ISBN(s)
9780826349316
MARC Record
OCLC
777950993
Pages
336
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No