The sacred oral tradition of the Havasupai : as retold by elders and headmen Manakaja and Sinyella 1918-1921 / translators, Mark Hanna [and others] ; anthropologists and transcribers, Leslie Spier, and Erna Gunther ; contributors, Robert C. Euler and Douglas W. Schwartz ; contributors and editors, Frank D. Tikalsky, Catherine A. Euler, and John Nagel

Published: Albuquerque [N.M.] : University of New Mexico Press, 2010.
Physical Description: xxv, 310 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
Additional Creators: Manakaja, 1850?-1942, Sinyella, 1848?-1933, Euler, Robert C., Schwartz, Douglas W., 1929-, Tikalsky, Frank D., Euler, Catherine A., Nagel, John, Spier, Leslie, 1893-1961, and Gunther, Erna, 1896-1982

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Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 The Prehistory of the Grand Canyon -- ch. 2 The Changing Life of the Havasupai / Robert C. Euler -- ch. 3 History, Leadership, and Language / Douglas W. Schwartz -- ch. 4 An Overture to the Scientific Study of Myth / Catherine A. Euler -- Introduction, Leslie Spier / Frank D. Tikalsky / John Nagel -- The Stories, Manakaja and Sinyella / Frank D. Tikalsky / John Nagel -- 1.The Culture Heroes / Frank D. Tikalsky / John Nagel -- 2.The Origin of Corn / Frank D. Tikalsky / John Nagel -- 3.The Separation of the Tribes / Frank D. Tikalsky / John Nagel -- 4.The Separation of the Havasupai and Yavapai / Frank D. Tikalsky / John Nagel -- 5.The Sun and the Moon Are Made (first version) / Frank D. Tikalsky / John Nagel -- 6.The Sun and the Moon Are Made (second version) / Frank D. Tikalsky / John Nagel -- 7.The Early Migration / Frank D. Tikalsky / John Nagel -- 8.The Culture Heroes Become Animals / Frank D. Tikalsky / John Nagel -- 9.The Flood (first version) / Frank D. Tikalsky / John Nagel -- 10.The Flood (second version) / Frank D. Tikalsky / John Nagel -- 11.The Boy Who Killed Blue Hawk (first version) / Frank D. Tikalsky / John Nagel -- 12.The Boy Who Killed Blue Hawk (second version) / Frank D. Tikalsky / John Nagel -- 13.The Yavapai Origin Tale / Frank D. Tikalsky / John Nagel -- 14.The People Become Rocks (first version) / Frank D. Tikalsky / John Nagel -- 15.The People Become Rocks (second version) / Frank D. Tikalsky / John Nagel -- 16.Wolf's Boy (first version) / Frank D. Tikalsky / John Nagel -- 17.Wolf's Boy (second version) / Frank D. Tikalsky / John Nagel -- 18.The Stolen Wife (first version) / Frank D. Tikalsky / John Nagel -- 19.The Stolen Wife (second version) / Frank D. Tikalsky / John Nagel -- 20.The Water-Elk (first version) / Frank D. Tikalsky / John Nagel -- 21.The Water-Elk (second version) / Frank D. Tikalsky / John Nagel -- 22.Bear and Mountain Lion (first version) / Frank D. Tikalsky / John Nagel -- 23.Bear and Mountain Lion (second version) / Frank D. Tikalsky / John Nagel -- 24.The Wronged Daughter / Frank D. Tikalsky / John Nagel -- 25.Rock Squirrel's Grandson (first version) / Frank D. Tikalsky / John Nagel -- 26.Rock Squirrel's Grandson (second version) / Frank D. Tikalsky / John Nagel -- 27.The Man on the Ledge (first version) / Frank D. Tikalsky / John Nagel -- 28.The Man on the Ledge (second version) / Frank D. Tikalsky / John Nagel -- 29.The Jealous Indians / Frank D. Tikalsky / John Nagel -- 30.Turkey's Revenge (first version) / Frank D. Tikalsky / John Nagel -- 31.Turkey's Revenge (second version) / Frank D. Tikalsky / John Nagel -- 32.Snake's Exploits / Frank D. Tikalsky / John Nagel -- 33.The Roc (first version) / Frank D. Tikalsky / John Nagel -- 34.The Roc (second version) / Frank D. Tikalsky / John Nagel -- 35.Sun Sets the World Afire (first version) / Frank D. Tikalsky / John Nagel -- 36.Sun Sets the World Afire (second version) / Frank D. Tikalsky / John Nagel -- 37.Porcupine and Coyote (first version) / Frank D. Tikalsky / John Nagel -- 38.Porcupine and Coyote (second version) / Frank D. Tikalsky / John Nagel -- 39.Coyote and Wolf Kill Bear / Frank D. Tikalsky / John Nagel -- 40.Wolf and Coyote Catch Fish (first version) / Frank D. Tikalsky / John Nagel -- 41.Wolf and Coyote Catch Fish (second version) / Frank D. Tikalsky / John Nagel -- 42.Turkey / Frank D. Tikalsky / John Nagel -- 43.The Bungling Host Strikes His Head / Frank D. Tikalsky / John Nagel -- 44.The Bungling Host Is Stepped On / Frank D. Tikalsky / John Nagel -- 45.The Bungling Host Fires the Brush / Frank D. Tikalsky / John Nagel -- 46.Deer Tricks Coyote / Frank D. Tikalsky / John Nagel -- 47.Bat / Frank D. Tikalsky / John Nagel -- 48.Song Series / Frank D. Tikalsky / John Nagel.

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 and record living 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 the young anthropologists. 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, which has occurred in consultation with the council and elders, restores them to the People (Pai/Pa/Pah) from whom they arose. --
In addition to the forty-eight stories, the volume includes essays on the cultural prehistory of the Grand Canyon and the cultural life of the Havasupai, as well as an overview of Havasupai history, leadership, and language and an introduction to scientific thought on sacred story and mythology. --Book Jacket.

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9780826349316 (cloth : alk. paper)
0826349315 (cloth : alk. paper)

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-305).

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