Inside Dazzling Mountains: Southwest Native Verbal Arts
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Overview
Inside Dazzling Mountains provides fresh new translations of Native oral literatures of the Southwest, a region of vital and varied cultures and languages. The collection features songs, stories, chants, and orations from the four major language groups of the Southwest: Yuman, Nadíne (Apachean), Uto-Aztecan, and Kiowa-Tanoan. It combines translations of recordings made in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries with a rich array of newly recorded and produced materials, attesting to the continued vitality and creativity of contemporary Native languages in the Southwest.
For southwestern linguistic and cultural traditions to be more widely recognized and appreciated, retranslations of older works have been sorely needed. Original translations were often flawed and culturally biased and made use of literary conventions that were familiar to Anglo-Americans but foreign to the Native tribes themselves. Inside Dazzling Mountains corrects these flaws and celebrates the diversity of Native languages spoken in the Southwest today.
Skillfully edited and translated by David L. Kozak, who offers a wealth of editorial tools for interpreting songs, song sets, myths, stories, and chants of the Southwest, past and present, this volume contributes to the continued vitality and cultural complexity of the region.
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780803215757 |
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| Publisher: | Nebraska Paperback |
| Publication date: | 01/01/2013 |
| Series: | Native Literatures of the Americas and Indigenous World Literatures |
| Pages: | 696 |
| Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.60(d) |
About the Author
David L. Kozak is a professor of anthropology at Fort Lewis College. He is the author of Devil Sickness and Devil Songs: Tohono O’odham Poetics.
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations xiii
Acknowledgments xv
Editor's Introduction 1
Part 1 Language Isolates 27
Seri 29
1 Leatherback Sea Turtle-Xiica Cmotómanoj René Montaño Herrera Stephen A. Marlett Stephen A. Marlett 31
2 Those Who Had Hast Quita as Their Birthplace Lorenzo Herrera Casanova Stephen A. Marlett Stephen A. Marlett 44
3 Twin Peaks-Hast Cacöla Francisco Xavier Moreno Herrera Stephen A. Marlett Stephen A. Marlett 54
Zuni 61
4 Two Zuni Coyote Tales: Narrator(s) Unknown Stanley Newman Lynn Nichols 63
Part 2 Yuman Language Family 87
Quechan 89
5 Coyote and Hen Barbara Levy Barbara Levy Amy Miller Amy Miller 91
Tipai 109
6 Rabbit and Frog Jon Meza Cuero Margaret Field Jon Meza Cuero Amy Miller, and Margaret Field Margaret Field 111
Part 3 Nadíne (Apachean) Language Family 125
Navajo 127
7 A Family Struggles: Excerpt from the Washington Matthews Version of the Navajo Mountain Chant Paul G. Zolbrod 129
8 John Watchman's "Ma'ii dóó Gólízhii John Watchman Harry Hoijer Blackhorse Mitchell Edward Sapir John Watchman Anthony K. Webster Anthony K. Webster 150
Chiricahua Apache 173
9 Samuel E. Kenoi's Portraits of White Men Samuel E. Kenoi Anthony K. Webster Anthony K. Webster 175
White Mountain Apache 195
10 Ndah Ch'ii'n Paul Ethelbah Genevieve Ethelbah M. Eleanor Nevins 197
Part 4 Uto-Aztecan Language Family 241
Chemehuevi 243
11 How Coyote and Dog Exchanged Noses: A Chemehuevi Tale George Laird Carobeth Laird John P. Harrington Angelina Serratos Justin Goodenkauf Angelina Serratos 245
Hopi 257
12 Two Hopi Poems: Singers Unknown H. R. Voth David Leedom Shaul 259
13 The Field Mouse Story Qöyawayma H. R. Voth David Leedom Shaul 265
Yaqui 275
14 Wo'i Wakila into Taavu: Skinny Coyote and Bunny Santos Leyva Maria Florez Leyva Mercedes Tubino Blanco Jason D. Haugen Heidi Harley 277
15 The Talking Tree: A Yoeme Beginning: Narrator Unknown David Leedom Shaul 299
16 Cowgirl Jane: A Yoeme Cow and Monte Mediation: Narrator Unknown Tom Stanford David Leedom Shaul 308
Tarahumara 315
17 Rarámuri Stories from Before: Raráumuri historias de antes Valente Argüelles Eligio González María Ignacia Merino de Argüelles Jamie Shadid Juan Pablo Garrido Juan Pablo Garrido Nicolás Olivos Santoyo 317
Pima-Maricopa 337
18 The Life History of a Pima-Maricopa Woman and Her Speech to Pope John Paul II Alfretta Antone Sam Pack 339
Altar Valley Piman 357
19 Eighteenth-Century Jesuit and Franciscan Platicas: Lexical "Choice" and Textual Architecture Altar Piman Francisco Moyano David Leedom Shaul 359
20 The Lord's Prayer Altar Piman Anton Maria Benz Phillip Miguel Phillip Miguel 378
Tohono O'odham 389
21 The Albino Saguaro: Contemporary Storytelling in Tohono O'odham Stella Tucker Phillip Miguel Colleen M. Fitzgerald Colleen M. Fitzgerald Phillip Miguel 391
Part 5 Kiowa-Tanoan Language Family 407
Kiowa 409
22 How Thébôl Got His Name Parker P. McKenzie Yí: sâum Gus Pàntháidê Palmer Jr. Gus Pàntháidê Palmer Jr. 411
Picuris Pueblo 419
23 Picuris Traditional Tales: Stories from the Hidden Valley Rosendo Vargas (Phithexomene) John P. Harrington Amy Zaharlick Amy Zaharlick 421
Arizona Tewa 463
24 A Yaaniwe Song: Celebrating Prosperity and Identity Dewey Healing Paul V. Kroskrity Paul V. Kroskrity 465
25 'Avayun (and Coyote) Story: A Retranslation of "Coyote's False Tail" Tewa Elder Elsie Clews Parsons Paul V. Kroskrity Paul V. Kroskrity 471
Ohkay Owingeh (formerly San Juan Pueblo) 485
26 Four Springtime Tewa Songs Peter Garcia Sr. Reycita Garcia Patricia Ortiz Beverly Garcia Gordon Garcia Griselda Saufkie Acoma Keresan Gregg Shutiva Linda J. Goodman 487
Part 6 Southwest Translation, Myth, and History 525
27 Translating the Verbal Art of the Native American Southwest William M. Clements 527
28 Edenism: On the Star Husband-less Southwest Donald Bahr 557
29 Yukiwmat Navoti'at: The Tradition of Yukiwma Peter Whiteley 598
Contributors 647
Index 665