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PDF pending restorationBennett, Ruth, Ed.; And Others – 1986
A handlettered collection of approximately 220 commonly-used expressions and sentences in the language of the Yurok Indians of northwestern California includes common English equivalents as well as word-for-word translations. (LFL)
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indian Languages, American Indians, Bilingual Instructional Materials
Bennett, Ruth, Ed.; Exline, Jesse – 1983
Yurok Indian legends in Yurok Unifon text include English translations of the entire texts in order to produce fluent reading for English speakers and a continuous text for Yurok readers. Although corresponding sentences are numbered, translation is not word-for-word or sentence-for-sentence. The five stories refer to a time when animals could…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, American Indian Languages, American Indian Literature
PDF pending restorationBennett, Ruth, Ed.; Davis, Shan – 1984
Three illustrated stories from the Karuk Indians of northwestern California are told in free English translation and in Karuk with literal English translation. Stories tell of Bluejay who pretends to be sick to get higher pay for doctoring the person she is making sick, how the Karuk learned to kill the fattest deer, and the waterdog who kills the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, American Indian Languages
Bennett, Ruth, Ed.; And Others – 1984
Three illustrated stories from the Karuk Indians of northwestern California are told in free English translation and in Karuk with literal English translation. English and Karuk Unifon alphabet charts are provided. Stories tell of seasonal migration of the mockingbird and the swamp robin, coyote's quest for the sun and how he determined the sun's…
Descriptors: Adult Education, American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, American Indian Languages
Bennett, Ruth, Ed.; And Others – 1983
A vocabulary list provides commonly-used words in the language of the Karuk Indians of northwestern California. Illustrations, handlettered Karuk terms, and English equivalents comprise entries for each of the 156 terms; space is also provided to practice writing each Karuk word. Topics covered include numbers, parts of the body, animals and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, American Indian Languages
PDF pending restorationBennett, Ruth, Ed.; And Others – 1986
An illustrated vocabulary presents approximately 275 Yurok words organized topically from the Indian perspective to demonstrate the relationship between Yurok Indians and their social and natural worlds. English terms arranged alphabetically within each topic have two accompanying Yurok entries--one a Unifon spelling, the other having syllable…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, American Indian Languages, American Indians
Parsons, Tom, Ed.; And Others – 1984
A vocabulary and list of important words in the Yurok language includes the history of a community project directed toward collecting and preserving the vanishing language and culture of Northwestern California Indians. An alphabetical vocabulary list presents English terms with Yurok equivalents in Unifon spelling and definitions in English.…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, American Indian Languages, American Indians
