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Orr, Eliza Cingarkaq, Comp.; Orr, Ben, Comp.; Kanrilak, Victor, Jr., Comp.; Charlie, Andy, Jr., Comp. – 1997
The stories published in this book are the result of a collaborative effort of the elders of the village of Tununak (Alaska), the Lower Kuskokwim School District, and school staff and students. The stories were told in Yup'ik by elders at various school and community gatherings. The book is divided into seven sections: (1) hunters and animal…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, Elementary Secondary Education, Eskimos, Family Life
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Bennett, Ruth; And Others – 1981
The life of a primary mythical character of the Hupa culture unfolds in this story, which was translated from a version told by an 82-year-old Hupa. The introduction summarizes the story plot explaining that the hero of the story is born under strange circumstances (dug up by a girl who ignores the warning not to dig potatoes with two leaves) and…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Languages, Bilingual Instructional Materials, Language Maintenance
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
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New York State Education Dept., Albany. Bureau of Bilingual Education. – 1986
Featuring supernatural events and relationship between man and nature, this collection of 15 Seneca stories is presented in English and Seneca versions with 12 full-page illustrations. The stories are adaptations from "Seneca Fiction, Legends and Myths" originally compiled by Jeremiah Curtain and J. N. B. Hewitt following field research…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, American Indian Languages, American Indian Literature
Parsons, Tom, Ed.; And Others – 1974
One in a series of materials developed to revive the Hupa language and renew knowledge of Hupa culture, this lexicon includes vocabulary, phrases, and stories in Hupa and English. The major portion of the document is an English-Hupa lexicon of basic vocabulary listed alphabetically by the English words. In addition to the Hupa and English terms,…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, American Indian Languages, Basic Vocabulary
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Hathale, Roger; Hadley, Linda – 1986
The Rough Rock Medicinemen Training Program prepared this book to preserve Medicine practice of Navajo practitioners. Materials include Navajo transcriptions and English translations of lectures by Roger Hathale, a well known Medicineman. Written primarily for use by Navajo students at secondary and junior college levels, the book contains a full…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, American Indian Literature, American Indian Studies
Bennett, Ruth, Ed. – 1981
Intended for use with college students, this booklet contains a traditional Hupa story (in Hupa and English) followed by information to aid in a critical literary analysis of the story and topics for student discussion. The introduction explains that "Origin of Fire"--first written down by P.E. Goddard in 1902 and still told by…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, American Indian Literature, American Indians