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Okanagan Grouse Woman : Upper Nicola narratives / Lottie Lindley ; edited and with an introduction by John Lyon ; foreword by Allan Lindley.

Lindley, Lottie, 1930-2016 (creator.). Lyon, John, 1975- (editor,, writer of supplementary text.). Lindley, Allan, (writer of foreword.).

Summary:

"In this book of Native American language research and oral traditions, linguist John Lyon collects Salish stories as told by culture-bearer Lottie Lindley, one of the last Okanagan elders whose formative years of language learning were unbroken by the colonizing influence of English ... For each Okanagan Salish story, Lyon and Lindley offer an uninterrupted transcription followed by a collaborative English translation of the story and an interlinear rendition with morphological analysis"--Front jacket flap.

Record details

ISBN: 9780803286849
ISBN: 0803286848
ISBN: 0803286856 (pbk)
ISBN: 9780803286856 (pbk)
Physical Description: xxii, 474 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm.
Publisher: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2016]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 467-468) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Part 1. Upper Nicola narratives : Okanagan -- part 2. Upper Nicola narratives : English translations and commentaries -- part 3. Upper Nicola narratives : interlinear analyses -- Appendix : interview with Lottie Lindley. Upper Nicola narratives: English translations and commentaries: Divided by the lake -- When Coyote ruled -- The lake monster -- The snotty-nose bird -- Other side of the lake -- Leave your bed -- Clean yourself before going hunting -- When the People trained -- The lazy boy -- When the People became old -- How the People made baskets -- At Minnie Lake: interview with Nellie Guitterez -- At Chapperon Lake -- The Kokanees will go upriver -- They fought over the land -- They all fell off except one old man with a cane -- One woman's dream -- And the White people came -- When Douglas came -- When we were writing in school -- Maggie Moore's land.
Language Note:	In Salish, with English translations; critical matter in English.