Lower Umpqua Texts; and Notes on the Kusan Dialects
Lower Umpqua Texts; and Notes on the Kusan Dialects

Author: Leo Joachim Frachtenberg

Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com

Published: 2013-09

Total Pages: 28

ISBN-13: 9781230011349

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1914 edition. Excerpt: ...they found. There, (where) they were going to try to look (for him), they found no tracks (of him) anywhere. Then the old man said thus: "(I doubt whether we) shall accomplish anything. We will return. Maybe a bad bear has taken away this my child." So they returned, and came back into the house. "I give up my child," (said the old man.) (Let us) now (turn to) the man who was seized (by the bear)? They' two, the man who was seized and his wife, had already lain down (together). "Your mind will never be the same, it will become different." (Thus said his wife.) (After a while) they two had children. And that is why it is 'said of the bear, that he is half human. They two raised many children. They had ten children. "The woman is very pretty." Thus thought that man. He was very glad (because) he begot many children. Although the house was very large, still it was full of all (kinds of) dried things, --dried blackberries and also dried salal-berries. That man was not worrying about anything. His mind had become different. For that reason it is said of the bear that he is half human. All know it to be so, (because) she had taken a mortal man (for a husband). Now, it here only ends. It is the finish. All people know that the Bear-(Woman) had made mortal man her husband, (and that because of that she became) half human, (and that) for that reason the bear (even to-day has the) manners of a mortal person. 1 An Alsea myth told in the Lower Umpqua language. '1 At Seal Rock, a promontory situated some twelve miles north of the town of Newport. 3 The preceding part of this story may be looked upon as an introductory chapter. 1 1. THE LosT SEAL-HuNTERs 1 (A/sea). Many lived there2 (in the...

Lower Umpqua Texts and Notes on the Kusan Dialects
Lower Umpqua Texts and Notes on the Kusan Dialects

Author: Leo Joachim Frachtenberg

Publisher: Legare Street Press

Published: 2023-07-18

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781019958858

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A pioneering work of linguistic anthropology, this book documents the grammar, vocabulary, and folklore of the Lower Umpqua people of coastal Oregon and their Kusan language. Written in collaboration with native speakers, it provides a nuanced and detailed account of the cultural practices and beliefs of this once-thriving Pacific Northwest tribe. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Coming Full Circle
Coming Full Circle

Author: Suzanne Crawford O'Brien

Publisher: U of Nebraska Press

Published: 2013-11-01

Total Pages: 480

ISBN-13: 0803211279

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Coming Full Circle is an interdisciplinary exploration of the relationships between spirituality and health in several contemporary Coast Salish and Chinook communities in western Washington from 1805 to 2005. Suzanne Crawford O’Brien examines how these communities define what it means to be healthy, and how recent tribal community–based health programs have applied this understanding to their missions and activities. She also explores how contemporary definitions, goals, and activities relating to health and healing are informed by Coast Salish history and also by indigenous spiritual views of the body, which are based on an understanding of the relationship between self, ecology, and community. Coming Full Circle draws on a historical framework in reflecting on contemporary tribal health-care efforts and the ways in which they engage indigenous healing traditions alongside twenty-first-century biomedicine. The book makes a strong case for the current shift toward tribally controlled care, arguing that local, culturally distinct ways of healing and understanding illness must be a part of contemporary Native healthcare. Combining in-depth archival research, extensive ethnographic participant-based field work, and skillful scholarship on theories of religion and embodiment, Crawford O’Brien offers an original and masterful analysis of contemporary Native Americans and their worldviews.