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Kutenai tales, by Franz Boas, together with texts collected by Alexander Francis Chamberlain.

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  • Physical Description: xii, 387 pages. 24 cm
  • Publisher: Washington, Govt. Print. Off., 1918.

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Alphabet -- I. Texts collected by Alexander F. Chamberlain n 1891 ; with interlinear translation told by Paul. Coyote and fox ; Coyote and locust ; Coyote and locust ; Coyote and grizzly bear ; Coyote goes visiting ; Coyote and buffalo ; Coyote and butterfly ; Coyote and grouse ; Coyote and star ; Coyote and the woman ; Coyote and the manitou with the hat ; Coyote and the ducks ; Coyote and owl ; Chickadee and elk ; Frog and partridge ; Beaver and turtle ; Skunk and panther ; The mosquito ; The man and the wasps ; Lame Knee ; The youth who killed the chiefs ; The white man ; The Frenchman and his daughters -- With interlinear translation told by Michel. Coyote and owl ; Coyote and trout ; Skunk and panther ; The deluge ; Chicken hawk and toad ; Race of frog and antelope ; The woman and the giant ; The two Tsa ḱap -- Lower Kutenai told by Angi McLaughlin. Chipmunk and owl ; The sun ; Fox and skunk ; Coyote and caribou ; Coyote and owl ; Coyote and deer -- With interlinear translation description of dances, games, and hunting. Kissing dance ; Sun dance ; Manitou performance ; Medicine performance ; Gambling ; Games ; Hunting on the plains.
II. Texts collected by Franz Boas ; with interlinear translation told by Pierre Andrew. Rabbit, coyote, wold and grizzly bear -- Told by Pierre Numa and Pierre Andrew. Frog and chipmunk ; Coyote and buffalo -- Told by Mission Joe and Felix Andrew. The animals and the sun ; Coyote's contests ; The war on the sky -- Told by Felix Andrew, recorded by Robert T. Aitken. The giant -- Told by Barnaby. NaÅ‚mÆ°qtse ;̇ Ya ụkue íka ṁ ; Coyote and Ya ụkue íka ṁ ; The people try to kill Ya ụkue íka ṁ ; Coyote and dog ; Coyote and grizzly bear ; Coyote and fox ; Coyote and the ducks ; Coyote kills panther and liberates the salmon ; Origin of the seasons ; Coyote juggles with his eyes ; Coyote and deer ; Coyote and Tree Chief ; Raven ; The deluge ; Wolf ; Skunk ; Frog and antelope ; The star husband ; Little Sun ; Pine cone ; The Kuyo úkue ; The great epidemic ; The giant ; The giant ; The mother-in-law taboo -- III. Abstracts and comparative notes -- IV. Vocabulary. Kutenai-English ; English-Kutenai.
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Subject: Kootenai Indians > Folklore.
Kootenai language > Texts.
Genre: Folk tales.

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