Sahaptin field notes, 1963-1969

Mss.Film.1261

Date: 1963-1969 | Size: 2 microfilm_reel(s)

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Abstract

These notes are contained in eighteen notebooks and on 200 miscellaneous pages, and include translations of selected words and phrases. Includes vocabulary, paradigms, sentences, texts, and English translations. Covers multiples Sahaptian languages and dialects: Cayuse, Celilo, Kittitas, Molale, Nez Percé, Palouse, Pšwanwapam (Wenatchi?), Qayáwlali (Tenino), Rock Creek, Tayx (or Tygh), Umatilla, Walúla (Walla Walla), Walúpam (Walla Walla), Wanapam, Wayakma, Wayam, Wuxinsyáy (Umatilla), Yakama. Includes list of Umatilla speakers.

Collection Information

Physical description

2 microfilm reels.

Provenance

Presented by Bruce Rigsby and accessioned, 1969 (1969 730mf).

Location of originals:

Originals in possession of Bruce Rigsby.

Indexing Terms

Genre(s)

Field notes.

Subject(s)

Indians of North America -- Languages
Shahaptian languages

Detailed Inventory

Notebook 1. Field notes from the Umatilla Indian Reservation, Pendleton, Oregon, Summer 1963	1963		Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Consultants: Vera Jones (Umatilla), Inez Spino (Umatilla). Places: Pendleton OR, Adams OR.
Notebook 2. Field notes from the Umatilla Indian Reservation, Pendleton, Oregon, Summer 1963	1963		Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Consultants: Vera Jones, Inez Spino, Joe Williams (Cayuse), Alice Barnhart, Sam Slickpoo (Nez Perce, from notebook of W. W. Elmendork). Places: Pendleton OR, Lapwai ID.
Notebook 3. Field notes from the Umatilla Indian Reservation, Pendleton, Oregon, Summer 1963	1963		Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Notebook 4. Field notes from the Umatilla Indian Reservation, Pendleton, Oregon, Summer 1963	1963		Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Consultants: Vera Jones, Charles McKay, Alice Barnhart. Places: Pendleton OR, Joseph OR. Elicitations from Vera Jones mostly kinship terms, objective pronouns.
Notebook 5. Field notes from the Umatilla Indian Reservation, Pendleton, Oregon, Summer 1963	1963		Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Consultants: Vera Jones, Walter Pond, Alice Barnhart. Places: Pendleton OR. Also mentions Bill La Course speaking Umatilla. Includes 2 texts by Walter Pond on trip to the south in the late summer for meat and berries, on annual annual celebration of 4th of July at Cayuse, Oregon.
Notebook 6. Field notes from the Umatilla Indian Reservation, Pendleton, Oregon, Summer 1963	1963		Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Consultants: Vera Jones, Charles McKay, Alice Barnhart. Places: Pendleton OR, Joseph OR.
Notebook 7. Field notes from the Umatilla Indian Reservation, Pendleton, Oregon, Summer 1963	1963		Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Consultants: Vera Jones, Oswald Tias (Palus?), Alice Barnhart. Places: Pendleton OR.
Notebook 8. Field notes from the Umatilla Indian Reservation, Pendleton, Oregon, Summer 1963, Winter 1964	1963-1964		Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Consultants: Vera Jones, Alice Barnhart, Inez Spino, Susie Joe, Lillian Spino, Minnie Shawaway. Places: Pendleton OR.
Notebook 9. Notes on the Wayam Dialect of Sahaptin	1962-1964		Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
First section: "Paradigmatic elicitation from tape of Flora Thompson at Celilo" and "Joe Pierce tape of 9/12/62". Second section: "Flora Thompson 2/29/64 transcribed from tape".
Notebook 10. Notes in Sahaptin dialects	1964		Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Consultants: Philip Guyer (Cause), Charlie Williams (Palouse), Tom Andrews (Palouse), Sam Sturgis, Ed Welsh/Edward Joseph (Wenatchi), George Nanamkin (Wenatchi). Places: Nespelem, WA.
Notebook 11. Notes in Sahaptin dialects	1964		Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Consultants: Ed Welsh/Edward Joseph, Sam Sturgis (Walúpam/Walla Walla), Gilbert Conner (Nez Perce/Niimiipu), Winnie Burke (Walúpam/Walla Walla), Alex Saluskin (Yakama), Frank Sohappy (Yakama/Wanapam). Places: Nespelem WA, Toppenish WA, Wapato WA.
Notebook 12. Notes in Sahaptin dialects	1964		Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Consultnats: Alex Saluskin, Frank Sohappy, Gilbert Conner, Victor George (Rock Creek Umatilla). Places: Toppenish WA, Wapato WA.
Notebook 13. Notes on Sahaptin dialects	1964		Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
First pages of notebook were not microfilmed. Consultants: Victor George, Henry Thompson (Wayam), Winnie Burke, Vera Jones, Oswald Tias. Places: Celilo OR.
Notebook 14. Notes in Sahaptin dialects	1964		Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Consultants: Vera Jones, Louis Mitchell, Linton Winashat/Winishut, May Peters.
Notebook 15. Notes in Sahaptin dialects and Molala	1964		Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Consultants: George Nanamkin, Tom Andrews (Palus), Charlie Williams, Fred Yelkes (Molale), Eva Winashat/Winishut (Tygh Valley).
Notebook 17	1966-1967		Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
The cover was not microfilmed, so no title is provided. Consultants: Sam Sturgis, Alex Saluskin, Linton Winishut. Includes a long Yakima Sahaptin text from Saluskin.
Notebook 18	1967-1968		Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Consultant: Alex Saluskin. Place: Toppenish WA.
Loose notes		380 page(s)	Request Item for Reading Room Access Request a Copy of this Item
Mostly texts. Consultants: Alice Barnhart, Susie Joe, Winnie Burke, Vera Jones, Minnie Shawaway, Walter Pond, Victor George, Annie Joe, George Nanamtgan (Nanamkin?), Sam Sturgis.