Okanagan Salish Stories and Songs
Mss.Rec.101
Reel 1 | 1 sound_tape_reel | |||
01-01 Watkins, Donald.
Gabriel, Louise.
Prayers and Conversation with Louise | 1971 | 1 .mp3 ; 00:06:22 | ||
Includes prayers: Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory Be, Apostles' Creed. Followed by conversation with selected vocabulary items. Location of originals: This file is a compressed, digitized version of the original. The APS Library maintains the original format (Sound tape reel) as well as an uncompressed digitized version of this recording. General physical description: 00:06:22 Geographic Name(s): Penticton (B.C.) Subject(s): Okanagan language; Okanagan Indians -- Music; Catholic Church -- Prayers and devotions; Okanagan Indians -- Religion Access digital object: | ||||
01-02 Watkins, Donald.
Pierre, Larry.
Conversation with Larry Pierre with some vocabulary items | 1971 | 1 .mp3 ; 00:08:14 | ||
A conversation used to establish words containing voiced velar fricatives and pharyngeal fricatives. Location of originals: This file is a compressed, digitized version of the original. The APS Library maintains the original format (Sound tape reel) as well as an uncompressed digitized version of this recording. General physical description: 00:08:14 Geographic Name(s): Penticton (B.C.) Subject(s): Okanagan language Access digital object: | ||||
01-03 Watkins, Donald.
Pierre, Larry.
Armstrong, Willie.
Conversation with Larry Pierre and Willie Armstrong | 1969 | 1 .mp3 ; 00:17:40 | ||
Conversation on dialectical variations in Okanagan, borrowings from English and French, and animal and fish names. Location of originals: This file is a compressed, digitized version of the original. The APS Library maintains the original format (Sound tape reel) as well as an uncompressed digitized version of this recording. General physical description: 00:17:40 Geographic Name(s): Penticton (B.C.) Subject(s): Okanagan Indians -- Ethnozoology; French language -- Influence on Okanagan; English language -- Influence on Okanagan; Okanagan language -- Dialects; Okanagan language Access digital object: | ||||
01-04 Pierre, Larry.
Watkins, Donald.
Okanagan word list: Common body parts | 1966 | 1 .mp3 ; 00:27:41 | ||
Location of originals: This file is a compressed, digitized version of the original. The APS Library maintains the original format (Sound tape reel) as well as an uncompressed digitized version of this recording. General physical description: 00:27:41 Geographic Name(s): Penticton (B.C.) Subject(s): Okanagan language; Human body -- Terminology Access digital object: | ||||
01-05 Watkins, Donald.
Lezard, George.
Okanagan story | 1966 | 1 .mp3 ; 00:02:51 | ||
Story told by George Lezard, an Okanagan monoglot. Location of originals: This file is a compressed, digitized version of the original. The APS Library maintains the original format (Sound tape reel) as well as an uncompressed digitized version of this recording. General physical description: 00:02:51 Geographic Name(s): Penticton (B.C.) Subject(s): Okanagan Indians -- Folklore; Okanagan language Access digital object: | ||||
Reel 2 | 1 sound_tape_reel | |||
02-01 Gregoire, Tommy.
Watkins, Donald.
Esnéna ecáwc ("The Owl's Affair") | 1971-08 | 1 .mp3 ; 00:07:02 | ||
"The tale of Owl, who kidnapped a boy. Accounts for the origin of the loon and its ghostly call." Location of originals: This file is a compressed, digitized version of the original. The APS Library maintains the original format (Sound tape reel) as well as an uncompressed digitized version of this recording. General physical description: 00:07:02 Geographic Name(s): Okanagan Indian Reserve (B.C.) Subject(s): Loons -- Folklore; Okanagan Indians -- Folklore; Owls -- Folklore; Okanagan language Access digital object: | ||||
02-02 Watkins, Donald.
Abel, Mary.
Abel, Joe.
Reaction discussion to Tommy Gregoire's story | 1971-08 | 1 .mp3 ; 00:04:59 | ||
Okanagan speech by George Lezard, with inter-sentence translation by Larry Pierre. Topic concerns sources of food and the problem of conflicting cultlures. Location of originals: This file is a compressed, digitized version of the original. The APS Library maintains the original format (Sound tape reel) as well as an uncompressed digitized version of this recording. General physical description: 00:04:59 Geographic Name(s): Okanagan Indian Reserve (B.C.) Subject(s): Owls -- Folklore; Okanagan Indians -- Folklore; Okanagan language; Loons -- Folklore Access digital object: | ||||
02-03 Watkins, Donald.
Pierre, Larry.
Lezard, George.
Story of the old days | 1966 | 1 .mp3 ; 00:17:51 | ||
Concerns "sources of food and the problem of conflicting cultures" drawn from the speaker's recollections of a conversation with a Catholic priest. Location of originals: This file is a compressed, digitized version of the original. The APS Library maintains the original format (Sound tape reel) as well as an uncompressed digitized version of this recording. General physical description: 00:17:51 Geographic Name(s): Penticton (B.C.) Subject(s): Okanagan language; Okanagan Indians -- Food; Okanagan Indians -- Social life and customs; Autobiography Access digital object: | ||||
02-04 Watkins, Donald.
Holding, Margaret.
Song: "Communion Hymn" | 1961-08-17 | 1 .mp3 ; 00:01:53 | ||
Recorded at Spectacle Lake in Washington state. Misidentified by collector as being located in British Columbia. Location of originals: This file is a compressed, digitized version of the original. The APS Library maintains the original format (Sound tape reel) as well as an uncompressed digitized version of this recording. General physical description: 00:01:53 Geographic Name(s): Okanogan County (Wash.) Subject(s): Catholic Church -- Prayers and devotions; Okanagan language; Okanagan Indians -- Religion; Okanagan Indians -- Music Access digital object: | ||||
02-05 Watkins, Donald.
Holding, Margaret.
Some further examples of Christian hymns sung in Okanagan | 1961 | 1 .mp3 ; 00:05:21 | ||
Recorded at Spectacle Lake in Washington state. Misidentified by collector as being located in British Columbia. Location of originals: This file is a compressed, digitized version of the original. The APS Library maintains the original format (Sound tape reel) as well as an uncompressed digitized version of this recording. General physical description: 00:05:21 Geographic Name(s): Okanogan County (Wash.) Subject(s): Okanagan language; Okanagan Indians -- Music; Catholic Church -- Prayers and devotions; Okanagan Indians -- Religion Access digital object: | ||||
02-06 Pierre, Larry.
Watkins, Donald.
Eagle and Fox | 1966 | 1 .mp3 ; 00:08:53 | ||
Whole story given first in Okanagan, then in English. Location of originals: This file is a compressed, digitized version of the original. The APS Library maintains the original format (Sound tape reel) as well as an uncompressed digitized version of this recording. General physical description: 00:08:53 Geographic Name(s): Penticton (B.C.) Subject(s): Okanagan language; Okanagan Indians -- Folklore; Coyote -- Folklore; Eagles -- Folklore Access digital object: | ||||
02-07 Watkins, Donald.
Pierre, Selina.
Pierre, Larry.
Owl, Rabbit, and Chipmunk | 1966 | 1 .mp3 ; 00:15:13 | ||
Whole story given first in Okanagan, then in English. Location of originals: This file is a compressed, digitized version of the original. The APS Library maintains the original format (Sound tape reel) as well as an uncompressed digitized version of this recording. General physical description: 00:15:13 Geographic Name(s): Penticton (B.C.) Subject(s): Chipmunks -- Folklore; Okanagan language; Rabbits -- Folklore; Owls -- Folklore; Okanagan Indians -- Folklore Access digital object: | ||||
