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Title: PITCH WOMAN AND OTHER STORIES
THE ORAL TRADITIONS OF COQUELLE THOMPSON, UPPER COQUILLE ATHABASKAN INDIAN
By: William R. Seaburg, Elizabeth Jacobs
Format: Paperback

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ISBN 10: 0803244940
ISBN 13: 9780803244948
Publisher: UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA PRESS
Pub. date: 1 May, 2007
Series: Native Literatures of the Americas
Pages: 310
Description: The rich oral traditions of the Athabaskan Indians from southwestern Oregon are showcased in these pages for the first time. This book features tales of familiar Tricksters: Coyote, known for his unusual sexual prowess and escapades that often go awry; the vain and gullible Grizzly Bear; and Raccoon, often greedy and ever elusive.
Synopsis: The rich oral traditions of the Athabaskan Indians from southwestern Oregon are showcased in these pages for the first time. This volume features vivid and humorous tales of familiar Tricksters: Coyote known for his unusual sexual prowess and escapades that often go awry; the vain and gullible Grizzly Bear; and Raccoon often greedy and ever elusive. The collection also includes the less familiar but all-too-human stories of Pitch Woman Little Man the unicorn-like Hollering-Like-a-Person and other local figures all of which add to the wealth of Native oral literature in the Pacific Northwest.In 1935 Elizabeth D. Jacobs conducted ethnographic fieldwork with survivors of several Athabaskan cultures living on the Siletz Reservation. Her work preserves the forty-seven stories recorded here as recounted by Upper Coquille consultant Coquelle Thompson Sr. an accomplished storyteller who lived through the Rogue River Wars of 1855a"56. His tribal community was evicted from its homeland and resettled with other Athabaskan groups on the Siletz Reservation where he lived for ninety years.This volume offers a behind-the-scenes look at the collection of oral accounts a sketch of Upper Coquille Athabaskan culture an examination of Thompsona's storytelling and extended analyses of four stories including ai??Pitch Woman.ai?? The reader is encouraged to ai??listenai?? to the stories with an ear attuned both to the storyteller himself and to the storiesa' own cultural context.
Illustrations: black & white illustrations
Publication: US
Imprint: University of Nebraska Press
Returns: Returnable
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