Research Catalog

Title

• River song : Naxiyamtáma (Snake River-Palouse) oral traditions from Mary Jim, Andrew George, Gordon Fisher, and Emily Peone / collected and edited by Richard D. Scheuerman & Clifford E. Trafzer ; foreword by Carrie Jim Schuster ; color plates by John Clement.

Publication

Pullman, Washington : Washington State University Press, [2015]

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Additional Authors

• Scheuerman, Richard D.
• Trafzer, Clifford E.

Description

xxviii, 200 pages : illustrations (some color), maps; 23 cm

Summary

Denied a place on their ancestral lands the original Snake River-Palouse people were forced to scatter, but elders still passed down oral histories. Over three decades, Naxiyamtáma elders{u2014}in particular Mary Jim, Andrew George, Gordon Fisher, and Emily Peone{u2014}told researchers their stories. All four had ties to Plateau people{u2019}s leadership families and had lived the ancient way{u2014}gathering, hunting and fishing. Multiple themes emerged{u2014}spirituality tied to the Creator and environment; a sacred covenant to protect traditional lands; storytelling as a revered art form, and belief in cyclical time and blood memory. River Song captures their distinct Naxiyamtáma perspective. --Provided by publisher.

Alternative Title

• Naxiyamtama (Snake River-Palouse) oral traditions from Mary Jim, Andrew George, Gordon Fisher, and Emily Peone
• Naxiyamtáma (Snake River-Palouse) oral traditions from Mary Jim, Andrew George, Gordon Fisher, and Emily Peone

Subject

• Indians of North America > Idaho > Folklore
• Indians of North America > Washington (State) > Folklore
• Oral tradition > Northwest, Pacific
• Paloos Indians > Biography
• Paloos Indians > Folklore
• Paloos Indians > History
• Snake River Plain (Idaho and Or.) > Folklore

Genre/Form

• Biographies
• History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Part I. Naxc : Mary Jim/Xinstanik -- Calling for our land -- How coyote learned to fish-- The creatures of cloudy mountain -- The tilqawayks (wolf) and chowawatyet (Jim) families -- Part II. Napt : Andrew George/Tipiyelehne Xayxayx -- Nature is our teacher -- Chief Cleveland Kamiakin -- Salmon man and the wolf brothers -- Why coyote made the Palouse hills -- The Kamiakin family -- Part III. Metad : Gordon Fisher/Yoosyoos Tulikecin -- Take care of mother earth -- How beaver brough fire -- The origin of Palouse Falls -- The Poyakun/Billy Andrews and Paween families -- Part IV. Pinapt : Emily Friedlander Peone/Q'uomolah -- Too many memories -- Mary Owhi Moses/Sanclow -- Yamustas- elk's abode at Steptoe Butte -- The two sisters and star brothers -- The Sulkstalk'scosm/Moses family -- Part V. Paxad : landscapes of beaver and coyote.

ISBN

• 9780874223279 (pbk.)
• 087422327X (pbk.)

LCCN

^^2014036204

OCLC

899228589

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library