Xiipúktan (First of All) : Three Views of the Origins of the Quechan People
Byrant, George
Xiipúktan (First of All) : Three Views of the Origins of the Quechan People - Open Book Publishers 2013 - 1 electronic resource (119 p.)
Open Access
The Quechan people live along the lower part of the Colorado River in the United States. According to tradition, the Quechan and other Yuman people were created at the beginning of time, and their Creation myth explains how they came into existence, the origin of their environment, and the significance of their oldest traditions. The Creation myth forms the backdrop against which much of the tribe’s extensive oral literature may be understood. At one time there were almost as many different versions of the Quechan creation story as there were Quechan families. Now few people remember them. This volume, presented in the Quechan language with facing-column translation, provides three views of the origins of the Quechan people. One synthesizes narrator George Bryant’s childhood memories and later research. The second is based upon J. P. Harrington’s A Yuma Account of Origins (1908). The third provides a modern view of the origins of the Quechan, beginning with the migration from Asia to the New World and ending with the settlement of the Yuman tribes at their present locations. Publication of this book is made possible by the Institute of Museum and Library Services Native American / Native Hawaiian Museum Services Program grant number MN-00-13-0025-13. This collection is for the Quechan people and will also interest linguists, anthropologists, oral literature specialists, and anyone curious about Native American culture.
Creative Commons
English
OBP.0037
10.11647/OBP.0037 doi
American indigenous languages
Folklore, myths & legends
Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography
george bryant quechan language quechan people a yuma account of origins amy miller world oral literature series Cocopah Creation myth Noun phrase Prosody (linguistics) Rattlesnake Sanya
Xiipúktan (First of All) : Three Views of the Origins of the Quechan People - Open Book Publishers 2013 - 1 electronic resource (119 p.)
Open Access
The Quechan people live along the lower part of the Colorado River in the United States. According to tradition, the Quechan and other Yuman people were created at the beginning of time, and their Creation myth explains how they came into existence, the origin of their environment, and the significance of their oldest traditions. The Creation myth forms the backdrop against which much of the tribe’s extensive oral literature may be understood. At one time there were almost as many different versions of the Quechan creation story as there were Quechan families. Now few people remember them. This volume, presented in the Quechan language with facing-column translation, provides three views of the origins of the Quechan people. One synthesizes narrator George Bryant’s childhood memories and later research. The second is based upon J. P. Harrington’s A Yuma Account of Origins (1908). The third provides a modern view of the origins of the Quechan, beginning with the migration from Asia to the New World and ending with the settlement of the Yuman tribes at their present locations. Publication of this book is made possible by the Institute of Museum and Library Services Native American / Native Hawaiian Museum Services Program grant number MN-00-13-0025-13. This collection is for the Quechan people and will also interest linguists, anthropologists, oral literature specialists, and anyone curious about Native American culture.
Creative Commons
English
OBP.0037
10.11647/OBP.0037 doi
American indigenous languages
Folklore, myths & legends
Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography
george bryant quechan language quechan people a yuma account of origins amy miller world oral literature series Cocopah Creation myth Noun phrase Prosody (linguistics) Rattlesnake Sanya