Salish Myths and Legends

M. Terry Thompson has conducted research on the Salish languages for forty years and is the coauthor of Thompson River Salish Dictionary and The Thompson Language. Steven M. Egesdal is an expert on Salish languages and is the author of Stylized Character Speech in Thompson Salish Narrative.

"Any thorough reclaiming of a particular storytelling heritage enriches study of mythology, folktales, native cultures, and storytelling in general. This anthology serves all these purposes powerfully."—M. F. McClure, CHOICE "The recording of oral texts is slow, difficult work full of intellectual and practical problems. One can only be grateful for the efforts of the several generations of scholars and communities members, including those represented here, who undertook this task."—Bruce Miller, Montana, the Magazine of Western History

• List of Maps      List of Tables    Acknowledgments   Introduction      Origins and Migrations  The Salishan Cultural Landscape     Imperiled Status of Salishan Languages    Writing Salishan Languages    Mythographic Presentation and Features of Narration   Genres of Salishan Oral Literature  Reverence for Traditional Narrative The Performative Context      History of Collecting Salishan Oral Literature  Organization of the Collection      Language Characteristics      Steven M. EgesdalEpic Stories      South Wind's Journeys: A Tillamook Epic Reconstructed from Several Sources    Retold by Douglas E. Deur and M. Terry ThompsonA Bluejay Cycle: Traditional Quinault Stories   Told by Bob PopeDell HymesFly: A Southern Lushootseed Epic    Told by Annie Daniels and by Peter HeckRetold by Jay MillerThe Pentlatch Myth Corpus     M. Dale KinkadeBasket Ogress Stories   Ch'eni, the Giant Woman Who Stole Crying Children: A Traditional Lummi Story  Told by Aloysius CharlesRichard Demers and Bill JamesThe Basket Ogress, Slapu: Two Traditional Klallam Stories     Told by Martha Charles JohnSteven M. EgesdalQálqali, the Basket Ogress: A Traditional Squamish Story      Told by Louis MirandaAert H. KuipersWhy Things Are the Way They Are     The Transformer and the Blind Old Man: A Traditional Sooke Story  Told by Cecilia JoeBarbara S. EfratThe Seal: A Traditional Sliammon-Comox Story    Told by Mary GeorgeHonoré WatanabeHow Kingfisher Got the Red under Her Wings: A Traditional Klallam Story Told by Amy AllenSteven M. EgesdalTribal Legends: Traditional Stories of the Cowlitz    Told by Roy WilsonJudith IrwinTrickster Stories Coyote and Buffalo: A Traditional Spokane Story Told by Margaret SherwoodSteven M. EgesdalCoyote and the Goblin: A Traditional Shuswap Story    Told by Lilly HarryAert H. KuipersThe Place of Coyote: Two Traditional San Poil (Colville-Okanagan) Stories     Told by Bob Covington and William BurkeDell HymesN'ík'smtm and Other Episodes of a Traditional Coyote Narrative Told by Hilda Austin and Millie MichellSteven M. EgesdalCoyote Releases Salmon: A Traditional Moses-Columbian Story       Told by George NanamkinM. Dale KinkadeSkunk: A Traditional Colville Story Told by Charles QuintasketDell HymesThe Seal and the Raven: A Sechelt Raven Story   Told by Charlie Roberts and/or Jack IsidoreRalph MaudSun and Moon Are Brothers: A Traditional Quinault Story     Told by Bob Pope, interpreted by Harry ShaleWilliam R. SeaburgCoyote and the Birds: A Traditional Coeur d'Alene Story     Told by Margaret StensgarIvy G. Doak and Margaret StensgarThe Border Monsters: A Story about Salishan People from a Bordering Group     Told by Hal GeorgeJ. V. (Jay) Powell and Luke J. Powell?Historical Events Battle at Sea: A Northern Lushootseed Historical Narrative  told by Wilson GeorgeVi Taqšblu Hilbert and Thomas M. HessQeyqeyší's Marriage: A Humorous Pend d'Oreille Story  Told by Pete BeaverheadSarah G. ThomasonSametl: A Chinook Jargon Rendering of a Saanich Story Told by Thomas PaulDell HymesChairman Roy Wilson's Cowlitz Desanctification Ceremony     Judith IrwinThree Lillooet Stories  Told by Sam Mitchell, Martina LaRochelle, Rosie JosephJan P. van EijkReminiscences from the Shuswap      Told by Lilly HarryAert H. KuipersWhen the Animals Were People  Lady Louse: A Traditional Northern Lushootseed Story Told by Vi Taqšblu Hilbert, based on Elizabeth Krise's version of the storyVi Taqšblu HilbertBlack Bear and Grizzly Bear: A Traditional Upriver Halkomelem Story     Told by Dan MiloRalph MaudBeaver and Mouse: A Traditional Nooksack Story  Told by George SwanasetPamela AmossCrow, Her Son, Her Daughter: A Traditional Southern Lushootseed Story   Told by Marion DavisDell HymesThe Whiteman as "Other" The Sailor Who Jumped Ship and Was Befriended by Skagits: A Lushootseed Historical Story  Told by Susie Sampson PeterJay Miller and Vi Taqšblu HilbertCircling Raven and the Jesuits: A Traditional Coeur d'Alene Story Told by Margaret StensgarIvy G. Doak and Margaret StensgarOratory     The Two-Headed Person: A Colville-Okanagan Oratory    Speech by William M. Charley, translated by William M. Charley, Clara Jack, and Anthony MattinaAnthony MattinaFuneral Address of Chief Tiníc'e to the Mourners of a Dead Child: A Thompson River Salish [Neképmx] OrationSpoken by Chief Tiníc'eLaurence C. Thompson and M. Terry ThompsonHumor The Two Coyotes: A Humorous Lillooet Story      Told by Bill EdwardsJan P. van EijkThe Story of Mink and Miss Pitch: A Traditional Upriver Halkomelem Story      Told by Susan Malloway JimmyBrent GallowayBroke-Her-Nose Woman (or The Stupid Daughter-in-law): A Humorous nekepmxcín (Thompson River Salish) Story     Told by Mabel JoeMabel Joe and M. Terry ThompsonSongs Three Thompson River Salish Songs from Spuzzum  Sung by Annie Z. YorkAndrea LaforetModern Poems and a Story-Poem Growing Old Jack IyallThe Salmon  Duane NiatumTo Our Salish Women Who Weave the Seasons Duane NiatumSleeping Woman    Duane NiatumJourneys to Other Worlds      The Kidnapping of Moon: An Upper Chehalis Myth  Told by Silas HeckM. Dale KinkadeSun's Child: A Traditional Bella Coola Story     Told by Agnes EdgarDell HymesStar Husband: Two Brothers' Versions of a Traditional Skokomish (Twana) Story Told by Frank Allen and by Henry AllenWilliam W. Elmendorf and Steven M. EgesdalMaiden of Deception Pass: A Traditional Samish Story  Told by Victor Underwood Sr.Brent GallowayKakantu, the Chief's Daughter Who Married a Blackfish: A Traditional Klallam Story  Told by Amy Allen, translated by Laurence C. Thompson and Martha Charles JohnSteven M. EgesdalReferences and Suggested Further Reading  Index