Full Description
A singular collection of stories published in Tsuut'ina, a critically endangered language
With fewer than 20 speakers, Tsuut'ina is a critically endangered language. Isúh Áníi / As Grandmother Said brings together nine traditional narratives and historical accounts in the Tsuut'ina language, originally narrated by Elders Dátł'ìshí Ts'ìká Bessie Meguinis (1883-1987) and Ninàghá Tsìtł'á Willie Little Bear (1912-1989). At once an act of language preservation and a learning resource, each story is retold in Tsuut'ina by Dit'óní Didlíshí Dr. Bruce Starlight and is presented with English translations and a Tsuut'ina-to-English glossary.
The narratives included in this collection cover considerable ground, ranging from the creation of the world in the caring hands of Xàlítsa-tsii and his animal helpers, to accounts of separation, migration, and cross-cultural contact that mark major turning points in Tsuut'ina history, and to important cultural and ceremonial items and practices that the Tsuut'ina Nation maintains to this day.
These stories will be of lasting value to Tsuut'ina language learners and teachers, and will share the legacy of Elders Bessie Meguinis and Willie Little Bear with generations of Tsuut'ina to come.
Contents
Foreword
Introduction
Acknowledgments
1. Diyí Ts'ínìsk'a Nináts'inìstł'úní K'àsì - Xàlítsa-tsii ùwà Tásk'òyí-tsii
How the Earth Was Created - The Old Man and the Muskrat
2. Tsúut'ínà Ásch'áyídátł'í K'àsì - Tú-chu Nóghàts'ádìłí Ìsíla
How the Tsuut'ina Separated - Crossing the Lake
3. Xaní-tii Tú-chu
Buffalo Lake
4. Tsúut'ínà Ásch'áyídátł'í K'àsì - Tłích'á Dósa Ítłíts'íyíídátł'í (Tłìk'í)
How the Tsuut'ina Separated - The War Over a Dog (Part One)
Tsúut'ínà Ásch'áyídátł'í K'àsì - Tłích'á Dósa Ítłíts'íyíídátł'í (Akíyí)
How the Tsuut'ina Separated - The War Over a Dog (Part Two)
5. Ninàghá Tsitł'á: Ts'ìká Wúnit'ósì Guminánìstití (Tłìk'í)
Willie Little Bear: The Woman Who Went Back North (Part One)
Ninàghá Tsitł'á: Ts'ìká Wúnit'ósì Guminánìstití (Akíyí)
Willie Little Bear: The Woman Who Went Back North (Part Two)
6. Tsúut'ínà Goòjí Tonídátł'í K'àsì
How the Tsuut'ina Met the Blackfoot
7. Tsúut'ínà Dìtł'ìshà
Tsuut'ina Societies
8. Tsúut'ínà Kùwa-gutii Oghàtł'oʔí K'àsì
How the Tsuut'ina Came to Have the Teepee
9. Tsúut'ínà Túwúł Oghàtł'oʔí K'àsì
How the Tsuut'ina Came to Have the Beaver Bundle
Tsuut'ina-English Glossary
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