Luiseño American Indians -- Community stories

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Typescript stories and handwritten notes for the following stories: Bear Boy; Wiyot; Nahachish; The Flood; Duck; Coyote Acts As the Sun. File also includes handwritten notes on "Story that Vic heard from Sotelo" (Calac), possibly referring to story "Charm to Stop the Wind."

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Typescript title pages with handwritten Luiseño to English translation of story told by Adan Castillo. File also includes notes on language/vocabulary by John Peabody Harrington and by Henry Rodriguez.

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Typescript title page and handwritten notes regarding a story told by Adan Castillo, titled "Ano Pe Tukwut."

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Handwritten notes regarding draft of story related to chieftan and harmony with nature, and finding a replacement with the same values. Story synopsis provided by the family of Henry Rodriguez.

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Handwritten story draft titled "Coyote Acts As the Sun."

Scope and Contents Handwritten story draft and notes for story "Coyote Lion Wildcat" (noted as "Ano Tukwot Tu-Ku-T" in Luiseño) by Henry Rodriguez. Some notes contain Luiseño vocabulary.Story synopsis: Coyote was in poor health and very hungry. Coyote ran into Lion and taught how Lion to hunt for food. Then Wildcat came by very lean. Coyote was going to show Wildcat how good a hunter he was, but this time he did not jump far enough and only caught the tail. His paws and legs got tangled, and the...

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Typescript story draft with handwritten edits for story "Coyote Lion Wildcat" (noted as "Ano Tukwot Túk-wu-t" in Luiseño) by Henry Rodriguez. Story draft contains English/Luiseño vocabulary list at end.

Story synopsis: Coyote learns he is not patient and as wise as the lion. He takes the easy way out of doing things. Synopsis provided by the family of Henry Rodriguez.

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Mutliple copies of typescript drafts for story "Frog and Cricket" by Henry Rodriguez.

Story synopsis: Sometimes it’s best to compromise like frog and cricket. Synopsis provided by the family of Henry Rodriguez.

Scope and Contents Handwritten story draft and notes for story "Frog & Cricket" by Henry Rodriguez. In the story, a frog visits his friend cricket. When it starts to drizzle and rain, even though cricket's house is small, he moves things around to make room for his frog's aching body. Frog is inside cricket's house and cricket is outside. Cricket goes up the mountain to find more rocks and shelter where frog would not be able to climb the rocks and the door is narrow. Story synopsis provided by the family...

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Handwritten story draft titled "King Deer -- čawe-wut" by Henry Rodriguez.

Story synopsis: Give back to the earth. Continuous misuse will cause lad not to reproduce. Story synopsis provided by the family of Henry Rodriguez.