Luiseño language -- Vocabulary

Handwritten story draft and notes for story "Old Man and Raven" (noted as "Nahanmal Pe Ka-We-Alwut" in Luiseño) by Henry Rodriguez. Some notes contain Luiseño vocabulary. Last two pages of story draft contain notes on Luiseño ceremonies, dance, and song.

Handwritten listing of animal bone, chitin and keratin, and their uses as tools. Some Luiseño names for tools included.

Handwritten and typescript descriptions, drawings, and measurements of earthenware vessels.

Handwritten description of materials used in house construction.

Handwritten and typescript notes regarding a Paaayat, a rattle made of land turtle shell.

Handwritten list of plants pertaining to their use in the creation of tools: lines, canoes, ceremony.

Handwritten and typescript notes and drawings regarding tools made from rock, including descriptions for mortar, pestle, and bowls.

Handwritten notes regarding tools made primarily from wood, including musical instruments and bows and arrows. Documentation on bows and arrows also contains information on animal and plant parts used in bow making, fletching, and quivers.

Typescript and handwritten notes regarding song "tʃaatu xilliniʃ." Notes state that this song was to call the wind. Notes also state: "This is one of the songs sung by José Luís Albanas in 1882, which brought such a snowfall that several people died. Before singing the songs in that year, he asked Maria Jesus Omish if she wd. prefer rain or snow, she said snow. The result was the 12 ft. deep snowfell."

Handwritten notes and diagram regarding the "Turo-Ha-Hish" a girl's puberty ceremony. Notes contain diagram of ceremony pit construction, Luiseño vocabulary and ceremony description/context.