World-Making Stories: Maidu Language And Community Renewal On A Shared California Landscape

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Introduction -- Part One. Community Renewal -- 1. This Is Where We Belong: Maidu Histories on a Shared California Landscape -- 2. Placing Communities, Languages, and Stories on the Contemporary Landscape -- 3. W?jenim B?spad?: A Brief History of Maidu Language Keepers and Other Thoughts on Language Revitalization -- Part Two. Creation Narratives of Hßnc'ibyjim / Tom Young -- 4. P·ktim / Creation -- 5. Hompajtotokymc'om / The Adversaries -- 6. Hyb²k'ym Mas² W?nom / Love and Death -- 7. K'?dojapem Bom / Worldmaker's Trail -- Part Three. Pronunciation and Lessons -- 8. How to Pronounce Maidu -- 9. Reading the Maidu Language: Nine Beginning Lessons -- Appendix: Place Names and Character Names in the Stories -- Bibliography -- Index

• | Author: M. Eleanor Nevins
• | Publisher: University Of Nebraska Press
• | Publication Date: Aug 01, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 248 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/Social Science
• | ISBN-10: 0803285280
• | ISBN-13: 9780803285286