Still They Remember Me: Penobscot Transformer Tales, Volume 1 (Native Americans of the Northeast) PDF
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CAROL A. DANA MARGO LUKENS AND CONOR M. QUINN “ Still They Remember Me” w “ esk a·tte nəmihkawitəhαməkok kohsəssənawak” PENOBSCOT TRANSFORMER TALES VOLUME 1 “ Still They Remember Me” w “ esk a·tte ə ə α ə n mihkawit h m kok ə ə kohs ss nawak” “ Stil l They Remember Me” A VOLUME IN THE SERIES Native Americans of the Northeast EDITED BY Colin G. Calloway, Jean M. O’Brien, and Lisa T. Brooks w “ esk a·tte ə ə α ə n mihkawit h m kok ə ə kohs ss nawak” CAROL A. DANA MARGO LUKENS AND CONOR M. QUINN PENOBSCOT TRANSFORMER TALES • VOLUME 1 UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS PRESS • AMHERST AND BOSTON Copyright © 2021 by Penobscot Nation Cultural and Historic Preservation Office All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America ISBN 978- 1- 62534- 579- 0 (paper); 580- 6 (hardcover) Designed by adam b. bohannon Set in Gentium Plus and IT Marxiana Printed and bound by Books International, Inc. Cover design by adam b. bohannon Cover art: Half Length Portrait of Newell Lion, from Sepck papers - 9-2-n. Courtesy of American Philosophical Society. Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data Names: Dana, Carol A., author. | Lukens, Margo, author. | Quinn, Conor M., author. Title: “Still they remember me” / Carol A. Dana, Margo Lukens, and Conor M. Quinn. Other titles: Native Americans of the Northeast. Description: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2021] | Series: Native Americans of the Northeast | Includes bibliographical references and index. | English and Penobscot. Identifiers: LCCN 2020053345 (print) | LCCN 2020053346 (ebook) | ISBN 9781625345790 (paperback) | ISBN 9781625345806 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781613768365 (ebook) Subjects: LCSH: Penobscot Indians—Folklore. | Penobscot Indians—Language—Texts. | LCGFT: Folk tales. Classification: LCC E99.P5 D36 2021 (print) | LCC E99.P5 (ebook) | DDC 974.1004/9734—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020053345 LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020053346 British Library Cataloguing- in- Publication Data A catalog record for this book is available from the British Library. CONTENTS List of Illustrations vii kči- wəliwəni (Acknowledgments) xi Preface xv Introduction 1 Editing Principles and Design Choices, Transcription, and Translation 19 Reader Guide to the Penobscot Language: Patterns of Relation 35 Reader Guide to the Penobscot Language: Sounds 47 “Still They Remember Me” PENOBSCOT TRANSFORMER TALES, TOLD BY NEWELL LYON TO FRANK SPECK pesəkʷ 55 nis 71 nahs 87 yew 103 palenəskʷ | nαn 135 nəkʷətαs 157 tὰpawαs 167 nsαsək 181 nóli 205 mətala 225 v nəkʷətαnkaw 247 nisαnkaw 281 nsαnkaw 311 Technical Notes on the Newell Lyon Text 319 Works Consulted and Suggestions for Further Reading 347 Index 349 vi ~ Contents ILLUSTRATIONS Map of kətahkina xx Margaret Pearce (Potawatomi) 1 pesəkʷ 55 mαlam kəloskαpe tepəkil wəkisawehkəhαn ttαpəyal nαkα pahkʷal Eventually Gluskabe was big enough to be able to use a bow and arrows Shannon Sockalexis (Penobscot) 2 nis 71 n·wətihlαn, “iyo pisαpαsikʷ nəmikənαkʷek” Then he told them, “Walk into this amignagweh of mine” Shannon Sockalexis (Penobscot) 3 nahs 87 n·wətəlihton ksenαkan kʷsakάyi sipo sαkətehtəkʷek Then he made a weir crossing where the river had its mouth Martha Piscuskas 4 yew 103 mαlam wənamihαl etaliləkʷanewilit: ktəhαnətəwi- ssipəss Eventually he saw him flapping his wings: a supernaturally huge bird Shannon Sockalexis (Penobscot) 5 palenəskʷ | nαn 135 “nihkʷαp, mαčetəwihla! nə·kkisαpesin” “Now, fly off! So you have gotten your share” Joshua Woodbury (Penobscot) vii 6 nəkʷətαs 157 nə·tαmα sakikke olihton, eləmi-p αntəkʷihkek Then if it was difficult somewhere, he fixed it, where lots of waterfalls went onward Shannon Sockalexis (Penobscot) 7 tὰpawαs 167 nəkəlhamαkonena nəpi He has forbidden us water Shannon Sockalexis (Penobscot) 8 nsαsək 181 n·as·te wəkalapənαn, n·wənohsohkawαn Right then too he spooked him (by hand), then he followed him Shannon Sockalexis (Penobscot) 9 nóli 205 “nəmohsomi, kamαč nəkawači; pkʷətehəmawi” “My grandfather, I am very cold; open the door for me” Shannon Sockalexis (Penobscot) 10 mətala 225 sαkhαpilite monimkʷehsəwal, wəsəkilαn wsisəkok If/when Woodchuck stuck her head out to look, he peed on her in her eyes Shannon Sockalexis (Penobscot) 11 nəkʷətαnkaw 247 nə·kenok awičəya αta kʷina apehkʷihlαməkowəya So however his brothers did not really welcome him Shannon Sockalexis (Penobscot) viii ~ Illustrations
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