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Anakú Iwachá
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- Book Synopsis
- An expanded collection of foundational Yakama storiesCentral to the Yakama oral tradition, storytelling enables Tribal Elders to share lessons, values, and customs with younger generations across the Columbia River plateau and the Pacific Northwest. Drawn from a time before the coming of human beings when animals were like people, the stories present characters and motifs that paint a bigger picture of the world as Yakama ancestors knew it. The original edition of Anakú Iwachá featured stories that Yakama Tribal Elders recorded in several dialects of the Ichishkìin language that were collected and translated into English by renowned linguist and scholar Virginia Beavert. This new edition adds a preface from the Yakama Nation and essays on the history of the project and on Ichishkìin-language education. It includes four additional legends in Ichishkìin and English, annotations, an updated glossary, and more artwork by Tribal artists, helping readers, teachers, and students engage with the legends as teaching and learning tools and as a precious gift to current and future Yakama generations.
- About The Author
- Virginia R. Beavert (Yakama) is author of The Gift of Knowledge / Ttnúwit ¦tawish Nch'inch'imamì: Reflections on Sahaptin Ways. Michelle M. Jacob (Yakama) is professor of Indigenous studies, director of the Sapsik'?alá (Teacher) Education Program at the University of Oregon, and author of Yakama Rising: Indigenous Cultural Revitalization, Activism, and Healing. Joana W. Jansen is a scholar of the Ichishkìin language and associate director of the Northwest Indian Language Institute at the University of Oregon.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9780295748245
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press, (30 June 2021)
- Number of Pages
- 400
- Weight
- 839 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 154 x 228 x 31 mm
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