O'odham creation & related events / as told to Ruth Benedict in 1927 in prose, oratory, and song by the Pimas William Blackwater [and others] ; edited by Donald Bahr ; with a foreword by Barbara A. Babcock.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-218) and index.
Contents:
Figures of Speech among the Pima / Ruth Benedict 208. 1 Rafter Hauled: The Long Telling of Ancient Times 3 -- Rafter / Thomas Vanyiko, William Blackwater 5 -- Earth and Sky 5 -- Humans 10 -- Flood 11 -- New Creation 17 -- First Death 22 -- Farming and the Calendar 24 -- Navitcu 25 -- Ho'ok 27 -- Man Eagle 29 -- Killing Elder Brother 31 -- His Resurrection 34 -- Passage to Earth's Surface 38 -- Elder Brother's Campaign 41 -- Departure of Elder Brother 52 -- 2 Pieces Left Out 55 -- Blackwater's Ho'ok / William Blackwater 56 -- Blackwater's Man Eagle / William Blackwater 63 -- Corn Woman / William Blackwater 69 -- Coyote Brothers / William Blackwater 77 -- Dove Makes Magic for a Race / William Blackwater 87 -- Girl Becomes Star / William Blackwater 87 -- Girl Becomes Saguaro / William Blackwater 88 -- Feud / William Blackwater 89 -- Nasia's Twins / William Blackwater, Thomas Vanyiko 97 -- Cloud's Twins / William Blackwater 123 -- Rain's Twins / William Stevens 124 -- Rain's Twins / Clara Ahiel 126 -- 3 Pieces Afterward, on War 129 -- Koolhaa (or, The Orphan Boy) / William Blackwater, Thomas Vanyiko 133 -- Eagle Hawk Man / Thomas Vanyiko, William Blackwater 144 -- An Old Woman's Grandson Rescues His Mother / Clara Ahiel 153 -- Survivors / William Blackwater 155 -- 4 Coyote Tales 157 -- Coyote Marries the Hunter's Wives / William Blackwater 157 -- Red Racer Snake and Coyote / William Blackwater 160 -- Turtle and Coyote / William Stevens 161 -- Coyote and Frog / Clara Ahiel 162 -- Deer Planter / William Stevens 163 -- Lion and Coyote Rope Horses / William Blackwater 164 -- Coyote Is Pursued by Lion / William Blackwater 165 -- Coyote and the Turkeys / William Blackwater 166 -- Coyote and Buzzard / William Blackwater 167 -- Coyote and Buzzard (and the Apaches) / Oliver Wellington 169 -- Coyote and the Crows / William Blackwater 170 -- Bluebird and Coyote / William Blackwater 171 -- Coyote Eats His Own Bowels / Clara Ahiel 172 -- Mesquite Tree / William Blackwater 173 -- War of the Coyotes against the Sun / Thomas Vanyiko 174 -- 5 Oratory 175 -- Rain Ceremony / William Blackwater, Thomas Vanyiko 179 -- Navitcu / William Blackwater 182 -- Notes on the Navitcu / Ruth Benedict 182 -- Mountain Goat: A Rain Recitative / Thomas Vanyiko 183 -- Mountain Goat / William Blackwater 184 -- Notes on Rain Speeches and Rainmaking / Ruth Benedict 186 -- Speech of Elder Brother, after His Resurrection / William Blackwater 186 -- War Ritual: Speech of Elder Brother / Thomas Vanyiko 189 -- Speech of Elder Brother / Thomas Vanyikoo 191 -- Prophecy of Elder Brother / Thomas Vanyiko 192 -- War Recitative / Thomas Vanyiko 193 -- Nasia Speaks / William Blackwater 195 -- Welcome to the Aaduma Ceremony / Thomas Vanyiko 195 -- Welcome to the Aaduma Ceremony / William Blackwater 196 -- War Ritual / William Blackwater 198 -- War Ritual / Thomas Vanyiko 200 -- War Ritual / William Blackwater 201 -- Ritual for the First Water Allowed the Slayer in Purification Rites / William Blackwater 203 -- Notes on the Warriors' Purification / Ruth Benedict 204 -- Thanksgiving for Food / William Blackwater 205 -- Thanksgiving for Food / Kisto 206 -- Recitative of the Acquisition of Power / William Blackwater 207 -- Figures of Speech among the Pima / Ruth Benedict 208.
Summary:
Brings together dozens of stories collected in 1927 by anthropologist Ruth Benedict during her only visit to the Pimas, plus songs and orations that accompanied a telling. It also includes a previously unpublished text by Benedict, "Figures of Speech among the Pima."
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.