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Ute Texts

T. Givon University of Oregon

John Benjamins Publishing Company

Amsterdam / Philadelphia

Table of contents

Preface

Abbreviations of Ute grammatical terms

P A R T I . The Sinawav cycle

1. He who created the people Ralph N. Cloud

2. He who created the people Julius Cloud

3. The origin of the people Tony Tillohash (So. Paiute)

4. The stealing of the fire Julius Cloud

5. Sinawav and the seven sisters Mollie B. Cloud

6. How Sinawav named the trees and bushes Bertha B. Groves

7. Sinawav the copycat Harry Richards

8. Sinawav the copycat Mollie B. Cloud

9. How Sinawav got his yellow eyes Mollie B. Cloud

10. Coyote deprives himself of his eyes Charlie Mack (Uintah)

11. Porcupine, buffalo-cow and Sinawav Mollie B. Cloud

12. Porcupine tricks Coyote Charlie Mack (Uintah)

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13. Sinawav racing the birds and betting Julius Cloud

14. Sinawav burning his own house Bertha B. Groves

P A R T 11. The Coyote cycle

15. Hungry Coyote races Skunk for prairie-dogs Mollie B. Cloud

16. Hungry Coyote races Skunk for the prairie-dogs Julius Cloud

17. Hungry Coyote, Rabbit, and the white-man's chicken Mollie B. Cloud

18. Coyote and the rock children Mollie B. Cloud

19. Coyote cooks She-Bear's children Mollie B. Cloud

20. Coyote, Wolf and Horned-Toad Mollie B. Cloud

21. How Coyote and Bobcat got their shapes Harry Richards

P A R T H I . Anger, vengeance and other pitfalls

22. Rabbit getting mad Mollie B. Cloud

23. How angry Rabbit got his brown spots Bertha B. Groves

24. How the Pinyon Jays got their curse-name Bertha B. Groves

25. Bear runs away with Mountain-Lion's wife Mollie B. Cloud

P A R T iv. The ceremonial cycle

26. The origin of the Beardance Mollie B. Cloud

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27. How the Beardance used to be Ralph N. Cloud

28. The origin of the Sundance Mollie B. Cloud

P A R T v. Varia

29. The last war party Harry Richards

30. News broadcast (KIUP-FM) Martha B. Myore

31. Speech at the Ute language committee Ralph N. Cloud

32. Cloud family lore Ralph N. Cloud

33. Speech at the Tri-Ute language meeting Harvey Natchez (Uncompghre)

Bibliography

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