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Contents |
| Winter house (Pit house) | | v |
| Table of Contents | | vii |
| Acknowledgments | | x |
| Afterword | | xiii |
| Introduction | | 1 |
| Overview | | 1 |
| Nomenclature | | 1 |
| nɫeɁképmx People and Their Language | | 2 |
| | nɫeɁkèpmxcín (Thompson River Salish Language) | | 3 |
| Dialects | | 4 |
| nɫeɁképmx Traditional Culture | | 7
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| The Speakers | | 14
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| | Annie York [zíxtkʷuɁ] (AY) (1904-1991), Spuzzum, B.C | | 14
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| | Hilda Austin (HA) (1912-1993), Lytton, B.C | | 15
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| | Millie Michell [mím̓li] (MM), Lytton, B.C | | 17
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| | Louis Phillips [sɁéɁeɁ] (LP) (1905-1993), Lytton, B.C. | | 17
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| | Mary Anderson [cicyétkʷu] (MA), Cooks Ferry, B.C. | | 17
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| | Mabel Joe [lúslestkʷu] (MJ), Shulus, B.C. | | 18
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| | Tom George (TG), Coldwater, B.C | | 19
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| | Julia Moses Kilroy [sulí] (JK), Coldwater, B.C | | 19
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| Idiolects | | 19
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| Kinds of Speech | | 20
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| | Traditional Legends (sptékʷɫ) | | 20
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| | Post-Contact Stories (spíləx̣m) | | 23
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| | Informal Conversation (sqʷincút) | | 24
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| | Oral History (spíləx̣m) | | 24
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| | Formal "Chiefly" Speech | | 24
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| | Prayer (syémit) | | 25
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| | Song (sʔiƛ̓m) | | 25
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| | Poetry | | 25
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| Methodology | | 25
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| | Collecting the Material | | 25
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| | Editing the Material | | 26
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| | Presenting the Material | | 26
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| Abbreviations | | 31
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| Initials of Speakers | | 31
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| Initials of Linguists | | 31
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| Abbreviations used in Morpheme Glosses | | 31
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| Abbreviations for Person Marking Clitics and Affixes | | 32
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| Abbreviations for affixes and particles | | 32
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| nƛ̓ík̓smtm "Peered-at-One" (Millie Michell) | | 37
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| nƛ̓ík̓smtm "Peered-at-One" (Hilda Austin) | | 78
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| nƛ̓ík̓smtm "Peered-At-One" (Julia Kilroy) | | 104
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| Coyote And Some Okanagan Girls (Hilda Austin) | | 112
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| qʷíqʷƛ̓qʷəƛ̓t "Smiley" (Hilda Austin) | | 121
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| sqʷíqʷƛ̓qʷəƛ̓t "Smiley" (Annie York) | | 167
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| Son Of Carrotroot And Smiley (Millie Michell) | | 207
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| Smiley And Coyote (Millie Michell) | | 209
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| ʔe xeʔ ɬ smʕéw̓ tək sptékʷɬ "Lynx Tale" (Hilda Austin) | | 214
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| Lynx Tale (Louis Phillips) | | 232
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| ṣʕʷləpsínek "Bighorn Lady" (Millie Michell) | | 252
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| Beaver And Frog Lady (Annie York) | | 268
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| The Gambler (Mary Anderson) | | 288
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| The Man Who Went To The Moon (Annie York) | | 307
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| Story Of Meadowlark And Other Birds (Annie York) | | 321
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| Packrat (Millie Michell) | | 340
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| nƛ̓əɬƛ̓áɬsetm "They Put Pitch On His Eyes" (Millie Michell) | | 343
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| "Push-Back-Sides-Of-His-Hair" (The Bridegroom) (Annie York) | | 358
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| ʔe xeʔ ɬ smúɬec ɬ x xʷúxʷleme "The Woman With A Whistle" (Hilda Austin) | | 418
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| Mosquito And Thunder (Annie York) | | 449
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| Beaver And Eagle Get Fire (Mary Anderson) | | 452
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| The Beaver And The Muskrat (Mary Anderson) | | 455
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| The Bee And The Rattlesnake (Hilda Austin) | | 457
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| The Grouse And The Duck (Mary Anderson) | | 459
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| sptékʷɬc e máʕxetn "Story Of Moon" (Annie York) | | 461
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| Broke-Her-Nose Woman (Mabel Joe) | | 463
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| The First People (Hilda Austin) | | 465
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| c̕e xeʔ sneyíʔ tək sptékʷɬ "A Ghost Story" (Hilda Austin) | | 471
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| The Old Man And The Gold (Tom George) | | 520
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| Two Sons (Hilda Austin) | | 531
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| The Cowboy (Hilda Austin) | | 540
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| Informal Conversation (Annie York and Clara Clare) | | 544
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| Food Gathering (Millie Michell) | | 553
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| Funeral Address Of Chief tiʔɬníc̕eʔ To The Mourners Of A Dead Child | | 566
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| My Shadow (Annie York) | | 569
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| Food Gathering Prayer (Hilda Austin) | | 571
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| The Lord's Prayer (Mable Joe) | | 573
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| Indian Lord's Prayer (Annie York) | | 574
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| Lord's Prayer (Annie York) | | 575
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| Song To A Canoe Paddler In Autumn (Annie York) | | 577
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| kəsnén's Song (Annie York) | | 578
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| I Need Thee Every Hour (Mable Joe) | | 581
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| Song For Mount Baker (Annie York) | | 582
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| Potlatch Song Teit Song No. 4 (VI.M.32) | | 584
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| Sweathouse Song Teit Song No. 69 (VI.M.103) | | 586
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| War Song Teit Song 112 (VI M 146) | | 589
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| Bibliography | | 591
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