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urn:uuid:a1305745-7e87-4fb0-b7fd-918c58ae00e4 03 01 01 urn:uuid:a1305745-7e87-4fb0-b7fd-918c58ae00e4 15 9781909254411 06 10.11647/OBP.0037 00 EB E107 10 Creative Commons License 02 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ 10 01 02 5 World Oral Literature Series 01 01 Xiipúktan (First of All) Three Views of the Origins of the Quechan People 1 A01 George Bryant 2 A01 Amy Miller First edition. 01 eng 00 220 03 B2 Anthropology 04 E99.Y94 12 JHMC 10 SOC002010 10 FOR031000 12 JFHF B2 Other languages 12 2J B2 American and Latin American Studies 10 LIT004060 01 06 03 00 <p>The Quechan people live along the lower part of the Colorado River in the United States. According to tradition, the Quechan and other Yuman people were created at the beginning of time, and their Creation myth explains how they came into existence, the origin of their environment, and the significance of their oldest traditions. The Creation myth forms the backdrop against which much of the tribe’s extensive oral literature may be understood. At one time there were almost as many different versions of the Quechan creation story as there were Quechan families. Now few people remember them. This volume, presented in the Quechan language with facing-column translation, provides three views of the origins of the Quechan people. One synthesizes narrator George Bryant’s childhood memories and later research. The second is based upon J. P. Harrington’s A Yuma Account of Origins (1908). The third provides a modern view of the origins of the Quechan, beginning with the migration from Asia to the New World and ending with the settlement of the Yuman tribes at their present locations. Publication of this book is made possible by the Institute of Museum and Library Services Native American / Native Hawaiian Museum Services Program grant number MN-00-13-0025-13. This collection is for the Quechan people and will also interest linguists, anthropologists, oral literature specialists, and anyone curious about Native American culture. </p> 04 00 Authors’ biographies Dedication Part I: Acknowledgements and Introduction Acknowledgements Introduction A Quechan Account of Origins The Quechan Legend of the Creation The Migration of the Yuman Tribes From English to Quechan From recording to manuscript Alphabet Grammar Conventions References Part II: The Quechan Legend of the Creation Retold in the Quechan language by George Bryant Part III: A Quechan Account of Origins Retold in the Quechan language by George Bryant Part IV: The Migration of the Yuman Tribes Told in the Quechan language by George Bryant Notes 20 00 Open Access Open Book Publishers 01 Open Book Publishers Cambridge, UK 04 01 20131117 2013 06 15 9781909254404 06 15 9781909254640 06 15 9781909254411 06 15 9781800644649 06 15 9781909254428 06 15 9781909254435 09 Open Book Publishers 02 Publisher's website: web shop https://www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.11647/obp.0037 99 01 09 Open Book Publishers 29 Publisher's website: download the title https://books.openbookpublishers.com/10.11647/obp.0037.pdf 99 01