Overview

As Long as the Earth Endures is an annotated collection of almost all of the known Native texts in Miami-Illinois, an Algonquian language of Indiana, Illinois, and Oklahoma. These texts, gathered from native speakers of Myaamia, Peoria, and Wea in the 1890s and the early twentieth century, span several genres, such as culture hero stories, trickster tales, animal stories, personal and historical narratives, how-to stories, and translations of Christian materials. These texts were collected from seven speakers: Frank Beaver, George Finley, Gabriel Godfroy, William Peconga, Thomas Richardville, Elizabeth Valley, and Sarah Wadsworth. Representing thirty years of study, almost all of the stories are published here for the first time. The texts are presented with their original transcriptions along with full, corrected modern transcriptions, translations, and grammatical analyses. Included with the texts are extensive annotation on all aspects of their meaning, pronunciation, and interpretation; a lengthy glossary explaining and analyzing in detail every word; and an introduction placing the texts in their philological, historical, linguistic, and folkloric context, with a discussion of how the stories compare to similar texts from neighboring Great Lakes Algonquian tribes.

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Author:   David J. Costa
Publisher:   University of Nebraska Press
Imprint:   University of Nebraska Press
Edition:   Annotated edition
ISBN:  

9781496228567

ISBN 10:   1496228561
Pages:   678
Publication Date:   01 February 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Contents Acknowledgments Introduction List of Abbreviations Text 1. Wiihsakacaakwa Story Elizabeth Valley Albert Gatschet Text 2. Wiihsakacaakwa Aalhsoohkaakana ‘Wiihsakacaakwa Stories’ Elizabeth Valley Jacob Dunn Text 3. Paapankamwa Aalhsoohkaakani ‘Fox Story’ Elizabeth Valley Albert Gatschet Text 4. Paapankamwa Aalhsoohkaana ‘Fox Stories’ Elizabeth Valley Jacob Dunn Text 5. The Story of Wilakhtwa Elizabeth Valley Albert Gatschet Text 6. Wilakhtwa Aalhsoohkaakanemali ‘The Story of Wilakhtwa’ Elizabeth Valley Jacob Dunn Text 7. Waapanswa ‘Story of Rabbit’ Elizabeth Valley Albert Gatschet Text 8. Waapanswa ‘Story of Rabbit’ Elizabeth Valley Jacob Dunn Text 9. Eeyeelia ‘The Story of Possum’ Elizabeth Valley Albert Gatschet Text 10. Eeyeelia ‘The Story of Possum’ Elizabeth Valley Jacob Dunn Text 11. Wiihsakacaakwa Aalhsoohkaakani ‘Wiihsakacaakwa Story’ George Finley Albert Gatschet Text 12. Wiihsakacaakwa Aalhsoohkaakana ‘Wiihsakacaakwa Stories’ George Finley Jacob Dunn Text 13. Story of Wiihsakacaakwa George Finley Truman Michelson Text 14. The Story of Fox and Wolf George Finley Truman Michelson Text 15. The Story of Raccoon and Crawfish George Finley Truman Michelson Text 16. Iiši-Mihtohseenwici Noohsa ‘How My Father Lived’ George Finley Albert Gatschet Text 17. Peoria Lord’s Prayer George Finley Jacob Dunn Text 18. Eehonci Kiintoohki Pyaawaaci Myaamiaki ‘Where the Miamis First Came From’ Gabriel Godfroy Jacob Dunn Text 19. Lénipinšiaakami ‘Lénipinšia Water’ Gabriel Godfroy Jacob Dunn Text 20. Šiipaakana Aalhsoohkaalinta ‘The Story of Awl’ Gabriel Godfroy Jacob Dunn Text 21. Naapiinkwiaki Aalhsoohkaalinta ‘Story about False Face Doctors’ Gabriel Godfroy Jacob Dunn Text 22. Paapankamwa Aalhsoohkaanaki ‘Fox Stories’ Gabriel Godfroy Jacob Dunn Text 23. Iiniini Wiiyoonkonci Waahseehkiki ‘Why We Have Daylight’ Gabriel Godfroy Jacob Dunn Text 24. Aalhsoohkaani Waapimaankwa ‘The Story of White Loon’ Gabriel Godfroy Jacob Dunn Text 25. Biographic Notice of Kápia Gabriel Godfroy Jacob Dunn Text 26. Aalhsoohkaalinta Kaapia ‘Story of Kaapia’, Version 1 Gabriel Godfroy Jacob Dunn Text 27. Aalhsoohkaalinta Kaapia ‘Story of Kaapia’, Version 2 Gabriel Godfroy Jacob Dunn Text 28. Mihšihkinaahkwa Kiilahkweeta ‘Little Turtle’s Speech’ Gabriel Godfroy Jacob Dunn Text 29. Iineehi Oohkomahi Akiihi Wiikapimiša ‘Grandmothers and Mothers of Sweet Linn’ Sarah Wadsworth Albert Gatschet Text 30. Oohkomahi Neehi Akiihi Wiikapimiša ‘Grandmothers and Mothers of Sweet Linn’ Sarah Wadsworth Jacob Dunn Text 31. Aanikopia Iiši-Mihtohseeniwici ‘Anikopia’s Life Story’ Sarah Wadsworth Albert Gatschet Text 32. Aanikopia Neehi Niimaakani ‘Anikopia and the Flag’ Sarah Wadsworth Jacob Dunn Text 33. Ague Cake Sarah Wadsworth Albert Gatschet Text 34. Paakiciinki ‘Ague Cake’ Sarah Wadsworth Jacob Dunn Text 35. Tanning the Buckskin Sarah Wadsworth Albert Gatschet Text 36. Tanning the Buckskin Sarah Wadsworth Jacob Dunn Text 37. Preparation of Meat and Lard Sarah Wadsworth Albert Gatschet Text 38. Koohkooša Oonsaahsonta ‘Pork Curing’ Sarah Wadsworth Jacob Dunn Text 39. Wea Lord’s Prayer Sarah Wadsworth Jacob Dunn Text 40. Iiši-Mihtohseeniwici Ciinkweensa ‘The Life Story of Young Thunder’ William Peconga Albert Gatschet Text 41. Ciinkweensa Iiši-Mihtohseeniwici ‘How Young Thunder Lived’ William Peconga Jacob Dunn Text 42. Ciinkweensa ‘Young Thunder’ Frank Beaver and George Finley Albert Gatschet Text 43. Waapitioonsa ‘Young Antelope’ Frank Beaver Jacob Dunn Text 44. Miami Baptist Prayer Thomas Richardville Jacob Dunn Text 45. Miami Lord’s Prayer Thomas Richardville Jacob Dunn Text 46. The Biblical Account of Creation: Genesis 1:1–2:3 Thomas Richardville Jacob Dunn Glossary Notes References Index

Reviews

"""This unique, long-awaited volume is of great value to Algonquian studies from both a linguistic and cultural-historical perspective. It represents a major contribution toward fostering a Myaamia cultural legacy that will be accessible to a wide readership.""—E. J. Vajda, Choice “[These texts are] extremely important both to the Myaamia community and to scholars specializing in Algonquian linguistics. There is nothing like this for the Miami-Illinois language. The organization of this [book] should serve as a model for similar text editions of Native American languages.”—Amy Dahlstrom, associate professor of linguistics at the University of Chicago and author of Plains Cree Morphosyntax “This will make an important contribution to the Miami-Peoria people, to Algonquian studies, to Miami language studies in particular, and to studies of Native American oral traditions. This kind of retranscription and retranslation, in the absence of native speakers to help, is an incredibly difficult and impressive task. Kudos to the heroic efforts of the last speakers, the documenters, and the author here for bringing us what has been preserved.”—Andrew Cowell, professor of linguistic anthropology at the University of Colorado and editor of Naming the World: Language and Power among the Northern Arapaho"

[These texts are] extremely important both to the Myaamia community and to scholars specializing in Algonquian linguistics. There is nothing like this for the Miami-Illinois language. The organization of this [book] should serve as a model for similar text editions of Native American languages. --Amy Dahlstrom, associate professor of linguistics at the University of Chicago and author of Plains Cree Morphosyntax This will make an important contribution to the Miami-Peoria people, to Algonquian studies, to Miami language studies in particular, and to studies of Native American oral traditions. This kind of retranscription and retranslation, in the absence of native speakers to help, is an incredibly difficult and impressive task. Kudos to the heroic efforts of the last speakers, the documenters, and the author here for bringing us what has been preserved. --Andrew Cowell, professor of linguistic anthropology at the University of Colorado and editor of Naming the World: Language and Power among the Northern Arapaho

[These texts are] extremely important both to the Myaamia community and to scholars specializing in Algonquian linguistics. There is nothing like this for the Miami-Illinois language. The organization of this [book] should serve as a model for similar text editions of Native American languages. -Amy Dahlstrom, associate professor of linguistics at the University of Chicago and author of Plains Cree Morphosyntax This will make an important contribution to the Miami-Peoria people, to Algonquian studies, to Miami language studies in particular, and to studies of Native American oral traditions. This kind of retranscription and retranslation, in the absence of native speakers to help, is an incredibly difficult and impressive task. Kudos to the heroic efforts of the last speakers, the documenters, and the author here for bringing us what has been preserved. -Andrew Cowell, professor of linguistic anthropology at the University of Colorado and editor of Naming the World: Language and Power among the Northern Arapaho

Author Information

David J. Costa is director of the Language Research Office at the Myaamia Center at Miami University. He is the author of The Miami-Illinois Language (Nebraska, 2003) and editor of New Voices for Old Words: Algonquian Oral Literatures (Nebraska, 2015). 

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