T’sit’sa̱k’ala̱mes Ruby: Ruby’s stories
T̓sit̓sa̱k̓ala̱mes Ruby: Ruby’s stories is a collection of 18 stories in Kwak’wala told by Ruby Dawson Cranmer, including traditional legends, historical incidents, personal memories and an instructional text. As the first modern-day collection of Kwak’wala narratives, the book will be of interest to a wide audience, including language learners, teachers, linguists and anyone with an interest in Kwak’wala language and culture. Each of the stories are presented first in Kwak’wala, then in an English translation, and finally in a version showing the breakdown of each word with an accompanying translation and interlinear gloss. The stories are accompanied by audio files, allowing the reader to also listen to the stories in Kwak’wala as they were told.
Paperback volume, 359 pages
Table of contents
free PDF copy of the full book
ISBN 978-0-88865-339-0
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Galabe’: Foreword (Kwak’wala)
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Galabe’: Foreword (English)
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Ba̱k̓wa̱s: Wild Man of the Woods
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Dzunuḵ̓a: Dzunukwa
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Wina: War
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Tsa̱kago Bo’t: Chicago Boat
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Gukwa̱l̓as: Living Places
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La̱g̱u: Strawberry
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Ḵ̓wa̱li’: Uncle
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Lilol̓inux̱: Ghosts
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W̓at̓si: Dog
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Dza̱p̓es
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Hil̓u’swa̱’łe’: Great-grandmother
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Pentłaka̱n: Pentlican
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Dax’idsu’ ḵa̱nu’x̱w le’ lax̱a Y̓aksa̱m̓ Gukwdzi: Taken to go to the Bad Big House
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Alberni: Port Alberni
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Ya̱x̱wa: Danceland
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Galabe’ I’ax̱’ine’ lax̱ Bankuba: Starting Work in Vancouver
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Ḵ̓a̱ngax̱tola: Button Blanket
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Wikila̱’og̱a: Jessie
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Zip files
Zip file with Foreword and stories 1–2
Zip file with stories 3–10
Zip file with stories 11–14
Zip file with stories 15–18
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