Coeur d'Alene (cda) Narratives Project
FAIN: FN-279311-21
Ivy Grace Doak
Unaffiliated independent scholar
Research
and writing a linguistic analysis of a collection of stories narrated by the
last first-language speakers (L1) of Coeur d’Alene Salish
(snícumšcn/Snchitsu’umshtsn), a Native American language of the Pacific
Northwest region.
The Coeur d’Alene (cda) Narratives Project aims to provide a complete linguistic analysis of a collection of 40 stories told between 1985 and 1998 by three of the last first-language speakers of Coeur d’Alene Salish (sncícu?mšcn/Snchitsu’umshtsn). No living L1 speakers remain. The analysis will include audio recordings time-aligned to each line of text. The collection contains stories of several genres, including traditional Coyote stories, historical and political narratives, songs, and personal adventures. It will provide a necessary resource for research on Coeur d’Alene phonology, morphology, syntax, and discourse; in comparative Salish linguistics; and in native American literature. The analyzed collection will be archived in the Pacific Northwest Collection at the University of Washington Libraries and will be available online to anyone interested. The Coeur d’Alene Tribe will hold copyright.
Associated Products
Coeur d'Alene Narratives of Margaret Stensgar, Blanche LaSarte, and Felix Aripa (Database/Archive/Digital Edition)Title: Coeur d'Alene Narratives of Margaret Stensgar, Blanche LaSarte, and Felix Aripa
Author: Ivy Doak
Abstract: Coeur d'Alene Narratives of Margaret Stensgar, Blanche LaSarte, and Felix Aripa will contain read-along versions of 41 Coeur d'Alene stories, songs, and traditional tales, fully analyzed linguistically and accompanied by time-aligned audio recordings. The stories were told by a few of the last first-language speakers of the tribe.
Year: 2021
Primary URL:
http://ivydoak.com/Coeurd'Alene/Primary URL Description: This site contains A Modern Linguistic Analysis of Gladys Reichard's Coeur d'Alene Texts, Volume I: Tales with Historical Elements, produced by Ivy Doak and Timothy Montler, with links to a grammatical sketch of the language and some history. The site also contains the first two additions to the Coeur d'Alene Narratives of Margaret Stensgar, Blanche LaSarte, and Felix Aripa, produced by Ivy Doak.
Access Model: open