Okanagan Salish stories and songs
Culture:
Syilx includes: Okanagan, Okanogan
Language: Okanagan (nsyilxcən) | Chinook Jargon | English | French
Date: 1961, 1966, 1971
Contributor: Abel, Joe | Abel, Mary | Armstrong, Willie | Gabriel, Louise | Gregoire, Tommy | Holding, Margaret | Lezard, George | Pierre, Larry | Pierre, Selina | Watkins, Donald
Subject: Linguistics | Folklore | Music | Religion | British Columbia--History
Type: Sound recording
Genre: Stories | Prayers | Songs | Conversations | Vocabularies
Extent: 2 sound tape reels (2 hr., 4 min.) : DIGITIZED
Description: Syilx (Okanagan Salish) stories with English free conversation on dialectical variations in Okanagan and borrowing from French and English; elicitation sessions covering animal names, fish names, body parts, and words containing fricatives; Catholic hymns in Okanagan and Chinook. Recorded in Penticton, Spectacle Lake, and head of Okanagan Lake, British Columbia, in 1961, 1966, and 1971. Project report, letter to APS Librarian, and detailed tape contents available in Phillips Fund Collection (Mss.497.3.Am4). (NOTE: This material has been digitized and can be accessed online for free by users not physically at the APS Library through a login and password. Please see our Audio Access Page for information on how to request these materials.)
Collection: Okanagan Salish stories and songs Mss.Rec.101