Still They Remember Me: Penobscot Transformer Tales, Volume 1 (Native Americans of the Northeast)

378 Pages·2021·12.582 MB·English

by  Margo Lukens (author) & Conor M. Quinn (author) Carol A. Dana (author)

CAROL A. DANA
MARGO LUKENS
AND CONOR M. QUINN
“ Still
They
Remember
Me”
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“ esk a·tte
nəmihkawitəhαməkok
kohsəssənawak”
PENOBSCOT TRANSFORMER TALES
VOLUME 1

“ Still They
Remember Me”
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“ esk a·tte
ə ə α ə
n mihkawit h m kok
ə ə
kohs ss nawak”
“ Stil l They
Remember Me”
A VOLUME IN THE SERIES
Native Americans of the Northeast
EDITED BY
Colin G. Calloway, Jean M. O’Brien, and Lisa T. Brooks
w
“ esk a·tte
ə ə α ə
n mihkawit h m kok
ə ə
kohs ss nawak”
CAROL A. DANA
MARGO LUKENS
AND CONOR M. QUINN
PENOBSCOT TRANSFORMER TALES • VOLUME 1
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS PRESS • AMHERST AND BOSTON
Copyright © 2021 by Penobscot Nation Cultural and Historic Preservation Office
All rights reserved
Printed in the United States of America
ISBN 978- 1- 62534- 579- 0 (paper); 580- 6 (hardcover)
Designed by adam b. bohannon
Set in Gentium Plus and IT Marxiana
Printed and bound by Books International, Inc.
Cover design by adam b. bohannon
Cover art: Half Length Portrait of Newell Lion, from Sepck papers - 9-2-n. Courtesy of American Philosophical Society.
Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data
Names: Dana, Carol A., author. | Lukens, Margo, author. | Quinn, Conor M., author.
Title: “Still they remember me” / Carol A. Dana, Margo Lukens, and Conor M. Quinn.
Other titles: Native Americans of the Northeast.
Description: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2021] | Series:
Native Americans of the Northeast | Includes bibliographical references
and index. | English and Penobscot.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020053345 (print) | LCCN 2020053346 (ebook) | ISBN
9781625345790 (paperback) | ISBN 9781625345806 (hardcover) | ISBN
9781613768365 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Penobscot Indians—Folklore. | Penobscot
Indians—Language—Texts. | LCGFT: Folk tales.
Classification: LCC E99.P5 D36 2021 (print) | LCC E99.P5 (ebook) | DDC
974.1004/9734—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020053345
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020053346
British Library Cataloguing- in- Publication Data
A catalog record for this book is available from the British Library.
CONTENTS
List of Illustrations vii
kči- wəliwəni (Acknowledgments) xi
Preface xv
Introduction 1
Editing Principles and Design Choices, Transcription, and Translation 19
Reader Guide to the Penobscot Language: Patterns of Relation 35
Reader Guide to the Penobscot Language: Sounds 47
“Still They Remember Me”
PENOBSCOT TRANSFORMER TALES, TOLD BY NEWELL LYON TO FRANK SPECK
pesəkʷ 55
nis 71
nahs 87
yew 103
palenəskʷ | nαn 135
nəkʷətαs 157
tὰpawαs 167
nsαsək 181
nóli 205
mətala 225
v
nəkʷətαnkaw 247
nisαnkaw 281
nsαnkaw 311
Technical Notes on the Newell Lyon Text 319
Works Consulted and Suggestions for Further Reading 347
Index 349
vi
~ Contents
ILLUSTRATIONS
Map of kətahkina xx
Margaret Pearce (Potawatomi)
1 pesəkʷ  55
mαlam kəloskαpe tepəkil wəkisawehkəhαn ttαpəyal nαkα pahkʷal
Eventually Gluskabe was big enough to be able to use a bow and arrows
Shannon Sockalexis (Penobscot)
2 nis  71
n·wətihlαn, “iyo pisαpαsikʷ nəmikənαkʷek”
Then he told them, “Walk into this amignagweh of mine”
Shannon Sockalexis (Penobscot)
3 nahs  87
n·wətəlihton ksenαkan kʷsakάyi sipo sαkətehtəkʷek
Then he made a weir crossing where the river had its mouth
Martha Piscuskas
4 yew  103
mαlam wənamihαl etaliləkʷanewilit: ktəhαnətəwi- ssipəss
Eventually he saw him flapping his wings: a supernaturally huge bird
Shannon Sockalexis (Penobscot)
5 palenəskʷ | nαn  135
“nihkʷαp, mαčetəwihla! nə·kkisαpesin”
“Now, fly off! So you have gotten your share”
Joshua Woodbury (Penobscot)
vii
6 nəkʷətαs  157
nə·tαmα sakikke olihton, eləmi-p αntəkʷihkek
Then if it was difficult somewhere, he fixed it, where lots of waterfalls went onward
Shannon Sockalexis (Penobscot)
7 tὰpawαs  167
nəkəlhamαkonena nəpi
He has forbidden us water
Shannon Sockalexis (Penobscot)
8 nsαsək  181
n·as·te wəkalapənαn, n·wənohsohkawαn
Right then too he spooked him (by hand), then he followed him
Shannon Sockalexis (Penobscot)
9 nóli  205
“nəmohsomi, kamαč nəkawači; pkʷətehəmawi”
“My grandfather, I am very cold; open the door for me”
Shannon Sockalexis (Penobscot)
10 mətala  225
sαkhαpilite monimkʷehsəwal, wəsəkilαn wsisəkok
If/when Woodchuck stuck her head out to look, he peed on her in her eyes
Shannon Sockalexis (Penobscot)
11 nəkʷətαnkaw  247
nə·kenok awičəya αta kʷina apehkʷihlαməkowəya
So however his brothers did not really welcome him
Shannon Sockalexis (Penobscot)
viii
~ Illustrations