Papago Stories narrated by Jose Ventura

Mss.497.P21

Date: Circa 1968 | Size: 1 volume(s)
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Abstract

Susie Enos was a native speaker of Tohono O'Odham and an early writer of her language. She contributed to the construction of a Papago dictionary in 1983. The text collected by Susie Enos from a consultant, Jose Ventura, "Ho'ok Oks" (Witch, Green Hawk, Eagle) includes indications of the syntactic function elements in the sentences and other grammatical notes, with a separate, line-by-line English translation.

Background note

Susie Enos was a native speaker of Tohono O'Odham and an early writer of her language. She contributed to the construction of a Papago dictionary in 1983.

Scope and content

The text collected by Susie Enos from a consultant, Jose Ventura, "Ho'ok Oks" (Witch, Green Hawk, Eagle) includes indications of the syntactic function elements in the sentences and other grammatical notes, with a separate, line-by-line English translation.

Collection Information

Physical description

1 vol., 15p.

1 vol., 15p.

Provenance

Gift of Dean Sarton, 1968 (accn. 1968-2066ms).

Preferred citation

Cite as: Susie Enos, Papago Stories narrated by Jose Ventura, American Philosophical Society.

Processing information

Recatalogued, 2003.

Other finding aids

The Enos-Ventura text is also referenced in the online Daythal Kendall Guide to Native Collections at the American Philosophical Society (number 4625).

Indexing Terms


Genre(s)

  • Lingusitic texts

Personal Name(s)

  • Enos, Susie
  • Ventura, Jose

Subject(s)

  • Indians of North America -- Languages
  • Linguistics
  • Tohono O'odham dialect