Anak Iwach (Paperback)

Virginia R. Beavert

ISBN 10: 0295748249 / ISBN 13: 9780295748245

Published by University of Washington Press, Seattle, 2021

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Paperback. Central to the Yakama oral tradition, storytelling enables Tribal Elders to share lessons, values, and customs with younger generations across the Columbia River plateau and the Pacific Northwest. Drawn from a time before the coming of human beings when animals were like people, the stories present characters and motifs that paint a bigger picture of the world as Yakama ancestors knew it. The original edition of Anaku Iwacha featured stories that Yakama Tribal Elders recorded in several dialects of the Ichishkiin language that were collected and translated into English by renowned linguist and scholar Virginia Beavert. This new edition adds a preface from the Yakama Nation and essays on the history of the project and on Ichishkiin-language education. It includes four additional legends in Ichishkiin and English, annotations, an updated glossary, and more artwork by Tribal artists, helping readers, teachers, and students engage with the legends as teaching and learning tools and as a precious gift to current and future Yakama generations. An expanded collection of foundational Yakama storiesCentral to the Yakama oral tradition, storytelling enables Tribal Elders to share lessons, values, and customs with younger generations across the Columbia River plateau and the Pacific Northwest. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Anak Iwach (Paperback)
• Publisher: University of Washington Press, Seattle
• Publication Date: 2021
• ISBN 10: 0295748249
• ISBN 13: 9780295748245
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

An expanded collection of foundational Yakama stories

Central to the Yakama oral tradition, storytelling enables Tribal Elders to share lessons, values, and customs with younger generations across the Columbia River plateau and the Pacific Northwest. Drawn from a time before the coming of human beings when animals were like people, the stories present characters and motifs that paint a bigger picture of the world as Yakama ancestors knew it.

The original edition of Anakú Iwachá featured stories that Yakama Tribal Elders recorded in several dialects of the Ichishkíin language that were collected and translated into English by renowned linguist and scholar Virginia Beavert. This new edition adds a preface from the Yakama Nation and essays on the history of the project and on Ichishkíin-language education. It includes four additional legends in Ichishkíin and English, annotations, an updated glossary, and more artwork by Tribal artists, helping readers, teachers, and students engage with the legends as teaching and learning tools and as a precious gift to current and future Yakama generations.

About the Author

Virginia R. Beavert (Yakama) is author of The Gift of Knowledge / Ttnúwit Átawish Nch'inch'imamí: Reflections on Sahaptin Ways. Michelle M. Jacob (Yakama) is professor of Indigenous studies, director of the Sapsik'ałá (Teacher) Education Program at the University of Oregon, and author of Yakama Rising: Indigenous Cultural Revitalization, Activism, and Healing. Joana W. Jansen is a scholar of the Ichishkíin language and associate director of the Northwest Indian Language Institute at the University of Oregon.