Carry Forth the Stories

Rodney Frey is professor of ethnography and Distinguished Humanities Professor at the University of Idaho. He holds a doctorate in anthropology from the University of Colorado, and since the mid-1970s has partnered with tribal communities including the Crow, Coeur d'Alene, Nez Perce, Warm Springs, and Wasco. He is the author of Stories That Make the World: Oral Literature of the Indian Peoples of the Inland Northwest, The World of the Crow: As Driftwood Lodges, and Landscape Traveled by Coyote and Crane: The World of the Schitsu'umsh--Coeur d'Alene Indians. Leonard Bends is a retired Sundance Chief.

StorylineChiwakíia "to pray"
Foreword by Leonard Bends

Basbaaaliíchiwé "telling my story"
Preparing to Gather--Awakening Stories

'Me'y'mi'y'm "telling stories"
Swirling with Coyote--Re-telling the Stories

Smlich "salmon"
Resuscitating Salmon from the Bones--
Re-telling as Pedagogy and Perpetuation

Hnleq'ntsutn "sweat house"
Traveling the Stories of Others--A Professional Protocol

Stmi'sm "listening" and 'Itsk'u'lm "doing"
Traveling the Stories of Others--On Being an Ethnographer

Ashkísshe "representation lodge"
Traveling the Stories of the Sundance--A Personal Journey

Hnkhwelkhwlnet "our ways of life in the world"
Heart Knowing--The Structure and Dynamics of Story

Sqigwts "water potato"
Aligning the "How" with the "What"--Bringing Forth the Stories of Others

Stsee'nidmsh "adaptability"
A Spinning Wheel--Bringing Forth the Stories of Others

Snukwnkhwtskhwts'mi'ls "fellow sufferer"
A Healing Story--Bringing Forth One's Own Story

Tsi'lhnkhukhwatpalqs "the trail ends"
Great Stories Will Come--To Carry Forth the Stories

Ahókaashiile, Qe'ciyéw'yew', Lim lemt.sh "thank you"
Acknowledgments

Pronunciation Guide

Indigenous Term Glossary

Bibliography

Index

About the Author