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Conversations with Violet Super, February 2004:
Speech to Karuk Tribal Council, February 26, 2004 (.RTF Word file)
Quicktime Video File of Speech
A Blow Out (blow-out.doc)
This short text was dictated by Julia Starritt in 1949; it describes (in the first person) an experience of William Bright. It was published in Bright, The Karok language (Berkeley: UC Press, 1957), Text 91, pp. 304-5. The present analysis was prepared by Susan Smith and William Bright in April 2000.Violet's Dog (violet's_dog.doc)
This story was told by Violet Super in Orleans in May 1989; it was recorded and transcribed by the Karuk Language Study Group.VIOLET, GRACE, AND MADELINE (V_G_M.DOC)
This portion of a conversation between Violet Super, Grace Davis, and Madeline Davis was recorded in Tee Bar in October 1989. It was later transcribed and translated with Violet Super and the Karuk Language Study Group.THE DEVIL WHO DIED LAUGHING: A KARUK STORY
My principal field work on the Karuk language (previously called 'Karok') was done in the spring of 1949 and the summer of 1950. During the latter period, in search of Karuk speakers who could tell traditional stories, I visited Mrs. Mamie Offield, an elderly woman living at her summer home on the slope of Mt. Offield, near Somes Bar, in Siskiyou County...During that summer she dictated 18 stories and helped me translate them. ... Among these, the anecdote which I have called 'The Devil Who Died Laughing' has always been one of my favorites.COYOTE STEALS FIRE: A KARUK MYTH
The following is the Karuk text of a story that was tape-recorded with Julia Starritt at Orleans in summer 1950.
Revised Karuk dictionary section:
This section will contain a revised Karuk dictionary, (with the first installment corresponding to the letter "a"). This dictionary installment is intended to be more user-friendly than what is in my book (The Karuk Language, Berkeley, 1957). Suggestions for further revision are welcome. As I find time, I'll move on to the other letters of the alphabet, and also add material that wasn't in the dictionary as originally published, including contributions from whoever is interested; and also re-do the English-Karuk section.
Súva nik nupmáheesh; Bill