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Discography and bibliography of the Athapaskan Indians of Southwestern Oregon
© 1999 Don Macnaughtan
Ethnographic Bibliographies no. 3
Introduction
Map of ethnic distribution in southwest Oregon
Oregon Athapaskan Bibliography
Indian Languages of Western Oregon
This short discography lists and annotates all the known recordings in the languages of the Tututni, Chetco, Chasta Costa and Galice-Applegate peoples of Southwest Oregon. Most of these recordings are unique wax cylinders, acetate discs, or aluminum discs held in archives in Washington DC and Seattle. In many cases, tape recordings are available for tribal members and researchers. There is also an accompanying bibliography about these interesting and unusual people.
The Chetco, Tututni and their neighbors were Athapaskan Native Americans, who originally migrated into this area over two millennia ago from northern Canada and Siberia. They are a distinct group who probably arrived from Asia in a separate migration from most Native Americans. Their descendants still live in Oregon.
This is a special project of the Confederated Tribes of the Lower Rogue as a resource for tribal ceremonies and rituals. For information on the Tribes, contact Jerry Hall. The discography and bibliography were compiled by Don Macnaughtan.
The Southwest Oregon Athapaskan Tribes
The Athapaskans who lived along the coast of southwest Oregon were:
the toto tunne or Tututni people along the lower Rogue River the chedi tunne or Chetco at the mouth of the Chetco River the kwatami people at Sixes River the yukiche tunne people at Euchre Creek the chetleshin tunne on Pistol River
Athapaskans in the interior of southern Oregon were:
the mishi kwutine tunne or Upper Coquille along the Coquille River
the etnemi tunne or Upper Umpqua people in the Umpqua Valley
the shista quista or Chasta Costa in the Rogue River Gorge
the taldash tunne dade or Taltushtuntede along Galice Creek
the dahkohbe dade or Dakubetede along Applegate River
the gusla dade people in the Illinois River Valley
the he nag gi living along the lower Smith River the toli owa living around Lake Earl the ta ta tenne people in the Crescent City area and Point St. George
Discography
- These recordings are held in the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress (cylinders no. 884-897, tape nos. AFS 18,471 and 22,169). The recordings were made at the end of 1915 from Billie Sampson, Bensell Orton, Hoxie Simmons, and Archie Johnson at Siletz. There are songs in the Galice Creek, Chasta Costa, and Tututni Athapaskan languages. In addition, cylinder no. 888 is in the Umpqua Athapaskan language from Jack West, August 1915.
Thirteen of the songs by Hoxie Simmons have been dubbed to tape no. AFS 22,169, and 27 of the remaining songs are archived on tape no. AFS 18,471 (see the Archive of Folk Culture web site. All the recordings are indexed in The Federal Cylinder Project: A Guide to Field Cylinder Collections in Federal Agencies, Volume 3. Ed. Judith A. Gray. Washington: American Folklife Center, 1988. 279-286. - Audiotape recording (no. LA 143) in the Berkeley Language Center, University of California at Berkeley. The wordlist recording is of fair quality, and has extensive documentation.
- Recordings no. 14705-14725 in the Melville Jacobs Collection, University of Washington, Seattle.
- Recordings no. 14726-14729, 14740-14751 in the Melville Jacobs Collection, University of Washington, Seattle.
- Seven audio cassettes of Coos and Athapaskan material from the Melville Jacobs Collection held at Southwest Oregon Community College Library, Coos Bay.
- Recordings no. 970-1003 in the John Peabody Harrington Papers, National Anthropological Archives, Washington DC. Tape recordings of this set were presented to the Coquille Indian Tribe by the President of the University of Oregon in May 1998.
- Recordings no. 1097-1116 in the John Peabody Harrington Papers, National Anthropological Archives, Washington DC.
- Recordings no. 1244-1257 in the John Peabody Harrington Papers, National Anthropological Archives, Washington DC.
- Audiotape recording in the Anthropology Archives, Washington State Museum, Seattle.
- Audiotape recordings reputedly held at Portland State University, Portland. The tape has apparently gone missing in the last few years.
- Audiotape recordings held at Portland State University, Portland. Fate unknown.
Frachtenberg, Leo J.
Tututni Indian Music. 1915. 14 wax cylinders. 2 10-inch tapes. 50min. Golla, Victor K., and Ida Bensell.
Vocabulary in Tututni from Ida Bensell, Siletz, Oregon. 1962. 27 min. Jacobs, Melville, and Coquille Thompson.
Upper Coquille Athabaskan Music and Texts. 1934. 21 acetate discs. Jacobs, Melville, and Hoxie Simmons.
Galice Creek Athabaskan Music and Texts. 1935. 16 acetate discs. Jacobs, Melville.
Melville Jacobs Collection: Items 19-28, 43-46. 1975. Marr, John P., and Coquille Thompson.
Upper Coquille Athabaskan Sound Recordings from Coquille Thompson. 1941. 34 aluminum discs. Marr, John P., and Hoxie Simmons.
Galice Creek Athabaskan sound recordings from Hoxie Simmons. 1941. 20 aluminum discs. Marr, John P., and Lucy Smith.
Tolowa-Tututni Sound Recordings from Lucy Smith. 1941. 14 aluminum discs. Metcalf, Leon V., and Hoxie Simmons.
Tape Recording of Galice Creek Athabaskan Music from Hoxie Simmons at Siletz, Oregon. 1955. Pierce, Joe E., and Hoxie Simmons.
Galice Creek Athabaskan Words and Phrases from Hoxie Simmons at Siletz, Oregon. 1962. Pierce, Joe E., and Ida Bensell.
Tape recordings of Tututni Athabaskan from Ida Bensell at Siletz, Oregon. 1962.Bibliography
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28. Sapir, Edward. Notes on Chasta Costa Phonology and Morphology. Philadelphia: U of Pennsylvania Museum, 1914. 69p.
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