Haida texts and myths
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- Skidegate dialect
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1. Front matter2. SKIDEGATE DIALECT3. ILLUSTRATIONS4. Skidegate Dialect5. INTRODUCTION6. TEXTS WITH FREE AND INTERLINEAR TRANSLATION7. Moldy-forehead8. Qol-qꜝᴀ′lg̣oda-i9. Îłdī′nī10. Îłdī′nī11. STORIES ACCOMPANIED BY TEXTS12. STORIES ACCOMPANIED BY TEXTS (continued 2)13. ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS14. Raven Traveling15. A-slender-one-who-was-given-away16. The one abandoned for eating the flipper of a hair seal17. Sacred-one-standing-and-moving, Stone-ribs, and Upward18. Supernatural-being-who-went-naked19. He-who-was-born-from-his-mother’s-side20. He-who-travels-behind-us (or Qonā′ts)21. He-who-got-supernatural-power-from-his-little-finger22. Łᴀguadjî′na or Łg̣añā′ʻogaña23. He who hunted birds in his father’s village24. The story of him whose sister brought him food from the land otters25. How something pulled a row of eagles into the water26. The story about him who destroyed his nine nephews27. The story of one who saw an eagle town28. The one they abandoned because he was the first to spear sea lions29. The man who married a killer-whale woman30. He who was abandoned by his uncles31. The story of those who were abandoned at Stasqa′os32. He who married the daughter of the devilfish chief33. Those who were fasting to become shamans34. Big-tail.35. The story of him through whom Łᴀ′gua spoke36. Cloud-watcher37. Story of the shaman, G̣ᴀ′ndox’s-father38. Djila′qons39. Story of the House-point families40. How the Seaward-sqoā′ładas obtained the names of their gambling sticks41. How one of the Stasa′os-lā′nas became wealthy42. Stories of the Pitch-people43. How a red feather pulled up some people in the town of Gu′nwa44. How one was helped by a little wolf45. Gunanasî′mgît46. Story of the two towns that stood on opposite sides of Nass river47. Slaughter-lover.48. The woman at Nass who fled from her husband49. The rejected lover50. He who gathered food for an eagle51. Qō′łkꜝē52. Two Children’s Stories53. A raid on the Tlingit54. War between the West Coast and Ninstints Haida and the Gîtî′sda55. Raid by the Ninstints Haida on those of the West Coast56. Fight between the Kaigani and West Coast Haida57. Wars between the Stikine and Sitka Tlingit58. Fights between the Town-of-Tcꜝā′ał-gîtî′ns and the Middle-gîtî′ns59. Fights between the Tsimshian and Haida and among the northern Haida60. War between the Eggs-of-Skî′tg̣ao and the Inlet-rear-town people61. Wars with the Niska and Tsimshian and conflicts between Haida families62. Fight between Those-born-at-Qā′gials and Those-born-at-Skedans63. War between the Pebble-town people and the Slaves64. War between the people of Kloo and the people of Ninstints65. A fight between the Xā′gi-town people and Sand-town people66. Wars between the people of Ninstints and the people of Skidegate67. Wars between the peoples of Skidegate and Kloo68. Wars between the towns of Kloo and Kitkatla and between the Kloo families69. War between the people of Kloo and the Tsimshian70. War between the people of Kloo and the Bellabella71. War between the people of Kloo and the Gîtî′sda72. Colophon