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A Naughty Boy Marries a Mermaid

  • Item identifier: 2014-12.002.082
  • Date: 1966
  • Contributors: Elisabeth P. Wilson (consultant); Haruo Aoki (researcher)
  • Language: Nez Perce (nez)
  • Description: Transcribed and glossed Nez Perce text; links with the audio file [LA231.087.001]. A description at the top of the first page reads, “how the young boy who is naughty is abandoned by the people and after being abandoned lives on food left by his grandmother and eventually marries a mermaid whom he catches at the end of a line one day. His character changes and people return and accept him once again as a member of society with his new personality. He is no longer a naughty difficult boy to live with.”
  • Relations to this item: LA 231.087 is a source of this Item
  • Availability: Online access
  • Extent: 1 folder, 14 pages
  • Collection: Haruo Aoki Papers on the Nez Perce Language
  • Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
  • Suggested citation: A Naughty Boy Marries a Mermaid, 2014-12.002.082, in "Haruo Aoki Papers on the Nez Perce Language", California Language Archive, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X29S1P8H.

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