Historical information:Elizabeth Bright (née Halloran) conducted fieldwork on Patwin in 1952.
Scope and content:The Papers document Bright's field research on Patwin in the summer 1952. Included in the collection are her original field notebooks, handwritten drafts of a Patwin grammar, and lexical file slips. Her linguistic consultants were Nora Lowell (Hill Patwin), Sara Jane Gonzales, Ida Mitchum, and Minnie Bill (River Patwin), and Daisy Lorenzo (Tebti or Hill Patwin).
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: Mrs. Sara Jane Gonzales, Daisy Lowell Lorenzo, Nora Lowell, and Elizabeth Bright. Elizabeth Bright Papers on the Patwin Language, BrightE, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2000010.
Associated materials:Audio recordings associated with the Papers are in the Berkeley Language Center, Berkeley, California (LA 20).
Historical information:Kenneth Whistler received a bachelor's degree from Stanford University (1972) and a doctorate from the University of California at Berkeley (1980). His research focused on the Penutian languages of California, chiefly Patwin.
Scope and content:The Papers primarily document Whistler's fieldwork on Patwin and Nomlaki. Whistler's Patwin consultants included Harry Lorenzo (Rumsey Hill Patwin, Brooks, California), Oscar McDaniel (Kabalwen Patwin, Stonyford, California) and Jennie Regalado (Colusa River Patwin, Colusa, California). Whistler's Nomlaki consultants included Joe Freeman (Paskenta Hill Nomlaki, Los Molinos, California). In addition to Whistler's field notes, the Papers contain drafts of a paper on Pomo prehistory by Whistler, notes on Yokuts reconstructions, and a preliminary dictionary of Barbareño Chumash.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: Joe Freeman, Oscar McDaniel, Jennie Regalado, and Kenneth W. Whistler. Kenneth W. Whistler Papers on California Indian Languages, Whistler, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2CV4FPF.
Associated materials:Audio recordings associated with the Papers are in the Berkeley Language Center, Berkeley, California (LA 105).
Scope and content:Linguistic field recordings: stories.; Digitization supported by NEH Preservation/Access Grant
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: Mrs. Sara Jane Gonzales and Donald Ultan. The Donald Ultan collection of River Patwin sound recordings, LA 151, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/collection/10044.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: Account of a death, burial, and the dinner to send the spirit to heaven, LA 105.003, in "The Kenneth W. Whistler collection of Hill Patwin sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/18882.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: Account of bead making, LA 105.005, in "The Kenneth W. Whistler collection of Hill Patwin sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/18884.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: Ball song, LA 20.011, in "The Elizabeth Bright collection of Hill Patwin sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/18854.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: Bluebird song, LA 20.005, in "The Elizabeth Bright collection of Hill Patwin sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/18848.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: Bullethawk song (from story with unknown title), LA 20.008, in "The Elizabeth Bright collection of Hill Patwin sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/18851.
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Extent:1 folder
Description:Miscellaneous notes related to a variety of California Indian languages, including: a handout by Bill Elmendorf entitled, “Yukian Pronouns (AAA, 11/21/1969)”; newspaper articles from the 1960’s concerning Indian affairs in California; a manuscript entitled “Notes on Indian Languages of California” by William Bright (8 pages); a map entitled “Native tribes, groups, dialects, and families of California in 1770”; printed notes entitled “schemata of California Indian Tribes”, accompanied by tables depicting properties of particular words; miscellaneous vocabulary from a wide range of languages.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: California Indian Languages, 2014-21.002.059, in "William H. Jacobsen Materials on Indigenous Languages of North America", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/23030.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: Creation of The World, LA 106.012, in "The Donald Ultan collection of Hill Patwin sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/18868.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: Cry song from the Old lady bear and old lady deer story, LA 20.002, in "The Elizabeth Bright collection of Hill Patwin sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/18845.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: Dance song (name of dance in Hill Patwin), LA 20.012, in "The Elizabeth Bright collection of Hill Patwin sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/18855.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: Elicitation of vocabulary, including "deaf, blind," some color and some food terms., LA 106.023, in "The Donald Ultan collection of Hill Patwin sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/18879.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: Elicitation of vocabulary, including some family terms and some animal terms., LA 106.022, in "The Donald Ultan collection of Hill Patwin sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/18878.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: Elicitation of vocabulary, mainly verbs like "talk, forget, hit," and some short phrases., LA 106.021, in "The Donald Ultan collection of Hill Patwin sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/18877.
Description:The Bullhead Dance is a local name for the Bighead Dance among the Nomlaki, Wintun, and Patwin. The most specific reference is in Merriam (1955:26-28), but other important sources would include Meighan and Riddell (1972), LaPena (1978:332-33), Goldschmidt (1978:346), Johnson (1978:353), Kroeber (1925:1932a), and Barrett (1919a). Distributed on California Indian Music Project, North-central region, tape 10, side A.
Repository: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
Preferred citation: Fifth song of the Bullhead dance as done at Colusa, 24-132.25, in "The Peter Abraham collection of Pomo and Patwin sound recordings", Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/14026.
Description:The Bullhead Dance is a local name for the Bighead Dance among the Nomlaki, Wintun, and Patwin. The most specific reference is in Merriam (1955:26-28), but other important sources would include Meighan and Riddell (1972), LaPena (1978:332-33), Goldschmidt (1978:346), Johnson (1978:353), Kroeber (1925:1932a), and Barrett (1919a). Distributed on California Indian Music Project, North-central region, tape 10, side A.
Repository: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
Preferred citation: Finishing song of the Grindstone "Bullhead Dance"., 24-132.20, in "The Peter Abraham collection of Pomo and Patwin sound recordings", Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/14021.
Description:The Bullhead Dance is a local name for the Bighead Dance among the Nomlaki, Wintun, and Patwin. The most specific reference is in Merriam (1955:26-28), but other important sources would include Meighan and Riddell (1972), LaPena (1978:332-33), Goldschmidt (1978:346), Johnson (1978:353), Kroeber (1925:1932a), and Barrett (1919a). Distributed on California Indian Music Project, North-central region, tape 10, side A.
Repository: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
Preferred citation: First Song of the Bullhead Dance, 24-132.14, in "The Peter Abraham collection of Pomo and Patwin sound recordings", Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/14014.
Description:The Bullhead Dance is a local name for the Bighead Dance among the Nomlaki, Wintun, and Patwin. The most specific reference is in Merriam (1955:26-28), but other important sources would include Meighan and Riddell (1972), LaPena (1978:332-33), Goldschmidt (1978:346), Johnson (1978:353), Kroeber (1925:1932a), and Barrett (1919a). Distributed on California Indian Music Project, North-central region, tape 10, side A.
Repository: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
Preferred citation: First song of the Bullhead Dance as done at Colusa, 24-132.22, in "The Peter Abraham collection of Pomo and Patwin sound recordings", Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/14023.
Description:The Bullhead Dance is a local name for the Bighead Dance among the Nomlaki, Wintun, and Patwin. The most specific reference is in Merriam (1955:26-28), but other important sources would include Meighan and Riddell (1972), LaPena (1978:332-33), Goldschmidt (1978:346), Johnson (1978:353), Kroeber (1925:1932a), and Barrett (1919a). Distributed on California Indian Music Project, North-central region, tape 10, side A.
Repository: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
Preferred citation: First song of the Bullhead dance as done at Grindstone, 24-132.16, in "The Peter Abraham collection of Pomo and Patwin sound recordings", Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/14016.
Description:The Bullhead Dance is a local name for the Bighead Dance among the Nomlaki, Wintun, and Patwin. The most specific reference is in Merriam (1955:26-28), but other important sources would include Meighan and Riddell (1972), LaPena (1978:332-33), Goldschmidt (1978:346), Johnson (1978:353), Kroeber (1925:1932a), and Barrett (1919a). Distributed on California Indian Music Project, North-central region, tape 10, side A.
Repository: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
Preferred citation: Fourth song of the Bullhead dance as done at Colusa, 24-132.24, in "The Peter Abraham collection of Pomo and Patwin sound recordings", Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/14025.
Description:The Bullhead Dance is a local name for the Bighead Dance among the Nomlaki, Wintun, and Patwin. The most specific reference is in Merriam (1955:26-28), but other important sources would include Meighan and Riddell (1972), LaPena (1978:332-33), Goldschmidt (1978:346), Johnson (1978:353), Kroeber (1925:1932a), and Barrett (1919a). Distributed on California Indian Music Project, North-central region, tape 10, side A.
Repository: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
Preferred citation: Fourth song of the Bullhead dance as done at Grindstone, 24-132.19, in "The Peter Abraham collection of Pomo and Patwin sound recordings", Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/14019.
Description:Perhaps this Ghost Dance song pertains not to the messianic movement that reached California in the 1870s and again in the 1890s but rather to the indigenous Ghost (or Devil) Ceremony as described in Barrett (1917:403-23), Powers (1877:158-60 and 193-94), and Kroeber (1925:263-65). On the other hand, Goldschmidt does point out that the Nevada-influenced cult survived into the 1930s among the neighoring Nomlaki (1978:342). The vocal style (microtonal inflections, no pairing or phrases, etc.) is distinctly Californian and not at all typical of great basin Ghost Dance songs (RK). Distributed on California Indian Music Project, North-central region, tape 10, side A.
Repository: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
Preferred citation: Ghost Dance Song, 24-132.13, in "The Peter Abraham collection of Pomo and Patwin sound recordings", Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/14013.
Repository: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
Preferred citation: Grass Game Song (from Grindstone), 24-132.28, in "The Peter Abraham collection of Pomo and Patwin sound recordings", Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/14029.
Repository: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
Preferred citation: Grass Game Song (from Grindstone), 24-132.29, in "The Peter Abraham collection of Pomo and Patwin sound recordings", Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/14030.
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Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: Hesi songs, LA 20.010, in "The Elizabeth Bright collection of Hill Patwin sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/18853.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: Hill Patwin Song, LA 106.018, in "The Donald Ultan collection of Hill Patwin sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/18874.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: Hill Patwin contrasts, for example "a yellow jacket/hair or fur.", LA 106.011, in "The Donald Ultan collection of Hill Patwin sound recordings", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/18867.
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