Historical information: These materials were produced by students of the field methods course in the Department of Linguistics at UC Berkeley between September 2005 and May 2006. The course was taught by Professor Andrew Garrett and the language consultants were Grace Dick, Leona Dick, Meg McDonald, Morris Jack, Joyce Glazier, Elaine Lundy, Edith McCann, and Madeline Stevens. All other listed contributors were students in the course.
Scope and content: This collection consists of audio recordings that derive from fieldwork in Bridgeport and Colevile, CA. The contents of the recordings include lexical elicitation, grammatical elicitation, and some texts.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: Grace Dick, Leona Cluette Dick, Joyce Glazier, Morris Jack, Elaine Lundy, Edith McCann, Edna Mega Dick McDonald, Meg McDonald, Madeline Stevens, Molly Babel, Andrew Garrett, Erin Haynes, Michael Houser, Reiko Kataoka, Fanny Liu, Nicole Marcus, Ruth Rouvier, Angela Strom-Weber, and Maziar Toosarvandani. Berkeley Field Methods: Northern Paiute, 2018-02, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2251GBJ.
Historical information: This collection is the product of a decade-long collaboration between speakers of Northern Paiute and Molly Babel, Michael Houser, and Maziar Toosarvandani. Their work together started during a graduate field methods class in 2005-2006 at the University of California, Berkeley. After 2010, Toosarvandani continued the collaboration alone. This work was supported by grants to Babel, Houser, and Toosarvandani from the Foundation for Endangered Languages and Sven and Astrid Liljeblad Endowment Fund (2008), as well as to Toosarvandani from the Jacobs Research Fund (2011, 2013, 2015), Phillips Fund (2011, 2013), Sven and Astrid Liljeblad Endowment (2011), and the Hellman Foundation (2015).
Scope and content: This collection comprises audio recordings of speakers of Northern Paiute from Mono Lake, Bridgeport, and Coleville in California, and from Sweetwater and Schurz in Nevada. Almost all of the recordings were made in Bridgeport or Coleville; a few audio recordings were made in Schurz with a speaker of the Walker River variety. The contents of the recordings include word elicitation, sentence elicitation, and texts. Words were elicited across numerous semantic domains, primarily based on speakers' interests. Sentence elicitation was targeted toward several areas of the grammar, including nominalization, clausal embedding, clause chaining, and aspect. Texts include both spontaneously produced traditional stories, personal histories, and procedural texts, as well as narratives prompted with picture books or English translations of traditional narratives.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: Grace Dick, Leona Cluette Dick, Morris Jack, Inez Jim, Elaine Lundy, Edith McCann, Harold Miller, Jimmy Nez, Madeline Stevens, Molly Babel, Michael Houser, and Maziar Toosarvandani. Northern Paiute Fieldwork Collection, 2017-05, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X27P8WNX.
Associated materials: The documentary materials produced in the field methods class from which this project derives are part of collection 2018-02, "Berkeley Field Methods: Northern Paiute" (http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2251GBJ).
Description: Four WAV files. BP24-1 contains a recording about the powwow on the night of September 20th 2008 in Northern Paiute. BP24-2, BP24-3, and BP24-4 contain elicitation of sentences.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Discussion about previous night's powwow, sentence elicitation], 2017-05.020, in "Northern Paiute Fieldwork Collection", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2NS0S54.
Digital assets in this Item (not available for download): BP24-1.wav (324866348 bytes) BP24-2.wav (171926828 bytes) BP24-3.wav (297874988 bytes) BP24-4.wav (290439980 bytes)
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Discussion of 1930s language materials], 2017-05.013, in "Northern Paiute Fieldwork Collection", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2K072JG.
Digital assets in this Item (not available for download): BP17-3.wav (510943232 bytes) BP17-4.wav (481759232 bytes)
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Discussion of 1930s language materials], 2017-05.012, in "Northern Paiute Fieldwork Collection", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2PR7T72.
Digital assets in this Item (not available for download): BP17-1.wav (510943232 bytes) BP17-2.wav (509986816 bytes)
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Preferred citation: [Elicitation of plant terms and sentences], 2017-05.003, in "Northern Paiute Fieldwork Collection", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2VD6WQW.
Digital assets in this Item (not available for download): BP12-1.wav (509759488 bytes) BP12-2.wav (510326784 bytes) BP12-3.wav (287395840 bytes)
Description: Four WAV files. BP22-1 contains word elicitation (various objects and actions). BP22-2 contains sentence elicitation (with a general focus on grammatical number and tense, aspect, and modality). BP22-3 contains repetition of previously elicited words. BP22-4 contains further sentence elicitation (occasionally with repetition).
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Elicitation on lexicon, number, tense-aspect-modality], 2017-05.018, in "Northern Paiute Fieldwork Collection", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2X928J8.
Digital assets in this Item (not available for download): BP22-1.wav (60629804 bytes) BP22-2.wav (481254956 bytes) BP22-3.wav (46884140 bytes) BP22-4.wav (625731884 bytes)
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Elicitation session], 2018-02.006, in "Berkeley Field Methods: Northern Paiute", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/25079.
Digital assets in this Item (not available for download): BP06-1.wav (327254016 bytes) BP06-2.wav (311132160 bytes) BP06-3.wav (322881536 bytes) BP06-4.wav (249274368 bytes)
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Preferred citation: [Elicitation session], 2018-02.004, in "Berkeley Field Methods: Northern Paiute", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/25077.
Digital assets in this Item (not available for download): BP04-1.wav (398851028 bytes) BP04-2.wav (215847788 bytes) BP04-3.wav (423016652 bytes) BP04-4.wav (281726132 bytes)
Description: Two WAV files. BP30-1 contains elicitation of words starting with 'g' followed by a conversation in Northern Paiute. BP30-2 is a continuation of elicitation of words starting with 'g', and elicitation of sentences.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Lexical and sentence elicitation, conversation in Northern Paiute], 2017-05.029, in "Northern Paiute Fieldwork Collection", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2H13088.
Digital assets in this Item (not available for download): BP30-1.wav (555812396 bytes) BP30-2.wav (906863660 bytes)
Description: Two WAV files. BP29-3 is a recording of lexical and sentence elicitation. BP29-4 includes a discussion on collecting pine nuts as well as elicitation of sentences.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Lexical and sentence elicitation, discussion of collecting pine nuts], 2017-05.028, in "Northern Paiute Fieldwork Collection", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2MS3R1R.
Digital assets in this Item (not available for download): BP29-3.wav (565961516 bytes) BP29-4.wav (512990252 bytes)
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Lexical and sentence elicitation], 2017-05.004, in "Northern Paiute Fieldwork Collection", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2QN651D.
Digital assets in this Item (not available for download): BP12-4.wav (477958144 bytes) BP12-5.wav (265652224 bytes)
Description: Two WAV files. BP28-2 and BP28-3 both contain lexical elicitation. The second half of BP28-3 is about the "A Boy, A Dog, and A Frog" story.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Lexical elicitation and review of frog story], 2017-05.026, in "Northern Paiute Fieldwork Collection", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2W957FB.
Digital assets in this Item (not available for download): BP28-2.wav (575640620 bytes) BP28-3.wav (713617964 bytes)
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Preferred citation: [Lexical elicitation including numbers, time, and kinship terms], 2017-05.002, in "Northern Paiute Fieldwork Collection", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2057D54.
Digital assets in this Item (not available for download): BP11-4.wav (477573102 bytes) BP11-5.wav (510326784 bytes) BP11-6.wav (93605888 bytes)
Description: Two WAV files. BP25-1 contains word elicitation. BP25-2 contains discussion about the Paiute people, mostly spoken in Northern Paiute, with some word elicitation in between.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Lexical elicitation, discussion about Paiute people], 2017-05.021, in "Northern Paiute Fieldwork Collection", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2J101F3.
Digital assets in this Item (not available for download): BP25-1.wav (569818412 bytes) BP25-2.wav (505375532 bytes)
Description: Three WAV files. BP26-1 contains lexical elicitation. BP26-2 contains a review of the "A Boy, A Dog, and A Frog" story. BP26-3 is a recording of a childhood memory of Madeline Stevens in Northern Paiute.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Lexical elicitation, review of frog story, story of childhood memories], 2017-05.022, in "Northern Paiute Fieldwork Collection", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2D798PC.
Digital assets in this Item (not available for download): BP26-1.wav (311199020 bytes) BP26-2.wav (322820396 bytes) BP26-3.wav (159077420 bytes)
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Lexical elicitation], 2018-02.002, in "Berkeley Field Methods: Northern Paiute", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/25084.
Digital assets in this Item (not available for download): BP02-1.wav (423011896 bytes) BP02-2-1.wav (126130712 bytes) BP02-2-2.wav (296705984 bytes)
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Preferred citation: [Lexical elicitation], 2017-05.025, in "Northern Paiute Fieldwork Collection", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2125QWS.
Digital assets in this Item (not available for download): BP28-1.wav (756799532 bytes)
Description: Two WAV files. BP15-1 begins with a palatography session, then continues with elicitation of words and sentences. BP15-2 contains elicitation of words, where each word is repeated multiple times.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Palatography, lexical and sentence elicitation], 2017-05.008, in "Northern Paiute Fieldwork Collection", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X26Q1VGN.
Digital assets in this Item (not available for download): BP15-1.wav (640729088 bytes) BP15-2.wav (455380992 bytes)
Description: Four WAV files. BP32-7, BP32-8, and BP32-9 consist of sentence elicitation. BP32-10 is a short recording of Edith McCann and Madeline Stevens saying the word for 'cooking pine nuts'.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Sentence elicitation], 2017-05.034, in "Northern Paiute Fieldwork Collection", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2V986BD.
Digital assets in this Item (not available for download): BP32-10.wav (1974572 bytes) BP32-7.wav (368508716 bytes) BP32-8.wav (204198956 bytes) BP32-9.wav (469094444 bytes)
Description: Four WAV files. BP31-1 contains a recording of stories told in Northern Paiute. BP31-2, BP31-3, and BP31-4 consist of sentence elicitation.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Stories told in Northern Paiute, sentence elicitation], 2017-05.031, in "Northern Paiute Fieldwork Collection", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X27H1GV8.
Digital assets in this Item (not available for download): BP31-1.wav (315807020 bytes) BP31-2.wav (319286060 bytes) BP31-3.wav (161047340 bytes) BP31-4.wav (64968236 bytes)
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Preferred citation: [Story about elderly couple, elicitation], 2017-05.009, in "Northern Paiute Fieldwork Collection", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X22Z13R9.
Digital assets in this Item (not available for download): BP16-1.wav (598097920 bytes) BP16-2.wav (421060608 bytes)
Description: Four WAV files. BP30-3 contains a story about a trip to the pine nuts in Northern Paiute followed by elicitation of sentences. BP30-4, BP30-5, and BP30-6 consist of elicitation of sentences.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Story of trip to pine nuts, sentence elicitation], 2017-05.030, in "Northern Paiute Fieldwork Collection", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2C827JJ.
Digital assets in this Item (not available for download): BP30-3.wav (427921964 bytes) BP30-4.wav (168751916 bytes) BP30-5.wav (308332844 bytes) BP30-6.wav (342388268 bytes)
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Preferred citation: [Story review: Trails over Yosemite, Groundhog and Cottontail, Indian Doctor], 2017-05.005, in "Northern Paiute Fieldwork Collection", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2M043ND.
Digital assets in this Item (not available for download): BP13-1.wav (464959488 bytes) BP13-2.wav (365375488 bytes) BP13-3.wav (342970368 bytes)
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Translation of previously recorded story into English], 2017-05.001, in "Northern Paiute Fieldwork Collection", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X23X84W4.
Digital assets in this Item (not available for download): BP11-1.wav (457428992 bytes) BP11-2.wav (440745984 bytes) BP11-3.wav (510179328 bytes)
Description: Six WAV files. BP32-1 contains a story told by Grace Dick in Northern Paiute. BP32-2 consists of lexical elicitation. BP32-3, BP32-4, and BP32-5 contain sentence elicitation. BP32-6 contains a story told by Madeline Stevens about her dog in Northern Paiute.
Repository: Survey of California and Other Indian Languages
Preferred citation: [Two stories in Northern Paiute, lexical and sentence elicitation], 2017-05.033, in "Northern Paiute Fieldwork Collection", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2028PT9.
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We acknowledge with respect the Ohlone people on whose traditional, ancestral, and unceded land we work and whose historical relationships with that land continue to this day.