Historical information:Verdena Parker was born and raised in 1936 in Hoopa Valley, California, and speaks Hupa as her first language. She later moved with her family to Winston, Oregon but continued to speak Hupa daily until the death of her mother in 1997. One of the few remaining first-language speakers of Hupa, in the early 2000s she got involved with Hupa revitalization and documentation activities, serving as a consulting expert on the Hupa language for various projects and classes in Hoopa Valley. Beginning in 2005 she also collaborated with researchers based in the Department of Linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley.
Scope and content:The recordings in this collection are the result of Verdena Parker's longstanding collaboration with researchers affiliated with the Hupa Language Documentation Project, which originated at UC Berkeley in 2005. Ramón Escamilla and Justin Spence joined the project in 2007, and they have continued the research effort since moving to the University of Central Arkansas and the University of California, Davis, respectively. As of August 2020, this deposit covers their work with Mrs. Parker from 2015 to 2019, funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation's Documenting Endangered Languages program (BCS #1500851). The recordings cover a broad range of topics: original texts told by Mrs. Parker, including narrations of 8mm films she recorded in the 1960s; sessions in which recordings are transcribed and/or translated; elicitation of paradigms, grammatical phenomena such as evidentiality, purpose clauses, and indefinites, and words and phrases for use in language revitalization programs; re-transcription and translation of unpublished texts found in archival sources. Some of the recordings that were transcribed and translated are part of existing collections at the Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, or they are part of the the present deposit. Others were created by the Hupa Language Documentation Project in previous years and will be deposited at a later date.
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Preferred citation: Verdena Parker, Ramón Escamilla, and Justin Spence. Materials of the Hupa Language Documentation Project, 2017-06, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X22R3Q2G.
Associated materials:The following archival collections are mentioned in the metadata descriptions of particular bundles. 1) Barnett, Homer Garner. 1934-1973. Homer Garner Barnett Papers 1934-1973. National Anthropological Archives. 2) Goddard, Pliny Earle. 1902-1907. Chilula materials. American Philosophical Society Na20g.1. 3) Goddard, Pliny Earle. 1903-1906. Hupa materials. American Philosophical Society Na20a.2. 4) Goddard, Pliny Earle. c. 1905. Unpublished texts in Chilula and in some other unidentified California Athapaskan language circa 1905. Bancroft Library, CU-23.1 (BANC FILM 2216): 12.2. 5) Goddard, Pliny Earle. n.d. Hupa verb paradigms. Bancroft Library, CU-23.1 (BANC FILM 2216): 12.14.1. 6) Woodward, Mary. 1953. [Hupa texts notebooks]. Survey of California and Other Indian Languages Woodward.002. http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2319SVZ.
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Preferred citation: A phrase that you say after someone yawns, 2017-06.126, in "Materials of the Hupa Language Documentation Project", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2SN07C2.
Description:Audio file VP-161215-04: Common phrases that could be used with children. Followed by a version of the "Rough-Nose story," first in English (starting around 9:00) and then in Hupa (starting around 23:30). Discussion of some uses of madrone (around 37:00). Story about getting bitten by a dog, in English (around 41:00) and then in Hupa (around 44:00).
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Preferred citation: Elicitation of common Hupa phrases, 2017-06.047, in "Materials of the Hupa Language Documentation Project", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X20K26Z6.
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Preferred citation: Elicitation of conversational phrases, 2017-06.067, in "Materials of the Hupa Language Documentation Project", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2DN43GV.
Description:Audio files VP-060216-04a/c/e/g: Elicitation of conversational phrases: introducing yourself, basic questions and answers to ask someone you just met. Note: Craig Merrick was also present during this recording session.
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Preferred citation: Elicitation of conversational phrases, 2017-06.064, in "Materials of the Hupa Language Documentation Project", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2SX6BMG.
Description:Audio file VP-150816-06: Elicitation of a few conversational questions and answers ("How old are you?", "How did you sleep?", "How are you?", "How is the weather?" etc.)
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Preferred citation: Elicitation of conversational questions and answers, 2017-06.121, in "Materials of the Hupa Language Documentation Project", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2FB51BT.
Description:Audio file VP-150816-02: language lesson: elicitation of second person singular (2sg) imperatives for a few useful verbs, with Sara, Justin, and Tyler practicing them. Includes some second person plural (2pl) imperatives and first person singular and plural (1sg, 1pl) forms as well.
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Preferred citation: Elicitation of imperatives and conversation practice, 2017-06.117, in "Materials of the Hupa Language Documentation Project", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2ZC8182.
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Preferred citation: Elicitation of miscellaneous vocabulary, 2017-06.133, in "Materials of the Hupa Language Documentation Project", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2WD3Z0G.
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Preferred citation: Elicitation of optative verbs, 2017-06.387, in "Materials of the Hupa Language Documentation Project", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X22R3Q4C.
Description:Audio files VP-060216-02a/c: Elicitation of placenames from the Collected Works of Edward Sapir (CWES) vol. 14, map A (page 1005), items 1-35.
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Preferred citation: Elicitation of placenames, 2017-06.062, in "Materials of the Hupa Language Documentation Project", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X22F7KT3.
Description:Audio file VP-060216-11: elicitation of placenames from the Collected Works of Edward Sapir (CWES) vol. 14, map A (page 1005), items 36-54 (end of list).
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Preferred citation: Elicitation of placenames, 2017-06.070, in "Materials of the Hupa Language Documentation Project", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X21G0JQQ.
Description:Audio file VP-160816-06: elicitation of questions and answers for language learners, also some Hupa terms for phone number, email address, Facebook, texting, etc.
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Preferred citation: Elicitation of questions and answers, vocabulary for modern things, 2017-06.134, in "Materials of the Hupa Language Documentation Project", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2RN3684.
Description:Audio file VP-060216-03: elicitation of sentences describing pictures to be used in language classes. The pictures primarily portray actions of various animals.
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Preferred citation: Elicitation of sentences for the classroom, 2017-06.063, in "Materials of the Hupa Language Documentation Project", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2XP73B6.
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Preferred citation: Elicitation of verb paradigms, 2017-06.066, in "Materials of the Hupa Language Documentation Project", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2JD4V5R.
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Preferred citation: Elicitation of verb paradigms, 2017-06.120, in "Materials of the Hupa Language Documentation Project", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2K35S25.
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Preferred citation: Elicitation of verb paradigms, 2017-06.140, in "Materials of the Hupa Language Documentation Project", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2057DCT.
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Preferred citation: Elicitation of verb paradigms, 2017-06.389, in "Materials of the Hupa Language Documentation Project", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2T72FW6.
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Preferred citation: Elicitation of verb paradigms, 2017-06.129, in "Materials of the Hupa Language Documentation Project", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2DB807W.
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Preferred citation: Elicitation of verb paradigms, 2017-06.125, in "Materials of the Hupa Language Documentation Project", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2XD103S.
Description:Audio file VP-171215-01: elicitation of vocabulary related to emotions, followed by verb paradigm elicitation. Verdena says the date in Hupa.
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Preferred citation: Elicitation of verb paradigms and Hupa vocabulary, 2017-06.051, in "Materials of the Hupa Language Documentation Project", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2GM85QM.
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Preferred citation: Elicitation of vocabulary for use with kids, 2017-06.151, in "Materials of the Hupa Language Documentation Project", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2K072P8.
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Preferred citation: Elicitation of words and phrases for language classes, 2017-06.386, in "Materials of the Hupa Language Documentation Project", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X26H4FVP.
Item number: 2017-06.073
Date: 07 Feb 2016
Relations to this item:2017-06.074 has this Item as an alternative version
Description:Audio files VP-070216-03a/c: Elicitation of words for emotions; segue to discussion (in English) of Verdena's time spent in Montana after leaving an abusive relationship (with some details about the relationship and what prompted her to leave).
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Preferred citation: Elicitation of words for emotions, 2017-06.073, in "Materials of the Hupa Language Documentation Project", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2N58JS4.
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Preferred citation: Language lesson: basic questions and answers, 2017-06.139, in "Materials of the Hupa Language Documentation Project", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X23X8537.
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Preferred citation: Language lesson: doing things with objects, 2017-06.141, in "Materials of the Hupa Language Documentation Project", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2VD6WW4.
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Preferred citation: Language lesson: practicing imperatives, 2017-06.135, in "Materials of the Hupa Language Documentation Project", Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Berkeley, http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.7297/X2MW2FJD.
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