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1. Various Tachi Yokuts songs and narratives (around 1940-1957) (1 digital file, with audio)  
   • Item identifier: 24-140
   • Date: around 1940-1957
   • Contributors: Clarence Atwell (consultant); Josie Atwell (consultant); Bessie Brunell (consultant); James Brunell (consultant); Belle Nuñoz (consultant); Margorie Cummins (researcher); James B. Hatch (researcher); J von Werlhof (researcher)
   • Language: Tachi
   • Description: Performers for 24-140 are Jim Brunell, Clarense Atwell, Josie Atwell, Belle Nuñoz, and Bessie Brunell, but the museum does not identify which performers appear in each item. For tracks 19-21, James Hatch was 82 at time of recording. All tracks were distributed on California Indian Music Project, Valley region, tape 5, side B.
     Tracks:
     (1) 'Sopas Seed Doctor's Song': Compare this song to the transcription of another rendition in Hatch (1958:65). Research by James Hatch.
     (2) 'Coyote Song': Compare this song to the transcription of another rendition in Hatch (1958:83). Research by J Von Werlhof.
     (3) 'Wippoorwill Song': Research by J Von Werlhof.
     (4) 'Rain Song': Compare this song to the transcription of another rendition in Hatch (1958:61). Research by J Von Werlhof.
     (5) 'Seed Grinding Song': Research by J Von Werlhof.
     (6) 'Narrative concerning the afterlife': Spoken in Yokuts. Research by J Von Werlhof.
     (7) 'Narrative about a gambling man': Spoken in Yokuts. Research by J Von Werlhof.
     (8) 'Song about a man who was given the power to breathe underwater': This song is associated with the Burris Park locale. Compare transcription of the Fishing Song (llgen konono) in Hatch (1958:63). Research by J Von Werlhof.
     (9) 'Rain Song': See transcription in Cummins (1979:47). Research by Margorie Cummins.
     (10) 'Tobacco Song': Research by Margorie Cummins.
     (11) 'Burris Park Song': Research by Margorie Cummins.
     (12) 'Mahogany Tree Song': Research by Margorie Cummins.
     (13) 'Deer Song': Research by Margorie Cummins.
     (14) 'Eagle Song': Research by Margorie Cummins.
     (15) 'Coyote Song': Research by Margorie Cummins.
     (16) 'Sleepy Song': Research by Margorie Cummins.
     (17) 'Woman's Handgame Song': Research by Margorie Cummins.
     (18) 'Men's Handgame Song' : Research by Margorie Cummins.
     (19) 'Unidentified song with clapstick': Research by James Hatch.
     (20) 'Unidentified song with clapstick': Research by James Hatch.
     (21) 'Unidentified song with clapstick': Research by James Hatch.
   • Availability: Online access to Item number 24-140 by request.
   • Collection: The J. Von Werlhof, James B. Hatch, and Margorie Cummins collection of Tachi Yokuts sound recordings
   • Repository: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
   • Suggested citation: Various Tachi Yokuts songs and narratives, 24-140, in "The J. Von Werlhof, James B. Hatch, and Margorie Cummins collection of Tachi Yokuts sound recordings", Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, http://cla.berkeley.edu/item/33890.

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