The Tache-Yokuts, Indians of the San Joaquin Valley: Their lives, songs, and stories

<p>1. THE TACHI-YOKUTS, INDIANS OF THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY, CA, THEIR LIVES, SONGS, & STORIES is now recommended for supplementary reading by the Social-Science Committee of the State Department of Education. This entertaining & informative book is the result of materials gathered in 1940 by author Marjorie W. Cummins. 2. HOW COYOTE STOLE THE SUN, by the same author, (ISBN 0-9633692-0-2) is a book about the Yokuts, their Culture, Myths, Songs, Basketry, Dance, Rock Painting, Religion & History. Myth told to J.P. Harrington in 1916. For use in schools, libraries, & for the general public. A Yokuts medicine man sings for A.L. Kroeber 1903. 3. We have a kit, composed of the two books as above, a video (ISBN 0-9633692-1-0) & a cassette tape (0-9633692-0-3) of songs, $70, tax included. The video tells the story of the myth as told by Tachi Tom to J.P. Harrington, Smithsonian Scholar. These are materials about the Yokuts Indians of the Central interior valley of California. Cassette tape now copyrighted & professionally edited for background noise. Side 1 gives the songs sung by the Tachi-Yokuts in 1940; side 2 sung by the Yaudanchi-Yokuts medicine man in 1903. The song uses a 5 tone scale. Write for flyers: Marjorie W. Cummins, 2064 Carter Way, Hanford, CA 93230. (209) 584-7576 after 1 p.m. Pac. Time.</p>

Marjorie W. Cummins

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The Tache-Yokuts, Indians of the San Joaquin Valley: Their lives, songs, and stories

The Tache-Yokuts, Indians of the San Joaquin Valley: Their lives, songs, and stories