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The stories and legends of the Lushootseed-speaking people of Puget Sound represent an important part of the oral tradition by which one generation hands down beliefs, values, and customs to another. Vi Hilbert grew up when many of the old social patterns survived and everyone spoke the ancestral language.

Haboo, Hilbert’s collection of thirty-three stories, features tales mostly set in the Myth Age, before the world transformed. Animals, plants, trees, and even rocks had human attributes. Prominent characters like Wolf, Salmon, and Changer and tricksters like Mink, Raven, and Coyote populate humorous, earthy stories that reflect foibles of human nature, convey serious moral instruction, and comically detail the unfortunate, even disastrous consequences of breaking taboos.

Beautifully redesigned and with a new foreword by Jill La Pointe, Haboo offers a vivid and invaluable resource for linguists, anthropologists, folklorists, future generations of Lushootseed-speaking people, and others interested in Native languages and cultures.

ISBN-13: 9780295746968

Media Type: Paperback

Publisher: University of Washington Press

Publication Date: 04-27-2020

Pages: 232

Product Dimensions: 6.50(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Age Range: 18 Years

Upper Skagit tribal elder Vi taqʷšəblu Hilbert (1918–2008) received a National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment of the Arts in 1994, taught language classes at the University of Washington, and cowrote the Lushootseed Dictionary. Thom Hess (1936–2009) was a professor of linguistics at the University of Victoria. Jill tsisqʷux̌ʷał La Pointe is director of Lushootseed Research and granddaughter of Vi taqʷšəblu Hilbert.

What People are Saying About This

from the foreword by Jill La Pointe

"The wisdom and teachings found in Haboo continue to offer a . . . resource that highlights a way of being in the world that we have strayed from, and they remain as relevant today as they have been for generations."

Table of Contents

Foreword to the Second Edition Jill La Pointe xi

Note on Orthography xv

Foreword to the First Edition Thomas Hess xvii

Preface: s?abalx∂c (Shared Thoughts) Vi Hilbert xxi

Introduction Thomas Hess xxxi

Journey to the Sky and Back Down to the Earth 3

Loon with Deer Was Hunting Ducks with Bow and Arrow 6

The Basket Ogresses Chase Coyote 8

Wolf Brothers Kill Elk and Beaver 10

Boil and Hammer Are Living There 15

As Told Charley Anderson

Basket Ogress 17

As Told Louise Anderson

Legend of the Seasons (All Year Round Story) 22

As Told Emma Conrad

Fly 31

As Told Annie Daniels

Basket Ogress 39

As Told Agnes James

Coyote 42

As Told Andrew (Span) Joe

Mink and the Changer 54

Pheasant, Raven, and the Hunters 58

Coyote's Son Had Two Wives 64

The Seal-Hunting Brothers 70

Coyote Marries His Own Daughter 84

Eyes of Coyote 92

Basket Ogress 104

As Told Martha Lamont

Legend of the Seasons 107

As Told Harry Moses

The Legend of the Humpy Salmon 114

The Work of the Winds 118

The Legend of the Three Sisters 119

As Told Ray Paul

Steelhead 123

Yellowhammer and His Wives 126

Sockeye Salmon in Baker River 133

Moose 141

As Told Susie Sampson Peter

Basket Ogress 146

As Told Martin Sampson

Coyote Dances with the Sea Shells 149

As Told Alice Williams

Grizzly Bear and Rabbit 151

Skunk 155

As Told Lucy Williams

Four Short Stories 160

Coyote Was Creating Rivers

Skunk's Important Information

Crane Saved Coyote's Life

The Ticklish Bear

As Told Walt Williams

Appendix 1 Boil and Hammer 165

As Rewritten into Lushootseed Vi Hilbert

Appendix 2 Data on the Texts 175

Selected Readings 181

Folklore Sources

Historical Sources

Ethnographic Sources

Linguistic Sources