List of Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
A Story
xwəné·xwəne: A Story
Bear, Yellow Jacket, and Ant
A Visit to the Skokomish
Gossip
Snowbird
Rabbit and Mountain Lion
Bluejay
Mink
The Flood
Skunk
xwə́n and Raccoon
xwə́n Kills k’wə́cxwe
xwə́n and Bluejay
S’yawyu’wun
xwə́n
One-Legged Monster
Chipmunk
Why the Dog Has Marks on His Paws
The Flood (The Deluge)
The Crows
Untitled Story
Beaver and the Woman
xwə́n and Crane
Raccoon and His Grandmother
The Five Brothers
The Chief and His House
The Way of the q’way’áyiɬq’
A Farewell Speech
Source Acknowledgments
Appendix 1: Lower Chehalis Stories
Appendix 2: Edmond S. Meany’s Chehalis Reservation Field Notes
Appendix 3: Franz Boas’s “A Chehalis Text”
Appendix 4: M. Dale Kinkade’s “Bear and Bee”
Appendix 5: M. Dale Kinkade’s “Daughters of Fire”
Notes
References
Index