Lushootseed TAPE Index: GNA #227




  1. Name of tape: Sampson Book - GNA Index #227
  2. Date of tape: August 20, 1972
  3. Tape recorded by: Vi Hilbert
  4. Speaker(s) on tape: Martin Sampson
  5. Name of file: tape227/side1 tape227/side2: tape227a.wav (314MB); tape227b.wav (304MB)
  6. Size of file (in minutes): side1 - 30 minutes and side2 - 29 minutes
  7. List of file contents:
     
    The descriptions (translations and explanations) of the items on the tape are provided by Vi Hilbert (5/27/97). All of the songs on this tape are in Lushootseed. The conversations are in English, except where noted.
  1. Tape: Side One
    1.   Indians of Skagit County: Discussion
      Description
      [Martin Sampson speaks in English about his spirituality and book Indians of Skagit County. In the book he discusses the connection of nature and the Indian.]
  2. Tape: Side Two
    1. Conversation in English about [ xhitelq], a Lummi spiritual man 0-6:49
    2. Conversation in English 6:49-7:15
      Description
      [A conversation between Vi Hilbert and Martin Sampson.]
    3. Conversation in English about spirit-guides 7:15-8:08
      Description
      [Martin Sampson talks about Shakerism and spirit-guide's conversion to Shakerism when its owner becomes a Shaker.]
    4. Shaker version of Joe Harrison's song 8:08-8:29
      Description
      [Martin Sampson sings in Lushootseed the Shaker version of Joe Harrison's song and talks about it in English.]
    5. Original version of Joe Harrison's song 8:29-8:50
      Description
      [Martin Sampson sings the original (spirit-guide) version of Joe Harrison's song.]
    6. Elaboration in English 8:50-9:20
      Description
      [Martin Sampson sings in Lushootseed and talks in English about this song and gives an introduction in English to the next song - Charley Anderson's Shaker song.]
    7. Elaboration in English 9:20-9:25
      Description
      [Martin Sampson talks in English about Charley Anderson's Shaker song.]
    8. Short Shaker song 9:30-10:15
      Description
      [Martin Sampson sings a short version of Charley Anderson's Shaker song. Spirit-power songs have distinct parts, sometimes 1 or 2, sometimes 4. Different categories of songs have different numbers of parts. The Shaker song doesn't have different parts. It has different tempos within the song of various lengths.]
    9. Elaboration of [sqelalitut] 10:15-11:02
      Description
      [Martin Sampson talks about his grandmother's song, a [sqelalitut] - thunder-bird power - which follows.]
    10. Grandmother's song 11:02-11:29
      Description
      [Martin Sampson sings his grandmother's song, but it is his Uncle Jim McCloud's version of it.]
    11. Elaboration 11:29-13:00
      Description
      [Martin Sampson talks about his grandmother's song and the culture.]
    12. Discussion 13:00-18:01
      Description
      [Martin Sampson talks about his book - Indians of Skagit County - the culture and traditional ways.]
    13. Family's song - from the ([duqwechabs] side of the family) 18:01-18:09
      Description
      [Martin Sampson sings a parody of his grandmother's song due to his nervousness about singing it because of the power of her song. It is from the [duqwechabs] side of the family.]
    14. Discussion 18:09-19:47
      Description
      [Martin Sampson talks about his book again and about the story of a hop-field love song.]
    15. Love song 19:47-20:10
    16. Elaboration in English 20:10-20:35
      Description
      [Martin Sampson talks about the love song. Vi asks in Lushootseed if he is getting tired. He answers in English.] ``No, not getting tired yet."
    17. Discussion in English: Names 20:35-23:00
      Description
      [Martin Sampson talks about names and the history of some personal names. (This name is now carried by Ron Hilbert (Tulalip) and Kenny Cooper (Nooksack/Lummi).]
    18. Discussion of family in English 23:00-26:40
      Description
      [Martin Sampson talks about names and family connections.]
    19. Discussion of Religion in English 26:40-28:05
      Description
      [Martin Sampson talks about religion - Catholicism - and he talks about the language of the spirit.]
    20. Songs 28:05-29:02
      Description
      [Martin Sampson sings (vocables mainly); ``of this land" is all that Vi can recognize. This is an example of the voice of the spirit.] ``To the edge of the earth . . . ." [ilexhed 'e ti swatixwted]

sndrec02.tex/GNA Index #227 (Nov 4, 1998 )

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