Notes on Contributors

vii

Foreword by Mark Turin

xi

Introduction by Amy Miller

1

Part I: The stories and their cultural context

1

Part II: How this volume came about

5

Acknowledgments

14

References

16

1. The Man Who Bothered Ants

19

The Man Who Bothered Ants, told by Jessie Webb Escalante

22

2. Two Stories about the Orphan Boy and the Monster

35

‘Aréey, told by an anonymous Quechan elder

40

Tsakwshá Kwapaaxkyée (Seven Heads), told by John Comet

62

3. Xarathó

95

Xarathó, told by Jessie Webb Escalante

100

4. Three Stories about Kwayúu

155

Kwayúu, told by Mary Kelly Escalanti

160

Kwayúu, told by Josefa Hartt

182

Púk Atsé, told by Rosita Carr

210

5. Three Stories about Old Lady Sanyuuxáv

255

‘Aakóoy Sanyuuxáv, told by an anonymous Quechan elder

262

‘Aakóoy Sanyuuxáv, told by Josefa Hartt

284

Shakwatxót, told by John Comet

366

6. ‘Aavém Kwasám

487

‘Aavém Kwasám, told by Tom Kelly

492