Violet Super: Why the eel has no bones (1989)
Primary participants: Violet Super (speaker), Monica Macaulay (researcher)
Date: July 14, 1989
Location: Orleans, CA
Project identifier: VSu-06
Original recording held by American Philosophical Society: http://diglib.amphilsoc.org/islandora/object/audio:4538
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akráa itíhaan vúra kuníthtiitih. koovúra kunchífichtih. chavúra tá xára kuníthtiit. xás pâanpay xás pamu'ípi káru vúra chavúra vaa káru kunchífich. ítam víri vaa kumá'ii úpeen tá púfaat mu'ípih. xás koovúra tá kunchífich. And that's it. |
They were always gambling (with) Eel. They were winning everything. In the end they gambled for a long time. And after a while, finally they also won his bones. That's why it says he doesn't have any bones. They won them all. |