| SURVIVING THROUGH THE DAYS |
| [dedication] |
| [song] |
| CONTENTS |
 | ILLUSTRATIONS |
| TABLES |
| Acknowledgments |
| Pronunciation Guide |
| [Song] |
| General Introduction |
| Making Texts, Reading Translations |
 | 1. SELECTIONS |
| • | CREATION SONGS |
| • | 1. Kwaw Labors to Form a World |
| • | NORTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA |
| • | SONG |
| 2. Test-ch'as (The Tidal Wave) |
| 3. “The Young Man from Serper” and Other Stories |
| 4. Coyote and Old Woman Bullhead |
| 5. The Devil Who Died Laughing |
| 6. “The Boy Who Grew Up at Ta'k'imi l ding” and Other Stories |
| 7. The Bear Girl |
| • | NORTH-CENTRAL CALIFORNIA |
| • | SPELL SAID BY A GIRL DESIROUS OF GETTING A HUSBAND |
| 8. How My Father Found the Deer |
| 9. Naponoha (Cocoon Man) |
| 10. A Story of Lizard |
| 11. A Selection of Wintu Songs |
| 12. Loon Woman |
| 13. Four Songs from Grace McKibbin |
| 14. Four Songs from Grace McKibbin |
| 15. Mad Bat |
| 16. Creation |
| 17. The Trials of Young Hawk |
| 18. The Woman Who Loved a Snake |
| 19. The Dead People's Home |
| • | SOUTH-CENTRAL CALIFORNIA |
| • | SONG |
| 20. Two Stories from the Central Valley |
| 21. The Contest between Men and Women |
| 22. The Dog Girl |
| • | SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA |
| • | SONG |
| 23. The Creation |
| 24. A Harvest of Songs from Villiana Calac Hyde |
| 25. From “The Life of Hawk Feather” |
| 26. In the Desert with Hipahipa |
| 27. An Account of Origins |
| 2. ESSAYS ON NATIVE CALIFORNIA LANGUAGES AND ORAL LITERATURES |
| • | WHEN I HAVE DONNED MY CREST OF STARS |
| 28. A Brief History of Collection |
| • | WOMEN'S BRUSH DANCE SONG |
| 29. Notes on Native California Oral Literatures |
| • | [Song] |
| 30. Notes on Native California Languages |
| MAPS |
| Bibliography |
| Acknowledgments of Permissions |
| INDEX |