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Download or read book Yumáyk Yumáyk written by Villiana Calac Hyde and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1994-01-01 with total page 1450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Yum�yk Yum�yk is a collection of 204 Luise�o texts--including texts of songs--narrated by Mrs. Villiana Hyde and translated by Eric Elliott. Among the texts are "The Early Years at Rinc�n," "Gathering Acorns," "The First Car," "Courtship," "The Girl and Her Pet Coyote," "Plant Uses," "Ravens, Doves, and Flickers as Messengers," "Finding Water," "Chal�wish Song," "Seeing the T��kwish Spirit by Day," and "The Frog and the Coyote." This book is the result of the authors' concern for the survival of Luise�o, a Native American language of Southern California.