Kolusuwakon (Passamaquoddy words)

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Summary: 
Speech, vocabulary items spoken by Noel Joseph and translated by Dwayne Tomah SR 09
Traditional Knowledge: 

Written by Dwayne Tomah 2018

Tahkonesunol Maksonol: shoe

Muskenom: pull it out

Muwinewiyil kotuhpnil: bear parts I’m hungry

Buffoluwew: buffalo

Mahtoqehsuwew: rabbit

Mahtoqehsuwew: rabbit

Kiwonekew: otter

Muwinewakon: bear brain

Muwinewosis: little bear

Community: 
Passamaquoddy
Category: 
Cultural Life, Vocabulary
Collections: 
1890 Passamaquoddy Phonograph Recordings
Original Date Description: 
03/15/1890
Original Date: 
1890 March 15th
Creator: 
Noel Joseph, Dwayne Tomah
Rights: 
These recordings originate from Peskotomuhkati people, were recorded on our traditional homelands and as such the Passamaquoddy Tribe maintain all legal rights to these recordings in perpetuity. We never ceded our inherent sovereign right to our songs, narratives and language to any non-Passamaquoddy individual, institution or government authority.
Traditional Knowledge Labels: 
Identifier: 
4240:AFC 1972/003: SR09
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Summary: 
Jesse Walter Fewkes collection of Passamaquoddy cylinder recordings SR09
Description: 

Passamaquoddy for vocabulary terms listed in "Introduction to the study of Indian languages, with words, phrases and sentences to be collected", 1980; Schedule 3 -- Dress and Ornaments (p 82-83). The recording includes terms for various items of clothing as well as materials and colors.

Engineer notes: Cylinder is noisy, otherwise fair to good condition; Speech is somewhat clear at first, but then is hard to understand; gentle nudges needed at times to keep tracking;FCP notes: Announcement: "Vocabulary from the Passamaquoddy Indians taken from page 82 of the Smithsonian schedule, March the 15th, 1890, by Newell Josephs [sic]."

Related Fewkes' fieldnotes are located at the National Anthropological Archives (ms. 4408:9) p. 39, 47-52.

In Passamaquoddy and English.

Location Description: 

Calais (Me.)

Title: 
Passamaquoddy vocabulary items [sound recording] / spoken by Noel Joseph
Protocol: 
American Folklife Center Library of Congress Public Access
Community: 
American Folklife Center Library of Congress
Category: 
Vocabulary
Keywords: 
Field recordings, Cylinder recordings
Original Date Description: 
Recorded in Calais, Maine on March 15, 1890 by Jesse Walter Fewkes
Original Date: 
1890 March 15th
Creator: 
Fewkes, Jesse Walter, 1850-1930, recordist, speaker, Joseph, Noel, performer
Language: 
Passamaquoddy, English
Rights: 
Rights are held by the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University.
Traditional Knowledge Labels: 
Source: 
Jesse Walter Fewkes collection of Passamaquoddy cylinder recordings (AFC 1972/003: SR09) American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. https://lccn.loc.gov/2015655558
Identifier: 
Cylinder 4240; AFS 14737: A18; RKF 0007; AFC 1972/003: SR09
Subject: 
Passamaquoddy Indians--Maine--Calais, Indians of North America--Northeastern States, Passamaquoddy language--Vocabulary, Clothing and dress
Type: 
Sound Recording
Format: 
1 sound cylinder (1:55 min.), 3.75 in