On-Line Examples of Kato Narratives
Sources for Kato Narratives
* Curtis, Edward S. 1907-1930. ''The North American Indian''. 20 vols. Plimpton Press, Norwood, Massachusetts. (Two myths collected from Bill Ray, vol. 14, pp. 165–166.) * Erdoes, Richard, and Alfonso Ortiz. 1984. ''American Indian Myths and Legends''. Pantheon Books, New York. (Retelling of a narrative from Gifford and Block 1930, pp. 107–109.) * Gifford, Edward Winslow, and Gwendoline Harris Block. 1930. ''California Indian Nights''. Arthur H. Clark, Glendale, California. (Two previously published narratives, pp. 79–82 and 153-154.) * Goddard, Pliny E. 1909. "Kato Texts". ''University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology'' 5:65-238. Berkeley. (Texts collected in 1906 from Bill Ray, including Theft of Fire versions and Bear and Fawns.) * Kroeber, A. L. 1925. ''Handbook of the Indians of California''. Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin No. 78. Washington, D.C. (Creation myth, p. 155.) * Loeb, Edwin M. 1932. "The Western Kuksu Cult". ''University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology'' 33:1-137. Berkeley. (Kato creation myth, pp. 23–25.) * Thompson, Stith. 1929. ''Tales of the North American Indians''. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts. (Creation myth, pp. 30–37, from Goddard 1909.) {{Traditional Narratives (California groups) Traditional narratives (Native California)