Patwin traditional narratives include myths, legends, tales, and oral histories preserved by the
Patwin
The Patwin (also Patween, Southern Wintu) are a band of Wintun people native to the area of Northern California. The Patwin comprise the southern branch of the Wintun group, native inhabitants of California since approximately 500 AD.
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peoples of the
Wintun people
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in northern
California
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Patwin oral literature is most similar to that of other central
Californian Native American groups. Strong external influences from other regions are not evident.
On-Line examples of Patwin narratives
Stephen Powers, "The California Indians" ''Overland Monthly and Out West Magazine'', No. XIII, 1874, pp. 542–550 (1874), University of Michigan
Katharine Berry Judson (1912), ''Myths and Legends of California and the Old Southwest''
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Traditional narratives (Native California)
The traditional narratives of Native California are the folklore and mythology of the native people of California.
For many historic nations of California, there is only a fragmentary record of their traditions.
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Sources
* Judson, Katharine Berry. 1912. ''Myths and Legends of California and the Old Southwest'', Chicago: A. C. McClurg, (Two myths, pp. 151–153.)
* Kroeber, A. L. 1925. ''Handbook of the Indians of California'', Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin No. 78. Washington, D.C. (Brief notes, pp. 362, 385–386.)
* Kroeber, A. L. 1932. "The Patwin and their Neighbors". ''University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology'' 29:253-423. Berkeley. (Patwin narratives, including Earth Diver, pp. 300–308.)
* Latta, Frank F. 1936. ''California Indian Folklore''. F. F. Latta, Shafter, California.
* Loeb, Edwin M. 1933. "The Eastern Kuksu Cult", in ''University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology'' 33:139-232. Berkeley.
* Powers, Stephen. 1877. "Tribes of California", in ''Contributions to North American Ethnology'', vol. 3. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. Reprinted with an introduction by Robert F. Heizer in 1976, University of California Press, Berkeley. (Three narratives, including Earth Diver, pp. 226–227.)
* Whistler, Kenneth W. 1978. "Mink, Bullethawk and Coyote", in ''Coyote Stories'', ed. William Bright, pp. 51–61. ''International Journal of American Linguistics'', ''Native American Texts Series'' No. 1. University of Chicago Press. (Told by Nora Lowell to Elizabeth Bright in 1951.)
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