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The late Ruby James Harner (1939-2023) shares a story about an adventure involving a broken-down car and a pack of howling wolves in the woods near Bromide. She tells this story to Luther John, who interjects at a few points in the story. Ruby was a long-time resident of Fillmore, Oklahoma and attended Sandy Creek Church all her life. She was a wonderful speaker with a unique connection to nature and irresistibly cheerful spirit.
Transcriptions: If what was said cannot be heard well enough, it is marked as being (inaudible). In some instances, a speaker may go back and correct themselves, and these are marked like \this\, to indicate that \this\ replaces the previous word or phrase. Sometimes we are unsure what the speaker was saying but we give a best guess using a star *. If a speaker is shortening a word, we give the fuller form in (parentheses) next to it.
Translations: The English translations were done with guidance from native speakers. Sometimes, some clarifying words were added in [brackets], although this information is not part of what was actually said in Chikashshanompaꞌ (the Chickasaw language).
Recording: This audio was recorded on October 25, 2023, as part of the Chickasaw Elder Interview Project and was supported in part by an American Rescue Plan grant, #90XN0047.
Image: Photograph by Jacquelyn Sparks.
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Keywords: Chickasaw, Chickasaw language, Native language, Indigenous Language, Traditional Narratives, American Indian, Native American, First American, National Science Foundation