John Puller's Church Bell Story, by Stanley Smith

The late Stanley Smith (1945-2020) shares a story first told by famed Chickasaw storyteller, the late John Puller. This story talks about the occasion when a bell fell at a local church and caused some mayhem. Stanley was a long-time employee with the Chickasaw Language Revitalization Program. He was a skilled teacher of the language and assisted many young speakers in their journey towards fluency.
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.
Recording: This audio was recorded on July 12, 2011, as part of a Documenting Endangered Languages / National Science Foundation grant (BCS-1263699 and BCS-1263698). This work was supported in part by an American Rescue Plan grant, #90XN0047.
Image: Photograph by Ryan RedCorn (Osage).
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