Wolf Whistle, by Weldon Fulsom

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The late Weldon Fulsom (1949-2022) shares a shikonnoꞌpaꞌ or traditional story. This is a trickster story where Nashoba (Wolf) is jealous of Chola’s (Fox’s) whistle and gets tricked into letting Fox sew his mouth shut. Weldon was a master teacher in our master-apprentice program. He had exceptional knowledge of traditional stories, animals, insects, and medicine plants. He was a soft-spoken and quiet man who used his language in service to our Chickasaw people throughout his life.
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 May 15, 2015, 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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Keywords: Chickasaw, Chickasaw language, Native language, Indigenous Language, Traditional Narratives, American Indian, Native American, First American, National Science Foundation

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Weldon was ny first teacher. I miss him still. He was very knowledgeable in Chikashsha nannama