Little People Indian Doctor by Rose Jefferson

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Rose Shields Jefferson shares a story about her grandfather's experience with I̱yaaknashaꞌ, the Little People, supernatural beings that are responsible for identifying and training alikchiꞌ (Indian doctors). Rose is a Chickasaw Hall of Fame inductee (2015), recipient of the Chickasaw Silver Feather Award (2009), a member of the Chickasaw Language Committee and a former Master Speaker in the Chickasaw Master-Apprentice Program (2007 - 2015).
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 June 25, 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
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