Pala Cupeño Revitalization Program, Cupa Cultural Center
Category
History and Current Events, Songs and Dance, Stories, Traditions
Summary
A recollection in the book Mulu'wetam: The First People on page 62-65. The story about the fiesta of San Francisco, where the local neighboring villages would join together to celebrate for three days, singing, dancing, playing instruments, and eating.
Pala Cupeño Revitalization Program, Cupa Cultural Center
Category
Animals, Stories
Summary
A animal story in Mulu'wetam: The First People on page 122-125. Coyote tries to capture and eat a hen, but the hen makes an escape which causes an unexpected twist for the coyote.
Pala Cupeño Revitalization Program, Cupa Cultural Center
Category
Animals, History and Current Events, Language Learning, Stories, Traditions
Summary
This story is about a man, presumably Kisily Pewik, who is a good hunter. On one of his hunts he killed a bear and skinned it. Then he turned into the bear.
Cupa Cultural Center, Pala Cupeño Revitalization Program
Category
Animals, Language Learning, Stories
Summary
An animal story in Mulu'wetam: The First People, on page 128-129. This story is about how the birds' were in church with their priest Mockingbird, they were praying, then coyote arrives. This story may be part of the creation story after they morn Mukut.
Pala Cupeño Revitalization Program, Cupa Cultural Center
Category
Animals, Language Learning, Stories
Summary
An animal story in Mulu'wetam: The First People on page 130-132. A story about Coyote hunting, he comes across a squirrel and the squirrel hides in her burrow with her children. The crows see everything and Coyote tries to dig up the squirrels.
Pala Cupeño Revitalization Program, Cupa Cultural Center
Category
Animals, Language Learning, Stories
Summary
An animal story in Mulu'wetam: The First People on page 128-131, the story is about Coyote who is always hunting, and he is looking for something good to eat. Also the story describes why he has certain characteristics. Audio: Roscinda Nolasquez
Pala Cupeño Revitalization Program, Cupa Cultural Center
Category
Animals, Language Learning, Songs and Dance, Stories
Summary
A animal story in Mulu'wetam: The First People on page 150. This story is about two doves, one who is working and the other who is crying. Then the working doves asks the other to stop crying and sing. Audio: Roscinda Nolasquez, Song on sentence 16.
Pala Cupeño Revitalization Program, Cupa Cultural Center
Category
Animals, Language Learning, Stories
Summary
A animal story in Mulu'wetam on page 148-149. is about a noisy cheetmal bird that is being loud. The many other birds around her don't like her being so loud and they get mad and tell her to be quiet. Audio: Roscinda Nolasquez
Pala Cupeño Revitalization Program, Cupa Cultural Center
Category
Animals, Language Learning, Stories
Summary
A animal story in Mulu'wetam: The First People on page 146-147, is about swallows flying and building their nest. Then the swallows began to sing a song and another swallow started to argue about not singing the right song. Audio: Roscinda Nolasquez
Pala Cupeño Revitalization Program, Cupa Cultural Center
Category
Language Learning, Plants and Ethnobotany, Stories, Traditions
Summary
A story in Mulu'wetam: The First People on page 110 - 111, is about how the author of the story would go check if the elderberries were ripe. If the elderberries were ripe then they would gather a lot of the berries. Audio: Frances Bosley
Pala Cupeño Revitalization Program, Cupa Cultural Center
Category
Language Learning, Plants and Ethnobotany, Stories, Traditions
Summary
A story in Mulu'Wetam: The First People page 108-111, about how Frances Bosley would prepare her acorns and make weewish. A traditional food made by Cupeño People. Audio: Frances Bosley
Pala Cupeño Revitalization Program, Cupa Cultural Center
Category
Language Learning, Plants and Ethnobotany, Stories
Summary
A story about medicines from Mulu'wetam: The First People, page 110- 113, is about how the Cupeño Indians long ago would use some medicines to help with certain ailments. Also audio of each sentences 1-9 of Frances Bosley reading the story in Cupeño.
Pala Cupeño Revitalization Program, Cupa Cultural Center
Category
Language Learning, Stories
Summary
A story from Mulu'wetam: The First People on page 112-113, about the author's recollections of different types of rainbows she had seen throughout her lifetime and the different colors the rainbows were. Story told by: Frances Bosley
Pala Cupeño Revitalization Program, Cupa Cultural Center
Category
Animals, History and Current Events, Place, Plants and Ethnobotany, Stories
Summary
A story in Mulu'wetam: The First People page104-107, about Roscinda Nolasquez when she was little and lived in Cupa. She describes the activities her and her friends would do when she was little. Audio: Roscinda Nolasquez
