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Acorn Time In Cupa_pg 58-61_Cover.PNG
Community
Pala Cupeño Revitalization Program
Category
Animals, Place, Songs and Dance, Stories, Traditions
Summary
A story in Mulu'wetam: The First People on page 58-61, about how the native Cupa people would collect acorns, to make acorn mush "wíwish, hunt rabbits, and do certain dances. This Acorn time was a yearly tradition, told by Roscinda Nolasquez in the audio.
Introduction Fox and Buzzard Thumbnail.png
Community
Pala Cupeño Revitalization Program, Cupa Cultural Center
Category
Animals, Language Learning, Stories
Summary
This is a collection of introductory language lessons.
Community
Pala Cupeño Revitalization Program
Category
Animals, Arts and Artists, History and Current Events, Language Learning, Plants and Ethnobotany, Traditions
Summary
Gail Werner is a Pala Cupa Tribal Member and life long artist. This mural can be found in La Jolla Village of San Diego.
I. THE STORY OF THE CREATION, Collected by P.-L. Faye, Dec. 29, 1919-Jan. 3, 1920, Speaker unknown_pg 2-9_Cover page.PNG
Community
Pala Cupeño Revitalization Program
Category
Animals, History and Current Events, Plants and Ethnobotany, Songs and Dance, Stories
Summary
This story can be found on pages 2-9 in Mulu’wetam. Mukat and Temayawet discuss whether the people should die or live. Mukat also gives instructions as to the cremation of his body.
Community
Pala Cupeño Revitalization Program, Cupa Cultural Center
Category
Animals, History and Current Events, Language Learning, Plants and Ethnobotany, Stories
Summary
This is a story about how Fox was greedy and went back for one more chicken. A raccoon eats his chicken while he was gone. Dog wakes up and chases him. He returns to find his meat is gone.
Title page: The swallows_Image 2-2-23 at 10.54 AM.jpg
Community
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
Image 1-31-23 at 1.57 PM.jpg
Community
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 strong wind that was blowing. Then ducks came flying and laughing, the wind got angry and blew the to the ducks to the ground. But the ducks kept laughing and flew away. Audio: Roscinda Nolasquez
XVIII. The Dove Title Image 2-8-23 at 10.54 AM.jpg
Community
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.
Community
Cupa Cultural Center, Pala Cupeño Revitalization Program
Category
Animals, History and Current Events, Language Learning, Place
Summary
Soldiers went into Cupa and waged war killing a lot of the villages and burned the village down. All the baby boys were killed. Kisily Pewik's mother save her son by telling the soldiers he was a girl.
Community
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.
Image 8-30-23 at 11.10 AM.jpg XIV.The Fox and the Rabbit
Community
Pala Cupeño Revitalization Program, Cupa Cultural Center
Category
Animals, Stories
Summary
An animal story in Mulu'wetam: The First People on page 144-147. Fox was hunting, on his outing he encounters different animals.
Image 8-30-23 at 10.02 AM.jpg.Coyote and the Rabbit
Community
Pala Cupeño Revitalization Program, Cupa Cultural Center
Category
Animals, Stories
Summary
An animal story in Mulu'wetam: The First People on page 135-137. Coyote is going around looking for food, he finds a jackrabbit and tries to chase him.