University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections2696-028Rose, SuzanneSuzanne Rose papers1979-1981approximately .54 cubic ft (37 sound cassettes, 50 5" sound tape reels, 56
micofiches)Collection materials are in
English.Linguistic research on the Nuu-chah-nulth
language, field recordings, field notes, and transcriptions on Kyuquot
(Ka:’yu:’k’t’h’) dialect of the Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) languageSuzanne Rose received her Ph.D. from the University of Victoria in
British Columbia, Canada. Her dissertation focuses on Kyuquot Grammar (1981).
Organized into 2 accessions.
- Accession No. 2696-028-01, Suzanne Rose papers, 1979-1980
- Accession No. 2696-028-02, Suzanne Rose papers, 1980-1981
From March 1979 to April 1980, Suzanne Rose recorded 48 hours of
Kyuquot material, including conversations; monologues; reminiscences about
Kyuquot wars, potlaches, Indian medicine, whaling, old photos; and hands-down
stories concerning the exploits and downfalls of Raven, Frog, Wolf, Deer, Red
Cod, Sea Lion, Pitchwoman and Snotboy, Eagle, Whale, Snail. Also includes four
hours of Ahousat material, comprised of similes and location-type suffix
association.
Between July to September of 1981, Rose recorded 32 tapes consisting
of grammatical information concerning the Kyuquot dialect of the Nootka* (West
Coast) language with consultant Mr. Larry Short. She also worked with Mr.
George Louie, a fluent Nootka speaker and student at the University of
Victoria.
*The term “Nootka” has historically been used
as a misnomer by European colonizers for the Nuu-chah-nulth people. The origin
of the outdated term can be traced back to the peoples’ first encounters with
Europeans, particularly British settler Captain James Cook in 1778.
The Kyuquot (Ka:’yu:’k’t’h’) and Checleseht (Chek’tles7et’h’) First
Nations make up the northernmost Nuu-chah-nulth communities on the west coast
of Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Once separate bands, the Kyuquot and
Checleseht officially amalgamated in 1962. Both are currently self-governing
nations under the Maa-nulth Treaty.
The Kyuquot and Checleseht speak Northern Nuu-chah-nulth, which is
part of the Wakashan language family. The Kyuquot and Checleseht also each
speak their own dialects of this language, which are endangered. According to
the First Peoples’ Language Map of BC (2012), there were only about 27 people
who claimed to speak and understand them fluently.
[Information adapted from “Kyuquot and Checleseht First Nations”
webpage on the official website of the Canadian Encyclopedia; Date Accessed:
07/05/2023]
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Suzanne Rose, 1980 and 1983
Rose, SuzanneShort, LarryJacobs Research FundPersonal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)Language and LanguagesNative Americans
Accession No. 2696-028-01: Suzanne Rose papers, 1979-19801.5" linear, including 26 microfiches and fifty 5"
sound tape reels.Scope and Content: Linguistic research on the Nootka language (Kyoquot Nootka and
Ahousat Nootka), 1979-1980.
Physical/Technical Access: Records stored offsite; advance notice required for
use.
Restrictions on Access: Access restricted: For terms of access contact repository.
Records stored offsite; advance notice required for
use.
Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights retained. Contact repository for
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Acquisition Info: Suzanne Rose, 1980-06-01
1/12696-028-01Research Report and Tape ListMay 1979 - May 1980Scope and Content: Research report submitted to the Whatcom Museum Foundation
Melville and Elizabeth Jacobs Research Fund; contains outline of tape materials
deposited to University of Washington Special Collections
1Kyuquot 43Mrs. Christina CoxMay 3, 19791 sound tape reel (5")Scope and Content: Sapir/Swadesh word list: sea cuke - flaming; Language: Kyuquot
Nuu-chah-nulth; Location: Courtenay, British Columbia
1Kyuquot 44Mrs. Christina CoxMay 4, 19791 sound tape reel (5")Scope and Content: Sapir/Swadesh word list: squish - short; Language: Kyuquot
Nuu-chah-nulth; Location: Courtenay, British Columbia
1Kyuquot 45Mrs. Christina CoxMay 8, 19791 sound tape reel (5")Scope and Content: Sapir/Swadesh word list: squish - herring spawn; Language:
Kyuquot Nuu-chah-nulth; Location: Courtenay, British Columbia
1Kyuquot 46Mrs. Christina CoxMay 8, 19791 sound tape reel (5")Scope and Content: Sapir/Swadesh word list: willing - stretch; Language: Kyuquot
Nuu-chah-nulth; Location: Courtenay, British Columbia
1Kyuquot 47Mrs. Christina CoxMay 8, 19791 sound tape reel (5")Scope and Content: Sapir/Swadesh word list: give birth - flow; suffixes: on the sea
- in front; Language: Kyuquot Nuu-chah-nulth; Location: Courtenay, British
Columbia
1Kyuquot 48Mrs. Christina CoxMay 19, 19791 sound tape reel (5")Scope and Content: Sapir/Swadesh suffixes: in front - inside; Language: Kyuquot
Nuu-chah-nulth; Location: Courtenay, British Columbia
1Kyuquot 49Mrs. Christina CoxMay 20, 19791 sound tape reel (5")Scope and Content: Sapir/Swadesh suffixes: in throat - in competition; Language:
Kyuquot Nuu-chah-nulth; Location: Courtenay, British Columbia
1Kyuquot 50Mrs. Christina CoxMay 23, 19791 sound tape reel (5")Scope and Content: Sapir/Swadesh suffixes: in competition - smelling; Language:
Kyuquot Nuu-chah-nulth; Location: Courtenay, British Columbia
1Kyuquot 51Mrs. Christina CoxMay 24, 19791 sound tape reel (5")Scope and Content: Sapir/Swadesh suffixes: smelling - related to; Language: Kyuquot
Nuu-chah-nulth; Location: Courtenay, British Columbia
1Kyuquot 52Mrs. Christina CoxMay 24, 19791 sound tape reel (5")Scope and Content: Sapir/Swadesh suffixes: about to - giving to; Language: Kyuquot
Nuu-chah-nulth; Location: Courtenay, British Columbia
1Kyuquot 53Mrs. Christina CoxMay 31, 19791 sound tape reel (5")Scope and Content: Sapir/Swadesh suffixes: entertaining - feeding; Language:
Kyuquot Nuu-chah-nulth
1Kyuquot 54 Mrs. Christina CoxMay 31, 19791 sound tape reel (5")Scope and Content: Sapir/Swadesh suffixes: do x before - try to get; trying to - in
honour of; Language: Kyuquot Nuu-chah-nulth; Location: Courtenay, British
Columbia
1Kyuquot 55Mrs. Christina CoxJune 1, 19791 sound tape reel (5")Scope and Content: Sapir/Swadesh suffixes: canoes - named; Text: Indian Fishing;
Language: Kyuquot Nuu-chah-nulth; Location: Courtenay, British Columbia
1Kyuquot 56Mrs. Sophie Jules May 11, 19791 sound tape reel (5")Scope and Content: Text: Triplets, Raven and Halibut, Boy not eating, Grandma and
Knife, Flour Sack; Poor, Chiknamt, Sahas, Frog, Making Mat, Getting Whale,
Suhamt and Raven; Language: Kyuquot Nuu-chah-nulth; Location: Courtenay,
British Columbia
1Kyuquot 57Mrs. Sophie Jules May 20, 19791 sound tape reel (5")Scope and Content: Text: Wolf and Deer Fighting, Raven and Clam, Raven and
Raspberries, Red Cod; Eating Herring, Whaling at Cachelot, Wolf taking a Man,
Frog; Language: Kyuquot Nuu-chah-nulth; Location: Courtenay, British
Columbia
1Kyuquot 58Mrs. Sophie Jules May 21-22, 19791 sound tape reel (5")Scope and Content: Text: Long Ago, Spider, Old Photos; Kapcha as chief, Pinecone
and Squirrel, Raven and Deer, Indian Health; Language: Kyuquot Nuu-chah-nulth;
Location: Courtenay, British Columbia
1Kyuquot 59Mrs. Sophie Jules May 31, 1979, June 25, 1979, June 28,
19791 sound tape reel (5")Scope and Content: Text: Indian Health, Neah Potlach, Potlatch II, Sophie's Baby
and Her Potlach; Raven's Daughter & Sea Lion, Old Lady with Four Kids,
Raven; Language: Kyuquot Nuu-chah-nulth; Location: Courtenay, British
Columbia
1Kyuquot 60Mrs. Christina CoxJune 21, 19791 sound tape reel (5")Scope and Content: Sapir/Swadesh Suffixes: get hurt etc., Multisuffixes Dialogue:
My Family, Fishing, Making baskets, Fishing; Pete and Motherinlaw, Kyuquot:
Fishing, Burning House, Moving, School; Transcribed in: Book 9, pp. 56-98;
Language: Kyuquot Nuu-chah-nulth; Location: Courtenay, British Columbia
1Kyuquot 61Mrs. Christina CoxJune 30, 19791 sound tape reel (5")Scope and Content: Emphasis, Focus, Negatives, Time; Relatives, Pointing Locatives;
Language: Kyuquot Nuu-chah-nulth; Location: Courtenay, British Columbia
1Kyuquot 62Mrs. Christina CoxJune 29, 19791 sound tape reel (5")Scope and Content: Noun and Verb; Language: Kyuquot Nuu-chah-nulth; Location:
Courtenay, British Columbia
1Kyuquot 63Mrs. Christina CoxJune 29, 19791 sound tape reel (5")Scope and Content: Noun and Verb; Language: Kyuquot Nuu-chah-nulth; Location:
Courtenay, British Columbia
1Kyuquot 64Mrs. Sophie Jules June 28, 19791 sound tape reel (5")Scope and Content: Text: her life; Language: Kyuquot Nuu-chah-nulth; Location:
Courtenay, British Columbia
1Kyuquot 65Moses CoxNovember 7, 19791 sound tape reel (5")Scope and Content: Plural, distribution; Language: Kyuquot Nuu-chah-nulth;
Location: Courtenay, British Columbia
1Kyuquot 66Joseph JulesNovember 7, 19791 sound tape reel (5")Scope and Content: Plural; Language: Kyuquot Nuu-chah-nulth; Location: Courtenay,
British Columbia
1Kyuquot 67Moses CoxNovember 8, 19791 sound tape reel (5")Scope and Content: Mood, mode, pronouns; Transcribed in: Book 11, pp. 34-60;
Language: Kyuquot Nuu-chah-nulth; Location: Courtenay, British Columbia
1Kyuquot 68Joseph JulesNovember 9, 19791 sound tape reel (5")Scope and Content: Plural, plural with focus; Transcribed in Book 11, pp. 61-83;
Language: Kyuquot Nuu-chah-nulth; Location: Courtenay, British Columbia
1Kyuquot 69Joseph JulesNovember 9-10, 19791 sound tape reel (5")Scope and Content: Plural with "chase" control, aspect; Transcribed in Book 11, pp.
84-103; Language: Kyuquot Nuu-chah-nulth; Location: Courtenay, British Columbia
1Kyuquot 70Moses CoxNovember 11, 19791 sound tape reel (5")Scope and Content: Aspect, Text: Spirits, The boy who found herring; Transcribed in
Book 11, pp. 104-129; Language: Kyuquot Nuu-chah-nulth; Location: Courtenay,
British Columbia
1Kyuquot 71Joseph JulesNovember 12, 19791 sound tape reel (5")Scope and Content: Body parts, [c]? Letting with "kill", "break", "tie up";
Transcribed in Book 11, pp. 132-148; Language: Kyuquot Nuu-chah-nulth;
Location: Courtenay, British Columbia
1Kyuquot 72Mrs. Christina CoxJanuary 21, 19801 sound tape reel (5")Scope and Content: Use of "case" markers, control, focus, S COMP's; Transcribed in:
Book 12, pp. 1-31; Language: Kyuquot Nuu-chah-nulth; Location: Courtenay,
British Columbia
1Kyuquot 73Mrs. Christina CoxJanuary 21-23, 19801 sound tape reel (5")Scope and Content: Control, questions with NP raised from lower S, time, Gruber's
location verbs, control, REL, passive, focus; Transcribed in: Book 12, pp.
32-65; Language: Kyuquot Nuu-chah-nulth; Location: Courtenay, British Columbia
1Kyuquot 74Mrs. Christina CoxJanuary 23-24, 19801 sound tape reel (5")Scope and Content: Focus, aspect (perfect), mood (must, should), aspect in lower S,
clefting, indefinite REL, CONJ reduction, passive and cleft, topic intro,
locative; Transcribed in: Book 12, pp. 66-100; Language: Kyuquot
Nuu-chah-nulth; Location: Courtenay, British Columbia
1Kyuquot 75 Mrs. Christina CoxJanuary 24, 19801 sound tape reel (5")Scope and Content: Locative, and spatial NP relations, control, aspect ('keeping'),
cleft with passive, raising, multi-NP identification, definiteness, locative;
Transcribed in Book 12, pp. 101-133; Language: Kyuquot Nuu-chah-nulth;
Location: Courtenay, British Columbia
1Kyuquot 76Mrs. Christina CoxJanuary 25, 19801 sound tape reel (5")Scope and Content: Control, multi-NP identification (S,O,IO,BEN), negation in
higher and lower S's, location, adverbs as higher pred, focus, REL on IO,
"difficult"; Transcribed in: Book 12, pp. 134-165; Language: Kyuquot
Nuu-chah-nulth; Location: Courtenay, British Columbia
1Kyuquot 77Mrs. Christina CoxJanuary 25, 19801 sound tape reel (5")Scope and Content: Possession, negation with quantifiers, focus, REL with negation,
articles (def, indef, rel); Transcribed in: Book 12, pp. 166-191, Book 13, pp.
1-7; Language: Kyuquot Nuu-chah-nulth; Location: Courtenay, British Columbia
1Kyuquot 78Mrs. Christina CoxJanuary 7-26, 19801 sound tape reel (5")Scope and Content: REL with location, comparative, extraposed REL indef rel
(unknown ref), contrastive emph passive; Transcribed in: Book 13, pp. 8-58;
Language: Kyuquot Nuu-chah-nulth; Location: Courtenay, British Columbia
1Kyuquot 79Mrs. Christina CoxJanuary 28, 19801 sound tape reel (5")Scope and Content: Locative, subord conj., think COMP, subord indef 'case' as
pred., 'smear', QUE with PRO, indef REL, switch reference; Transcribed in: Book
13, pp. 39-71; Language: Kyuquot Nuu-chah-nulth; Location: Courtenay, British
Columbia
1Kyuquot 80Mrs. Christina CoxJanuary 28, 19801 sound tape reel (5")Scope and Content: indef REL, 'case' as pred with PRO, mode, spatial movement
(geog); Text Elicitation: Animal Behavior; Transcribed in: Book 13, pp. 72-104;
Language: Kyuquot Nuu-chah-nulth; Location: Courtenay, British Columbia
1Kyuquot 81Joseph JulesJanuary 24, 19801 sound tape reel (5")Scope and Content: Text: Logging, fishing, whaling, coax. 'eat an apple', 'get s.o.
to…"; Transcribed in: Book 13, pp. 104-129; Language: Kyuquot Nuu-chah-nulth;
Location: Courtenay, British Columbia
1Kyuquot 82Mrs. Sophie Jules April 19, 19801 sound tape reel (5")Scope and Content: Texts; Language: Kyuquot Nuu-chah-nulth; Location: Courtenay,
British Columbia
1Kyuquot 83Mrs. Sophie Jules April 19, 19801 sound tape reel (5")Scope and Content: Texts; Language: Kyuquot Nuu-chah-nulth; Location: Courtenay,
British Columbia
1Kyuquot 84Mrs. Sophie Jules April 19, 19801 sound tape reel (5")Scope and Content: Texts; Language: Kyuquot Nuu-chah-nulth; Location: Courtenay,
British Columbia
1Kyuquot 85Mrs. Sophie Jules and Mrs. Christina CoxApril 20, 19801 sound tape reel (5")Scope and Content: Texts, Dialogue; Language: Kyuquot Nuu-chah-nulth; Location:
Courtenay, British Columbia
1Kyuquot 86Mrs. Sophie Jules April 21, 19801 sound tape reel (5")Scope and Content: Texts; Language: Kyuquot Nuu-chah-nulth; Location: Courtenay,
British Columbia
1Kyuquot 87Mrs. Sophie Jules and Mrs. Christina CoxApril 23, 19801 sound tape reel (5")Scope and Content: Texts, Dialogue; Language: Kyuquot Nuu-chah-nulth; Location:
Courtenay, British Columbia
1Kyuquot 88Mrs. Sophie Jules and Mrs. Christina CoxApril 23, 19801 sound tape reel (5")Scope and Content: Dialogue; Language: Kyuquot Nuu-chah-nulth; Location: Courtenay,
British Columbia
1AH 10Mr. George LouieMarch 26, 19801 sound tape reel (5")Scope and Content: Lexical suffix associations; Transcribed in: Book AH 1, pp.
1-55; Language: Ahousat Nuu-chah-nulth; Location: Victoria, British
Columbia
1AH 11Mr. George LouieApril 1, 19801 sound tape reel (5")Scope and Content: Lexical association; Transcribed in: Book AH1, pp. 36-71;
Language: Ahousat Nuu-chah-nulth; Location: Victoria, British Columbia
1AH 12Mr. George LouieApril 4, 19801 sound tape reel (5")Scope and Content: Language: Ahousat Nuu-chah-nulth; Location: Victoria, British
Columbia
1AH 13Mr. George LouieJuly 4, 19801 sound tape reel (5")Scope and Content: Language: Ahousat Nuu-chah-nulth; Location: Victoria, British
Columbia
Accession No. 2696-028-02: Suzanne Rose papers, 1980-19815" linear, including 37 sound cassettes and 30
microfiches.Scope and Content: Field recordings (copies), field notes, and transcriptions
(microfiche) on Kyuquot dialect of the Nootka language; 1980-1981.
Physical/Technical Access: Records stored offsite; advance notice required for
use.
Restrictions on Access: Access restricted: For terms of access contact repository.
Records stored offsite; advance notice required for
use.
Restrictions on Use: Creator's literary rights retained. Contact repository for
details.
Acquisition Info: Suzanne Rose, 1983-03-21
1/12696-028-02Field notes to linguistic research in the Kyuquot
dialect of the Nootka languageJuly - September 198030 microfiche1/22696-028-02Tape Log1980Scope and Content: List of tape recordings, denotes the specific field notebook
pages associated with each tape
1/32696-028-02Research Report1980Scope and Content: Describes activities, accomplishments, unexpected problems and
benefits of research project
1Kyuquot 30Sophie Julesundated1 audio cassette1Kyuquot 35Sophie Julesundated1 audio cassette1Kyuquot 36Sophie Julesundated1 audio cassette1Kyuquot 37Sophie Julesundated1 audio cassette1Kyuquot 89Larry ShortJuly 21, 19801 audio cassetteScope and Content: comparative, complement
1Kyuquot 90Larry ShortJuly 21, 19801 audio cassetteScope and Content: relative clause
1Kyuquot 91 Larry ShortJuly 22, 19801 audio cassetteScope and Content: Side 1, Part(s) A and B; syntax
1Kyuquot 91Larry ShortJuly 22, 19801 audio cassetteScope and Content: Side 2; syntax
1Kyuquot 92Larry ShortJuly 22, 19801 audio cassetteScope and Content: syntax
1Kyuquot 93Larry ShortJuly 24, 19801 audio cassetteScope and Content: relative clause, aspect
1Kyuquot 94Larry ShortJuly 24, 19801 audio cassetteScope and Content: aspect, relative clause, cleft
1Kyuquot 95Larry ShortJuly 29, 19801 audio cassetteScope and Content: syntax
1Kyuquot 96Larry ShortJuly 29, 19801 audio cassetteScope and Content: focus, aspect
1Kyuquot 97Larry ShortJuly 31, 19801 audio cassetteScope and Content: focus, relative clause
1Kyuquot 98Larry ShortJuly 31, 19801 audio cassetteScope and Content: NP relating, aspect
1Kyuquot 99Larry ShortAugust 1, 19801 audio cassetteScope and Content: mood, switch, focus
1Kyuquot 100Larry ShortAugust 1, 19801 audio cassetteScope and Content: NP relating, focus
1Kyuquot 101Larry ShortAugust 1, 19801 audio cassetteScope and Content: topical S/O/AO, content question
1Kyuquot 102Larry ShortAugust 12, 19801 audio cassetteScope and Content: focus, aspect, telicity
1Kyuquot 103Larry ShortAugust 12, 19801 audio cassetteScope and Content: aspect
1Kyuquot 104Larry ShortAugust 13, 19801 audio cassetteScope and Content: aspect
1Kyuquot 105Larry ShortAugust 13, 19801 audio cassetteScope and Content: aspect of suffixes and irregular aspect
1Kyuquot 106Larry ShortAugust 13, 19801 audio cassetteScope and Content: focus: 'guy killed deer'
1Kyuquot 107Larry ShortAugust 19, 19801 audio cassetteScope and Content: syntax
1Kyuquot 108Larry ShortAugust 19, 19801 audio cassetteScope and Content: focus, relative clause
1Kyuquot 109Larry ShortAugust 19, 19801 audio cassetteScope and Content: relative clause, focus, genefactive
1Kyuquot 110Larry ShortSeptember 10, 19801 audio cassetteScope and Content: benefactee, possession, miscellaneous
1Kyuquot 111Larry Short294751 audio cassetteScope and Content: complement, relative clause, mood paradigms
1Kyuquot 112Larry Short294751 audio cassetteScope and Content: mood, focus, rel clause
1Kyuquot 113Larry ShortSeptember 12, 19801 audio cassetteScope and Content: aspect of suffixes
1Kyuquot 114Larry ShortSeptember 11, 19801 audio cassetteScope and Content: locative roots, benefactive
1Kyuquot 115Larry ShortSeptember 12, 19801 audio cassetteScope and Content: syntax
1Kyuquot 116Larry ShortSeptember 17, 19801 audio cassetteScope and Content: causative, adjective order
1Kyuquot 117Larry ShortSeptember 17, 19801 audio cassetteScope and Content: relative clause
1Kyuquot 118Mrs. Christina CoxMarch 17, 19811 audio cassetteScope and Content: -q-forms and occurrence of suffixes with roots
1Kyuquot 119Mrs. Christina CoxMarch 18, 19811 audio cassetteScope and Content: occurrence of suffixes with roots
1Kyuquot 120Mrs. Christina CoxMarch 18, 19811 audio cassetteScope and Content: occurrence of suffixes with roots