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Diegueño (Kumeyaay) Oral Literature
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Ceremonies and Traditions of the Diegueño Indians — Constance Goddard Du BoisConstance Goddard Du Bois's 1908 Journal of American Folk-Lore article on Diegueño (Kumeyaay) ceremony and belief, including a dance-song, a fair-weather-making ceremony, and a Yuma creation myth as told by a Diegueño narrator.The Story of the Chaup — Constance Goddard Du BoisConstance Goddard Du Bois's 1904 Journal of American Folk-Lore article presenting a Diegueño (Kumeyaay) myth of the Chaup, with the related Story of the Eagles.