Transcribed by Mike and Angelina McCoy. This collection contains approximately 24 hours of taped stories, chants, and songs collected on the island of Satawal in 1982. This information, recounted in several dialects of the Carolinian language, relates to oral history dealing with voyages to and settlement in the Northern Mariana Islands. Digital files include audio recordings and verbatim transcriptions.
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