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Audio Recording Ofelia Zepeda reads and discusses B 'o E-a:g maṣ 'ab Him g Ju:kĭ/It is Going to Rain on July 10, 2020. B 'o E-a:g maṣ 'ab Him g Ju:kĭ : It is Going to Rain

Ofelia Zepeda reads and discusses B 'o E-a:g maṣ 'ab Him g Ju:kĭ/It is Going to Rain
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Title

  • Ofelia Zepeda reads and discusses B 'o E-a:g maṣ 'ab Him g Ju:kĭ/It is Going to Rain on July 10, 2020.

Other Title

  • B 'o E-a:g maṣ 'ab Him g Ju:kĭ : It is Going to Rain

Summary

  • Ofelia Zepeda reads and discusses her poem "B 'o E-a:g maṣ 'ab Him g Ju:kĭ/It is Going to Rain" on July 10, 2020, from the University of Arizona's College of Social and Behavioral Sciences media center in Tucson, Arizona. Zepeda is Tohono O'odham and a Regent's Professor of Linguistics at the University of Arizona, where she is also the director of the American Indian Language Development Institute (AILDI).

Names

  • Zepeda, Ofelia, author, speaker.
  • Library of Congress. Poetry and Literature Center, sponsor.

Created / Published

  • 2020.

Headings

  • -  American poetry--Indian authors
  • -  American poetry--21st century
  • -  Indians of North America--Poetry

Genre

  • Poetry
  • Poetry readings (Sound recordings)
  • Sound recordings
  • Digital photographs--B&w--2010-2020

Notes

  • -  Living Nations, Living Words: A Collection of First Peoples Poetry (AFC 2020/004: 40) Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
  • -  In Tohono O'odham and English.

Medium

  • 1 audio file (0:10:27) : digital, wav
  • 1 photograph : digital, jpg, black and white
  • 2 manuscripts (4 pages) : digital, pdf

Source Collection

  • Living Nations, Living Words: A Collection of First Peoples Poetry AFC 2020/004

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2020785240

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  • Ofelia Zepeda, "B 'o E-a:g maṣ 'ab Him g Ju:kĭ/It is Going to Rain" from the bilingual audio CD and chapbook Jeweḍ 'I-hoi/Earth Movements, published by Kore Press, 1997. Reprinted with permission. Copyright © by Ofelia Zepeda. Photo by Tony Celentano, courtesy of the author.

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Credit line: Living Nations, Living Words (AFC 2020/004), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

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Chicago citation style:

Zepeda, Ofelia, Author, Speaker, and Sponsor Library Of Congress. Poetry And Literature Center. Ofelia Zepeda reads and discusses B 'o E-a:g maṣ 'ab Him g Ju:kĭ/It is Going to Rain on. 2020. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2020785240/.

APA citation style:

Zepeda, O. & Library Of Congress. Poetry And Literature Center, S. (2020) Ofelia Zepeda reads and discusses B 'o E-a:g maṣ 'ab Him g Ju:kĭ/It is Going to Rain on. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2020785240/.

MLA citation style:

Zepeda, Ofelia, Author, Speaker, and Sponsor Library Of Congress. Poetry And Literature Center. Ofelia Zepeda reads and discusses B 'o E-a:g maṣ 'ab Him g Ju:kĭ/It is Going to Rain on. 2020. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2020785240/>.