Thomas Doty - Storyteller, Author, Teacher

Takelma Language Project

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Center: Takelma storyteller Frances Johnson (Gwisgwashan), just before her death in 1934. Upper-Left: Linguist John Peabody Harrington. Upper-Center: An entry from Harrington's 1933 Takelma field notes. Right: Linguist Edward Sapir. Lower-Right: Lower Table Rock, along the Rogue River in southern Oregon. Lower-Left: Native rock writing symbol for a storyteller.