The Complete SeymourColville StorytellerPeter J. SeymourCompiled and edited by Anthony MattinaTranslated by Madeline DeSautel and Anthony Mattina Peter J. Seymour was a Salish storyteller. He carried forward earlier tales of elders alongwith his own experiences as fewer and fewer native speakers were sharing the Colville-Okanagan language and oral literature. To thwart the demise of this language, overthe course of a decade he passed along Salish stories not only to his family but also tolinguist Anthony Mattina.The Complete Seymour: Colville Storyteller includes Seymour’s tales collected in thelate 1960s and early 1970s, before his death. It documents Seymour’s rich storytellingand includes detailed morphological analyses and translations of this endangeredlanguage. This collection is an important addition to the canon of Native Americannarratives and literature and an essential volume for anyone studying Salish languagesand linguistics.