cover image Newe Hupia: Shoshoni Poetry Songs [With CD]

Newe Hupia: Shoshoni Poetry Songs [With CD]

Beverly Crum. Utah State University Press, $49.95 (276pp) ISBN 978-0-87421-433-8

""Rumbling thundering darkness breaks loose Rumbling thundering darkness breaks loose Water crashing breaks away downward,"" begins ""Toyakaiternnan Nahupia"" (or ""Thunder Song""), collected in Newe Hupia: Shoshoni Poetry Songs, a bilingual anthology of traditional chants of the Shoshoni, Native Americans of the Great Basin region. Editors Beverly and Earl Crum, native speakers and teachers of Shoshone, and Jon P. Dayley, Boise State University linguistics professor, have included a glossary, pronunciation guide, full poetic translations, word-by-word literal translations and sheet music, along with a CD recording of the Crums performing the songs a rigorously produced and engaging package overall. (Mar.)