Introduction

Introduction

In May of 2004, the University of Oklahoma Press published a book and DVD containing 29 Creek (Muskogee) stories by Earnest Gouge, born in Indian Territory around 1865. The book contains side-by-side Creek and English versions of the stories, and has the following reference:

Gouge, Earnest. 2004. Totkv Mocvse / New Fire: Creek Folktales. Edited and translated by Jack B. Martin, Margaret McKane Mauldin, and Juanita McGirt. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press.

The DVD is being sold separately and contains recordings of Margaret Mauldin reading the stories in Creek, with subtitles in English. The reference for the DVD is:

Gouge, Earnest. 2004. Creek Folktales. Read by Margaret McKane Mauldin. Edited and translated by Jack B. Martin, Margaret McKane Mauldin, and Juanita McGirt. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press.

Proceeds from these titles will go to Felix Gouge on behalf of the Gouge family.

This website is designed to provide additional materials relating to the stories, including images of the original documents, typescripts of these, and interlinear versions of the stories with information for students of the language.