Cahuilla Translation
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Rupert Kústa' Kík téwka' pén wíhkwa' hemqálve' hemqwá'asniay
pén hemkúlay 'áy héspen 'áwsunnga' pemchí'anwe métechem
táxliswetem pén mélkichem. Rupert Kústa' Kík téwka' pén
wíhkwa' hemqálve' hemyúni'i' 1954nga'. Pénga' pé' pé'
mán Rupert Kústa' Kík téwka' péqi' qwá'asniay, tuvxwá'ay
pén pé' wíhkwa' hemqálve' péqi' qwá'asni'ay, tuvxwá'ay
pemhívin'i' súpllinga'.
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The now famous Costo library began when Rupert and
Jeannette Costo merged their private research collections
after their marriage in 1954. |
1964nga' Rupert Kústa' Kík téwka' pén wíhkwa' hemqálve'
pemqwé'eqan'i' American Indian Historical Society. Hemqwá'asninga'
héspen me'mámayawwe' táxswetmi' hem'á'alxi'ay písh pemqwá'asnipi',
táxliswetem pén mélkichem 'úmu' písh pem'énanpi', pén
'úmu' táxliswetem 'áchakwe' písh hempéniichipi' múchi'ika',
mélkichem kíll mípa' 'ángapa' 'elélkwen písh mempéniichinipi'.
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Native Americans themselves, and founders of the American
Indian Historical Society in 1964, the Costos worked
tirelessly for the rights and opportunities of all peoples. |
Métewet híchaxi' háwaway'lli' pemhívinwe' súpllinga'
pé' Rupert Kústa' Kík téwka' pén wíhkwa' hemqálve. Pem'áywe'
súpulem hemqwá'asniay táxliswe'ti' píyik míyaxwene'ti'.
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Confident in the value of historical scholarship to
establish truth and promote justice, they wrote and published
Native American books, newspapers and journals.
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'áy 7,000 qwá'asniat súpllinga' wén, pén métewet híchaxi'
mélkichem hemqwá'asniay, pén pá'li' píyik míyaxwene'ti',
mélkichem hemnú'inay píyik míyaxwene'ti' pemhívinwe',
pén 'énga' wén. Pén pé'em wíhkwa' hémeqi' pemháalwe' nemaqwánangis
nemichúmi' táwpaxish 'úmu' 'ív'i' táxliswe'ti' píyik míyaxwene'ti'.
Métewe'ti' táxliswetem hemkúlay yéwi pén túku' 'éxama'
tésa' pemhívinwe'. Múlu'uk 'ácha'i' pemqwé'eqan'i' American
Indian Historical Society Press, pén pemhívinwe' táxliswetem
yéwivichem hemkúlay híchaxi', hemnéay mán hem'í'isniay.
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The Rupert Costo Library of the American Indian comprises
over 7,000 books and thousands of documents collected
over a fifty year period including: tribal records, treaties,
water rights agreements, litigation briefs, and other
papers of legal significance; the complete records and
inventory of the Indian Historian Press,
founded by the Costos, and a number of artifacts, including
rare Indian baskets and paintings by Native American
artists.
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| Hemqwá'asninga' 'úmu' híchaxi' pemtéteyaxwe, táxliswetem
múlu'ukvichem hem'á'alxi'ay, yéwi táxliswetmi menú'qalipa'
Meynúkish Meytávish. |
The books and archival materials in the collection
cover the span of Indian history from the arrival of
the first settlers, over 55,000 years ago, up to the
present day.
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Yén métewet híchaxi' hemqwá'asniay pé' pé' wéne'ti'
'ív'ax pemtéteyamaxwe 'áy yéwi mélkish pá' píchive' sé'ngax,
wíchiw pesétiwenet táwpaxish péniichi'chi'. 'úmu' 'ív'i'
híchaxi' pemwén'i' hemqwá'asninga, pén 'úmu' pé' pé' hemkúlay
pén táxliswet mímyaxay, táxliswe'ti' qaméxennuk písh pempéniichinive'
mélkichem yéwi 'ípa' pé' témal pá'.
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The materials chiefly deal with Indian history and
culture of the past four centuries after the settlement
of America by Europeans. |
Rupert Kústa' Kík téwka' pén wíhkwa' hemqálve' héspen
pemngíñanwe métechem táxliswetem míyik, pé'em táxliswetem
hem'á'alxiay pey'é'nanvichuwenetem míyik. Rupert Kústa'
Kík téwka' qíshki'ay písh tésa' pemngíñanwe tax'úniva'chi',
pé' tax'únivash táxliswetem hem'á'alxiay pey'é'nanvichuqalet.
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The Costo Library is of great significance to scholars
and researchers in American Indian history and supports
the Chair in American Indian Affairs endowed by the American
Indian Historical Society and the Costos. |
-Translation by Eric Elliott, Ph.D |
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