Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1966
Abstract
This recording was made by Johnson Siota was part of linguistic research conducted by Dr. Pita Sharples among the Sikaiana people of the Solomon Islands n the 1960s. The transcription in Sikaiana is by Priscilla Taulupo and the rough translation is by Bill Donner. The story of Taupule was well known to Sikaiana people during my stays in the 1980s on Sikaiana. She came from the Tuvalu and was dropped off on Sikaiana by a trader during her pregnancy, sometime in the late 1800s. She warned traders that life would change from contact with Europeans. her descendants felt a certain unity among themselves and with Tuvalu. There were several slightly different versions of the story. This one is told by her great grandson, Johnson Siota.
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Recommended Citation
Siota, Johnson; Sharples, Pita Dr; Taulupo, Priscilla; and Donner, Bill, "04 Taupule, a woman from Tuvalu" (1966). Sikaiana Oral Stories. 7.
https://research.library.kutztown.edu/sikaiana_oralstories/7
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