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Narrator: Luisa Cadena
from interviews with Tod D. Swanson
Luisa Cadena, “First Woman Sends Her Children Away to Become Animals”
English and Quichua subtitles.
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Tod D. Swanson, "Luisa Cadena, “First Woman Sends Her Children Away to Become Animals.” Youtube video. 11:42. November 22, 2016. https://youtu.be/w8NfgNvqCTw
Luisa Cadena, "How the Red-tailed Boa Attracts Birds."
In Pastaza Quichua with English subtitles. (1)
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Tod Swanson, "Luisa Cadena, 'How the Red-tailed Boa Attracts Birds.'" Youtube video. 1:10. May 13, 2016. https://youtu.be/0liaU08xnps
Luisa Cadena, "How Monkeys Call Their Relatives."
In Pastaza Quichua. Not subtitled. In this video Tod Swanson interviews Luisa Cadena on how monkeys communicate. Luisa imitates the calls of many species and says that the monkeys are "shunguyuj" meaning that they have a humanlike moral maturity and care for their relatives.
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Tod Swanson, "Luisa Cadena, 'How Monkeys Call Their Relatives..'" Youtube video. 5:1. December 6, 2016. https://youtu.be/Px0tYYgxC5o
Luisa Cadena, "Luisa Cadena, "Algudon Puma the Cotton Jaguar.""
Pastaza Quichua. Not subtitled. In this interview with Tod Swanson, Luisa Cadena describes her experience of seeing a jaguar kill a tapir as well as how it kills monkeys.
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Tod Swanson, "Algudon Puma the Cotton Jaguar.'" Youtube video. 3:37. December 6, 2016. https://youtu.be/3q8krf4o25I
Luisa Cadena, "Luisa, Amazanga Warmi Simayuka Tukun."
In Pastaza Quichua.
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Tod Swanson, "Luisa Cadena, 'Luisa, Amazanga Warmi Simayuka Tukun.'" Youtube video. 3:05. April 2, 2016. https://youtu.be/qCahARHYSqk
Luisa Cadena, "Reflections on the Life of an Unknown Sloth."
Video contains a Pastaza Quichua woman's reflections on a sloth after fining a chewed bromeliad shoot beneath a tree. She implicitly compares the feeding sloth to an old woman in her manioc garden. Recorded, edited and translated by Tod Swanson in Napo Province, Ecuador.
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Tod D. Swanson, “Luisa Cadena: ‘Reflections of the Life of an Unknown Sloth.’” Youtube video. 2:41.October 25, 2016. https://youtu.be/JLO2tie3SJw
Luisa
"The Sloth is Still in Her Garden."
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Tod D. Swanson, “Luisa Cadena: ‘The Sloth is Still in Her Garden.’” Youtube video. 2:40. August 2, 2016. https://youtu.be/F1TsQgPYCZo
Luisa Cadena, "Their flowers are their clothes: on the dress of plant men"
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Tod D. Swanson, "Luisa Cadena, 'Their flowers are their clothes: on the dress of plant men.’” Youtube video. 5:33 May 13, 2016.
Luisa Cadena, "Luisa Cadena, "A Human Woman Becomes the Tapir's Wife.""
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Tod Swanson, "Luisa Cadena, "A Human Woman Becomes the Tapir's Wife."" Youtube video. 9:56. December 15, 2016. https://youtu.be/bo0OUZJ8exc.
Luisa Cadena, "Origin of Dahua Pishku, Wituk and Manduru."
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Tod Swanson, "Luisa Cadena, 'Luisa Cadena, "Origin of Dahua Pishku, Wituk and Manduru.'" Youtube video. 16:11. December 18, 2016.
Luisa Cadena, "Memories of a Palm Perfume."
Oral narrative on the Uma palm Genoma brongniartii in Pastaza Quichua.
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Tod D. Swanson, "Luisa Cadena, "Memories of a Palm Perfume.’" Youtube video. 3:22. December 13, 2016. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6WspkrxurY
Luisa Cadena, "How Lila Used Umu Palm Perfume."
Pastaza Quichua.
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Tod D. Swanson, "Luisa Cadena, 'How Lila Used Umu Palm Perfume.’" Youtube video. 1:14. January 1, 2017.
Luisa Cadena, "Animals the Sleep in the Day."
Pastaza Quichua.
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Tod D. Swanson, "Luisa Cadena, 'Animals the Sleep in the Day.’" Youtube video. 7:53. January 1, 2017.
Luisa Cadena, "Lluchu Ruya: When the Naked Tree Was a Man.'"
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Tod Swanson, "Luisa Cadena, 'Lluchu Ruya: When the Naked Tree Was a Man.'" Youtube video. 3:20. December 9, 2016. https://youtu.be/5SGcjlbzdzQ
Luisa Cadena, "How My Father Gathered Chicle in the Rubber Boom."
During the rubber boom chicle sap was harvested and exported to Iquitos along with rubber by the same runa families working under the same patrones who worked rubber. To harvest wild chicle the trees were cut down and girded. Runa gathered large quantities of seeds to plant in the forest to replace the trees cut down and to increase the numbers of those species.
Pastaza Quichua.
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Tod D. Swanson, "Luisa Cadena, "How My Father Gathered Chicle in the Rubber Boom.’" Youtube video. 2:30. December 14, 2016. https://youtu.be/E7xsyjJtuMw
Luisa Cadena, "On the return of the animals and the dead."
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Tod Swanson, "Luisa Cadena, 'On the return of the animals and the dead.'" Youtube video. 1:28. March 19, 2016, 2016. https://youtu.be/w2UHn8dxKqU
Luisa Cadena, ""On the Origin of Thunder."
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Tod Swanson, "Luisa Cadena, 'On the return of the animals and the dead.'" Youtube video. 4:56. December1, 2016.
Luisa Cadena, ""Interpreting the Sounds of Thunder."
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Tod Swanson, "Luisa Cadena, 'Interpreting the Sounds of Thunder.'" Youtube video. 2:59. December 1, 2016.
Luisa Cadena, "On the Medicinal Use of Tsutuli Panga (Clidemia heterophylla)."
Pastaza Quichua.
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Tod D. Swanson, "Luisa Cadena, "On the Medicinal Use of Tsutuli Panga (Clidemia heterophylla).’" Youtube video. 0:48. May 13, 2013. https://youtu.be/OqsgRx9TbfA
Carmen Andi and Luisa Cadena, "How Crabs Fight Thunder."
Pastaza Quichua.
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Tod D. Swanson, "Carmen Andi and Luisa Cadena, "How Crabs Fight Thunder.’" Youtube video. 2:39. April 2, 2016. https://youtu.be/YViexSLpxmY
Luisa Cadena, "The Pashin Fish as Humorous Simily for a Sleepy Person."
Pastaza Quichua.
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Tod D. Swanson, "Luisa Cadena, 'The Pashin Fish as Humorous Simily for a Sleepy Person.’" Youtube video. 0:45. December 31, 2016.
Luisa Cadena, "On Snakes and Machakuy Mandi."
Pastaza Quichua.
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Tod D. Swanson, "Luisa Cadena, 'On Snakes and Machakuy Mandi.’" Youtube video. 1:41. December 31, 2016.
Luisa Cadena, "On the Use of Vemonanthura patens to Heal Sores."
Pastaza Quichua.
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Tod D. Swanson, "Luisa Cadena, '.’" Youtube video. 0:46. January 1, 2017.
Luisa Cadena, "A Song to Take on the Aroma of a Simayuka Flower."
Pastaza Quichua.
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Tod D. Swanson, "Luisa Cadena, 'A Song to Take on the Aroma of a Simayuka Flower.’" Youtube video. 9:04. January 1, 2017.
Luisa Cadena, "Nuspa bujio": Song to create binding friendship with a river dolphin."
Pastaza Quichua.
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Tod D. Swanson, "Nuspa bujio": Song to create binding friendship with a river dolphin." Youtube video. 4:15. December 31, 2018.
Luisa Cadena, "Origin of the Kingfisher."
Pastaza Quichua.
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Tod D. Swanson interview, Luisa Cadena, "Origin of the Kingfisher." 9:54. January 1, 2019.
Luisa Cadena, "Luisa Cadena "Ilambay shundu: a beetle that predicts the birth of an industrious boy."
Pastaza Quichua.
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Tod D. Swanson interview, Luisa Cadena, "Luisa Cadena "Ilambay shundu: a beetle that predicts the birth of an industrious boy." 1:23. December 31, 2018.
Luisa Cadena, "The Origin of Thunder." YouTube video. 6:33. December 31, 2018. https://youtu.be/kKlju3gknbE. Recorded by Tod Swanson.
Luisa Cadena, "Encounter with a Water Woman." YouTube video. 1:54 Jan 17, 2019 https://youtu.be/T0iD75rpLOU
Luisa Cadena, "A Girl Becomes the Tapir's Wife." https://youtu.be/gpGvJRetOZg
Tod D. Swanson interview, Luisa Cadena, "Calling My Anaconda Child." YouTube Video. 3:48. April 9, 2019. https://youtu.be/Bv5FXxbDeW0
Tod D. Swanson interview, Luisa Cadena, "Encounter With Amazanga Master of Woolley Monkeys." YouTube Video. 3:48. April 9, 2019. https://youtu.be/pfZLWT7BpAU
Tod D. Swanson interview, Luisa Cadena, "On Kapok Trees." YouTube Video. 1:31. April 9, 2019. https://youtu.be/C4pO3JYu1Tw
"Oropendola Calls Cause Love and Sorrow." Tod Swanson interview with Luisa Cadena. Youtube video. 6:50. April 16, 2019. https://youtu.be/0XkBl-56vqo
"Oropendola Calls Change Anger to Love" Tod Swanson interview with Luisa Cadena. Youtube video. 5:10. April 16, 2019. https://youtu.be/pAyuQOJGStQ
"The Use of Cruz Kaspi to Terminate Fertility " Tod Swanson interview with Luisa Cadena on the use of Cruz Kaspi to terminate fertility. YouTube video. 2:43. February 8, 2019
The new leaves of cruz caspi are bright red with a dark spotted pattern. The bark is used to stop excessive postpartum bleeding. Women who no longer want to have children drink a strong tea made from the bark believed to permanently stop menstruation.
Luisa Cadena, "Smallpox chief follows paths." Youtube video 4:28 https://youtu.be/HuhfjTf-6ig