Origins & Movement

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Shoshonean Dialects of California

Alternate Title
University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology ; v.4, no.3
E-Books
Author/Creator
A. L. Kroeber
Description
Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 4, (pp65-165).
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Studies of North American Indian Languages

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marrianne Mithun
Annual Review of Anthropology, vol. 19, 1990, pp. 309-330
Description
Contends that North American languages have some of the most complex phonological, morphological, and syntactic structures.
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The Tarascan Language

Theses
Author/Creator
Mary LeCron Foster
Description
Linguistics Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Berkeley, 1965.
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Tenas Wawa: The Chinook Jargon Voice

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Duane Pasco
Description

Website includes links to: brief history of Jargon, dictionaries, origins and evolution, all episodes of the Moola John Saga, a fictional saga.

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A Voice Great Within Us: The Story of Chinook

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Peter Trower
BC Studies, no. 121, Spring, 1999, pp. 132-133
Description
Book review of: A Voice Great Within Us by Charles Lillard with Terry Glavin. Scroll to page 132 to read review.
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The Washo Language of East Central California and Nevada

Alternate Title
University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology ; v.4, no.5
E-Books
Author/Creator
A. L. Kroeber
Description
Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 4, (pp251-317).
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The Whaling Indians: Legendary Hunters

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Charlotte Coté
American Review of Canadian Studies, vol. 36, no. 1, Spring, 2006, pp. 177-181
Description
Book review of: The Whaling Indians: Legendary Hunters by Edward Sapir, et al.
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What's in a Name?: The 1940s-1950s "Squaw Dress"

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nancy J. Parezo
Angelina R. Jones
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 33, no. 3, Summer, 2009, pp. 373-423
Description
Discusses problems associated with attempting to eliminate offensive names and stereotypical images due to cultural blindness.
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When Size Doesn't Count: A Comparative Account of Language Endangerment in Australia and Pakistan

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Malik Adnan Hussain Bhatti
Jakelin Troy

ab-Original, vol. 1, no. 1, 2017, pp. 132-144
Description
Authors examine government policies and a range of community, education, business, health, and media initiatives that variously support or hinder efforts to maintain or revive the use of Indigenous languages. Compares the effects of language devaluation in two different colonized nations.
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"When the Stories Disappear, Our People Will Disappear": Notes on Language and Contemporary Literature of the Saskatchewan Plains Cree and Métis

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Peter Bakker
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 8, no. 4, European Writings on Native American Literatures, Winter, 1996, pp. 30-45
Description
Looks at various Cree dialects and gives examples of sacred stories, myths, and legends told in both Cree and Michif. Scroll down to access article
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