Illustration of the Method of Recording Indian Languages: From the First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology, Smithsonian Institution

By James Owen Dorsey, Stephen Return Riggs and Albert S. Gatschet

This fascinating book is a guide intended to educate readers on understanding how Native American languages are recorded in Latin letters. The book was written by multiple individuals, with the first author listed being James Owen Dorsey. He was an American ethnologist, linguist, and Episcopalian missionary in the Dakota Territory, who contributed to the description of the Ponca, Omaha, and other southern Siouan languages. He worked for the Bureau of American Ethnology of the Smithsonian Institution. He became known as the expert on languages and culture of southern Siouan peoples, although he also studied tribes of the Southwest and Northwest.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Good Press
• Release date: Nov 27, 2019
• ISBN: 4057664614438

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Stephen Return Riggs, James Owen Dorsey, Albert S. Gatschet

Illustration of the Method of Recording Indian Languages

From the First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology, Smithsonian Institution

Published by Good Press, 2019

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EAN 4057664614438

Table of Contents

NOTES.

TRANSLATION.

DETAILS OF A CONJURER'S PRACTICE.

In the Klamath Lake Dialect. Obtained from Minnie Froben, by A.S. Gatschet.

NOTES.

Kálak.

THE RELAPSE.

In the Klamath Lake Dialect by Dave Hill. Obtained by A.S. Gatschet.

NOTES.

SWEAT-LODGES.

In the Klamath Lake Dialect by Minnie Froben. Obtained by A.S. Gatschet.

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A DOG'S REVENGE.

A Dakota Fable, by Michel Renville. Obtained by Rev. S.R. Riggs.

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TRANSLATION.

INDEX.