Dakota Grammar: With Texts and Ethnography

Dakota Grammar: With Texts and Ethnography
ISBN-10
0873514726
ISBN-13
9780873514729
Category
Foreign Language Study
Pages
239
Language
English
Published
2004
Publisher
Minnesota Historical Society Press
Author
Stephen Return Riggs

Description

"This classic work on the language, grammar, tales, history, and culture of the Dakota Indians is the result of many years of linguistic study and personal experience spent in Minnesota by Stephen R. Riggs, who arrived as a Presbyterian missionary in 1837 ... In Dakota grammar, Riggs presents three interrelating aspects of language and culture, beginning with a detailed description of the Santee dialect of the Dakota language and its grammar. The texts of the traditional stories ... are each accompanied by full English translations. Riggs also provides an ethnographic overview of various aspects of Dakota culture and history that enhances the value of the book to all students of Dakota"--Back cover.

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