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Papers of the thirty-first Algonquian Conference / edited by John D. Nichols.

Title
Papers of the thirty-first Algonquian Conference / edited by John D. Nichols.
Author
Algonquian Conference (31st : 1999 : Lafayette, Ind.)
Publication
Winnipeg : University of Manitoba, 2000.

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Additional Authors
Nichols, John (John D.)
Description
vi, 427 p. : ill., 1 map; 23 cm.
Summary
Papers of the Algonquian Conference is a collection of peer-reviewed presentations from an annual international forum that focuses on topics related to the languages and cultures of Algonquian peoples. This volume touches on a variety of subject areas, including anthropology, archaeology, education, ethnography, history, Indigenous studies, language studies, literature, music, political science, psychology, religion, and sociology. Contributors often cite never-before-published data in their research, giving the reader a fresh and unique insight into the Algonquian peoples and rendering these papers essential reading for those interested in studying Algonquian society.
Series Statement
Papers of the Algonquian Conference = Actes du Congrès des Algonquinistes, 0031-5671 ; 31
Uniform Title
Papers of the Algonquian Conference ; 31.
Alternative Title
Papers of the 31st Algonquian Conference
Subject
  • Algonquian Indians > Congresses
  • Algonquian languages > Congresses
  • Algonquiens > Congrès
  • Langues algonquin > Congrès
Genre/Form
Conference papers and proceedings.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
The Archaeology and Ethnohistory of the Dog in Virginia : Algonquian Culture as Seen from Weyanoke Old Town -- The Current Status of the Menominee Language -- Miami-Illinois Tribe Names -- The Primacy of Writing and the Persistence of the Primitive -- Destruction of Delaware and Miami Towns in the Aftermath of the Battle of Tippecanoe: The Impact of Perspective on History -- The Historical Origins of Cheyenne Inflections -- Ethnographic Inventions: The Construction and Commodification of the Shaman through Anthropological Discourse -- Amoe: Legends of the Omushkegowak -- Naskapi Discourse: Analysis of a Contemporary Text -- Velar Spirantization and Velar Phonemes in Blackfoot -- Local Control of First Nations Education: The Event and the Process -- Wabash, Its Meaning and History -- Tar Creek Superfund Site "The Only Superfund Site that Is Used As a Recreational Area" -- A New Look at Menominee Vowel Harmony -- Adnominal Demonstrative Words in Passamaquoddy -- Silk Ribbonwork: Unravelling the Connections -- Nin Bi-minwadjim (I bring Good News): The Lac Courte Oreilles Journal -- How Cultures Remember: Traditions of the James Bay Cree and of Canadian Quakers -- Exploring the Eastern Cree Landscape: Oral Tradition as Cognitive Map -- The De-sacralization of the Pow-wow? Some Initial Observations -- "We Subsist Upon Indian Charity": George Nelson and the Wisconsin Ojibwa -- Losing the Language: The Decline of Algonquian Tongues and the Challenge of Indian Identity in Southern New England -- Between the Lines: Notes and Insights from Forty-eight Years among the Wabanaki -- Hypolite Bolon Père et Fils: Interpreters to the Delawares (and Other Prairie Algonquians) -- Anishinabe Interest in Islands, Fish and Water -- The Passamaquoddies and Their Priests.
LCCN
cn^00920176^
OCLC
  • 44795814
  • SCSB-9987263
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library