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Humour is not only the best medicine; it is also an exceptionally useful teaching tool.
So often, it is through humour that the big lessons in life are learned--about responsibility, honour, hard work, and respect. Cree people are known for their wit, so the tales in...
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U of R Press
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2014-09-15
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The Wyandot were born of two Wendat peoples encountered by the French in the first half of the seventeenth century—the otherwise named Petun and Huron—and their history is fragmented by their dispersal between Quebec, Michigan, Kansas, and Oklahoma. This book weaves...
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Wilfrid Laurier University Press
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2014-03-25
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Indigenous Studies
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Told by Paul Moss (1911–1995), a highly respected storyteller and ceremonial leader, these twelve texts introduce us to an immensely rich literature. As works of an oral tradition, they had until now remained beyond the reach of those who do not speak the Arapaho...
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University of Manitoba Press
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2005-08-24
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This semantically classified list includes over 2,800 words in the Saanich dialect of North Straits Salish, an Amerindian language spoken on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Published in English.
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Mercury-Mercure
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1991-01-01
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This volume presents a description of the phonology and morphology of the Samish dialect of the Straits Salish language, together with a text and word list, classified by semantic domain, of the same language. The preface discusses the precarious survival of this...
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Mercury-Mercure
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1990-01-01
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The thirty-six texts analysed in these two volumes deal mainly with three aspects of Tuscarora culture: cosmological and traditional religious beliefs, medical practices and mythology.Published in English.
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Mercury-Mercure
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1987-01-01
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The thirty-six texts analysed in these two volumes deal mainly with three aspects of Tuscarora culture: cosmological and traditional religious beliefs, medical practices and mythology. Published in English.
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Mercury-Mercure
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1987-01-01
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This work, in two volumes, offers an examination of the Haisla language and its two major dialects, including a description of its phonemics and phonetics, an approximate 14,550 word lexical dictionary with English gloss and root identification, and a list of Haisla...
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Mercury-Mercure
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1986-01-01
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This work, in two volumes, offers an examination of the Haisla language and its two major dialects, including a description of its phonemics and phonetics, an approximate 14,550 word lexical dictionary with English gloss and root identification, and a list of Haisla...
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Mercury-Mercure
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1986-01-01
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This is a study of the verb morphology of Maliseet, a dialect of the Eastern Algonquian language Maliseet-Passamaquoddy. Published in English.
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Mercury-Mercure
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1986-01-01
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Focusing upon the Mission Métis of Lac la Biche, the author examines the use of French, Cree, and English as a means of garnering insight into the mechanisms of western Canadian Métis cultural and linguistic variation. He concludes that the relationship of the people to...
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Mercury-Mercure
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1985-01-01
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This volume consists of a Micmac lexicon formulated on the basis of textual and anecdotal references collected over a quarter of a century from Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Québec. It includes almost 5,500 Micmac words and their English equivalents and an exhaustive...
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Mercury-Mercure
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1984-01-01
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A description of the phonology, morphonology, morphology, syntax, historical, areal, and typological features of the Salish language of Bella Coola, British Columbia. Published in English.
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Mercury-Mercure
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1984-01-01
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This Ojibwa lexicon provides data on the geographical distribution and historical development of a variety of Ojibwa dialects. As many features of Ojibwa words are indicated by their endings, a reverse version, sorted right-to-left, is included.Published in English.
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Mercury-Mercure
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1983-01-01
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This work outlines the grammatical categories and inflections, both nominal and verbal, of the Montagnais dialect of North-West River, Labrador. The phonological system of the dialect is briefly sketched and, although the present work does not treat the derivational...
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Mercury-Mercure
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1982-01-01
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This monograph consists of word and affix-lists, as well as grammatical observations, concerning the language of the Southern Labrador Inuit from 1694 to 1785. They were collected from written texts of this period and show that the language of these eighteenth century...
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Mercury-Mercure
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1980-01-01
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A general introduction to the phonology, morphology, and syntax of contemporary Coast Tsimshian. The grammar provided helps explain the practical orthography used, pronunciation and sound changes, word formation, and syntax. Published in English.
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Mercury-Mercure
Parution :
1979-01-01
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This volume compares and contrasts the derivational suffixes of the Cumberland Peninsula and North Baffin Island Inuit dialects and presents them in dictionary format with alphabetized variants and examples. Two appendices describe the use of selected derivational...
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Mercury-Mercure
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1979-01-01
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The author compares and contrasts the lexicon, phonology, and grammar of dialects spoken in five northwestern Quebec Algonquin communities. Isoglosses of contrasting features are provided in addition to an appendix of supplementary information. Published in English.
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Mercury-Mercure
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1978-01-01
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A grammatical outline of the nominal and verbal paradigms of the dialect currently used by the Labrador Inuit of the Atlantic coast. The volume also offers an introduction to the basic grammatical categories, their functions, and the suffixes which express these as well...
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Mercury-Mercure
Parution :
1977-01-01
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