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Reading and Writing the Lakota Language
Albert White Hat Sr
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Description for Reading and Writing the Lakota Language
Paperback. Num Pages: 226 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2J; CJCR; CJCW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 255 x 178 x 17. Weight in Grams: 502.
Based on extensive research and pedagogy on the Rosebud Reservation, this elementary grammar of Lakota, one of the three languages spoken by the Sioux nation, is the first written by a native Lakota speaker. It presents the Sicangu dialect using an orthography developed by Lakota in 1982 and which is now supplanting older systems provided by linguists and missionaries. This new approach represents a powerful act of self-determination for Indian education.
Though Reading and Writing the Lakota Language is thorough in its inclusion of conjugation, syntax, and sentence, it emphasizes vocabulary and pronunciation. Author Albert White Hat Sr. presents ... Read more
Based on extensive research and pedagogy on the Rosebud Reservation, this elementary grammar of Lakota, one of the three languages spoken by the Sioux nation, is the first written by a native Lakota speaker. It presents the Sicangu dialect using an orthography developed by Lakota in 1982 and which is now supplanting older systems provided by linguists and missionaries. This new approach represents a powerful act of self-determination for Indian education.
Though Reading and Writing the Lakota Language is thorough in its inclusion of conjugation, syntax, and sentence, it emphasizes vocabulary and pronunciation. Author Albert White Hat Sr. presents ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Utah Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Salt Lake City, United States
ISBN
9780874805727
SKU
V9780874805727
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99-10
About Albert White Hat Sr
Albert White Hat, Sr. is a professor at Sinte Gleska University.
Reviews for Reading and Writing the Lakota Language
“Every Indian language should have a book like this.” —Journal of Anthropological Research