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Lottie Lindley - Okanagan Grouse Woman: Upper Nicola Narratives - 9780803286849 - V9780803286849
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Okanagan Grouse Woman: Upper Nicola Narratives

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Description for Okanagan Grouse Woman: Upper Nicola Narratives Hardback. Editor(s): Lyon, John. Num Pages: 512 pages, 9 images, 2 maps. BIC Classification: CFA; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
Published through the Recovering Languages and Literacies of the Americas initiative, supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

In this book of Native American language research and oral traditions, linguist John Lyon collects Salish stories as told by culture-bearer Lottie Lindley, one of the last Okanagan elders whose formative years of language learning were unbroken by the colonizing influence of English. Speaking in the Upper Nicola dialect of Okanagan, a Southern Interior Salish language, Lindley tells the stories that recount and reflect Salish culture, history, and historical consciousness (including names of locales won in battle with other interior peoples), ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
Number of Pages
512
Place of Publication
Lincoln, United States
ISBN
9780803286849
SKU
V9780803286849
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1

About Lottie Lindley
Lottie Lindley (1930–2016) (Nicola Okanagan Salish) was a culture-bearer and one of the last fluent speakers of Nicola Okanagan. John Lyon is a postdoctoral researcher in linguistics at the University of Victoria.    

Reviews for Okanagan Grouse Woman: Upper Nicola Narratives
“[The voice of] Lottie Lindley, full of both personal character and the reserved and patient wisdom of the elder, comes through the transcriptions clearly, movingly, and with cumulative power.”—Ursula K. LeGuin, winner of the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters   “This volume sets a new standard for combining accessibility to the speaker community and academic ... Read more

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