"A Dictionary of Skiri Pawnee" is the first dictionary ever
published of a Caddoan language. Formerly an independent tribe
living along the North Fork of the Loup River in central Nebraska,
the Skiris united with South Band Pawnee groups in the late
eighteenth century, and in 1874-76 they were forced to abandon
their reservation in central Nebraska for a new reservation that
became Pawnee County in north-central Oklahoma, where most Skiris
live today.
The volume comprises approximately 4,500 entries that represent the
basic vocabulary of the Skiri language. To assist users, the
introduction features a description of the Skiri sound system and
an alphabet, as well as a short description of Skiri grammar that
outlines the categories and constituent morphemes composing Skiri
words. The first section of the dictionary presents entries
arranged alphabetically by English glosses; the second section is
arranged alphabetically by Skiri words and stems. Separate
appendixes provide representative conjugations of Skiri verbs, a
list of irregular verb roots, and charts of kinship terms.
The dictionary is the culmination of a fifteen-year collaboration
between Douglas R. Parks and Lula Nora Pratt, a native Skiri
speaker. Primary sources of Skiri vocabulary and English
translations include Pratt herself, recordings of traditional
narratives made by Harry Mad Bear and Sam Allen in the 1960s, and
historical texts by Roaming Scout. Supplementary sources of data
come from other Skiri speakers who collaborated for shorter periods
in the late 1960s.
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