An English-Dakota Dictionary (Paperback, New edition)

The language of the Dakota people was first put into written form by missionaries who lived within and learned from the Dakota community in the Minnesota River valley. John P. Williamson (1835-1917), son of missionary Dr. Thomas S. Williamson, grew up speaking both English and Dakota, then spent most of his adult life as a missionary on the Santee Reservation in northeastern Nebraska. In 1902, he produced "An English-Dakota Dictionary."
A companion volume, "A Dakota-English Dictionary," by Stephen R. Riggs, is also available from the Minnesota Historical Society Press. These two dictionaries preserve the older language and remian the most comprehensive and accurate lexicons available. They are essential cultural and linguistic sources for all Students of the Dakota Language as well as historians, anthropologists, linguists, and ethnologists.
A foreword by Carolynn I. Schommer, a Dakota Indian and former instructor in the American Indian Studies/Dakota Language Department at the University of Minnesota, describes the historical and cultural context in which these dictionaries were created.

General

Imprint:	Minnesota Historical Society Press,U.S.
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Borealis Book S.
Release date:	October 1992
First published:	October 1992
Authors:	John P. Williamson
Dimensions:	205 x 140 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	290
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-87351-283-1
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > General Books > Language & Literature > Literary & linguistic reference works > Dictionaries > Bilingual dictionaries Promotions
LSN:	0-87351-283-9
Barcode:	9780873512831

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