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A celebration of western Washington Native language and culture,
Lushootseed Dictionary is a completely reformatted and greatly
revised and expanded update of Thom Hess's Dictionary of Puget
Salish (1976). Editor Dawn Bates integrates the field notes of Vi
Hilbert, Upper Skagit elder and native speaker of Lushootseed, with
Hess's analyses, mining information gathered by Hilbert and Hess
from Skagit, Tulalip, Muckleshoot, Swinomish, Puyallup, and other
Native consultants over a period of thirty years. The dictionary
includes numerous example sentences taken from Lushootseed's rich
tradition of storytelling, made popular by Hilbert's book Haboo:
Native American Stories from Puget Sound and her public
storytelling career. The introduction to the Lushootseed-English
section catalogs Lushootseed word-building structures, and entries
exemplify each prefix, suffix, and root. The English-Lushootseed
section features encyclopedic entries on many culturally
significant topics such as Native canoe classifications and animal
names. Scientific classifications are included for botanical terms,
and cultural information makes the volume interesting for the
nonlinguist. An extensive introduction explains the structure of
entries and provides clear definitions of grammatical terms. A
detailed description of the sounds of Lushootseed will be
invaluable for learners of the language. The traditional dictionary
format is readable and economical, resulting in a volume of
manageable size. Lushootseed Dictionary is intended for use by a
diverse readership which includes Lushootseed speakers and their
families, people of Lushootseed heritage unfamiliar with the
language, linguists, folklorists, and thoseinterested in oral
literature and the Native culture of Washington State.
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