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Tracks that speak : the legacy of Native American words in North American culture  Cover Image Book Book

Tracks that speak : the legacy of Native American words in North American culture

Cutler, Charles L. (Author).

Summary: An examination of the cultural impact of Native Americans on the English language studies seventy words borrowed from Native American languages, revealing what each word means, the role it played in traditional Indian societies, and its role in America today.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0618065105
  • ISBN: 9780618065103
  • ISBN: 0618065091
  • ISBN: 9780618065097
  • Physical Description: print
    xiii, 255 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
  • Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., ©2002.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-245) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: Shelter -- Tepee -- Igloo -- Wigwam -- Quonset Hut -- Clothing -- Moccasin -- Mukluk -- Shoepac, Pac Boot -- Parka, Anorak -- Mackinaw -- Food From Plants -- Hominy -- Corn Pone -- Succotash -- Squash -- Saguaro -- Pokeweed, Puccoon -- Pipsissewa -- Tuckahoe -- Food from Trees -- Hickory -- Pecan -- Chinquapin -- Persimmon -- Other Trees -- Sequoia -- Catalpa -- Tupelo -- Tamarack, Hackmatack -- Fish and Seafood -- Abalone -- Quahog -- Geoduck, Yaquina, Umpqua -- Chinook Salmon -- Sockeye -- Muskellunge, Muskie, Maskinoge -- Terrapin -- Game Animals -- Moose -- Caribou -- Wapiti -- Pemmican -- Furbearers -- Muskrat -- Raccoon -- Opossum -- Skunk -- Carcajou, Quickhatch -- Woodchuck -- Chipmunk -- Domesticated Animals -- Eskimo -- Husky -- Malamute -- Appaloosa -- Cayuse -- Artifacts -- Tomahawk -- Wampum -- Kayak -- Toboggan -- Northwest Coast -- Chinook -- Chinook Wind -- Potlatch -- High-Muck-a-Muck, Muck-a-Muck -- Hooch -- Sachem, Sagamore -- Squaw -- Papoose -- Kinnikinnick -- Tammany -- Mugwump -- Bayou -- Muskeg -- Spirit -- Sasquatch -- Totem -- Kachina -- Inukshuk -- Powwow -- Manitou.
Subject: English language United States Foreign words and phrases Indian
English language North America Foreign words and phrases Indian
English language Canada Foreign words and phrases Indian
Indians of North America Languages Influence on English
English language Foreign words and phrases Indian
Indians of North America Languages Influence on English
Canada
North America
United States

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.

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Lummi Library PE 1582 .I47 C88 2002 267022 Stacks Available -

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