Dakota Grammar, Texts, and Ethnography

Riggs,Stephen Return

ISBN 10: 0870180525 / ISBN 13: 9780870180521

Published by Ross & Haines, Minneapolis MN, 1973

About this Item

Composed of a grammar, an interlineal text of Dakota myths with notes and translations, and an ethnography. This is a reprint of the Department of Interior Contributions to North American Ethnology Volume IX edited by James Owen Dorsey 239 pages; 6 1/4 x 9 1/4 ".

Seller Inventory # 5088

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Dakota Grammar, Texts, and Ethnography
• Publisher: Ross & Haines, Minneapolis MN
• Publication Date: 1973
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0870180525
• ISBN 13: 9780870180521
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: Reprint of 1893 Edition.
• Condition: fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Native American

About this title

Synopsis

Long out of print, this classic work on the Dakota language offers extensive information on Dakota grammar and contains a bilingual selection of Dakota myths. Dakota Grammar presents three interrelating aspects of language and culture, beginning with a detailed description of the Santee dialect of the Dakota language and its grammar. The texts of traditional stories, as recounted in Dakota by native speakers, are accompanied by full English translations. Riggs also provides an ethnographic overview of various aspects of Dakota culture and history that enhances the value of this book to all students of Dakota.A worthy companion to both Riggs's A Dakota-English Dictionary (MNHS Press) and John P. Williamson's An English-Dakota Dictionary (MNHS Press), this volume lives on as an important source for the preservation and revitalization of Dakota culture.

About the Author

Stephen R. Riggs (1812-83) arrived in Minnesota in 1837 as a Presbyterian missionary to the Dakota Indians and was a noted scholar of Dakota literature. John D. Nichols is professor of American Indian Studies at the University of Minnesota and co-compiler of A Concise Dictionary of Minnesota Ojibwe.