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The first dictionary ever published of a Caddoan language

Table of Contents

PrefaceAcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsSound Key PART ONE - Linguistic Introduction 1. Background and History2. Sounds and Alphabet3. Major Sound Changes4. Grammatical Overview5. Organization and Structure of the Dictionary PART TWO - English to Skiri Pawnee PART THREE - Skiri Pawnee to English APPENDICES 1. Illustrative Skiri Verb Conjugations2. Irregular Verb Roots: Marking Agent Numbering3. Kinship Terminology References

About the Author

Douglas R. Parks is a professor of anthropology and co-director of the American Indian Studies Research Institute at Indiana University, and is editor of the journal Anthropological Linguistics. He is the author and editor of numerous books, including A Grammar of Pawnee, the two-volume Ceremonies of the Pawnee (Nebraska 1989), the four-volume Traditional Narratives of the Arikara Indians (Nebraska 1991), and Myths and Traditions of the Arikara Indians (Nebraska 1996).  Lula Nora Pratt (1908–2001) was the last fluent speaker of Skiri Pawnee and was a wealth of traditional Pawnee cultural knowledge. Until she passed away in 2001, Pratt worked closely with Parks to compile a record of her language, of which this dictionary is one part.

Reviews

"This is a one-of-a-kind resource that is splendidly researched and organized. It will find use among students and scholars of anthropology and Native American linguistics."—Shannon Graff Hysell, American Reference Books Annual