Table of Contents

Foreword

Čáwna mún náamta

Background

A Brief Grammar

A Note on Nez Perce

Grammatical Paradigms

Texts

Pamáwaniča Tátatma Čná Tiičámpa, ‘The Foods Named Themselves in This Land’

Pápšuyit, ‘The Wedding Trade’

Anwíčt, ‘The Year’

Naamí Snwit, ‘Our Language’

Tas, ‘Dogbane’

K̓st, ‘Cold’

The Dictionary

Umatilla–English

English–Umatilla

Bibliography

About the Author

Noel Rude is the author of many articles on linguistics in the International Journal of American Linguistics and has contributed chapters to several edited volumes, including External Possession and University of British Columbia Working Papers in Linguistics.

Reviews

"The fruit of decades of collaboration between fluent native speakers and professional scholars, including linguists, anthropologists, and botanists, this monumental work is crucial for transmitting the traditional complexities of Umatilla to younger generations…. This painstaking labor of love exemplifies the very best results achievable through intensive, long-term cooperation among specialists in diverse fields. It will undoubtedly prove of great value to scholars both outside and within Oregon's native communities and to libraries maintaining Native American collections, as it provides the cornerstone to all future efforts to foster the Umatilla language….Essential."
*Choice*

"[A] very welcome and useful dictionary. . . . [T]his well-produced book…is one that anybody with an interest in Sahaptin or in languages of the Northwest in general will find it profitable to consult."
*Anthropological Linguistics*