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Living Our Language

Ojibwe Tales and Oral Histories

by Anton Treuer ...

Series series Native Voices
A language carries a people's memories, whether they are recounted as individual reminiscences, as communal history, or as humorous tales. This collection of stories from Anishinaabe elders offers a history of a people at the same time that it seeks to preserve the language of that people.>As fluent speakers of Ojibwe grow older, the community questions whether younger speakers know the language ... Read more

$13.09 USD

A language carries a people's memories, whether they are recounted as individual reminiscences, as communal history, or as humorous tales. This collection of stories from Anishinaabe elders offers a history of a people at the same time that it seeks to preserve the language of that people.>As fluent speakers of Ojibwe grow older, the community questions whether younger speakers know the language
... Read more
Ndè Sı̀ı̀ Wet’aɂà

Northern Indigenous Voices on Land, Life, & Art

by Kyla LeSage, Thumlee Drybones-Foliot, Leanne Betasamosake Simpson ...

Ndè Sı̀ı̀ Wet’aɂà: Northern Indigenous Voices on Land, Life & Art is a collection of essays, interviews, short stories, and poetry written by emerging and established northern Indigenous writers and artists. Centered on land, cultural practice and northern life, this ground-breaking collection shares wealth of Dene (Gwich’in, Sahtú, Dehcho, Tłı̨chǫ, Saysi, Kaska, Dënesųłiné, Wıìlıìdeh) Inuit, ... Read more

$11.89 USD

Ndè Sı̀ı̀ Wet’aɂà: Northern Indigenous Voices on Land, Life & Art is a collection of essays, interviews, short stories, and poetry written by emerging and established northern Indigenous writers and artists. Centered on land, cultural practice and northern life, this ground-breaking collection shares wealth of Dene (Gwich’in, Sahtú, Dehcho, Tłı̨chǫ, Saysi, Kaska, Dënesųłiné, Wıìlıìdeh) Inuit,
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WHEREAS

Poems

by Layli Long Soldier ...

The astonishing, powerful debut by the winner of a 2016 Whiting Writers' AwardWHEREAS her birth signaled the responsibility as mother to teach what it is to be Lakota therein the question: What did I know about being Lakota? Signaled panic, blood rush my embarrassment. What did I know of our language but pieces? Would I teach her to be pieces? Until a friend comforted, Don’t worry, you and your ... Read more

$9.99 USD

The astonishing, powerful debut by the winner of a 2016 Whiting Writers' AwardWHEREAS her birth signaled the responsibility as mother to teach what it is to be Lakota therein the question: What did I know about being Lakota? Signaled panic, blood rush my embarrassment. What did I know of our language but pieces? Would I teach her to be pieces? Until a friend comforted, Don’t worry, you and your
... Read more
A Phonetic English to Arawak Dictionary

by Damon Corrie ...

The absolute MOST IMPORTANT FACT you need to know is that there is no 'right' way to write the Lokono-Arawak language, remember it was NEVER a written language, in fact, I am the first person in the world to write my Tribal language PHONETICALLY - as people who speak English as their first language SHOULD pronounce it.I say this because even though there is no 'right' way to write it - there IS a ... Read more

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The absolute MOST IMPORTANT FACT you need to know is that there is no 'right' way to write the Lokono-Arawak language, remember it was NEVER a written language, in fact, I am the first person in the world to write my Tribal language PHONETICALLY - as people who speak English as their first language SHOULD pronounce it.I say this because even though there is no 'right' way to write it - there IS a
... Read more
2nd Grade US History: Native Americans to Early Settlers

Second Grade Books

by Baby Professor ...

Series series Children's American History Books
Why is it important to know who the early settlers were? To trace our culture and traditions, of course! This educational book presents what would otherwise be a boring subject for young children. The use of pictures creates a definite scenario that would stick to the memory well. So if you're looking for a more effective method of teaching history, this book is what you need! ... Read more

$4.99 USD

Why is it important to know who the early settlers were? To trace our culture and traditions, of course! This educational book presents what would otherwise be a boring subject for young children. The use of pictures creates a definite scenario that would stick to the memory well. So if you're looking for a more effective method of teaching history, this book is what you need!
... Read more
Ishi, the Last Aborigine: The Effects of Civilization on a Genuine Survivor of Stone Age Barbarism

by Alfred L. Kroeber ...

"Kroeber's 'Ishi, the Last Aborigine' invites some reflections on the imperfections of civilization." - Twentieth Century Magazine, 1912Ishi (1861 –1916) was the last known member of the Native American Yahi people from the present-day state of California in the United States. The rest of the Yahi (as well as many members of their parent tribe, the Yana) were killed in the California genocide in ... Read more

$2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

"Kroeber's 'Ishi, the Last Aborigine' invites some reflections on the imperfections of civilization." - Twentieth Century Magazine, 1912Ishi (1861 –1916) was the last known member of the Native American Yahi people from the present-day state of California in the United States. The rest of the Yahi (as well as many members of their parent tribe, the Yana) were killed in the California genocide in
... Read more
A Tohono O'odham Grammar

by Ofelia Zepeda ...

This first pedagogical grammar of the Papago language features twenty chapters on grammatical constructions and five sample dialogs—plus abbreviations, symbols, summary of grammatical elements, and two glossaries. Classroom-tested for teaching both native and non-native speakers, the text also offers linguists an overview of the Papago language not available elsewhere. ... Read more

$17.99 USD

This first pedagogical grammar of the Papago language features twenty chapters on grammatical constructions and five sample dialogs—plus abbreviations, symbols, summary of grammatical elements, and two glossaries. Classroom-tested for teaching both native and non-native speakers, the text also offers linguists an overview of the Papago language not available elsewhere.
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Bringing Our Languages Home

Language Revitalization for Families

by Leanne Hinton ...

Throughout the world individuals in the intimacy of their homes innovate, improvise, and struggle daily to pass on endangered languages to their children. Elaina Albers of Northern California holds a tape recorder up to her womb so her baby can hear old songs in Karuk. The Baldwin family of Montana put labels all over their house marked with the Miami words for common objects and activities, to ... Read more

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Throughout the world individuals in the intimacy of their homes innovate, improvise, and struggle daily to pass on endangered languages to their children. Elaina Albers of Northern California holds a tape recorder up to her womb so her baby can hear old songs in Karuk. The Baldwin family of Montana put labels all over their house marked with the Miami words for common objects and activities, to
... Read more
Comanche Vocabulary

Trilingual Edition

Edited by Manuel García Rejón ...

Series series Texas Archaeology and Ethnohistory Series
"This is the most important pre-reservation document that we have for the Comanche language . . . It should be in every university research library." —James A. Goss, Professor of Anthropology, Texas Tech UniversityThe Comanche Vocabulary collected in Mexico during the years 1861–1864 by Manuel García Rejón is by far the most extensive Comanche word list compiled before the establishment of the ... Read more

$14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

"This is the most important pre-reservation document that we have for the Comanche language . . . It should be in every university research library." —James A. Goss, Professor of Anthropology, Texas Tech UniversityThe Comanche Vocabulary collected in Mexico during the years 1861–1864 by Manuel García Rejón is by far the most extensive Comanche word list compiled before the establishment of the
... Read more
Inglés exprés: Currículum vitae, cartas comerciales y correos electrónicos

Modelos y vocabulario profesional en inglés

by Jack Winshsley ...

Director de la colección: Robert Wilson. Si nos paramos a analizar la cantidad de cartas y correos electrónicos profesionales que hay que hacer hoy en día en inglés o recapacitamos sobre el número de veces en que hemos rectificado nuestro currículum y nos imaginamos unas lecciones ideadas para que se puedan estudiar en 30 minutos, veremos que aprender o perfeccionar el inglés es perfectamente ... Read more

$8.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Director de la colección: Robert Wilson. Si nos paramos a analizar la cantidad de cartas y correos electrónicos profesionales que hay que hacer hoy en día en inglés o recapacitamos sobre el número de veces en que hemos rectificado nuestro currículum y nos imaginamos unas lecciones ideadas para que se puedan estudiar en 30 minutos, veremos que aprender o perfeccionar el inglés es perfectamente
... Read more
English Ojibwe Lexicon

by Robert Goh ...

Series series World Languages Dictionary
This English > Ojibwe lexicon is based on the 200+ language 8,000 entry World Languages Dictionary CD of 2007 which was subsequently lodged in national libraries across the world. ... Read more

$5.87 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

This English > Ojibwe lexicon is based on the 200+ language 8,000 entry World Languages Dictionary CD of 2007 which was subsequently lodged in national libraries across the world.
... Read more
Simply Cherokee: Let’s Learn Cherokee

Syllabary

by Marc W. Case ...

Do you know how to speak Cherokee, but cannot read and write the language? Do your children have difficulty grasping the language? Are you new to the Cherokee language and looking for a quick and effective way to learn? Simply Cherokee: Let’s Learn Cherokee Syllabary is the first building block in Simply Cherokee’s catalogue of tools for learning to read, write, and speak the Cherokee language. ... Read more

$3.99 USD

Do you know how to speak Cherokee, but cannot read and write the language? Do your children have difficulty grasping the language? Are you new to the Cherokee language and looking for a quick and effective way to learn? Simply Cherokee: Let’s Learn Cherokee Syllabary is the first building block in Simply Cherokee’s catalogue of tools for learning to read, write, and speak the Cherokee language.
... Read more
Inglés exprés: Inglés de base

Curso rápido para principiantes

by Jack Winshsley ...

Bajo la dirección de Robert Wilson, director de la colección y fundador de la colección “Aprender idiomas en 5 días”. ¿Aprender inglés de manera sencilla y divertida? ¡Ahora es posible! Con el famoso método Wilson y sus cursos en 30 minutos cada día, no más, el lector tiene la mejor oportunidad de aprender inglés con éxito. Sin perder el tiempo con informaciones innecesarias, con una lección por ... Read more

$8.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Bajo la dirección de Robert Wilson, director de la colección y fundador de la colección “Aprender idiomas en 5 días”. ¿Aprender inglés de manera sencilla y divertida? ¡Ahora es posible! Con el famoso método Wilson y sus cursos en 30 minutos cada día, no más, el lector tiene la mejor oportunidad de aprender inglés con éxito. Sin perder el tiempo con informaciones innecesarias, con una lección por
... Read more
Anooj Inaajimod

by Aanjibimaadizing, ...

Through the Aanjibimaadizing Project, an initiative of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe, sixteen first speakers have teamed with linguists, teachers, and Ojibwe language experts to create this new literature for Ojibwe language learners. Conceived and presented only in Ojibwe, the stories reflect a rare authenticity as they transmit cultural values, increase vocabulary, and reinforce identity. Anooj ... Read more

$10.69 USD

Through the Aanjibimaadizing Project, an initiative of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe, sixteen first speakers have teamed with linguists, teachers, and Ojibwe language experts to create this new literature for Ojibwe language learners. Conceived and presented only in Ojibwe, the stories reflect a rare authenticity as they transmit cultural values, increase vocabulary, and reinforce identity. Anooj
... Read more
English Winnebago Lexicon

by Robert Goh ...

Series series World Languages Dictionary
This English > Winnebago lexicon is based on the 200+ language 8,000 entry World Languages Dictionary CD of 2007 which was subsequently lodged in national libraries across the world. ... Read more

$5.87 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

This English > Winnebago lexicon is based on the 200+ language 8,000 entry World Languages Dictionary CD of 2007 which was subsequently lodged in national libraries across the world.
... Read more
Initial Introduction Uniskript Chickasaw

by Sherrie Begay, Marcia Suzuki ...

Uniskript Chickasaw is a phonetic alphabet which uses symbols to indicate how to produce the required sound. They were developed through a totally phonic and intuitive linguistic technology, developed by educational linguists at the University of the Nations in Hawaii. These innovative alphabets are being used successfully for educational and language revitalization in a number of indigenous ... Read more

$10.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Uniskript Chickasaw is a phonetic alphabet which uses symbols to indicate how to produce the required sound. They were developed through a totally phonic and intuitive linguistic technology, developed by educational linguists at the University of the Nations in Hawaii. These innovative alphabets are being used successfully for educational and language revitalization in a number of indigenous
... Read more
English Alabama Lexicon

by Robert Goh ...

Series series World Languages Dictionary
This English > Alabama lexicon is based on the 200+ language 8,000 entry World Languages Dictionary CD of 2007 which was subsequently lodged in national libraries across the world. ... Read more

$5.87 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

This English > Alabama lexicon is based on the 200+ language 8,000 entry World Languages Dictionary CD of 2007 which was subsequently lodged in national libraries across the world.
... Read more
The Annals of the Cakchiquels

The Original Text, with a Translation, Notes and Introduction

by Daniel G. Brinton ...

The Annals of the CakchiquelsThe Original Text, with a Translation, Notes and IntroductionThis edition features• illustrations• a linked Table of Contents, Footnotes, and IndexCONTENTSPREFACE,INTRODUCTION,Ethnologic Position of the Cakchiquels,Culture of the Cakchiquels,The Capital City of the Cakchiquels,Computation of Time,Personal and Family Names,Tribal Subdivisions,Terms of Affinity and... ... Read more

$3.99 USD

The Annals of the CakchiquelsThe Original Text, with a Translation, Notes and IntroductionThis edition features• illustrations• a linked Table of Contents, Footnotes, and IndexCONTENTSPREFACE,INTRODUCTION,Ethnologic Position of the Cakchiquels,Culture of the Cakchiquels,The Capital City of the Cakchiquels,Computation of Time,Personal and Family Names,Tribal Subdivisions,Terms of Affinity and...
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Dictionary of the Ponca People

by Louis V. Headman, Sean O'Neill ...

Published through the Recovering Languages and Literacies of the Americas initiative, supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.Dictionary of the Ponca People presents approximately five thousand words and definitions used by Ponca speakers from the late nineteenth century to the present. Until relatively recently, the Ponca language had been passed down solely as part of an oral tradition in ... Read more

$28.79 USD

Published through the Recovering Languages and Literacies of the Americas initiative, supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.Dictionary of the Ponca People presents approximately five thousand words and definitions used by Ponca speakers from the late nineteenth century to the present. Until relatively recently, the Ponca language had been passed down solely as part of an oral tradition in
... Read more
L.A.S.: A Practical Conversation Course, Vol. 1 eBook

by Lakota Language Consortium ...

Lakota Audio Series: A Practical Conversation Course, Volume 1 eBook has 131 lessons for hours of language study that meets the highest standards for independent language learning. When used in conjunction with the Lakota Audio Series: A Practical Conversation Course, Volume 1 CD set, this eBook allows a more complete and thorough understanding of the course. Whether used with the CDs or by itself ... Read more

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Lakota Audio Series: A Practical Conversation Course, Volume 1 eBook has 131 lessons for hours of language study that meets the highest standards for independent language learning. When used in conjunction with the Lakota Audio Series: A Practical Conversation Course, Volume 1 CD set, this eBook allows a more complete and thorough understanding of the course. Whether used with the CDs or by itself
... Read more
1st Grade United States History: Early American Settlers

First Grade Books

by Baby Professor ...

Series series Children's American History Books
Learning American history is more effective if done via pictures. Children are attracted to the vibrant colors of meaningful pictures. It's easier to imagine previous events when there are pictures to look at. This educational book also makes it easier to communicate with descriptive words to relay drawn messages. Grab a copy of this informative book today! ... Read more

$4.99 USD

Learning American history is more effective if done via pictures. Children are attracted to the vibrant colors of meaningful pictures. It's easier to imagine previous events when there are pictures to look at. This educational book also makes it easier to communicate with descriptive words to relay drawn messages. Grab a copy of this informative book today!
... Read more
America's Bilingual Century - How Americans Are Giving the Gift of Bilingualism to Themselves, Their Loved Ones, and Their Country

by Steve Leveen ...

"By far the most engaging, informative, and fascinating book on learning a new language ever written, full of more candidly acknowledged humiliation, unexpectedly exalted success, and very funny stories than you'd ever imagine."--Tom Morris, national bestselling author of Plato's Lemonade Stand: Stirring Change into Something GreatScientists have shown bilingualism to be brain-changing. It can ... Read more

$9.99 USD

"By far the most engaging, informative, and fascinating book on learning a new language ever written, full of more candidly acknowledged humiliation, unexpectedly exalted success, and very funny stories than you'd ever imagine."--Tom Morris, national bestselling author of Plato's Lemonade Stand: Stirring Change into Something GreatScientists have shown bilingualism to be brain-changing. It can
... Read more
English Navajo Lexicon

by Robert Goh ...

Series series World Languages Dictionary
This English > Navajo lexicon is based on the 200+ language 8,000 entry World Languages Dictionary CD of 2007 which was subsequently lodged in national libraries across the world. ... Read more

$5.87 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

This English > Navajo lexicon is based on the 200+ language 8,000 entry World Languages Dictionary CD of 2007 which was subsequently lodged in national libraries across the world.
... Read more
Guarani English Lexicon

by Trebor Hog ...

Series series World Languages Dictionary
This Guarani > English lexicon is based on the 200+ language 8,000 entry World Languages Dictionary CD of 2007 which was subsequently lodged in national libraries across the world. ... Read more

$5.87 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

This Guarani > English lexicon is based on the 200+ language 8,000 entry World Languages Dictionary CD of 2007 which was subsequently lodged in national libraries across the world.
... Read more

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