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Tracks that speak : the legacy of Native American words in North American culture / Charles L. Cutler.
Van Pelt Library PE3102.I55 C885 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cutler, Charles L.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English language--Foreign words and phrases--Indian.
- English language.
- Indigenous peoples--Languages--Influence on English.
- Indigenous peoples.
- Indians--Languages--Influence on English.
- Indians of North America--Languages.
- Indians of North America.
- Languages in contact--United States.
- Languages in contact.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 255 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Houghton Mifflin, [2002]
- Summary:
- What do the words saguaro, parka, hickory, and muskrat have in common? They all come from Native American languages. Few people consider how deeply American English is indebted to Native Americans and how widely the contributions of Native Americans are used in English today. In Tracks That Speak, Charles L. Cutler offers seventy fascinating studies, each focusing on a particular word borrowed from a Native American language. He tells us about the words themselves and about the things they stood--and stand--for, illuminating not only the roles these things played in traditional Indian societies but also the ones they continue to play in America today. For example, Cutler explains where the word moccasin comes from, how moccasins were made and decorated, what advantages they had for their wearers, how and when they were adopted by European settlers, and what incarnations of them can be found in modern clothing catalogs. Such a wealth of historical, ethnographic, and linguistic material on Native American loanwords in English has never before been gathered and presented so clearly, making Tracks That Speak as engaging as it is informative.
- Contents:
- Shelter 1
- Tepee 1
- Igloo 5
- Wigwam 7
- Quonset Hut 10
- Clothing 13
- Moccasin 14
- Mukluk 17
- Shoepac, Pac Boot 19
- Parka, Anorak 21
- Mackinaw 23
- Food From Plants 27
- Hominy 28
- Corn Pone 31
- Succotash 33
- Squash 35
- Saguaro 38
- Additional Plants 41
- Pokeweed, Puccoon 41
- Pipsissewa 44
- Tuckahoe 46
- Food From Trees 48
- Hickory 49
- Pecan 51
- Chinquapin 54
- Persimmon 56
- Other Trees 59
- Sequoia 60
- Catalpa 64
- Tupelo 66
- Tamarack, Hackmatack 68
- Fish and Seafood 70
- Abalone 71
- Quahog 74
- Geoduck, Yaquina, Umpqua 76
- Chinook Salmon 78
- Sockeye 80
- Muskellunge, Muskie, Maskinoge 83
- Terrapin 84
- Game Animals 80
- Moose 90
- Caribou 93
- Wapiti 96
- Pemmican 99
- Furbearers 103
- Muskrat 104
- Raccoon 106
- Opossum 111
- Skunk 114
- Carcajou, Quickhatch 117
- Woodchuck 120
- Chipmunk 122
- Domesticated Animals 125
- Eskimo 126
- Husky 127
- Malamute 129
- Appaloosa 131
- Cayuse 133
- Artifacts 138
- Tomahawk 139
- Wampum 141
- Kayak 145
- Toboggan 148
- Northwest Coast 151
- Chinook 151
- Chinook Wind 154
- Potlatch 156
- High-Muck-a-Muck, Muck-a-Muck 160
- Hooch 161
- Sachem, Sagamore 166
- Squaw 168
- Papoose 171
- Kinnikinnick 173
- Tammany 176
- Mugwump 180
- Bayou 183
- Muskeg 186
- Spirit 189
- Sasquatch 190
- Totem 194
- Kachina 196
- Inukshuk 198
- Powwow 201
- Manitou 204.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0618065091
- 0618065105
- OCLC:
- 49375037
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