{"product_id":"dakota-grammar-with-texts-and-ethnography-9780873514729","title":"Dakota Grammar: With Texts and Ethnography","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis classic work on the Dakota language offers extensive information on Dakota grammar and contains a bilingual selection of Dakota myths.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDakota Grammar\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA worthy companion to both Riggs's \u003ci\u003eA Dakota-English Dictionary\u003c\/i\u003e and John P. Williamson's \u003ci\u003eAn English-Dakota Dictionary\u003c\/i\u003e, this volume lives on as an important source for the preservation and revitalization of Dakota culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStephen 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.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Minnesota Historical Society Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50492199633170,"sku":"9780873514729","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_32fc41c7-95e5-4447-99ca-7cdb39a9418f.jpg?v=1730576503","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/dakota-grammar-with-texts-and-ethnography-9780873514729","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}