{"product_id":"the-omaha-language-and-the-omaha-way-an-introduction-to-omaha-language-and-culture-9781496200440","title":"The Omaha Language and the Omaha Way: An Introduction to Omaha Language and Culture","description":"Published through the Recovering Languages and Literacies of the Americas initiative, supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Omaha Language and the Omaha Way\u003c\/i\u003e provides a comprehensive textbook for students, scholars, and laypersons to learn to speak and understand the language of the Omaha Nation. Mark Awakuni-Swetland, Vida Woodhull Stabler, Aubrey Streit Krug, Loren Frerichs, and Rory Larson have collaborated with elder speakers, including Alberta Grant Canby, Emmaline Walker Sanchez, Marcella Woodhull Cavou, and Donna Morris Parker, to write this book. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The original and creative pedagogical method used in this textbook--teaching the Omaha language through Omaha culture--consists of a structured series of lesson plans. It is the result of a generous collaboration between the Department of Anthropology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the Umóⁿhoⁿ Language and Culture Center at Umóⁿhoⁿ Nation Public School in Macy, Nebraska. The method draws on the accumulated wisdom and knowledge of Awakuni-Swetland to illustrate the Omaha values of balance and integration. The contents are shaped into two parts, each of which complements the other--just as the Earth and Sky do. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This textbook features an introduction by Awakuni-Swetland on the history and phonology of the Omaha language; lessons from the Umóⁿhoⁿ Language and Culture Center at Macy, with a writing system quick sheet; situation quick sheets; lessons on games; lessons on spring, summer, fall, and winter; an Omaha language resource list; and a glossary in the standard Macy orthography of the Omaha language. The textbook also includes cultural lessons in the language by Awakuni-Swetland and lessons from the Omaha language class at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Omaha Language and the Omaha Way\u003c\/i\u003e offers a linguistic foundation for tribal members, students, scholars, and laypersons, featuring Omaha community lessons, the standard Macy orthography, and UNL orthography all under one cover.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMark Awakuni-Swetland \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e(1956-2015) \u003c\/b\u003ewas an associate professor of anthropology and ethnic studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, principal co-investigator for the Omaha and Ponca Digital Dictionary, and a coordinator for the Omaha Language Curriculum Development Project. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eDance Lodges of the Omaha People: Building from Memory \u003c\/i\u003e(Nebraska, 2008) and the editor of the \u003ci\u003eOmaha and Ponca Digital Dictionary\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50339076964626,"sku":"9781496200440","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_293208e4-9cb4-4c97-9de5-34ab1a4a7505.jpg?v=1727995170","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-omaha-language-and-the-omaha-way-an-introduction-to-omaha-language-and-culture-9781496200440","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}