Native Languages of the Americas

Native Languages of the Americas is a small non-profit organization dedicated to preserving and promoting indigenous languages of the Americas. On this blog we respond to selected questions about Native American languages, folklore, and traditions that have been submitted to us.

Monday, May 19, 2014

Noon Way

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Q : When I was a kid, I attended Camp Kennebec in North Belgrade, Maine. The youngest campers were divided into Indian tribes (MicMac, Malac...

Saturday, April 5, 2014

Heng, God of Typos

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Q : I found a reference to an Iroquois Storm God named Heng. Can you please tell me which Iroquois tribe this god came from because I canno...

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Monday, March 17, 2014

Siaska

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Q : Hi, I am looking for the name of a great great grandma of mine. She is called See As Kau on the petition of one of the treaties. A pers...

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Friday, February 21, 2014

Hello and Goodbye in Tlingit

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Q : I have searched everywhere but can not find how to say "hello," "goodbye," or "how are you" in the Tlingi...

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Wednesday, February 19, 2014

The Dog-Face Star

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Q : I read a story online about the star Sirius being called the Dog-Face Star in Blackfoot. Of course this is really interesting because S...

Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Akouessen or Ohquese

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Q : My many times great-grandfather lived in Montreal (Ville Marie), Huronia and Longueuil, Quebec circa 1640-1685. He was called Akousse...

Friday, January 10, 2014

Mohawk Spelling

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Q : Hi, I was wondering if you could help me with the proper spelling for the word family in the Mohawk language. I was told it was spelt A...

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Native Languages of the Americas: Welcome to our blog! Native Languages of the Americas is a small non-profit organization dedicated to preserving and promoting indigenous languages of the Americas, particularly through the use of Internet technology. We make small grants to Native language preservation projects, and we create Internet and classroom resources to support language learning programs. Let us know how we can help your community's language projects today!

We are using this blog for a question and answer forum to publicly respond to selected questions that have been submitted to us. Although we have speakers and learners of more than 40 different Native American languages in our organization, we do not know everything and we welcome additions and corrections. Wado, miigwech, pilamaya ye, and thanks to all!

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