Re: a crying-out for resources

On Thu, 9 Dec 1999, Clinton Moreland-Stringham wrote:

> You WON'T find anything on Kickapoo. That tribe belives that their language
> was created for them (a conlang!!) specifically by the creator, so they don't
> want anyone to know it but those in the tribe. the result of course being that
> it is moribund...which is also okay with the Kickapoo, because that must be
> the creator's will.
>
Well, I don't know where you're located, and Mr. Moreland-Stringham may be
correct as to the tribe's stance on their language, but there IS a book in
Howard University's stacks on Kickapoo.  (Howard University is in
Washington, D.C.)  In general, H.U. has a very good selection of grammars
and studies of African, North and South American, Subcontinental Asian and
Polynesian languages in addition to the "standard" fare. (Including Cree,
Menomini and Ojibwe).

yasmin