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Re: a crying-out for resources

From:Clinton Moreland-Stringham <arachnis@...>
Date:Friday, December 10, 1999, 6:10
You WON'T find anything on Kickapoo. That tribe belives that their langua=
ge
was created for them (a conlang!!) specifically by the creator, so they d=
on'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.

    Clint



B Elliott Walker wrote:

> =E2llo there...... > > i was wondering if anyone on this minty-minty list knew of any good boo=
ks
> detailing the syntax & or morphology of Ojibwe, or any other algonquian > language besides Cree. I'v managed to find a few works on Cree (mostly > notable are those by Ahenakew and Wolfart) and a grammar of Blackfoot, =
but
> i'm not getting any love in my search for languages such as anishaabeg, > kickapoo, or menomini, let alone montagnais, naskapi or innu. > > help help help! > > danke mucho, > > byron > > ---------------------------------------------- > p=E2takimwuk=EAc atimw=EA=9Aup apiy=EA=9Aupim ecanukw=FBp=F4k? > > replyto: linguaholic@crosswinds.net > ----------------------------------------------