abundant press...

[Rolland Nadjiwon]

Very interesting Jim...most of our words for ‘Whiteman’ did not translate as ‘Whiteman’. I think that was a ‘Whiteman's’ idea....

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rolland nadjiwon
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From: Jimrem at AOL.COM 
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In a message dated 4/18/2011 4:11:20 P.M. Central Daylight Time, whalen at HASKINS.YALE.EDU writes:
  Great story--congrats!
     Wasn't "pashtone" (< Boston) an Algonquian term for "white man"?

There is a word in the Lenape (Delaware Indian) language, Pashtank, but it doesn't just mean white man, but specifically it is a name for any person who doesn't like Indians.

Jim


Jim Rementer, director
Lenape Language Project
Bartlesville, OK, 74006
[www.talk-lenape.org] 


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