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Susan,<div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>This is an interesting situation. </div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>A way to avoid conjuring up non-Karuk imagery is to use drawings at key places in the dictionary. Where you define eeyxuvik, you could use "moccasin" in the definition but have a picture of a real Karuk eeyyxuvik. If there is a good Karuk artist that would be even better. So you can avoid unnecessary circulocution and non-Karuk imagery at the same time.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Assuming the dictionary you mention is bilingual with English, I think the Karuks' concerns about using words conceived of being from other tribes is common; after all, they probably want their language to appear pure, at least in print. Even if they use English terminology (soft leather heel-less shoe), they will invariably come up against other indigenous words that have been part of the English language ever since explorers and settlers began having contact with native North Americans. The other problem is that if you define the word for their boats without using "canoe" as a reference, people might read the definition with its circulocution and say, "Why didn't you just say 'canoe'?" </div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>That speakers of the language may criticize the dictionary committee no matter what, if the Karuks are anything like the people I work with. Are they concerned that other tribes will recognize their own words in a Karuk book? Are there neighboring tribes? Those who have this concern may not understand that most people who speak English don't even know that "canoe", for example, is an indigenous word. And the language from which the word was taken has probably passed into history. :( </div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px; ">The word éeyxuvik has the definition ‘type of moccasins worn by the imúsaan in ceremony.’ </span></div><div><br></div><div><div><div>One additional thing that is important to remember is that the definitions in English will not be so helpful if they contain Karuk words. </div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Good luck!</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>-Chaz Mortensen</div></div></div>
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