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<FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>I’m working with an advisory group on the second edition of the Karuk dictionary, and several of the group members have expressed a concern with using words like canoe or moccasin in the definitions of Karuk words. <BR>
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For example, the word éeyxuvik has the definition ‘type of moccasins worn by the imúsaan in ceremony.’ <BR>
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They are a soft leather heelless shoe, and it’s possible to write that kind of circumlocution in order to refrain from using words from other tribes. <BR>
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I think the feeling is that we want avoid using words that conjure up non-Karuk imagery. Is that a legitimate way of handling the concern of the advisory group?<BR>
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Thanks,<BR>
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Susan Gehr<BR>
Karuk Language Program Director<BR>
Karuk Tribe of California<BR>
PO Box 1016, Happy Camp, CA 96039<BR>
(800) 505-2785 x2205 NEW FAX # (530) 493-1658<BR>
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Karuk Language Resources on the Web - <a href="http://www.karuk.org/">http://www.karuk.org/</a><BR>
Karuk Section of William Bright's Site - <a href="http://ncidc.org/bright/karuk.html">http://ncidc.org/bright/karuk.html</a><BR>
Karuk Dictionary - <a href="http://dictionary.karuk.org/">http://dictionary.karuk.org/</a><BR>
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