From mawakuni-swetland2 at UNLNOTES.UNL.EDU Wed Dec 14 19:39:16 2011 From: mawakuni-swetland2 at UNLNOTES.UNL.EDU (Mark J Awakuni-Swetland) Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2011 13:39:16 -0600 Subject: subscriber message error In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Aloha all, I received a subscriber error message for Elliott Halsey. The email address is apparently no longer active. If anyone knows this fellow please have him contact the LIST with a current address. Thanks. Mark Mark Awakuni-Swetland, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Anthropology & Ethnic Studies Native American Studies Program Liaison University of Nebraska Department of Anthropology 841 Oldfather Hall Lincoln, NE 68588-0368 http://omahalanguage.unl.edu http://omahaponca.unl.edu Phone 402-472-3455 FAX: 402-472-9642 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mawakuni-swetland2 at UNLNOTES.UNL.EDU Wed Dec 14 19:30:59 2011 From: mawakuni-swetland2 at UNLNOTES.UNL.EDU (Mark J Awakuni-Swetland) Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2011 13:30:59 -0600 Subject: searchable database now available Message-ID: Aloha all, I wanted to let you all know that the Omaha and Ponca Digital Dictionary now includes a link to the underlying database at: http://omahaponca.unl.edu The database is public access and searchable in a read-only fashion. You will quickly see that most entries have very little additional data entered so far. That is the tiger whose tail we have been holding on to. Pending additional funding, database entry will continue to move forward slowly using student power. If folks think they might have some interested students wanting to earn academic credit or research experience performing data entry, do let me know. Since the original slips are digital and accessible, it is now possible to have data entry done via the internet. Both Catherine and I have had students doing data entry while in different locations. Please let me know if you have comments or suggestions for improving search capabilities via the CONTACT link on the database home page. Best, Mark Mark Awakuni-Swetland, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Anthropology & Ethnic Studies Native American Studies Program Liaison University of Nebraska Department of Anthropology 841 Oldfather Hall Lincoln, NE 68588-0368 http://omahalanguage.unl.edu http://omahaponca.unl.edu Phone 402-472-3455 FAX: 402-472-9642 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From WillemDeReuse at MY.UNT.EDU Tue Dec 20 16:34:31 2011 From: WillemDeReuse at MY.UNT.EDU (De Reuse, Willem) Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 16:34:31 +0000 Subject: A bit of relevant humor Message-ID: A joke for y’all Siouanists. It is a silly joke, of course, but we gotta ask ourselves if this sort of circularity never occurs in the business of linguistic documentation. "Well, don’t be silly, Willem, of course not!" Willem It's late fall and the Native Americans on the Ponca Reservation in Oklahoma asked their new chief if the coming winter was going to be cold or mild. Since he was a chief in a modern society, he had never been taught the old ways. When he looked at the sky, he couldn't tell what the winter was going to be like. Nevertheless, to be on the safe side, he told his tribe that the winter was indeed going to be cold and that the members of the tribe should collect firewood to be prepared. But, being a practical leader, after several days, he got an idea. He got on the phone and called the National Weather Service and asked, 'Is the coming winter going to be cold?' 'It looks like this winter is going to be quite cold,' the meteorologist at the weather service responded. So the chief went back to his people and told them to collect even more firewood in order to be prepared. A week later, he called the National Weather Service again. 'Does it still look like it is going to be a very cold winter?' 'Yes,' the man at National Weather Service again replied, 'it's going to be a very cold winter.' The chief again went back to his people and ordered them to collect every scrap of firewood they could find. Two weeks later, the chief called the National Weather Service again. 'Are you absolutely sure the winter is going to be very cold?’ 'Absolutely,' the man replied. 'It's looking more and more like it is going to be one of the coldest winters we've ever seen. How can you be so sure?’ the chief asked. The weatherman replied, 'The Indians are collecting a crapload of firewood’. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Both Catherine and I have had students doing data entry while in different locations. Please let me know if you have comments or suggestions for improving search capabilities via the CONTACT link on the database home page. Best, Mark Mark Awakuni-Swetland, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Anthropology & Ethnic Studies Native American Studies Program Liaison University of Nebraska Department of Anthropology 841 Oldfather Hall Lincoln, NE 68588-0368 http://omahalanguage.unl.edu http://omahaponca.unl.edu Phone 402-472-3455 FAX: 402-472-9642 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From WillemDeReuse at MY.UNT.EDU Tue Dec 20 16:34:31 2011 From: WillemDeReuse at MY.UNT.EDU (De Reuse, Willem) Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 16:34:31 +0000 Subject: A bit of relevant humor Message-ID: A joke for y?all Siouanists. It is a silly joke, of course, but we gotta ask ourselves if this sort of circularity never occurs in the business of linguistic documentation. "Well, don?t be silly, Willem, of course not!" Willem It's late fall and the Native Americans on the Ponca Reservation in Oklahoma asked their new chief if the coming winter was going to be cold or mild. Since he was a chief in a modern society, he had never been taught the old ways. When he looked at the sky, he couldn't tell what the winter was going to be like. Nevertheless, to be on the safe side, he told his tribe that the winter was indeed going to be cold and that the members of the tribe should collect firewood to be prepared. But, being a practical leader, after several days, he got an idea. He got on the phone and called the National Weather Service and asked, 'Is the coming winter going to be cold?' 'It looks like this winter is going to be quite cold,' the meteorologist at the weather service responded. So the chief went back to his people and told them to collect even more firewood in order to be prepared. A week later, he called the National Weather Service again. 'Does it still look like it is going to be a very cold winter?' 'Yes,' the man at National Weather Service again replied, 'it's going to be a very cold winter.' The chief again went back to his people and ordered them to collect every scrap of firewood they could find. Two weeks later, the chief called the National Weather Service again. 'Are you absolutely sure the winter is going to be very cold?? 'Absolutely,' the man replied. 'It's looking more and more like it is going to be one of the coldest winters we've ever seen. How can you be so sure?? the chief asked. The weatherman replied, 'The Indians are collecting a crapload of firewood?. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: