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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2>I recall that in one of the 1971 Omaha
Language classes at the Lincoln Indian Center, Elizabeth Stabler suggested the
word "waxe" for whiteman might have something to do with the white guy's
propensity for "making things." At the time I figured she was linking "waxe" to
"gaxe, paxe..." to make, I make, etc.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2>uthixide</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2>Mark Awakuni-Swetland,
Lecturer<BR>Anthropology/Native American Studies<BR>University of
Nebraska<BR>Bessey Hall 132<BR>Lincoln, NE 68588-0368<BR>402-472-3455<BR><A
href="mailto:mawakuni-swetland2@unl.edu">mawakuni-swetland2@unl.edu</A><BR></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>