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<blockquote type="cite" cite>Hello,</blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>I'm wondering what the status is right
now of work on the Hiraca (Hidatsa) and Hocak (Winnebago) languages.
I have not seen list email correspondence from John Boyle recently,
whom I know was working on Hiraca (at least he was a couple of years
ago when I visited Chicago). I wouldn't mind getting hold of any
new documentation, dictionaries, updated grammars, or any other
materials which may have been recently published, or which I may
obtain for my own library and self-study purposes.</blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>I recently sent an email regarding
Cherokee and Hawaiian. (I take it by the lack of response that
there are no Siouanists out there also delving into these non-Siouan
languages, or know of anyone who does.) These are the two
indigenous languages I'm putting most of my efforts into right now,
but I always keep an eye on Hiraca, Hocak, and some other Siouan
languages as well, although I'm not formally or professionally
involved in working on these languages. It's strictly for my own
information and personal interest.</blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>Thanks.</blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite>Dave Kaufman</blockquote>
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<div>Hi All,</div>
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<div>Well, I'm still working on Hidatsa. I have just completed a
dissertation chapter on relative clauses which is more or less ready
to go. It is pretty theoretical with a lot of syntactic trees,
but if anyone would like a copy, I'd be happy to send a pdf. I
have also spent a good chunk of the summer entering Wes Jones' Word
List/Dictionary into an excel spread sheet, so that it is searchable.
Unfortunately, I use fonts that are probably not compatible for PC
users. I hope to do a find and replace in the near future so
that it is available for the schools on the reservation and anyone
else who would like a copy. Throughout the coming year, I plan
on checking all of the words and adding more to the list. All in
all, it is a really good word list although some of the
non-traditional words are not agreed upon by some people, so we'll
want to flag those.</div>
<div><x-tab> </x-tab>We are
also working on lesson plans and grammar exercises for the schools to
ensure that we are in line with all of the "No Child Left Behind"
guidelines. In addition, we hope to be completing a
"Sketch" for Lincolm on Hidatsa within the next year and a
half. With regards to texts, I have completed interlinear
breakdowns for all of the Lowie and Earth Lodge texts in addition to
several others, giving us a total of 13 completed texts (which is over
1150 lines). There is still some inconsistency within the texts
as my analysis has changed over the years, so I wouldn't feel so
comfortable giving these out. In addition, some of the Hidatsa
feel that some of these stories shouldn't be told to outsiders, so we
still have to work through that culturally sensitive point.</div>
<div><x-tab> </x-tab>Other
than that, things are going well on Ft. Berthold. The new
immersion programs are working well for the younger children and the
high school programs are becoming more uniform in their content.</div>
<div><x-tab> </x-tab>With
regards to Hocank, I assume that Helmbrecht is still actively working
on the language and I know that there are very active language
revitalization programs going on on all of the reservations.</div>
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<div>So that's what's going an as far as I know.</div>
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<div>All the best,</div>
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<div>John (Boyle not Koontz)</div>
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