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<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, April 03, 2010 5:27 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Fwd: Quintero's Osage dictionary</DIV></DIV>
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href="mailto:carlmasthay@ani-kutani.com">carlmasthay@ani-kutani.com</A><BR>To:
<A href="mailto:Lisa_Michaud@umit.maine.edu">Lisa_Michaud@umit.maine.edu</A>, <A
href="mailto:john.mitchell@umit.maine.edu">john.mitchell@umit.maine.edu</A>, <A
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4/3/2010 2:27:44 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time<BR>Subj: Quintero's Osage
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<P class=MsoNormal>3 April 2010</P>
<P class=MsoNormal>A few days ago I received my copy of the late Carolyn
Quintero’s 56+328-page <EM>Osage Dictionary</EM>, $55 from the University of
Oklahoma Press, published on 15 March 2010, after a long delay. This book is
Osage and not La Flesche’s 1932 <EM>Osage Dictionary</EM>, which contains many
Omaha words mixed in. Over two days I quickly read the introductory material
with its short verb sketch and checked a bunch of entries. Back in 1985 I
talked with Hazel Harper and gleaned the way to say “Merry Christmas and a
Happy New Year” in Osage (see below). Back then there were 15 principal
speakers; today there are none—just secondary speakers and those students in
classes learning Osage—Carolyn Quintero at 62 died in June 2008. Carolyn F.
Quintero was the president of Inter Lingua, Inc., in Tulsa and a research
associate in Native American languages at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of
Natural History at the University of Oklahoma.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal>I also appreciate the funds that Nancy Pillsbury Shirley,
whom I know in St. Louis, bestowed on the Osages to have this book published.
The black jacket with both humble black and flashy colorful design is superb.
The grammar sketch takes one thru the modifications that pronominal prefixes
take on verbs. And there are many pictures of the speaker contributors.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal>The Osage language was once spoken over much of southern
Missouri for centuries, especially along the Osage River, and as Dhegiha (‘on
this side’) Siouan language it has been pegged in its ancestral form as a
primary language probably spoken at the Cahokia Mounds over a thousand years
ago. <SPAN>After being forced onto a reservation, the Osages were oblidged by
the government to purchase land from the Cherokees in Indian
Territory, they resettled in northeastern Oklahoma in the later part of
the nineteenth century. Today the Osage tribe numbers about 18,000.</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>If you want Quintero’s 2004 <EM>Osage Grammar</EM>, plan on
spending at least $90 or up to $130 thru the Internet! It is cheaper
from OU Press. See below.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Carl Masthay, St. Louis</P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#800080 size=5
face="Times New Roman"></FONT> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Osage
dictionary</SPAN></STRONG> <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">/ Author: Carolyn
Quintero, 2010.</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">LC Call
No.:<SPAN> </SPAN> PM2081.Z5Q85 2010, Dewey
No.:<SPAN> </SPAN> 497/.5254321 22</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">ISBN:
978-0-8061-3844-2</SPAN> <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">(alk. paper),
h</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">ardcover 480 pages 7" x 10", 11 B&W
Illus.<BR></SPAN><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">University of Oklahoma
Press</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">, 2800 Venture Drive,
Norman, OK 73069-8216, <SPAN> </SPAN> 1-800-627-7377, 405-325-2000 (local
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">$55.00, 1-800-627-7377; <SPAN
style="COLOR: black">10% online discount</SPAN> $49.50</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT color=#800080 size=5
face="Times New Roman"></FONT></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Osage
grammar</SPAN></STRONG> <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">/ Author: Carolyn
Quintero, 2004.</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">LC Call
No.:<SPAN> </SPAN> PM2081.Q85 2004</SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 1.5in" class=MsoNormal><STRONG><SPAN
style="COLOR: blue"></SPAN></STRONG> </P>
<P style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 1.5in" class=MsoNormal><STRONG><SPAN
style="COLOR: blue">Osage Christmas greetings</SPAN></STRONG> <SPAN
style="COLOR: blue">(Internet Siouan<SPAN> </SPAN> font)</SPAN> <SPAN
style="COLOR: blue">–</SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 1.5in" class=MsoNormal><STRONG><SPAN
style="COLOR: blue">WahkóNta izhíNke iitáe ’ékitxaN.
ÓweenaNpi.</SPAN></STRONG></P>
<P style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 1.5in" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: blue">(‘God
son<SPAN> </SPAN> he.was.birthed<SPAN> </SPAN>
it.is.time.again<SPAN> </SPAN> we.are.grateful.’:</SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 1.5in" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: blue">‘It
is time again to celebrate Jesus’s birthday.’)</SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 1.5in" class=MsoNormal><STRONG><SPAN
style="COLOR: blue">OmáiNhka htséka okáshe dhiNké
ni-pi-hkóNbra</SPAN></STRONG></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; MARGIN: 0in 1.5in 0pt 1in" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: blue">(standard:
<STRONG>dhi-pi-hkóNbra</STRONG>)<STRONG>.</STRONG></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 1.5in" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: blue">(‘year new troubles none plural-you<SPAN> </SPAN>
I.want’: ‘I want you to be in peace in the new
year.’)<SPAN> </SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 1.5in" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: blue">e as
in l<SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline">e</SPAN>t; N = nasalized
vowel</SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: black">++++</SPAN></P><SPAN></SPAN><BR><BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>