Klallam people celebrate new dictionary (fwd link)

[Phillip E Cash Cash]

*Klallam people celebrate new dictionary
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By RICHARD WALKER
North Kitsap Herald Editor
NOVEMBER 30, 2012 · UPDATED 1:42 PM

LITTLE BOSTON — The hefty, 983-page book is important for the current
generation, Laura Price told the crowd gathered Wednesday in the Port
Gamble S’Klallam longhouse.

“It’s important for the ones who have passed on, and it’s important for the
ones who are not here yet.”

Indeed, the new Klallam Dictionary — celebrated at the gathering of Klallam
people from Elwha, Jamestown and Port Gamble — holds the future of the
language. And it holds a lot of history.

Elders, educators and Tribal Council members from Becher Bay, Elwha,
Jamestown and Port Gamble worked with University of North Texas professor
Timothy Montler for a quarter of a century on this dictionary, which has
more than 9,000 entries, a grammatical sketch, numerous indexes, and a
wealth of cultural information. The dictionary is among the largest books
published by the University of Washington Press.

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