Ethnic Terms

[Mark Awakuni-Sweltand]

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.

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Mark Awakuni-Swetland, Lecturer
Anthropology/Native American Studies
University of Nebraska
Bessey Hall 132
Lincoln, NE 68588-0368
402-472-3455
mawakuni-swetland2 at unl.edu

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