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In North America, linguists generally recognize 58 language families and isolates. Understanding language families is one of the keys to understanding the historical relationships between the Indian groups. The Algonquian language family is a large American Indian language which is found in the Eastern Woodlands, the Plains, and California.
With regard to the history of the Algonquian languages and their spread across North America, some linguists postulate that the Algonquian homeland is on the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains, the home to the Algonquian-speaking Blackfoot. In his book The Origin of Language: Tracing the Evolution of the Mother Tongue, linguist Merritt Ruhlen writes:
“The initial division in the family left the Proto-Algonquians in place to become the Blackfoot, while the other group spread eastward, initially differentiating into the Algonquian languages found in the Great Plains. These languages then spread farther eastward, with the occupation of the East Coast representing the final movement in the dispersal.”
On the other hand, linguist Ives Goddard, in his chapter on the Algonquian languages of the Plains in the Handbook of North American Indians, writes:
“…the linguistic evidence supports the hypothesis that the Plains Algonquian languages moved westward onto the Plains with their speakers, separating from other Algonquian speakers who remained in the woodlands about the Upper Great Lakes.”
Some of the divisions within the Algonquian language family are briefly described below.
Plains Algonquian
The Plains Algonquian sub-family includes Blackfoot, Cheyenne, Arapaho, Gros Ventre (Atsina), Besawunena, Nawathinehena, and Ha’anahawunena. The last five languages are considered to belong to an Arapahoan sub-group which is distinguished by certain innovations not found in other Algonquian languages. Arapaho, Gros Ventre, and Besawunena are similar enough that their speakers could understand each other with a little practice.
Among the Plains Algonquian languages, there is a…
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Cheers: 11/02/2024
– To the Traverse City Golf and Country Club’s members, who via their seasonal Eagles for Children fundraiser collected $126,250, which will be given away to 13 regional charities at a banquet on Wednesday. The total is $30,000 more this year than in 2023, said Teri Gorsline, a local Eagles for Children volunteer committee member. All the money goes to nonprofits dedicated to helping disadvantaged local youth.
Eagles for Children is a Michigan-based organization that counts more than 20 participating golf clubs across the state — including in Traverse City — and also in Wisconsin and North Carolina. It has donated more than $6 million to children’s charities since its start in 2012, according to the nonprofit’s website. Participants pledge a minimum of $2 for each time a fellow member scores an eagle on a hole at the club and, as of 2023, the group reports raising more than $1,100 per eagle.
An eagle is a score of two strokes below par on a given hole.
– To Traverse City Central High School’s Grace Cary, who recently announced her commitment to play Division I college softball for the Big Ten Conference’s Ohio State University. Cary is the third Big North Conference high school player to commit to a Power 5 — or major conference — university during the last several years, as reported by Record-Eagle Senior Sports Writer James Cook.
– To Branden Morgan, who retired this week after 27 years as sexton of Oakwood Cemetery in Traverse City. In that time, he’s performed a variety of caretaking tasks, from working a wheelbarrow, to landscaping and preparing sites for burial, and simply being there for those who are grieving, as stated in a Thursday Record-Eagle story by Staff Writer Kathryn Depauw, who covers Indigenous Affairs in partnership with Report for America….
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Obituary of Darryl Keith Dolson
It’s with heavy and broken hearts that we announce the unexpected passing of Darryl Keith Dolson, at the age of 59, while he was at home.
Darryl; Beloved son to Rita Dolson, father Leroy Dolson and his brother Dwayne Dolson (Tracie); his niece Ashley Gauthier (Jonathan) and Kyla Neil; nephews Dwayne Jr. Dolson, and Drake Dolson.
Darryl will be missed by 3 great nephews and 2 great nieces followed by many friends and family.
Friends will be received by the family at Elliott-Madill Funeral Home (22424 Adelaide Road, Mount Brydges) on Sunday, November 3rd, 2024, from 11 am to 1 pm. Service from the Funeral Home commences at 1:00 pm. Interment Lower Muncey Cemetery. Luncheon to follow at the Munsee-Delaware Community Centre.
Arrangements entrusted to Elliott-Madill Funeral Home Ltd. www.elliottmadill.com
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COLONIAL BEACH, Va. —Visit George Washington Birthplace National Monument to learn about and celebrate the rich traditions, languages, and innovations of Indigenous people in the Northern Neck. On Sunday, November 10th, cultural demonstrations will be offered by Tribal representatives and community partners from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. in the Memorial Area of the park.
Lisa Brighteyes Richardson Deresz, MS, OTR/L is a Rappahannock Citizen and a Language Ambassador for the Omisun Project-Powhatan Algonquian Intertribal Roundtable (PAIR). Funded by a grant from the Administration for Native Americans (ANA), the Omisun Project is headed by the Chickahominy Indian Tribe under the advisory of PAIR. Lisa will offer an introduction to Powhatan Algonquian and the Indigenous language revitalization process. Visitors will have an opportunity to hear, and perhaps recognize, Algonquian words that are rooted in Powhatan Algonquian as they discover the original language of this land.
Brad Hatch, Chief Judge on the Patawomeck Tribal Council and master eel pot maker, will be demonstrating the construction of traditional split oak eel traps. He will also have a display of Patawomeck material culture representing the history of his community from thousands of years ago to the present. Once a significant part of Indigenous economies along the Atlantic coast, the craft of eel pot making waned in the twentieth century and the Patawomecks are one of the few tribes that have continued this traditional cultural practice passed down from their ancestors.
Scott Strickland of the Maryland Archaeological Conservation Lab will also be on site to demonstrate what archaeologists look for when identifying projectile points (arrowheads) and ceramics from the Chesapeake region. See examples spanning thousands of…
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Later this month about 50 members of the Munsee-Delaware First Nation — located outside of London, Ont. — will take a trip to the United States to pay a visit to what might be best described as an old friend.
But instead of visiting a person, they’ll be stopping in to a Munsee language and history symposium in Princeton, N.J., to check in on a Wampum belt that originated in their community and is believed to be more than 250 years old.
“This actually is the first time in my knowledge where a Munsee item has come out of a museum and where our community has been able to see it,” said Ian McCallum, a member of the Munsee-Delaware First Nation and a researcher of Indigenous art, language and history.
“This is actually the first time it’s been with its community in a very long time. It’s going to be quite an event.”
Although it’s called a belt, the Wampum is typically worn around the neck, almost like a scarf, during ceremonies and important meetings.
The belt is made with strands of hemp looped through cylinder-shaped beads made of quahog shells.
Belt in ‘remarkable condition’
It’s become brittle and delicate over the years but McCallum, who visited the belt recently, said this hasn’t diminished the power of seeing it in person.
“There are bits and pieces of the belt that are missing but for the age that it is, it’s in remarkable condition,” he said.
Many aspects of its history aren’t known. It’s believed the belt was made to commemorate a treaty between the Munsee-Delaware people and King George III in the 18th century.
In or around 1907, Munsee-Delaware elder Jacob Dolson gave the belt to Mark Harrington, an anthropologist and avid collector of Indigenous artifacts in the U.S. and Canada.
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The Murder of William Martin: Part 1
In April of 1832 Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak, the Sauk war chief known to the American settlers as Black Hawk, crossed the Mississippi River into Illinois in order to regain his homeland that he felt was wrongly taken from his people.
A conflict followed these actions that has come to be called the Black Hawk War.
In the early 1800s the Sauk and Meskwaki (commonly referred to as the Fox) often lived in the vicinity of what is now Burlington, Iowa. They called the area Shock-o-con.
In 1820, the Meskwaki Chief Tama (the Man Who Makes the Rocks Tremble) was living near what is now Gladstone, Illinois.
With so many white settlers moving into the vicinity, he decided to move his village across the river to Shock-o-con.
A few years later, Tama moved his village a few miles north to the edge of the prairie near the river.
Tama was not in favor of Black Hawk’s actions and used his great influence to persuade many warriors from joining the Sauk war chief.
His village became a place of rendezvous for many of these young men.
In May of 1832 Chief Tama crossed the river into Illinois to visit his friend, Sumner Phelps, in the village of Yellow Banks, known today by its Indian name – Oquawka.
A historian recorded the events that followed: “Things were in this unsettled state when one night Tama, an aged Fox chief, arrived at the trading house to inquire if his white brother had heard any news from the seat of war.
He was accompanied by his wife and son.
Tama had a town about three miles below the town on the Iowa side.
He had been a great chief and noted scout.
In the war of 1812, he had given valuable assistance to Edwards, then-governor of the Illinois territory, and carried…
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Hew Locke: what have we here?
For this exhibition at the British Museum, the artist Hew Locke has stepped into the role of curator, drawing together objects from the museum’s collection to probe its associations with Britain’s imperial past (17 October–9 February 2025). The show is the result of a two-year collaboration between the artist and museum and pays particular attention to Britain’s interactions with Africa, India and the Caribbean, including Guyana, where Locke spent his formative years. More than 150 objects are divided into four sections: ‘Sovereigns and Icons of Nationhood’, ‘Trade’, ‘Conflict’ and ‘Treasure’. Most of the items in the exhibition, which include a brightly coloured 19th-century Akawaio feather headdress from Guyana and a 16th-century watercolour of an Algonquian leader by the English artist John White, come from the collection of the museum, though several of Locke’s own creations are also interspersed throughout the show. These include The Watchers (2024), a new series of sculptural figures that appears to spy on visitors as they move through the exhibition.
Find out more from the British Museum’s website.
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Akawaio headdress, before 1865, Guyana. Photo: © The Trustees of the British Museum
Armada 6 (2019), Hew Locke. Courtesy the artist/Hales London and New York; © Hew Locke
A North Carolina Algonquian werowance (leader) (c. 1586–90), John White. Photo: © The Trustees of the British Museum
Indigenous Peoples Day
Newburyport’s annual Indigenous Peoples Day celebration returns to Waterfront Park on Monday starting at 10 a.m. and running until 5 p.m. The free family event honors the region’s Indigenous communities, including all native peoples like the Pawtucket-Penacook, Massachusetts, Nipmuc, Wabanald, as well as the Wampanoag.
Inspiring music at Belleville
Le Vent du Nord opens the Belleville Roots Music 2024-25 Series on Friday at 8 p.m. Enjoy the energy of a Quebecois Saturday night kitchen party as this award-winning progressive string band returns to Belleville, delighting audiences in English with the flavors of French tradition. Tickets are on sale at www.bellevilleroots.org.
Crafting Cinema
Newburyport Recreation and Youth Services and The Screening Room will show the film “Practical Magic” on Saturday at 1 p.m. as part of its monthly Crafting Cinema program. Ever wanted to bring your crochet to the cinema but it’s just too dark? Work on that knitted scarf but worried about annoying the person next to you? For more info, visit: www.newburyportmovies.com/practical-magic.
Fall into fall
The Newburyport Chamber of Commerce & Industry’s annual Fall Fest returns to downtown Newburyport on Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Plenty of live local bands, local food trucks and libations, artisans and crafters (including lots of Halloween items) will be on hand. On Saturday, check out the chamber’s annual Oktoberfest at Waterfront Park.
‘Little Mermaid’ at the Firehouse
Join Ariel and her friends in a costume parade following the Saturday performances of “The Little Mermaid” at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. at the Firehouse Center for the Arts. Come dressed as your favorite character from “The Little Mermaid” (or any fun costume of your choice) and join the parade. All children will receive a treat and a prize…