{"product_id":"okanagan-grouse-woman-upper-nicola-narratives-9780803286856","title":"Okanagan Grouse Woman: Upper Nicola Narratives","description":"Published through the Recovering Languages and Literacies of the Americas initiative, supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation \u003cp\u003e In this book of Native American language research and oral traditions, linguist John Lyon collects Salish stories as told by culture-bearer Lottie Lindley, one of the last Okanagan elders whose formative years of language learning were unbroken by the colonizing influence of English. Speaking in the Upper Nicola dialect of Okanagan, a Southern Interior Salish language, Lindley tells the stories that recount and reflect Salish culture, history, and historical consciousness (including names of locales won in battle with other interior peoples), coming-of-age rituals and marriage rites, and tales that attest to the self-understanding of the Salish people within their own history. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e For each Okanagan Salish story, Lyon and Lindley offer a continuous transcription followed by a collaborative English translation of the story and an interlinear rendition with morphological analysis. The presentation allows students of the dialect, linguists, and those interested in Pacific Northwest and Interior Plateau indigenous oral traditions unencumbered access to the culture, history, and language of the Salish peoples. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With few native speakers left in the community, \u003ci\u003eOkanagan Grouse Woman\u003c\/i\u003e contributes to the preservation, presentation, and--with hope--maintenance and cultivation of a vital indigenous language and the cultural traditions of the Interior Salish peoples. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lottie Lindley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Nebraska Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 510\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.51lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 7.74w x 1.06d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780803286856\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLottie Lindley \u003c\/b\u003e(1930-2016) (Nicola Okanagan Salish) was a culture-bearer and one of the last fluent speakers of Nicola Okanagan.\u003cb\u003e John Lyon \u003c\/b\u003eis a postdoctoral researcher in linguistics at the University of Victoria. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40711594836083,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":52.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_7e6ff9c6-6bd0-4774-a09c-5647c0c3ddbd.jpg?v=1676559287","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/okanagan-grouse-woman-upper-nicola-narratives-9780803286856","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}