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Searching for Lost City: On the Trail of America's Native Languages: Choctaw, Creek, Sioux, Cherokee, and Ponca are just a few of the Native American tribal languages that are quickly moving toward extinction, down from the nearly six hundred that once existed. Experts predict that the number could drop to twenty by the middle of the century. Before they disappear completely, journalist Elizabeth Seay sets out to track down what is left of these languages in her native Oklahoma. Her deeply felt narrative opens a window into the quirks and intricacies of each language she encounters--and allows a glimpse at the last days of a vanishing culture.
Seay finds a "lost city"--Ross Mountain, a secret community in the Ozark Mountains, where 90 percent of the people, from young to old, speak a Cherokee dialect as their first language. She meets leaders in the Indian community, from Toby Hughes, who weaves spells, to Charles Chibitty, the last Comanche code talker, and his granddaughter Lacey, for whom being a Comanche seems to be a weekend hobby. The result of Seay's journey is less a study in linguistics than a lively history lesson in cultural migration, forced assimilation, and the
meaning of language itself.
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| Weight: | 0.37 kg |
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CDN$ 21.95 (US$ 21.36) |
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| ISBN-10: | 1592286445 |
| ISBN-13/EAN: | 9781592286447 |
| Author: | Seay, Elizabeth |
| Publisher: | The Lyons Press
Guilford, Connecticut |
| Publication Date: | 4/2005 |
| Pages: | 250 pages |
| Size/Dimensions: | 8.78 x 5.58 x 0.81 inches |
| Binding: | Paperback |
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