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"Succeeds admirably in bridging popular writing and academic scholarship." -- American Anthropologist
"This is a wonderful book...well written, well edited, and full of useful information..." -- American Indian Culture and Research Journal
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Before outsiders arrived, about 100 distinct Indian languages were spoken in California, many of them alive today. Each of these languages represents a unique way of understanding the world and expressing that understanding. _Flutes of Fire_ captures the range, beauty, and delight of this great heritage.
"Succeeds admirably in bridging popular writing and academic scholarship." -- American Anthropologist
"This is a wonderful book...well written, well edited, and full of useful information..." -- American Indian Culture and Research Journal
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Before outsiders arrived, about 100 distinct Indian languages were spoken in California, many of them alive today. Each of these languages represents a unique way of understanding the world and expressing that understanding. _Flutes of Fire_ captures the range, beauty, and delight of this great heritage.
_Flutes of Fire_ examines many different aspects of Indian languages: languages, such as Yana, in which men and women have markedly different ways of speaking; ingenious ways used in each language for counting (some people count in tens, others in fives, others in fours, Yurok has 15 different ways of counting, depending upon what is being counted); discusses how language can retain evidence of ancient migrantions and other events; talks about what different groups are doing to keep languages alive and pass them down to the younger generations.
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California is a mosaic of overlapping cultures; there are practices performed and words uttered every moment of every day from Africa, Asia, Latin America, Polynesia, the Middle East, and of course dominantly from Europe. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
immersion camps, instrumental prefixes, acorn mush, endangered languages, rock writing, digger pine, language preservation Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Native American, California Indian, United States, Fort Ross, Nancy Richardson, Jack Marr, American Indian, Baja California, Lake Miwok, Parris Butler, Mary Bates Abbott, Robert Oswalt, University of California, Colorado River, Frank Manriquez, Handbook of the Indians of California, Jean Perry, Kashaya Pomo, Mary Yee, Pit River, Humboldt State University, Linda Yamane, North America, Northern Paiute, Owens Valley Paiute New!
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California is a mosaic of overlapping cultures; there are practices performed and words uttered every moment of every day from Africa, Asia, Latin America, Polynesia, the Middle East, and of course dominantly from Europe. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
immersion camps, instrumental prefixes, acorn mush, endangered languages, rock writing, digger pine, language preservation Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Native American, California Indian, United States, Fort Ross, Nancy Richardson, Jack Marr, American Indian, Baja California, Lake Miwok, Parris Butler, Mary Bates Abbott, Robert Oswalt, University of California, Colorado River, Frank Manriquez, Handbook of the Indians of California, Jean Perry, Kashaya Pomo, Mary Yee, Pit River, Humboldt State University, Linda Yamane, North America, Northern Paiute, Owens Valley Paiute New!
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