An English-Dakota Dictionary theory A provocative

A provocative

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The book quickly sets up its own rhythms

An English-Dakota Dictionary theory A provocativeThe language of the Dakota people was first put into written form by missionaries who lived within and learned from the Dakota community in the Minnesota River valley. John P. Williamson (1835 1917), son of missionary Dr. Thomas S. Williamson, grew up speaking both English and Dakota, then spent most of his adult life as a missionary on the Santee Reservation in northeastern Nebraska. In 1902, he produced An English Dakota Dictionary. A companion