Illustration of the Method of Recording Indian Languages

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This fascinating book is a guide intended to educate readers on understanding how Native American languages are recorded in Latin letters. The book was written by multiple individuals, with the first author listed being James Owen Dorsey. He was an American ethnologist, linguist, and Episcopalian missionary in the Dakota Territory, who contributed to the description of the Ponca, Omaha, and other southern Siouan languages. He worked for the Bureau of American Ethnology of the Smithsonian Institution. He became known as the expert on languages and culture of southern Siouan peoples, although he also studied tribes of the Southwest and Northwest.

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