Dakota-English Dictionary

Title: Dakota-English Dictionary
Author: Stephen R Riggs
I: 1709680
ISBN: 9780873512824
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press
Published: 1992
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 681
Section: Language Study | Indigenous Languages in the Americas
Condition Note: Moderate edge wear. Binding good. May have marking in text. We sometimes source from libraries. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.
Publisher Description: This Dakota-English dictionary was sponsored by the Minnesota Historical Society when it was first published by the Smithsonian Institution in 1852. The editor, Stephen R. Riggs (1812-83), had worked with Samuel and Gideon Pond and Dr. Thomas S. Williamson to create the dictionary as well as prayer books and hymnals. All four men were missionaries sent by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions to work among the Dakota of the Minnesota River valley. This reprint edition returns to print an expanded version of the dictionary published in 1890.