{"product_id":"glimpses-of-oneida-life-paperback","title":"Glimpses of Oneida Life - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKarin Michelson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eNorma Kennedy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMercy A. Doxtator\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGlimpses of Oneida Life\u003c\/em\u003e is a remarkable compilation of modern stories of community life at the Oneida Nation of the Thames Settlement and the surrounding area. With topics ranging from work experiences and Oneida customs to pranks, humorous encounters, and ghost stories, these fifty-two unscripted narrations and conversations in Oneida represent a rare collection of first-hand Iroquoian reflections on aspects of daily life and culture not found in print elsewhere.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach text is presented in Oneida with both an interlinear, word-by-word translation and a more colloquial translation in English. The book also contains a grammatical sketch of the Oneida language by Karin Michelson, co-author of the \u003cem\u003eOneida-English\/English-Oneida Dictionary\u003c\/em\u003e, that describes how words are structured and combined into larger linguistic structures, thus allowing \u003cem\u003eGlimpses\u003c\/em\u003e to be used as a teaching text as well.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe engrossing tales in \u003cem\u003eGlimpses of Oneida Life\u003c\/em\u003e will be a valuable resource for linguists and language learners, a useful source for those studying the history and culture of Iroquois people in the twentieth-century, and an entertaining read for anyone interested in everyday First Nations life in southern Ontario.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKarin Michelson\u003c\/strong\u003e is a professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University at Buffalo.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eNorma Kennedy\u003c\/strong\u003e has taught the Oneida language in New York and Ontario for more than twenty-five years. She is a master speaker at the Oneida Language and Cultural Center at the Oneida Nation of the Thames.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eMercy Doxtator (1936-2005)\u003c\/strong\u003e taught the Oneida language for almost twenty-five years at the Oneida Nation of the Thames, where she was the founder and director of the Oneida Language and Cultural Center.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 472\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 9.9 x 6.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 18, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52588421677363,"sku":"9781442628335","price":111.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/N1smawlms89781442628335.webp?v=1761627225","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/glimpses-of-oneida-life-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}