![]() ![]() Beginning with "The Ancient Ones," the chapters describe Choctaw prehistory, daily life before contact, ritual and religion, trade, removal to Indian Territory, schools, newspapers, and contemporary life. ![]() ![]() Part two, "Kaniohmichi-hosh Okchayat Il-asha ("The Way We Live")," contains essays on Choctaw history and culture written especially for this volume by leading scholars in anthropology, history, linguistics, archaeology, and Native American studies. ![]() Those include the two-volume set Choctaw Language and Culture: Chahta Anumpa. Designed for classroom use and to preserve the rich heritage of the Choctaw language, the lessons introduce new words, explain sentence construction and correct usage, and provide exercises in grammar and composition. Languages Represented: The collection materials are in Cheyenne, Choctaw. Each chapter begins with a conversation or a Choctaw story. The tribe is the fourth largest indigenous group by population in the United States with 220,000 enrolled members. The Choctaw language is spoken by the Choctaw tribe, who originally inhabited the southeastern United States. In part one of the book, "Chahta Anumpa," Marcia Haag, a linguist, and Henry Willis, a native speaker and Choctaw instructor, present the Choctaw language. This paper introduces a general use corpus for Choctaw, an American indigenous language. Choctaw Language and Culture combines a beginning language and grammar text with a selection of essays on Choctaw history, language, and culture from prehistoric times to the present. ![]()
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