A Dakota-English Dictionary (Borealis Books)

by Stephen R. Riggs

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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 show more returns to print an expanded version of the dictionary published in 1890. show less

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Stephen Return Riggs
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Reference, Nonfiction, History, General Nonfiction, Art & Design
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497.5 — Language Other languages North American native languages Siouan, Iroquoian, Hokan, Chumash, Yuki languages
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PM1023 .R55 — Language and Literature Hyperborean, Native American, and artificial languages Hyperborean, Indian, and artificial languages Indian languages Special languages of the United States and Canada
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