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Algonquian (ălgŏng`kēən, –kwēən), branch of the Algonquian-Wakashan linguistic family of North America. See Native American languages Native American languages, languages of the native peoples of the Western Hemisphere and their descendants. A number of the Native American languages that were spoken at the time of the European arrival in the New World in the late 15th cent. ..... Click the link for more information. . How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Longfellow
modeled his poem on the Finnish epic Kavelala, conflated the Iroquoian
Hiawatha with an Algonquian culture hero named Nanabozho, and from that
point on Hiawatha was never the same. Previously in residence at
the Convent were Indian girls who "whisper[ed] to each other in a
language the sisters had forbidden them to use," and who
"softly s[ang] forbidden Algonquian lullabies" (229, 237). In 1643 Eliot
began to learn Algonquian, and in 1650-1651 he built the first Praying
Indian community at Natick, Massachusetts. |
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