North Slave Terminology List
This is a scan of looseleaf notes, some typed, some hand-written, going over Dene language translations for terms related to government, world politics, emotions, the environment, and health. This document is interesting for the historical context shaping each definition. Some examples include:
Royal commission on aboriginal affairs
Dǫ dezǫ naáwo k’e eghálagı́de
People working on aboriginal issue
Political parties
Gogha ehkw’e k’é eghálats’éda
We follow what we believe
Communist
Ndéts’ǫ́ k’aáwo yatı k’é zǫ hǫɂǫ
They take only the government’s word
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North Slave Terminology List. Translated by Lucy Ann Yakelaya. Yellowknife: Government of the Northwest Territories Language Bureau, 1987.
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- Publication Type: Report
- Place Published: Yellowknife
- Keywords: Language|Terminology Development