Papers of the Algonquian Conference is a collection of peer-reviewed scholarship from an annual international forum that focuses on topics related to the languages and cultures of Algonquian peoples. This series touches on a variety of subject areas, including anthropology, archaeology, education, ethnography, history, Indigenous studies, language studies, literature, music, political science, psychology, religion, and sociology. Contributors often cite never-before-published data in their research, giving the reader a fresh and unique insight into the Algonquian peoples and rendering these papers essential reading for those interested in studying Algonquian society.
ContentsPreface50th Algonquian Conference Retrospective | Richard PrestonAlgonquian Studies: Where We Came from and Where We Are Going | Mary Ann Naokwegijig-CorbiereThe Importance of Being Not-Obviative | Irene AppelbaumThe Benign Neglect of Language Materials by Historians: A Northeastern Oklahoma Case Study | Amy Dianne BergsethA Meskwaki Construction in Narrative Texts: Independent Pronoun + Full NP | Amy DahlstromThe Syntax of (ir)realis in Innu | Rose-Marie Déchaine and Monique DufresneA Ditransitive Analysis of Possessor Raising in Mi’kmaw: Distinct Licensing for Possessor and Possessum | Yvonne Denny, Arlene Stevens, Elizabeth Paul, Barbara Sylliboy, and Dianne FriesenNominalization Strategies in Plains Cree: An Analysis of the -win Sufffijix | Lex Giesbrecht and Jordan LachlerThe Acquisition of Obviation in Northern East Cree: Evidence from Possessive Constructions | Ryan E. HenkeDerivational Functions of Theme Signs in Oji-Cree Sarah Hofffman and Will OxfordGatherings: The Transformation of Algonquin Settlement Patterns in the 19th Century | Leila InksetterThe Bible in “Plain” Cree: A Look at the Language of the 1862 Translation | Bill JancewiczDenominative and Quantitative Verbs of Possession in Plains Cree | H. C. WolfartContributors