Nakón-i'a wo!
Beginning Nakoda
- Author Name: Vincent Collette (ed.) with contributions by Armand McArthur and Wilma Kennedy
- Award Year: 2021
- Publisher: University of Regina Press
- Publication Date: 2019
- ISBN: 9780889776623
- Tags: Nominee 2021
About the Book
Written for beginning learners of Nakoda (also known as Assiniboine), this book, arranged thematically, provides a Nakoda/English lexicon, a vocabulary, a table of kinship terms, a glossary of linguistic terminology, and exercises to do after each lesson. "Beginning Nakoda" was made possible with the assistance of Elders and Language Keepers of the Nakoda Nation: Armand McArthur and Wilma Kennedy, Main Consultants; with additional contributions by Pete Bigstone, Leona Kroscamp, Freda O'Watch, and Ken Armstrong.
About the Author
Vincent Collette teaches linguistics and Nakoda at First Nations University of Canada in Regina.