Opening from On This Site - Native Long Island

Algonquian Language

Algonquian languages of Long Island: language relationships and revitalization, recorded environmental vocabulary, and 27 place-name translations with historical context and sources. Language carries relationships among people, land, water, memory, and community. Surviving colonial spellings preserve fragments of Indigenous speech, but they cannot replace the knowledge and authority of Native communities working to reclaim their languages. Algonquian languages of Long Island: language relationships and revitalization, recorded environmental vocabulary, and 27 place-name translations with historical context and...