Re: Algonquin or Algonkian?

Lyn Dearborn (lyn@anchor.engr.sgi.com)
Mon, 22 May 1995 15:23:59 -0700

Troy brought up the ancient question of Algonquin/Algonkian/Algonquian
usage ... I hope someone like Rich Rhodes will give a clearly definitive
answer ... which is why I've waited a few days ... but I only have time to
scan the subject headers so I may have missed it.

This subject has been so misused over the decades that only a "pro" can
clarify it accurately .... but in the meantime, yes, there is a "family"
of tribes sometimes referred to as Algonquin because their language
base is Algonquin -- it includes many of the Eastern Woodland tribes PLU
the Wintu and Yurok of California (supposedly from the Eastern Woodlands
originally).

The only place I've seen "Algonkian" is in "Linguistics" texts.

lyn

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