Volume 50
The 50th Algonquian Conference was held at the North Campus of the University of Alberta, in Edmonton, Alberta, 25–28 October 2018. It was organized by Antti Arppe (University of Alberta), Inge Genee (University of Lethbridge, Alberta), and Arok Wolvengrey (First Nations University of Canada, Regina, Saskatchewan), as well as the Maskwacîs Education Schools Commission (MESC, Maskwacîs, Alberta). This fully refereed volume was edited by Monica Macaulay and Margaret Noodin.
This volume is now available from MSU Press: order.
Contents
Monica Macaulay, Margaret Noodin
Preface
Richard Preston
50th Algonquian Conference Retrospective
Mary Ann Naokwegijig-Corbiere
Algonquian Studies: Where We Came from and Where We Are Going
Irene Appelbaum
The Importance of Being Not-Obviative
Amy Dianne Bergseth
The Benign Neglect of Language Materials by Historians: A Northeastern Oklahoma Case Study
Amy Dahlstrom
A Meskwaki Construction in Narrative Texts: Independent Pronoun + Full NP
Rose-Marie Déchaine and Monique Dufresne
The Syntax of (ir)realis in Innu
Yvonne Denny, Arlene Stevens, Elizabeth Paul, Barbara Sylliboy, and Dianne Friesen
A Ditransitive Analysis of Possessor Raising in Mi’kmaw: Distinct Licensing for Possessor and Possessum
Lex Giesbrecht and Jordan Lachler
Nominalization Strategies in Plains Cree: An Analysis of the -win Suffix
Ryan E. Henke
The Acquisition of Obviation in Northern East Cree: Evidence from Possessive Constructions
Sarah Hofffman and Will Oxford
Derivational Functions of Theme Signs in Oji-Cree
Leila Inksetter
Gatherings: The Transformation of Algonquin Settlement Patterns in the 19th Century
Bill Jancewicz
The Bible in “Plain” Cree: A Look at the Language of the 1862 Translation
H. C. Wolfart
Denominative and Quantitative Verbs of Possession in Plains Cree