http://wordsyoudontknow.com/2009/06/10-words-you-didnt-know-were-american-indian-words/ and probably don't need to know Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:00:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordsyoudontknow.com/2009/06/10-words-you-didnt-know-were-american-indian-words/#comment-222 RB Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:05:11 +0000 http://havemacwillblog.com/?p=5243#comment-222 Thanks for correcting my imprecision. The etymological view is that the word Canada came from an Iroquoian language of the St. Lawrence valley that had gone extinct by 1600. That was, however, just one of many Iroquoian languages. My apologies.... Thanks for correcting my imprecision. The etymological view is that the word Canada came from an Iroquoian language of the St. Lawrence valley that had gone extinct by 1600. That was, however, just one of many Iroquoian languages. My apologies….

]]> http://wordsyoudontknow.com/2009/06/10-words-you-didnt-know-were-american-indian-words/#comment-221 Elizabeth Sun, 01 Nov 2009 05:04:25 +0000 http://havemacwillblog.com/?p=5243#comment-221 You said above that the Iroquoian language is extinct when this is certainly not the case. Iroquois is a confederacy of six nations: the Mohawk, Seneca, Onondaga, Oneida, Cayuga, and Tuscarora. Each of these nations speaks their own language (hence their wasn't ever an Iroquoian language per se, but a language family, which also includes languages like Cherokee). Each of these nations mentioned above has speakers, as well as language programs which are working to create fluent speakers among the youth. For example the Akwesasne Freedom School on the Akwesasne Mohawk reservation is an immersion school that teaches Kindergarten through 6th grade completely in Mohawk. So Iroquoian languages are not extinct You said above that the Iroquoian language is extinct when this is certainly not the case. Iroquois is a confederacy of six nations: the Mohawk, Seneca, Onondaga, Oneida, Cayuga, and Tuscarora. Each of these nations speaks their own language (hence their wasn’t ever an Iroquoian language per se, but a language family, which also includes languages like Cherokee). Each of these nations mentioned above has speakers, as well as language programs which are working to create fluent speakers among the youth. For example the Akwesasne Freedom School on the Akwesasne Mohawk reservation is an immersion school that teaches Kindergarten through 6th grade completely in Mohawk. So Iroquoian languages are not extinct

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