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A bold and unflinching portrayal of contemporary Maya life in Chiapas, Mexico.

"Torn from his family at the age of six, Solomon Ratt was placed into the residential school system-- far from the love and comfort of home and family. In âk-îp-isi-kiskisiâyn / The Way I Remember, Ratt reflects on these memories and life-long challenges through his telling ofâ cimisowina-- autobiographical stories-- and also traditional tales.Presented in Cree th-dialect Standard Roman Orthography, syllabics, and English, Ratt's reminiscences of residential school escapades almost always end with a close call and a smile. Even when the memories are dark, his particularly Cree sense of humour shines, resulting in an important and unique memoir that emphasizes and celebrates Solomon Ratt's perseverance and life after residential school." --

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This volume reproduces a vocabulary recorded by an English merchant named Thomas Ridout who compiled a list of 400 Shawnee words in the late-18th century. Ridout was taken prisoner by the Shawnees and adopted by a chief named Kakinathucca. He subsequently learned to speak their language and recorded his vocabulary on scraps of tea paper. This vocabulary was first printed as an appendix to Ridout's letters in 1890, and is one of the earliest major vocabularies of the Shawnee language.