Vincent Collette is a visiting professor of linguistics at the University of QuÉbec at Chicoutimi. He is the editor of NakÓn-i’a wo!: Beginning Nakoda and other works. Wilma Kennedy (Heȟága hóta’į wį́yą, Echo of the Elk Woman; 1923–2020) was an educator, language activist, and knowledge keeper of the Nakoda community. She is the coauthor of NakÓn-i’a wo!: Beginning Nakoda.

"This dictionary is an invaluable contribution to endangered language documentation and to theoretical, typological, and comparative linguistics."-E. J. Vajda, Choice “A great resource for both academic and nonacademic audiences. It is the most comprehensive dictionary of the Nakoda (Assiniboine) language. It is a mandatory addition to reference collections at academic libraries and will be a treasured possession of every Nakoda household.”-Jurgita Antoine, director of Native language research for the American Indian Higher Education Consortium “This dictionary greatly increases the knowledge of the Nakoda (Assiniboine) language and will be a valuable resource to those wishing to better understand Siouan languages. Although the work is directed toward the Nakoda (Assiniboine) communities it will also be an important contribution to specialists in the field.”-Thomas Shawl, Nakoda (Assiniboine) language consultant

• List of IllistrationsForeword by Chief Ira McArthurMessages from FundersIntroductionA Short History of the Nakoda PeopleDialectal Situation of NakodaLanguage VitalityMethodologySpelling System and Sound DescriptionKey to EntriesGeneral InformationEntries for Verbs in the Nakoda–English SectionEntries for Nouns in the Nakoda–English SectionEntries for Morphemes in the Nakoda–English SectionEntries in the English–Nakoda SectionGlossing and Class CodesNakoda/EnglishEnglish/NakodaReferences

Vincent Collette is a visiting professor of linguistics at the University of QuÉbec at Chicoutimi. He is the editor of NakÓn-i’a wo!: Beginning Nakoda and other works. Wilma Kennedy (Heȟága hóta’į wį́yą, Echo of the Elk Woman; 1923–2020) was an educator, language activist, and knowledge keeper of the Nakoda community. She is the coauthor of NakÓn-i’a wo!: Beginning Nakoda.

"This dictionary is an invaluable contribution to endangered language documentation and to theoretical, typological, and comparative linguistics."-E. J. Vajda, Choice “A great resource for both academic and nonacademic audiences. It is the most comprehensive dictionary of the Nakoda (Assiniboine) language. It is a mandatory addition to reference collections at academic libraries and will be a treasured possession of every Nakoda household.”-Jurgita Antoine, director of Native language research for the American Indian Higher Education Consortium “This dictionary greatly increases the knowledge of the Nakoda (Assiniboine) language and will be a valuable resource to those wishing to better understand Siouan languages. Although the work is directed toward the Nakoda (Assiniboine) communities it will also be an important contribution to specialists in the field.”-Thomas Shawl, Nakoda (Assiniboine) language consultant

• List of IllistrationsForeword by Chief Ira McArthurMessages from FundersIntroductionA Short History of the Nakoda PeopleDialectal Situation of NakodaLanguage VitalityMethodologySpelling System and Sound DescriptionKey to EntriesGeneral InformationEntries for Verbs in the Nakoda–English SectionEntries for Nouns in the Nakoda–English SectionEntries for Morphemes in the Nakoda–English SectionEntries in the English–Nakoda SectionGlossing and Class CodesNakoda/EnglishEnglish/NakodaReferences

Vincent Collette is a visiting professor of linguistics at the University of QuÉbec at Chicoutimi. He is the editor of NakÓn-i’a wo!: Beginning Nakoda and other works. Wilma Kennedy (Heȟága hóta’į wį́yą, Echo of the Elk Woman; 1923–2020) was an educator, language activist, and knowledge keeper of the Nakoda community. She is the coauthor of NakÓn-i’a wo!: Beginning Nakoda.

"This dictionary is an invaluable contribution to endangered language documentation and to theoretical, typological, and comparative linguistics."-E. J. Vajda, Choice “A great resource for both academic and nonacademic audiences. It is the most comprehensive dictionary of the Nakoda (Assiniboine) language. It is a mandatory addition to reference collections at academic libraries and will be a treasured possession of every Nakoda household.”-Jurgita Antoine, director of Native language research for the American Indian Higher Education Consortium “This dictionary greatly increases the knowledge of the Nakoda (Assiniboine) language and will be a valuable resource to those wishing to better understand Siouan languages. Although the work is directed toward the Nakoda (Assiniboine) communities it will also be an important contribution to specialists in the field.”-Thomas Shawl, Nakoda (Assiniboine) language consultant

• List of IllistrationsForeword by Chief Ira McArthurMessages from FundersIntroductionA Short History of the Nakoda PeopleDialectal Situation of NakodaLanguage VitalityMethodologySpelling System and Sound DescriptionKey to EntriesGeneral InformationEntries for Verbs in the Nakoda–English SectionEntries for Nouns in the Nakoda–English SectionEntries for Morphemes in the Nakoda–English SectionEntries in the English–Nakoda SectionGlossing and Class CodesNakoda/EnglishEnglish/NakodaReferences