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RECLAIMING OUR LANGUAGE
Researching our language was not an easy task. The best source was a list of Indian words and their meanings compiled by a Jamestown colonist in the 1600s. But it had been recopied by some of the 17th century's most incompetent scribes. Their N's looked like A's, which looked like U's, and they had a serious problem with spelling. The Algonquian word for "ants" had been mislabeled as "aunts," and the word for "herring" had become "hearing."
Language Classes are held at the White Oak Fire House on Sunday Afternoons at 3:00 PM and usually last until 4:30. We have great fun together, discussing genealogy, history, paleotology, linguistics, etc... Join us and learn more about the Patawomeck People of White Oak! For further information, please contact our Instructor, Becky Guy, at 540-479-3448
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Here are links to past class lessons
QUICK LINKS
Upcoming events
September 11, 2010
Monthly Tribal Council Meeting 2 PM @ White Oak Civil War Museum
September 18, 2010
Caledon Village more details TBA
cONTACT uS
CHIEF ROBERT 'TWO EAGLES' GREEN
534 Fagan Drive
Fredericksburg, VA 22405
MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE
c/o MaryAnn Berry
P.O. Box 615
Colonial Beach, VA 22443
