Winkapew Nitap

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

Here are links to past class lessons

 

Class Lesson 1/27/2008

Class Lesson 2/17/2008

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