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title: 'Grammar and Dictionary of the Dakota Language'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
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authors:
- 'Stephen Return Riggs'
date: 1851-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Language'
- 'Domestic Missions'
scriptures:
- 'Matthew 28'
- 'Acts 1'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/riggs-1851-grammar-and-dictionary-of-the-dakota-language
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# Grammar and Dictionary of the Dakota Language

Preface to Smithsonian vol. IV presenting a Dakota grammar and Dakota–English dictionary compiled by missionary S.R. Riggs. Documents mission linguistic work and institutional publication plans.

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