Defying Maliseet Language Death: Emergent Vitalities of Language, Culture, and Identity in Eastern Canada

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© 2011 by the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America A book in the Recovering Languages and Literacies of the Americas initiative. Recovering Languages and Literacies is supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Perley, Bernard C. Defying Maliseet language death: emergent vitalities of language, culture, and identity in Eastern Canada / Bernard C. Perley. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 978-0-8032-2529-9 (cloth: alk. paper) 1. Passamaquoddy language—New Brunswick— Tobique Indian Reserve—History. 2. Passamaquoddy language—New Brunswick—Tobique Indian Reserve—Revival. 3. Language obsolescence— New Brunswick—Tobique Indian Reserve. 4. Language and culture—New Brunswick— Tobique Indian Reserve. 5. Communication and culture—New Brunswick—Tobique Indian Reserve. 6. Tobique Indian Reserve (N.B.)— History. 7. Tobique Indian Reserve (N.B.)— Social life and customs. I. Title. pm2135.z9t637 2011 497'.34—dc23 2011018952 Set in Quadraat by Bob Reitz. Designed by R. W. Boeche. To my grandmother. Your spirit lives on. To my mother. Wisoki-woliwon ’ciw psi-te keq. Koselomol. ...