Journal of American Indian Education

Volume 6 Number 1
October 1966

GRADUATE THESES CONCERNING THE SPEECH AND SPOKEN LANGUAGE OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN: AN INDEX

Lynn R. Osborn

RECENT legislative enactments and executive pronouncements have heavily underscored this country's awakening commitment to the overcoming of social, economic, and educational deprivation among its minority ethnic groups. Great amounts of money, time, and talent now are being expended in efforts aimed at the alleviation of these cultural ills.

Certainly the needs of no group exceed those of the more than a half-million North American Indians who are United States citizens. The Bureau of Indian Affairs and other concerned agencies continue to recognize the emphasis of need for well-designed and well-executed research investigations of the speech and language of the Indian.

As no meaningful scholarly investigation may ever be undertaken without knowledge of prior research in the same and tangential areas, it is of the utmost importance that one be able to identify and locate such previous studies. With this in mind, the writer has attempted to draw together in this index citations to reported graduate theses dealing with the speech and spoken language of the North American Indian. It is recognized, of course, that no such index is ever complete. It is sincerely hoped that corrections and additions will be forwarded to the writer for inclusion in future revisions of this listing.

MASTERS THESES

Aginsky, Ethel G. A Critical Review of Waldemar Jochelson's Unpublished Aleutian Grammar, and an Analysis of Some Text Material. M. A., Columbia University, 1933.

Allen, Nannie Flo. A Study of Rhetorical Style in Selected Messages of Principal Chiefs of the Cherokee Nation Between 1860 and 1880. M. A., University of Oklahoma, 1949.

Barber, Carroll G. Trilingualism in Pascua: The Social Functions of Language in an Arizona Yaqui Village. M. A., University of Arizona, 1952.

Becker, William J. The Compounding of Words in the Comanche Language. M. A., University of Oklahoma, 1931.

Bersch, Vera Marie. Evidence of the Existence of Prayer of Petition Among the North American Indians. M. A., St. Louis University, 1935.

Bryant, Edna. Oratory of the United States Indian from 1600 to 1900. M. A., Wayne State University, 1938.

Burgess, Glen Dean. A Program for Teaching English to Indian Children in Elementary Schools. M. A., Stanford University, 1937.

Buswell, James Oliver III. An Introduction to Ethno-Linguistics. M. A., University of Pennsylvania, 1952.

Buswell, Lois E. The Oratory of the South Dakota Indians. M. A., University of Wisconsin, 1934.

Call, Verne Parkin. A Speech and Hearing Survey of Navajo Indian Children at the Intermountain Indian School, Brigham City, Utah. M. A., University of Utah, 1952.

Carlisle, Rose Jeanne. A Southwestern Dictionary. M. A., University of New Mexico, 1939.

Craig, William Scott. The Dramatic Activity of Certain Indian Tribes of Illinois. M. A., University of Illinois, 1957.

Croft, Kenneth. A Guide to Source Material on Extinct North American Indian Languages. M. A., Indiana University, 1949.

Davis, Lawrence. A Speech and Hearing Survey of Indian Children Attending Ogalala Community School, Pine Ridge, South Dakota. M. A., University of South Dakota, 1958.

Doerfert, Hans M. Use of Pictures in Teaching English to Navajo Children. M. A., Boston University, 1957.

Dozier, Edward P. A Tentative Description and Classification of Tewa Verb Structure. M. A., University of New Mexico, 1949.

Dyk, Walter. Verb Types in Wishram, An American Indian Language of the Northwest Coast. M. A., University of Chicago, 1931.

Farmer, Sybil D. Selected Problems in the Teaching of English to Navajo Students in High School. M. A., University of Texas, 1964.

Gibson, Lorna Faith. Pame (Otomi) Phonemics and Morphophonemics. M. A., Indiana University, 1956.

Goddard, Sara Anne. The Zuni Language as a Means of Interpreting Pueblo Indian Culture. M. A., University of New Mexico, 1930.

Guthrie, Gail Francis. A Study of the Theatrical Elements in the Grand Medicine Society (Midewiwin) Religious Cult as Practiced by the Northern United States Chippewa Indians. M. A., Cornell University, 1964.

Hale, Kenneth Locke. The Distribution of the Class II Prefixes in Navajo. M. A., Indiana University, 1956.

Hankins, John Erskine. Oratory of the American Indian: A Descriptive and Critical Discussion of the Oratory of the Indians of Eastern and Middle Western America Until the Year 1830. M. A., University of South Carolina, 1925.

Harper, Blanche Wurdack. Notes on the Documentary History, the Language, and the Rituals and Customs of Jemez Pueblo. M. A., University of New Mexico, 1929.

Holzman, Ruth Florence. Spanish-Indian Language Influence. M. A University of Denver, 1924.

Jackson, Ellen D. The Teaching of English as a Second Language to Alaskan Native Children of Non-English Speaking Backgrounds on the Kindergarten and First Grade Levels. M. A., University of Washington, 1964.

Jones, William. A Study in the Chinook and Katlamat Languages. M. A., Columbia University, 1902.

Kyzer, Willye Maye. A Descriptive Study of the Speech of the Koasati Indians of Louisiana. M. A., Louisiana State University, 1952.

Lindsay, Janet Pauline. Navajo Public Speaking. M. A., University of Colorado, 1954.

Loewen, Jacob Abram. Waunana Grammar; A Descriptive Analysis. M. A., University of Washington, 1954.

Lyon, Eleanor Harriet. Kiowa: Phonolgy and Noun Morphology. M. A., University of Pennsylvania, 1939.

Malan, Vernon Duane. Language and Social Change Among the Flathead Indians. M. A., Montana State University, 1948.

Matthews, George Hubert. A Phonemic Analysis of a Dakota Dialect. M. A., University of Pennsylvania, 1954.

Parks, Mary Hitchock. A Free Association Vocabulary of Pueblo Indians in the Fifth and Sixth Grades. M. A., University of Oklahoma, 1937.

Peters, Gladys Arlene. A Study of Certain Interests and Their Relation to Vocabularies in Indian High School Students. M. A., The University of Kansas, 1934.

Pierce, Joe Eugene. Degree of Linguistic Relationships Among the Shawnee, Kickapoo, Ojibwa, and Sauk-and-Fox. M. A., Indiana University, 1952.

Preska, Margaret. Speech Communication in the Iroquois Confederacy. M. A., Pennsylvania State University, 1960.

Provance, Eleanor. Problems of Teaching Senior English in an Intercultural Secondary Boarding School for Eskimo and Indian Students. M. A., Fresno State College, 1964.

Riggs, Vendo Joy. Alternate Phonemic Analyses of Comanche. M. A., Indiana University, 1949.

Sansom, Lettie E. The Teaching of Functional Vocabulary to Non-English-Speaking Navajo Children. M. A., Arizona State College, 1952.

Scholl, Almah Wallace. The Teaching of Oral Language to NonEnglish-Speaking Indian Children Through Health Education. M. A., University of Southern California, 1951.

Slaughter, Alan. A Study of the Phonemic Aspect of Bilingualism in Papago Indian Children. M. A., University of Arizona, 1956.

St. Clair, Harry Hull II. A Sketch of the Shoshone Language. M. A., Columbia University, 1903.

Tweddell, Colin Ellidge. An Outline of the Phonemics and Morphology of the Snoqualmie-Duwamish (Coast Salish) Dialects of Central Puget Sound, Washington. M. A., University of Washington, 1947.

Uldall, Hans J. Maidu. M. A., Columbia University, 1933.

Uzzell, Minter. A Freshman English Program for Bacone College, 1948 to 1954. M. A., University of Tulsa, 1954.

White, Alice Marsden. An Exploratory Study of the Speech Development of Children in Various Societies. M. A., Yale University, 1943.

Wisdom, Charles Willis. Elements of the Piman Language. M. A., University of Arizona, 1930.

Wolff, Hans. Bibliography of Bibliographies of North American Indian Languages Still Spoken. M. A., Indiana University, 1947.

Yegerlehner, John Foster. The First Five Minutes of Shawnee Laws in Multiple Stage Translation. M. A., Indiana University, 1954.

DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS

Andrade, Manuel Jose. Handbook of American Indian Languages. Ph. D., Columbia University, 1933.

Aoki, Haruo. Nez Perce Grammar. Ph.D., University of California 1965.

Balgooyen, Theodore John. The Public Speaking of the Typical North American Plains Indians of the Nineteenth Century. Ph. D., Stanford University, 1957.

Barker, Phillip. The Klamath Language. Ph. D., University of California, 1960.

Bright, William O. A Grammar of the Karok Language. Ph. D., University of California, 1955.

Broadbent, Sylvia Marguerite. A Grammar of Southern Sierra Miwok, Ph. D., University of California, 1960.

Buehler, Ira Richard. A Formal Theory of Kinship Reckoning. Ph. D., University of Pittsburgh, 1964.

Callaghan, Catherine Aleta. A Grammar of the Lake Miwok Language. Ph. D., University of California, 1963.

Casagrande, Joseph B. Comanche Linguistic Accumulation; A Study in Ethno-linguistics. Ph. D., Columbia University, 1951.

Chamberlain, Alexander F. The Language of the Mississaga Indians of Skugoy. Ph. D., Clark University, 1892.

Coogan, John Edward. The Eloquence of Our American Indian: As Reported in the Writings of European Missionaries Concerning Especially the Tribes of the St. Lawrence Valley, the Great Lakes Region, and the Western Plains. Ph. D., Fordham University, 1934.

Criswell, Elijah Harry. Lewis and Clark: Linguistic Pioneers. Ph. D., University of Missouri, 1936.

Davis, Irvine Elwin. Grammatical Structure of Santa Ana Keresan. Ph. D., University of New Mexico, 1960.

Di Peso, Charles Corradino. The Sobaipuri Indians in the Upper San Pedro Valley, Southeastern Arizona. Ph. D., University of Arizona, 1953.

Dyk, Walter. A Grammar of Wishram. Ph. D., Yale University, 1933.

Edel, May Mandelbaum. The Tillamook Language. Ph. D., Columbia University, 1939.

Frachtenberg, Leo Joachim. Grammar of the Coos Language of Oregon. Ph. D., Columbia University, 1910.

Garvin, Paul L. Kutenai Grammar. Ph. D., Indiana University, 1947.

Goddard, Pliny Earle. The Morphology of the Hupa Language. Ph. D., University of California, 1904.

Greaves, Halbert. Public Speaking in Utah, 1847-1869. Ph. D., University of Wisconsin, 1941.

Haas, Mary Rosamond Swadesh. A Grammar of the Tunica Language. Ph. D., Yale University, 1935.

Hale, Kenneth Locke. A Papago Grammar. Ph. D., Indiana University, 1959.

Halpern, Abraham Meyer. A Grammar of the Yuma Language. Ph. D., University of Chicago, 1947.

Hickerson, Nancy Parrott. An Acoustic Analysis of Shawnee Speech. Ph. D., Indiana University, 1957.

Hockett, Charles F. A Descriptive Grammar of the Potawatomi Language. Ph. D., Yale University, 1939.

Hoijer, Harry. Tonkawa: An Indian Language of Texas. Ph. D., University of Chicago, 1931.

Hymes, Dell Hathaway. The Language of the Kathlamet Chinook. Ph. D., Indiana University, 1956.

Jacobs, Melville. A Sketch of Northern Sahaptin Grammar. Ph. D., Columbia University, 1931.

Jacobsen, William Horton, Jr. A Grammar of the Washo Language. Ph. D., University of California, 1964.

Jones, William. Some Principles of Algonkin Word-Formation.. Ph. D., Columbia University, 1904.

Kaschube, Dorothea Mae Vedral. Structural Elements of Crow. Ph. D., Indiana University, 1960.

Kennard, Edward A. Mandan Grammar. Ph. D., Columbia University, 1937.

Kinkade, Marvin Dale. Phonology and Morphology of Upped Chehalis. Ph. D., Indiana University, 1963.

Lamb, Sydney MacDonald. Mono Grammar. Ph. D., University of California, 1958.

Landar, Herbert J. Navaho Syntax. Ph. D., Yale University, 1960.

Lesser, Alexander. Siouan Kinship. Ph. D., Columbia University, 1958.

Levin, Norman Balfour. The Assiniboine Language. Ph. D., University of Pennsylvania, 1961.

Li, Fang-Kuei. Mattole, An Athabaskan Language. Ph. D., University of Chicago, 1929.

Lipkin, William. Winnebago Grammar. Ph. D., Columbia University, 1944.

Lounsbury, Floyd G. Comparative Iroquoian Morphology. Ph. D., Yale University, 1949.

Maclay, Howard Stanley. Language and Non-Linguistic Behavior: An Experimental Investigation. Ph. D., University of New Mexico, 1956.

Marten, Anita Elma. The Morphophonemics of the Winnebago Verbal. Ph. D., University of Wisconsin, 1964.

Mathews, G. Hubert. Handbook of Sioitan Languages. Ph. D., University of Pennsylvania, 1958.

Munro, John B. Language, Legends, and Lore of the Carrier Indian. Ph. D., University of Ottawa, 1945.

Newman, Stanley Stewart. A Grammatical Sketch of Yokuts. Ph. D., Yale University, 1932.

Parker, Mary-Braeme. A Study of the Speech of the Nanticoke Indians of Indian River Hundred, Sussex County, Delaware. Ph. D., Louisiana State University, 1954.

Pierce, Joe Eugene. A Statistical Study of New World Languages. Ph. D., Indiana University, 1957.

Pitkin, Harvey. Wintu Grammar. Ph. D., University of California, 1963.

Postal, Paul M. Some Syntactic Rules in Mohawk. Ph. D., Yale University, 1963.

Redden, James Erskine. Walapai Phonology and Morphology. Ph. D., Indiana University, 1965.

Reichard, Gladys Amanda. Wiyot Grammar and Texts. Ph. D., Columbia University, 1926.

Reyburn, William D. Cherokee Verb Morphology. Ph. D., University of Pennsylvania, 1952.

Reynolds, Wynn Robert. Persuasive Speaking of the Iroquois Indians at Treaty Councils: 1678-1776, a Study of the Techniques as Evidenced in the Official Transcripts of the Interpreters' Translations. Ph. D., Columbia University, 1957.

Rigsby, Bruce Joseph. Linguistic Relations in the Southern Plateau. Ph. D., University of Oregon, 1965.

Robinett, Florence Marie. Hidatsa Grammar. Ph. D., Indiana University, 1954.

Salzmann, Zdenek. A Sketch of Arapaho Grammar. Ph. D., Indiana University, 1963.

Seiden, William. Havasupai Phonology and Morphology. Ph. D., Indiana University, 1963.

Shipley, William Francis. Maidu Grammar. Ph. D., University of California, 1960.

Skeels, Del R. Style in the Unwritten Literature of the Nez Perce Indians. Ph. D., University of Washington, 1950.

Snyder, Warren Arthur. A Phonemic and Morphological Analysis of Southern Puget Sound Salish. Ph. D., University of Washington, 1957.

Stevens, C. J. Early American Phonology. Ph. D., Louisiana State University, 1954.

Stewart, Joseph Letie. The Problem of Stuttering in Certain North American Indian Societies. Ph. D., State University of Iowa, 1959.

Strawn, Robertson J. Public Speaking in the Iroquois League. Ph. D., University of Michigan, 1941.

Streib, Gordon Franklin. Patterns of Communication Among the Navajo Indians. Ph. D., Columbia University, 1955.

Susman, Amelia. The Accentual System of Winnebago. Ph. D., Columbia University, 1944.

Swadish, Morris. The Internal Economy of the Nootka Word. Ph. D., Yale University, 1933.

Swanton, John Reed. The Morphology of the Chinook Verb. Ph. D., Harvard University, 1900.

Timmons, Barbara Jean Zellhoefer. An Exploratory Investigation of Attitudes Toward Certain Speech Communication Variables Found Among Male Post-High School Vocational Students at Haskell Indian Institute, Lawrence, Kansas. Ph. D., The University of Kansas, 1965.

Trager, Edith Crowell. The Kiowa Language: A Grammatical Study. Ph. D., University of Pennsylvania, 1960.

True, Delbert Leroy. Archaeological Differentiation of Shoshonean and Yuman Speaking Groups in Southern California. Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, 1966.

Voegelin, Charles Frederick. A Characterization of the Kern River Shoshonean Language. Ph. D., University of California, 1933.

Walker, Willard Brewer. Reference, Taxonomy, and Inflection in Zuni. Ph. D., Cornell University, 1964.

Wares, Alan Campbell. A Comparative Study of Yuman Consonantism. Ph.D., University of Texas, 1965.

Werner, Oswald. A Typological Comparison of Four Trader Navaho Speakers. Ph. D., Indiana University, 1963.

Wolff, Hans. Comparative Phonology of the Siouan Languages. Ph. D., Indiana University, 1949.

Yegerlehner, John Foster. Phonology and Morphology of Hopi-Tewa. Ph. D., Indiana University, 1957.

Lynn R. Osborn (Ed. D., The University of Kansas, 1962) is Di-rector of Speech Education Research, Communication Research Center, and Associate Chairman, Department of Speech and Drama, The University of Kansas.
 
 
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