Important Introduction to Frederic Baraga's 1837 Otchipwe Anamie-Masinaigan

This PDF document has been prepared by Dr. Lawrence Martin and students Sarah Wandersee and Tammy L. Goss, from the original book located in the Salzman Library at the St. Francis Seminary, Milwaukee , Wisconsin .

This project was sponsored by Office of Research Sponsored ProgramsUniversity of Wisconsin – Eau Claire.

The PDF version has been created using OCR technology. This allows researchers to use the search ability in Adobe Acrobat Reader®. This function is found under the Edit menu, and clicking on the word Search or you may use the hotkeys CTRL+F to automatically open the search box.

A few notes to researchers: As this is the earliest version of Baraga's published Ojibwe books, the spelling of some words may be different from what he used in his later dictionary and grammar. In particular, he uses a ch spelling in the prayer book for what is spelled sh in the dictionary and grammar. Also, there is fairly frequent interchange of strong and weak consonants between this text and the grammar and dictionary. That is:

At times, vowels appear without nasalization in the prayer book, where they are followed by an n in the dictionary and grammar. Additionally, Baraga rarely separates a pre-verb from a verb with a hyphen, although he sometimes has a space between the two.

If you have suggestions on how to make this text, and others, more useful for researchers,
please feel free to contact:

Dr. Lawrence T. Martin
Director, American Indian Studies Program
715-836-6045
martinlt@uwec.edu

Frederic Baraga's 1837 Ojibwe prayer book entitled
Otchipwe Anamie-Masinaigan
can be downloaded here: 1837 PRAYER BOOK

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Questions or Comments? ais@uwec.edu Last Updated: March 23, 2006