Study of the Arikara Language and Mythology
FAIN: RO-11205-72
Mary College (Bismarck, ND 58504-9634)
Douglas R. Parks (Project Director: July 1972 to present)
To support a project to preserve the language and mythology of the Arikara American Indian tribe, to make this recorded history available to modern Arikaras and to contribute to Plains Indian prehistory and language diffusion. The language as spoken by older speakers is on the brink of extinctions.