University
of Washington Libraries Special Collections Northwest US Indigenous
Language Holdings (partial listing)
note: click on the link to a viewable and downloadable .xls file
Books on specific languages usually have the name of the language as the
first word of the subject heading followed by the term 'language,' for
example:
Haida language
or
Tlingit language
Specific kinds of reference works are indicated in subject headings by the
kind of reference work, such as dictionaries or grammars or texts. These
are called form subdivisions and are sometimes plural in form, for
example:
Salish language -- texts
This would find collections of writings (texts) in the Salish language.
or
Choctaw language -- dictionaries
This would find dictionaries of the Choctaw language.
A bilingual dictionary will list both languages, one on each side of
the term 'dictionaries':
Choctaw language -- Dictionaries -- English language
A grammar of specific language would have the subdivision 'grammar', for
example,
Nez Perce language -- Grammar
Works on a specific aspect of a language works much the same way, a study
of verbs in Navajo would have the subject heading:
Navajo language -- Verb
Native American Languages Act of 1990
NATIVE NORTH AMERICAN REFERENCE RESOURCES