John D Nichols

Contact Me

jdn@umn.edu

Affiliations

• American Indian Studies
• Linguistics, Program in
• American Studies

Educational Background & Specialties

Educational Background

• B.A.: History, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY, none.
• Ph.D.: Linguistics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, none.
• M.A.: Linguistics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, none.

Specialties

• Algonquian languages and literatures, especially Ojibwe and Cree
• North American indigenous languages and literatures

Courses Taught

• AmIn 3143 - Language in American Indian Culture and Society
• AmIn 3109/5109 - Anishinaabe Literature
• AmIn 3107/5107 - Structure of Anishinaabemowin, the Ojibwe Language

Research & Professional Activities

Professional Activities

• Editor: Algonquian and Iroquoian Linguistics (newsletter)

Publications

• The Translation of Key Phrases in the Treaties of 1837 and 1855: Nichols, John, Michigan State University Press, Fish in the Lakes, Wild Rice, and Game in Abundance: Testimony on Behalf of Mille Lacs Ojibwe Hunting and Fishing Rights, 2000.
• Concise Dictionary of Minnesota Ojibwe. Nichols, John, Earl Nyholm, University of Minnesota Press, 1995.

Awards

• Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada