Stoney Language Dictionary vs Choice

The Stoney Language Dictionary aims to bring the Stoney language into the modern age. Working closely with the Elders of the Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation, the dictionary contains thousands of words and is continually being updated with new words and definitions to help preserve the Stoney language and pass it on to the younger generations. Audio Pronunciations Elders from the Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation have dedicated time to recording audio pronunciation guides to assist those who wish to speak Stoney. Search In Stoney or English The entire dictionary can be searched in either Stoney or English. Words can also be searched by category. Word of the Day Discover new Stoney words daily with Word of the Day notifications.

No Choice About The Terminology The phrase “you’ve got no choice about the terminology” comes from an article in the New York Times describing an old-school ice cream parlor manager who insisted that things be called by their proper names. ‘A a scoop of ice-cream with topping on it is a sundae.’ Coming from a household in which ice-cream was taken very seriously indeed, and often struggling with what terminology to use to describe my ethnicity (Cherokee, Hawaiian, Samoan, raised in northern California rural mountain redneck culture), and my profession (artist? poet? software developer? educator? designer?), and recognizing both the danger and seduction of neat categorizations, the line inspired a series of text playing with categories, definitions and the idea that, though we might have some choice about our terminology, we have no choice about our ontology. No Choice About the Terminology was commissioned by the imagineNATIVE Festival for the Vital to the General Public Welfare exhibition.