These essays were drawn from the papers presented at the Linguistic Society of America's Summer Institute at the State University of New York at Oswego in 1976. The contents are as follows:Lyle Campbell and Marianne Mithun, Introduction: North American Indian Historical Linguistics in Current PerspectiveIves Goddard, Comparative AlgonquianMarianne Mithun, IroquoianWallace L. Chafe, CaddoanDavid S. Rood, SiouanMary R. Haas, Southeastern LanguagesJames M. Crawford, Timucua and Yuchi: Two Language Isolates of the SoutheastIves Goddard, The Languages of South Texas and the Lower Rio GrandeIrvine Davis, The Kiowa-Tanoan, Keresan, and Zuni LanguagesSusan Steele, Uto-Aztecan: An Assessment for Historical andComparative LinguisticsWilliam H. Jacobsen, Jr., Hokan lnter-Branch ComparisonsMargaret Langdon, Some Thoughts on Hokan with Particular Reference to Pomoan and YumanMichael Silverstein, ''Penutian: An AssessmentLaurence C. Thompson, Salishan and the NorthwestWilliam H. Jacobsen, Jr., Wakashan Comparative StudiesWilliam H. Jacobsen, Jr., Chimakuan Comparative StudiesMichael E. Krauss, Na-Dene and Eskimo-AleutLyle CampbelI, Middle American LanguagesEric S. Hamp, A Glance from Now On. | The Languages of Native America by Lyle Campbell, Paperback | Indigo Chapters