Arapaho Luke (ARPLUK)

Overview

The Gospel According to Luke in the Arapaho Language of the United States of America. This 1903 translation, titled Hethadenee Waunauyaunee Vadan Luke Vanenāna, was produced by the Welsh-born Episcopal missionary John Roberts of the Protestant Episcopal Church's Shoshone Mission together with Michael White Hawk, an Arapaho catechist and elder who supplied the rendering while Roberts handled the editing, and published by the American Bible Society in New York. [1] Roberts served among the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho at the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming for sixty-six years (1883--1949), translating biblical and liturgical texts into both Arapaho and Shoshone with the help of native speakers including Fremont Arthur and Charles Lajoe. [2] Arapaho is a Plains Algonquian language, and this Gospel of Luke — the only substantial Scripture portion ever printed in it — is one of the earliest extended texts in the language and remains a significant document for both linguistic study and the history of Christian mission among the Northern Arapaho people. The text is available as a free e-book through Project Gutenberg. [3]

Language and People

Arapaho (ISO 639-3: arp) is spoken by approximately 1,070 people in Northern Central United States of America. [Glottolog: arap1274]

Publishing and Organizations

Published by ABS, New York.

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