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Islam, 16, 18, 25, 27, 154

  Israel, 17, 23–26

  Istanbul, 40, 79–83, 89

  Italian, 54, 57–59, 61,

  156, 194, 282

  Italy, 51, 53, 57, 61

  Ithaca, 52

  Jaguars, 12, 228, 255,

  257, 262–64, 267

  Japan, 149, 164–66

  Japanese, 54, 85, 164–66,

  177, 194, 222, 320

  Java, 152, 153, 156, 157,

  161

  Jayavarman VII,

  138–39

  Jerusalem, 11–29, 69,

  255

  Jiang Zemin, 122

  Jivaro, 218

  Jokhang, 120–21

  Jones, Sir William, 36

  Jung, Carl, 131, 261

  Jungle, 12, 32, 124, 127,

  132, 134, 139, 155,

  195, 197, 215, 216,

  217, 219, 221, 222,

  223, 224, 227, 239,

  243, 248, 249, 251,

  254, 255, 261, 262,

  263, 264, 265, 308

  Kailash, Mount, 109

  Kalahari Desert, 40

  Kantar Suzuki, Prime

  Minister, 165–66

  Kapawi River, 217, 224,

  227, 238

  Kathmandu, 97–101,

  113

  Khan, Genghis, 86,

  90, 96

  Khan, Kublai, 86

  Khmer, 124, 126, 127,

  133, 135, 137–39

  Khmer Rouge, 125–26,

  141–43

  Khyber Pass, 329

  Killing Fields, 125

  Knossos, 43

  Koh Phangan, 149–50

  Koh Samui, 148–49

  Koko the Gorilla, 60

  Korean, 19, 85, 86

  Krakatoa, 152, 153

  Krishna, 130

  Kurdish, 37

  Language Extinction,

  18, 25, 90, 113, 309

  Lascaux, Caves of, 64

  Latin, 24, 32, 36, 41, 48,

  54, 56–57, 61, 65,

  80, 163, 213, 258

  Legong, 157

  Lévi-Strauss, Claude,

  224, 235–236, 261

  Lhasa, 106, 107, 113,

  114, 115, 116–22

  Linear B, 43

  Llama, 200, 203, 210,

  212

  Long Count, 253, 267

  Lotus, 43, 127–28

  Machu Picchu, 194,

  96, 198, 200, 202,

  205–08

  Mackenzie River, 302

  Madrid, 66, 71, 257

  Magellan, Ferdinand, 75

  Malaria, 223, 233

  Malay, 19, 171

  Malaysia, 19, 153, 154

  Mallory, George, 109

  Mandarin, 40, 56, 102,

  214, 309, 326, 328

  Manhattan Project,

  165, 320

  Manioc, 224, 229, 230,

  32

  Mao Zedong, 99, 106,

  122, 126

  Maori, 172, 184–185

  Masset, 279

  Matador, 67–69

  Matala, 44

  Mayan, 246–60, 265–68

  Mead, Margaret, 188–

  89, 192, 261

  Medicine, 46, 163, 195,

  219, 222–23, 306

  Mediterranean Sea,

  73, 75

  Meguinis, Helen, 305,

  316

  Mekong River, 140

  Melanesian, 186, 190

  Metaphor, 16, 20, 66,

  68, 69, 110, 128,

  131, 200, 213, 251,

  256, 260, 323

  Métis, 282, 311

  Mexico, 257, 266

  Michelangelo, 57–60

  Middle East, 13, 28,

  48, 80

  Mi’kmaq, 278

  Milky Way, 131, 250

  Mitchell, Joni, 44

  Mohawk, 282, 283

  Money, 13, 210

  Mongol, 86

  Mongolia, 103, 110,

  330–31

  Monkeys, 74, 152–53,

  216, 226, 248, 259,

  262, 264

  Moon, 46, 57, 89, 106,

  150, 157, 203, 204,

  210

  Moors, 69

  Morocco, 18, 73, 75–76

  Muhammad, Prophet,

  14, 18, 22, 333–34

  Muhammad Ahmed

  el-Hamed, 26

  Muslim, 11, 16–17, 19,

  27, 80, 87, 333

  Mussolini, Benito, 54

  Myth, 218, 223, 236–37

  Na-Dene, 286

  Naga, 127, 131, 132,

  138, 142

  Navajo, 310, 315–23

  Neanderthal, 74–75

  Neolithic, 64

  Nepal, 97–101

  New Guinea, 153, 154,

  190, 308

  New Hebrides, 186

  New Mexico, 303, 317,

  318

  New Zealand, 124, 172,

  179, 181, 183, 185

  Nigeria, 39–40

  Nile River, 45, 326

  Nootka, 288

  Norgay, Tenzing, 98

  Northern Dene (see

  also Dene), 305,

  313, 315, 319

  Northwest Territories,

  302

  Norwegian, 33, 101, 114

  Nouns, 300

  Nuer, 326

  Odysseus, 41–43

  Odyssey, The, 41–43

  Oia, 46

  Ojibwa, 278, 306, 310

  Onomatopoeia, 228

  Oppenheimer, Robert,

  320

  Oracle, 31, 35–36, 45, 51

  Orion, 238

  Osaka, 164

  Ottoman Empire, 79

  Outrigger, 171

  Pakistan, 19, 37, 329, 333

  Palestinian, 14, 21

  Panchen Lama, 111–14

  Pashtu, 326, 328, 329

  Past Participle, 327–28

  Past Tense, 16, 238,

  323, 327, 328

  Patras, 51

  Persia, 35, 37, 86, 326

  Peru, 193, 196, 210,

  212, 216

  Petroglyphs, 319

  Phnom Penh, 125,

  140–43, 329

  Phoenicians, 75

  Pidgin, 28, 246–47

  Piraeus, 48

  Plato, 50

  Pleiades, 56, 203, 238

  Poland, 38

  Polish, 194

  Polo, Marco, 85–86, 89

  Polynesian, 190, 214,

  244

  Popol Vuh, 258–60

  Portuguese, 33, 61, 156

  Postmodern, 289, 336

  Post-Structuralism,

  276, 281–82

  Potala Palace, 116, 118,

  120

  Potlatch, 285, 286–88,

  289

  Powwow, 278, 305–06,

  310, 314

  Pragmatics, 147–48,

  156, 161, 164

  Prayer Flags, 106,

  110–11, 118

  Prefix, 258, 266

  Pronouns, 147, 156

  Provençal, 61

  Pueblos, 303

  Puma, 199, 202

  Punjab, 325

  Punjabi, 37, 328

  Pyramids, 206, 254, 312

  Quebec, 34, 47, 93, 284

  Quechua, 194, 197,

  199, 200, 203, 208,

  209, 211

  Queen Charlotte

  Islands (see also

  Haida Gwaii),

  270, 282, 284

  Quipos, 201

  Quito, 215, 216

  Quran, 17, 18, 19

  Rarotonga, 182–85

  Red Cod People (see

  also Ganxiid

  Haida), 273, 279,

  280

  Red Square, 255

  Reid, Bill, 292, 293

  Reincarnation, 103,

  112–13

  Renaissance, 57

  Rice, 134, 137, 152,

  154, 155–56

  Rio de Janeiro, 212

  Rocky
Mountains, 295,

  305, 312, 318

  Romanian, 61

  Rome, 53–55, 60, 127,

  254

  Rose Harbour, 270

  Rosetta Stone, 44–45,

  257

  Russian, 121, 141, 309,

  331

  S-21, 142

  Salmon, 37, 282, 284

  Samoa, 172, 187–89

  San Sebastian, 62, 64

  Sanook, 146, 149

  Sanskrit, 36–37, 103,

  108, 115, 124, 127,

  136, 154

  Santa Fe, 318, 320–21

  Santorini, 46

  Sanur, 154

  Sapir, Edward, 307, 309

  Sapir-Whorf

  Hypothesis, 177,

  307–09, 318

  Saussure, Ferdinand,

  178

  Scheherazade, 144

  Scottish, 163

  Second World War, 73,

  149, 188, 311, 320

  Semana Grande, 62

  Semiotic Systems,

  60–61, 90, 177–78,

  267, 282, 309, 322

  Seville, 69–70

  SGaang Gwaii, 271–72,

  279–80

  SGaang Gwaii Ilaana,

  272–73

  Shakespeare, William,

  19, 41

  Sharks, 244–46, 325

  Shiva, 132

  Shuar, 218

  Siem Reap, 123–24

  Silk Road, 85–86, 89

  Skedans, Chief, 285,

  287, 289

  Skidegate, 279–81, 285,

  292–93

  Skidegate Inlet, 282, 290

  Sky Burial, 104

  Slavey, 302–03

  Slavic, 24

  Smallpox, 276, 279

  Snow, 109, 155, 193,

  200, 270, 295–

  302, 307, 316, 322,

  325, 330

  Soccer, 14, 225, 297,

  328, 335

  Social Constructions,

  197, 313

  Socrates, 50–51

  Soul, 13, 24, 98, 103–

  05, 110, 126, 137,

  144, 166, 185, 205,

  209, 227, 234–35,

  255, 264, 275, 279,

  314, 321

  South Africa, 66

  South America, 71, 207,

  243, 253, 291, 317

  Southern Cross, 170,

  171, 189, 192, 203

  Spain, 62–72, 74, 90,

  96, 211

  Spanish, 33, 56, 61, 68,

  70, 156, 194, 200,

  209, 213, 217, 223,

  225, 228, 231, 232,

  246, 258, 267,

  309, 317

  St. Peter’s Basilica, 127

  Stars, 29, 44, 52, 53,

  57, 131, 150, 169,

  170, 171, 180, 189,

  190, 191–92, 203,

  208, 216, 218, 238,

  239, 248, 250, 252,

  264, 324

  Stevens, Cat, 44

  Stone Age, 249

  Stonehenge, 312

  Stoney, 305, 312

  Structuralism, 260

  Sudan, 325, 326

  Suffix, 61, 85, 171, 173,

  98, 258, 30

  Suixi, 326

  Sultan, 79, 83

  Sultanahmet, 80, 83

  Sun Gate, 206

  Sunsets, 34, 46–47, 129

  Swahili, 19

  Sweden, 288

  Syllables, 14, 85, 201,

  258, 330

  Symbols, 60–61, 69,

  139, 174, 177–78,

  185–86, 197, 200,

  203, 212, 257, 260,

  267, 274, 278, 282,

  289, 309

  Tahiti, 169–74, 176,

  78–83, 189

  Tao, 323

  Tashilhunpo, 111–13

  Tattoo, 150, 172–74,

  176, 178, 244

  Tel Aviv, 12, 13

  Thai, 126, 137, 146,

  147–48, 156

  Thailand, 145–51

  Thamel, 98, 100

  Thera, 46

  Thessaloniki, 38

  Thoreau, Henry David,

  105

  Tiananmen Square, 86,

  122

  Tibet, 98, 100, 101–22

  Tibetan, 40, 102, 103,

  105, 107, 109, 110

  Tibetan Book of the

  Dead, 103, 113,

  114–16

  Tikal, 254–56, 265

  Titicaca, Lake, 211

  Tlingit, 286

  Tonle Sap, 139–40

  Topkapi, 79, 83

  Tourists, 39, 40, 46,

  9, 54, 64, 74, 88,

  95, 98, 100, 104,

  120, 128, 144, 152,

  158, 160, 172, 190,

  209–11, 270, 289

  Tower of Babel, 17,

  18, 25, 29, 33, 62,

  259, 336

  Troy, 41–42, 52

  Truman, Harry, 164–66

  Tsuu T’ina, 305, 309–16,

  319, 321

  Tufa, 87, 92, 94

  Tunisia, 44

  Turkey, 38, 79–96

  Turkish, 85–86, 87, 88,

  89, 93, 171, 277

  Turkish Bath, 83–85

  Turkish Carpets, 81–82

  Turtle, 130–31, 172–73,

  176, 179, 267, 319

  Tuscan, 57, 61

  Ubud, 152

  United Nations, 23, 24,

  26, 271

  United States, 71, 164,

  166, 310, 317

  Uralic, 40, 85

  Urdu, 19, 37

  Uros, 211–12

  Utah, 317

  Uzbek, 85

  Vanuatu, 186

  Vasuki, 132, 138, 142

  Venus, 248, 257, 179–

  80, 210

  Verbs, 16, 247, 300, 326

  Veronica, Mount, 193

  Via Dolorosa, 26, 69

  Vietnam, 125–26, 129,

  136, 140, 326, 330

  Vietnamese, 137

  Vishnu, 127, 130–32

  Volcano, 151, 171, 215

  Wailing Wall, 23

  Weinreich, Max, 40

  Whorf, Benjamin, 307,

  317, 321

  Wind Horses, 110–11,

  116

  Windtalker, 320–21

  Xcaret, 266

  Xibalba, 251–52, 255,

  266

  Yangtze River, 117

  Yiddish, 23–24, 37

  Yucatán, 243, 248, 257,

  266

  Zero, 248, 259

  !Kung, 40, 267

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