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Archive for the ‘Native American Language’ Category


Landing zone in ‘Close Encounters’ has American Indian connections

In the 1977 movie “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” with its amazing ending at Devils Tower, Wyoming, there were many references to real incidents and situations, as well as subtle connections to UFOs, extraterrestrial visitation and other mysterious phenomena. For example, the police chase across the Ohio-Indiana state line resembled real police incidents in [...]

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Town name has been mistranslated for a century

SEQUIM, Wash. (AP) – A tribal linguist has determined the translation used for the past century for the town of Sequim – long believed by many to mean “quiet waters” – is wrong.The correct translation, it turns out, is a “place for going to shoot,” a reference to the Sequim-Dungeness Valley’s once great elk and [...]

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