& sun., 30 nov., 2014: post-angstgiving navajo & yup´ik sobriquets: give us This Day our Daily Curse

NAVAJO:   Belliganna  ‡‡

YUP´IK (INUIT):  Qussak  ‡‡‡

‡‡)  Navajo term for the invading whitey people,  probably corruption of Spanish “Americano” ;

‡‡‡)  Lit., “Cassock”  —  Yup´ik  (Inuit)  term for the Russian invaders...

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