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This is a curious book. A companion volume to the Blackfoot Dictionary of Stems, Roots, and Affixes (by Frantz and Norma Jean Russell, 1989), it is intended not only for advanced students of Algonquian languages but also for non-linguists who would like to learn something about Blackfoot; neither audience will be entirely satisfied.
At first glance, the first fourteen chapters seem to provide an introductory guide to the language; there are even exercises at the end of each chapter, though no answer key or other guidance for self-instruction, and no vocabularies. The dust jacket's claim that "the first few chapters can be read by laypersons interested in the Blackfoot language" is, I think, overly optimistic: professional linguists, even those with prior knowledge of other Algonquian languages, will find this a challenging book; those without formal training in linguistics will probably give up around page 10.
Most books intended for language-learners open with topics such as imperative verbs (Stand up"--"Sit down") and simple questions and answers ("Is this a book?"--"Yes, that's a book"). Frantz starts off with some noun inflection and the intransitive verb paradigm, leaving imperatives (which are fairly simple) until chapter 19. Demonstrative pronouns are listed in chapter 13, and questions are dealt with in chapter 21, but neither section gives any hints about asking "Is this a book?". That other...