"No Ojibwe owns a skunk"

[stoutfellow]

Courtesy of English, Jack, an amusing anecdote about Edward Sapir. I'm inclined to wonder whether Ojibwe distinguishes alienable from inalienable possession, and if so which of the two Sapir was trying to use?

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