Kelsie B. Harder (1922–2007)

"The naming process continues, for such is the characteristic of humans. A place must be named, either with a number or a vocabulary item. It is almost a commonplace that a place with no name is not a place." [xi]

Although the Native People are often pushed aside, still they often leaves the names of the places. In the United States and Canada, literally thousands of "names have their origin in Indian names". [ix] "Onomastic interfacing" occurred, where two languages coalesce, and different words or even languages develop.

"Bogalusa" in Louisiana has been rendered in Spanish, English, French and American folk spellings going way back.

"The problem with naming...is that names seem to have little significance or meaning except as identifiers." This work explores the meaning-making and significance, and traces names beyond the memorable into the moving democratic process of migration.… (mais)