The letters of Julia Gilliss have been collected into a nicely edited book, giving a woman’s firsthand view of the Pacific Northwest frontier right after the Civil War. Advertisements
Another of the few direct quotes in Chinuk Wawa to be found in the pages of the old Kamloops Wawa newspaper,…
Two amazing members of the Indigenous community in Spuzzum, British Columbia were interviewed by the amazing Imbert Orchard in 1977.
The freely available Sealaska Heritage Foundation dictionary of Tlingit is a goldmine.
I recently picked up a trove of books related to BC’s Cariboo region, including one with a recipe that I think tells us something about Chinook Jargon.
Gleaning some odds and ends…
I’ve recently written how Kalapuyan speakers at Grand Ronde, Oregon, told “Petit Jean” stories in their languages, which show a good deal of Chinuk Wawa influence.
Locally, it was called “Jargon”.
From far northern Secwepemc territory, the winter’s sad tidings…
Maxime George (1891-?) was a Dakelh chief in the Cariboo region of British Columbia.
