Confirmed: the earliest Chinuk Wawa poem (1851)
In an archive the other day, I found an overt attribution of the earliest Chinook Jargon poem.
CHINOOK JARGON AS A BC ABORIGINAL LANGUAGE: The following is an argument I wrote up as a grad student, a few years back. It’s keenly relevant now, eh?
In an archive the other day, I found an overt attribution of the earliest Chinook Jargon poem.
Okay, crowd, source me this:
Thanks to a more-or-less anonymous reader of this website for making me aware of this new wrinkle! Looks like this Stardew Valley Chinook Jargon Translation mod was created by our old friend Sequoia.… Continue reading →
In partnership with the Lake Oswego Public Library and Key Bank, the Senior Scholar Program offers free, engaging academic classes designed especially for older adults. Explore topics in history, humanities, science, and technology while connecting with peers… Continue reading →
This proposal will underwhelm and disgust some folks!
An inaccurate but really interesting Danish view of the Pacific Northwest, just post-frontier:
Well, they’re either prime cuts of meat, or murder victims! Happy Halloween 🙂
“Ocian in view! O the joy!” (image credit: US Mint) The idea that I want to share here comes from a train of thought that includes my previous post, kímtəks: not such a rarity,… Continue reading →
A good article at the Smithsonian Folkways website about early Pacific NW fiddlers includes some wonderful discussion of Charley Kahana.
When you’ve been researching a subject for 30 years, there will be topics that you thought you had already told people about. But haven’t.