Spotted in the wild: Chumstick Highway, WA

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Something you’ll see… As you drive through Leavenworth, Washington on your way to further Chinook Jargon adventures… is “Chumstick“! 𛰅𛱁‌𛰃𛱂 𛰙𛱁𛱆‌𛰅𛱁 𛰃𛱄𛰙‌𛰃𛱄𛰙? qʰáta mayka tə́mtəm? kata maika tumtum? Qu’en penses-tu? What do you… Continue reading

Spotted in the wild: Tumwater Campground, WA

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Dang, the Tumwater Campground near Stehekin, Washington (north end of the gigantic, amazing Lake Chelan) was closed, I think for safety reasons, when I popped by for a photo… That’s Chinook Jargon. təmwata = ‘waterfall’ 𛰅𛱁‌𛰃𛱂… Continue reading

Tloosh chako! You’re invited! Chinook Jargon Gathering, Oct. 16-17, Port Coquitlam, BC

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Let me know if you can join us for this FREE EVENT! Leave a comment! By my count, this is the 7th or 8th Chinook Jargon Gathering since we started out in 1998.… Continue reading

Ahoy from the M/V Tokitae!

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Imagine my pleasure when my parking spot on the ferry was next to one of these signs: M/V Tokitae (image credit: Instagram) Washington State Ferries is keeping their Chinook Jargon tradition alive. This is… Continue reading

The streets of Bayview?

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I actually don’t know what the name of the community is. It’s near Maxwelton on Whidbey Island, Washington.

Who wants to do a simple project for our community?

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Turn “The Chinook Archives”, which was the first online community devoted to Chinook Jargon, into an easy-to-search database.

Whidbey Island and Chinook Jargon: a roundup

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I’ve never collected together all of my previous discussion of Whidbey Island, Washington in regard to Chinuk Wawa.

Coming soon (Chinook Jargon in the wild): Kla Ha Ya Days in Snohomish, WA

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Thanks to the wonderful community radio station KSER 90.7 in Everett, I heard this bit of Chinuk Wawa in the community.

Buy now for only $18,000! Autograph manuscript Chinook vocabulary, attributed to Dr. Joseph B. Brown, a surgeon in the 9th U.S. Infantry stationed at Fort Dalles on the Columbia River in Oregon Territory

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I understand that that’s the Canadian price. But I have many other questions.

Chinook Jargon in the wild: The Tyee hotel & restaurant, Coupeville, Whidbey Island, WA

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I’ve driven by this place many a time on my vacations!