Fred Wah, Canadian poet laureate, on Chinook Jargon

Last month CBC Radio 1 in Vancouver, BC did a neat mini-series “Red Peony” about the history that’s shared between Chinese and Aboriginal Canadians.

In one installment, poet laureate of Parliament, Fred Wah, talked about his early exposure to Chinook Jargon; so did author Terry Glavin.

Enjoy!

More on Fred Wah:

* “The Negative Capability of Camouflage”

* Ricepaper magazine’s special double issue (Fall/Winter 2012), “Aboriginal & Asian Canadian Writers“…including:

• Diamond grill / Chinook Phrasebookby Fred Wah, Judith Ichisaka
• Chinook Jargonby Judith Ichisaka

(Let me know if you read these!)