Monthly Archive: September, 2014

Hayu masi, shawash ili’i pi chinook kanim tilixam

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hayu masi, shawash ili’i pi chinook kanim tilixam, pus msayka munk-miłayt msayka shati kʰapa Spotify. msayka munk pus hayu nayka təmtəm qʰanchi na hayu-munk-hilu-ili’i nsayka málax̣ 🙂

Magnificat in lingua Chinook

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Dave’s note: This post accidentally went public before I was done with it. Sorry for the confusion, and enjoy this valuable Jargon document now that it’s finished! An unusual find is this Chinuk Wawa… Continue reading →

“Houn’ Dawg” song originated in Oregon

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Today’s post was one of my favorites to write.  It started with finding a Chinook song I hadn’t known before (always a thrill!), and it only got better as I followed the historical… Continue reading →

Preschoolers speaking Chinuk Wawa…in 1925!

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Thanks to Leland Bryant Ross for creating the JPG image of the newspaper article!  DDR FOUR-YEAR-OLD SPEAKS CHINOOK Indian Tongue Easy to Her as English! Infant prodigies aplenty have been found who could… Continue reading →

Jimmy’s Kill, a Tsimshian tsall tsale

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J.H. McGregor, “Jimmy’s Kill“.  BC Mining Record.  Christmas Supplement, 1900, pages 68-72. A narrative seemingly based on the writer’s actual experiences in far northwestern British Columbia, “Jimmy’s Kill” has dialogue that rings true… Continue reading →

Mr. Bunker will employ good men at $3 a day, but no cultus men at any price

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A nice bit of Chinook creeping into local English in the Kootenays: The Nelson (BC) Miner of Saturday, July 19th, 1890 run an article at the top of the middle of three columns on page… Continue reading →

“A slave jargon exists among the Nez Percé Indians”

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William Wallace Beach (ed.).  1877.  The Indian miscellany: Containing papers on the history, antiquities, arts…  Albany: J. Munsell. In Albert S. Gatschet’s article here, “Indian languages of the Pacific states and territories”, page 444  brings… Continue reading →