Chinook Jargon in the news: Ranald MacDonald stamp issued
I don’t know how to order one from Japan Post, but this may be the first Chinuk Wawa speaker ever on a postage stamp!
Monthly Archive: May, 2024
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A point about intonation and early-creolized Chinuk Wawa =na ‘Yes/No Question’
We don’t hear “=na” much anymore…
Boas 1892: Many discoveries in a short article (Part 19: ‘to sew’)
We’re in a mini-series that examines Prof. Franz Boas’s precious findings of lower Columbia River Chinook Jargon.
1858, OR: Origin of Oregon Jargon — mischievous trappers?
Here’s a slightly different bit of Pacific NW folklore about where Chinuk Wawa came from!
Old postcards (Part 1): Puget Sound Indians, “Siwash”
Postcards, especially ones from about a century ago, often used Chinuk Wawa for tourism value.
An item from Snoqualmie Valley Historical Museum!
In the Facebook “Chinook Jargon” group, the Snoqualmie Valley Historical Museum of North Bend, WA, shared a question:
Chinook Jargon in the news: Tumwater Historical Society
From JOLT (The Journal of Olympia, Lacey, and Tumwater), Friday, May 10, 2024, an article worth reading in full:
Ikta Dale McCreery yaka t’ɬap (Part 9: More Jargon from F. Boas)
On April 30, 2017, our friend (now Dr.) Dale McCreery of BC shared in the big Facebook “Chinook Jargon” group… (Masmasalaaniq mamuk kau eli kopa lamotai = Masmasalaaniq mamuk-k’áw íliʔi kʰupa lámətáy = ‘Masmasalaaniq tied the land to the… Continue reading
In honour of the Aurora Borealis in Chinuk Wawa country
Last night, we had a super-exceptional appearance of Aurora Borealis down here in Chinuk Wawa country!