1899, WA: Canoes article, with loan words and much more
A person we’ve previously found talking Northern Chinook Jargon makes a further show of expertise.
Monthly Archive: June, 2025
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More humor in Chinuk Wawa: Southern interior BC — An “old bachelor” cooks for company
So, in early frontier days, these 3 ladies and an “old bachelor” meet up…
1855, WA Territory: More Indian Murders — Prospects of a General War
North-central Washington Territory in 1855 was a dangerous place to be a miner.
Chinuk Wawa’s genderless “yaka” is due to Salish Indigenous influence
The more you research & think deeply into a subject, the more insights you may have.
Taking liwan ‘rib(s)’ earlier
We know a word for ‘rib(s)’ in Chinook Jargon; now we can say more about it.
1858, BC: “Frazer River Indians” ≠ “Chenook Indians”!
Very early in the Fraser, a.k.a. Fraser River gold rush, we have this evidence of 2 big points.
1915: One finds it funny to call them Savages
A bit of humor in objecting to Indigenous people being called bad names…
Nater 2020 on Mackenzie 1793, and me on the lack of a pidgin
Nater, Hank. 2020. Old records of three contiguous Pacific Northwest languages. Anthropological Linguistics 62(2):183-191.
1888: How Port Townsend site was chosen
This is actually a memory of 1851: Chinook Jargon was pivotal in the founding of the Settler community of Port Townsend, Washington Territory…
Chinook Jargon in the news: “The Girl with Big Feet” community screening, June 27th!
Here’s your first chance to see a new movie that includes dialog in Northern Chinook Jargon, Dakelh, Toisanese, and English.