Daily Archive: August 24, 2026

Chinook in our lives: the Tloosh Tumtum Native Educator Fellowship

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Today, I just realized, is the dealine for this excellent opportunity: The Tloosh Tumtum Native Educator Fellowship (click that link!) Tloosh tumtum is ɬúsh-tə́mtəm, ‘good heart’ — and many more meanings, depending on the… Continue reading →

Ø “Silent IT” goes back to very early Chinuk Wawa

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We are extremely fortunate that some of the very first stuff written down in Chinook Jargon was full sentences; there are things in this language that are hard to spot otherwise.