“Board of Commissioners Honors Indigenous People’s Day”
The Multnomah County (Oregon) Board of Commissioners gave recognition recently to Chinuk Wawa as one of the Indigenous languages of that state.
The Multnomah County (Oregon) Board of Commissioners gave recognition recently to Chinuk Wawa as one of the Indigenous languages of that state.
Ronald Rohner compiled Franz Boas’s letters and diaries “written on the Northwest Coast from 1886 to 1911″…
In M. Dale Kinkade’s 1991 dictionary of Upper Chehalis Salish…
A news release from Portland State University brings wonderful tidings…
Quite a bit more Chinook here for you! (Here’s Part 1.)
A typewritten archival document preserves a rare treat for us!
Image credit: streetroots.org Chinuk Wawa makes more and more appearances in the present-day Pacific Northwest. Here’s a news article about an organization that runs urban housing projects in Portland named in CW, here… Continue reading →
“A Plea for the Puyallups”, the subtitle, gives away the purpose of this unusual publication…
A website recommendation from me to you…
My research work on Lower Chehalis Salish (ɬəẃáĺməš), the language traditionally spoken alongside old Lower Chinookan (Natítanui), steadily turns up gems of Chinuk Wawa.