1911: Seattle to have a ripping skookum potlatch!
Perfetly typical for a bustling big city after frontier times, this Seattle newspaper needed to explain Chinuk Wawa words to its readers.
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1893?: “The Learned Siwash” doggerel
A prolific genre was enriched by a talented painter.
About 1900: BC Chinuk Wawa shaman’s song
Here’s a rare type of song in Chinuk Wawa…
1872: M. Cowley on Chinuk Wawa in very early Spokane, WA
Irishman Michael Cowley was a very early pioneer in the area of Spokane in far eastern Washington.
1887 [1858]: “Reminiscences” of BC Métis, Chinese, + Jargon
I’ve snipped several fascinating sections of a Fraser River gold rusher’s personal narrative.
1891: To puzzle the Eastern folks
Another connection between the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair and Chinuk Wawa.
Umatilla Sahaptin ‘elder’
One of the words for an ‘elder’ in the Umatilla Sahaptin-language dictionary surprised me.
“Seattle Illahee” sheet music
The infamous bawdy Pacific Northwest folk song…
SO MANY Métis words in interior PNW languages (Part 3: Secwepemctsín)
If we list all the words that might be from French in the Secwepemctsín language, we see historical Métis influence.
1873: Rare Kwakwaka’wakw Chinuk Wawa
Not only is it kind of rare to find Kwakwaka‘wakw people quoted speaking Chinuk Wawa, but we also learn some colorful new expressions by listening to them do that.