1908: Mrs. Codfish couldn’t even talk Chinook!
Amazing how many racist assumptions one Settler reporter could pack into a brief local news piece…
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1896: Chief Andrew of North Thompson teases Chief Louis of Kamloops
Two Secwépemc chiefs show that they like each other…
Alsea addendum
Today I will add to my previous scattered remarks about the Alsea (Yakonan family/isolate) language and its traces of Chinuk Wawa.
Potatoes Illahee, and a BC CW word
I thought it would be good to pull together various evidence that poteito(s) was a BC Chinuk Wawa word.
Of tumtums and tom-toms, and 2 kinds of Indians
Hayu masi to reader Heath Daniel Billingsley, who sent me a link to a really great article…
The worst insult in Chinuk Wawa?
Some of you are muttering “dog”, but hear me out…
Nipo T. Strongheart, Hollywood Indian adviser
Nipo T. Strongheart (1894-1966) deserves an article of his own on this website.
A tribute to the Online Etymology Dictionary
The best user-friendly source of information online for word origins is the Online Etymology Dictionary.
Count and mass nouns in Chinuk Wawa
There are two kinds of nouns, in every human language I know of. They can be distinguished as items (what linguists call “count nouns”) vs. substances (“mass nouns”).
R.I.P. to a Seattle fella known for his “Klahowya!”
In the Pacific Northwest, there are folks known for their love of Chinuk Wawa…