When I checked whether an 1897 German book’s “chicamin silver” was real Alaska Jargon, I got excited for a second by the article under a racist headline… Cannery, Haines, AK (image credit: Haines Sheldon… Continue reading
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There’s a nice collection of “8 authentic Native American dugout canoes” on display in front of the Island County Historical Museum, in Coupeville, Washington. I noticed some of them have Indigenous names painted… Continue reading
I always incline to get excited when a possible find of Chinuk Wawa in Montana pops up…
A quite early metaphor in lower Columbia River creolized Chinuk Wawa seems to have been replaced by Grand Ronde creole speakers…
Thanks to Norbert Franz for transcribing, translating, and commenting on the 1897 German description of Chinuk Wawa that I recently showed here!
The adjective < Hwait > came into British Columbia CW relatively late from English…
Sometimes you have to figure out which thing you know about Chinuk Wawa is relevant at the moment…
On board the Washington State ferry “Salish” this summer, I snapped this…
Given the early settlement dates of south-central Washington State’s apple region, and the late ones for the north end, maybe there’s an understandable reason for apples to have been strongly associated with Indians.… Continue reading
