1857, WA: Earliest “Stick Indians”
The earliest “Stick Indians”?
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What Taa-laa-wa Dee-ni’ a.k.a. Tolowa (CA/OR coast Athabaskan) has to do with Chinook Jargon
We are living in fortunate times. Lots of Indigenous-language resources are generously being shared online.
BC, about 1900: “Doctor Tom’s” song: Now with musical notation!
I previously shared the lyrics and the background to “Doctor Tom’s” medicine-man (“doctoring”) song.
Discoveries in Cayuse ‘n’ cussin’ ‘n’ Chinookin’
Bear with me, and send the kids to another room.
CA: French Camp (San Joaquin County) is the farthest south we’d look for Chinook Jargon
I’ve seen no indications of Chinuk Wawa influence in any of the Indigenous languages of California that are south of Shasta and Modoc-Klamath…
TN Hibben’s home office in Victoria
The headquarters of TN Hibben, well known to us in the Chinook Jargon world for having issued…
Chinook Jargon Gathering 2025 (Fort Langley), last thoughts
The 7th Chinook Jargon gathering in 27 years was a grand old time 🤩 Naika wawa masi kopa kanawei-tilihum tlaska chako!
Quigli Drive, Williams Lake, BC
It’s worth a moment of our time to acknowledge that the Williams Lake First Nation offices (in British Columbia) are located on Quigli Drive.
Ready for day 2 of our 2025 Chinook Jargon gathering @ Fort Langley, BC!
Yesterday was a great session, with lots of learning, practicing, and meeting new people. Here are a few acquisitions made… Come on over to Fort Langley National Historical Site of Canada, 9:30 AM… Continue reading