Author Archive

Mrs. Jasper Gates’s stage fright

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A fairly charming incident…

Shortened Japanese words in Jargon?

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Let’s quickly do away with a myth about Chinuk Wawa….

Seattle: Day in Court for Indians, 1899

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From a pretty racist newspaper article, let’s excerpt just its cartoon and one paragraph.

Nicola 1904: Sad Accident (Part 3)

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Good news and bad news, as this tale of misfortune goes on…

Dominick

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I sure wish I could’ve met and talked with this remarkable Syilx (Okanagan) man.

A cussin’ political opinion

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In the “Let’s Look at More West Coast Pidgin Languages” Department:

Shoalwater Bay stories, part 3

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Kind of delayed, but not to worry: here’s part 3 of our mini-series, a 1913 collection of “Stories and Sketches from Pacific County“, by Isaac H. Whealdon.

‘Friend’ is from Nez Perce?

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A newish book that I recently finished, and found to be an absorbing reading experience, is Debra Gwartney’s mixed memoir-biography, “I Am a Stranger Here Myself“, dealing with the life of early Protestant… Continue reading

Nicola 1904: Sad Accident (Part 2)

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Gory details ensue in this second part of a tragic mini-series…

Chinuk Wawa & “Tribes” of I.O.R.M.

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The “Improved Order of Red Men” had a long association with Chinuk Wawa…