Covered Wagon Women
The letter of Anna Maria King, Luckiamute Valley, Oregon, April 1, 1846: [page 44:] The Indians appear to be very friendly, like to have the Bostons come, as they call them. Tabitha Brown (1780-1858, co-founder… Continue reading
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Jargon “horse” in a Southern Cal. Native language?
Why would the Chinook Jargon word for “horse” turn up quite early in Southern California? Horatio Hale’s 1846 “Ethnography” volume of the US Exploring Expedition, page 566, has “keutan” for horse in the Netela/Kij… Continue reading
Front page of Kamloops Wawa #60
(Translation added 6/29/14 by DDR. For my comments on the text, see the very end. Discuss.) Thanks to USask and Dr. Keith Thor Carlson for amassing a fine big collection of Kamloops Wawa newspapers,… Continue reading
Skin Tyee Band
Skin Tyee Nation: one band of the people sometimes known as “Babine” in northern BC. The name seems Chinook Jargon to me, as if it referred to a fur-trapping chief. A.k.a. Skin Tayi.… Continue reading
“Fish house” part 2: the confirmation
Supposedly I discovered how to say “cannery” in Jargon. Confirmation has arrived. In my blog post several days ago, I thought I spied the Wawa words pish haws (“fish house”) hiding, in distorted form, in… Continue reading
Tilikum Crossing or TilixƏm Crossing?
Here is a video of David Lewis (Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde) speaking about the spelling chosen for Portland’s new bridge. We need to acquaint people with schwa! Portlanders, I bet you… Continue reading
Jedd’s story: Teeth and eggs
Jedd Schrock shared this fun story. Those who have the Grand Ronde dictionary, or have taken their classes, will get some nice reading practice here! (Want to send in your translation? Or ask… Continue reading
How do you say “church” in Chinook Jargon?
How do you say “church” in Chinook Jargon? I’m glad to be asked such an interesting question. It’s actually hard to find a word for “church” in Chinook. Makes me think. Most of… Continue reading
Chinook Bible translation? No banana. Yet. But…
One of the many urban legends about this language that hold on to a vigorous life of their own is that there was a Bible translation into Chinook Jargon. Nope. Selected parts of the Bible… Continue reading
Priest house
Chief David Johnson, Esk’et/Alkali Lake Reserve (northern Secwepemc territory), BC, said in an interview: We had an old log building back here before, that’s where we used to feed the priests…that’s what they… Continue reading