1890, Grand Ronde area: Quoted Native elder speech
Don’t know how I missed this valuable quotation of Grand Ronde-area speech till now!
Don’t know how I missed this valuable quotation of Grand Ronde-area speech till now!
An honorary member of our collection of Chinuk Wawa doggerel poetry is this political paean to the Chinook salmon… THE CHINOOK SALMON. Just before the holiday recess Senator Mitchell of Oregon introduced in… Continue reading →
Was this a political organization?
How many of these Native communities of British Columbia can you find on a map?
Frontier-era untranslated Jargon…
Are you going to clattawa to the party?
Previously here, we’ve taken close looks at the quality of various song lyrics in Chinuk Wawa, some superb, some rather questionable…
A wedding announcement is a poor place to make fun of the groom, no?
This man was a main Chinuk Wawa interpreter for the “Stevens Treaties” in Washington Territory, and he knew the language well, but…
Moving right along now…