1915: Ed “Patriarch” Clayson, advocate for Chinuk Wawa
A Settler with an interesting back story was remembered, in large part, for his advocacy of Chinook Jargon!
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1890, Tulalip, WA: A new Indian Agent thinks his Jargon is superior
As the country moved along from the frontier era into thinking it was modern, a number of tendencies characterized Native relations with the US government.
1910: “Kolaham Kloosh Tillicum Midlile”
My nerdy hobby: deciphering badly spelled Chinuk Wawa π
1900, Shelton, WT: Anonymous public invitation in Chinook
This is a great addition to our “Jargon invitations” file, but…where should the guests show up?
1909: Kermit Roosevelt, Bwanna Mtoto
An Oregon newspaper must have had a political grudge against President Teddy Roosevelt, or at least his son.
1895: “Chinook Hymns” in Chinuk Pipa (Part 3: O Tloos St Joseph)
Page 1 of the small book “Chinook Hymns” (6th edition, 1895, Kamloops) has today’s featured song.
1906, BC: Chief Joe Capilano to speak in Chinook to huge Native crowd about meeting the King
Returning from a visit with King Edward of England, an important Indigenous leader is expected to tell a large gathering of British Columbia Aboriginal people about their conversation.
1876 humor: “Hyas potlatch”, a newfound gem of a Chinook Jargon text from NW Washington
Do you realize how awesome it is to find specimens of sustained discourse in Chinuk Wawa as early as the 1870s?
1893: Real-world Northern Chinook Jargon (Part 2, the planets)
Here’s a tidy little slice of “how to discuss the world around us in Jargon”.
Locking down an Indigenous metaphor? The cow-cow boogie
I suggest we could add the translation ‘arrest someone’ to the 2012 Grand Ronde Tribes dictionary entry for k’aΜw-k’aw.