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1895: “Chinook Hymns” in Chinuk Pipa (Part 4: Naika Chako Wawa)

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Pages 2, 3, and part of 4 in the small book “Chinook Hymns” (6th edition, 1895, Kamloops) show us the song, “Naika Chako Wawa”…

You can buy this piece of Chinook Jargon history

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Got $555.21 (US) laying around?…

Darrin Brager’s find of Vocabulario Chinook

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Dleit haiyoo naika wawa masi kopa Darrin Brager!

Chinook Jargon at the movies, Part 2: The Incredibles

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It’s hard to track down a movie clip to illustrate this installment…

1907, WA: Among the exchanges

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The passing of an important Native leader was reported with some Chinook Jargon.

Old postcards (Part 5: Sahalie Falls, Oregon)

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Today’s old postcard:

1856, Oregon: “Cumtux” reports on Native-Settler war

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Writing from Wascopam (The Dalles area), a correspondent with a Chinuk Wawa pseudonym gives opinionated updates on the war that’s broken out.

Ikta Dale McCreery yaka t’ɬap (Part 15: mills and donkeys)

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What do donkeys and mills have in common?

1800s: Why “Boston man” accidentally makes it harder to research Chinook Jargon

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In the 1800’s, there were large numbers of mentions of a “Boston man” (and “Boston men”?) in newspapers …

AF Chamberlain’s field notes of Chinuk Wawa from SE British Columbia (Part 14)

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And still more new discoveries pop up in our next-to-last installment.