Old postcards (Part 1): Puget Sound Indians, “Siwash”
Postcards, especially ones from about a century ago, often used Chinuk Wawa for tourism value.
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An item from Snoqualmie Valley Historical Museum!
In the Facebook “Chinook Jargon” group, the Snoqualmie Valley Historical Museum of North Bend, WA, shared a question:
Chinook Jargon in the news: Tumwater Historical Society
From JOLT (The Journal of Olympia, Lacey, and Tumwater), Friday, May 10, 2024, an article worth reading in full:
Ikta Dale McCreery yaka t’ɬap (Part 9: More Jargon from F. Boas)
On April 30, 2017, our friend (now Dr.) Dale McCreery of BC shared in the big Facebook “Chinook Jargon” group… (Masmasalaaniq mamuk kau eli kopa lamotai = Masmasalaaniq mamuk-k’áw íliʔi kʰupa lámətáy = ‘Masmasalaaniq tied the land to the… Continue reading
In honour of the Aurora Borealis in Chinuk Wawa country
Last night, we had a super-exceptional appearance of Aurora Borealis down here in Chinuk Wawa country!
Is letʰlá ‘noise’ an Americanism?
Is Chinook Jargon’s letʰlá ‘noise’ an Americanism?
1848, OR: at Celeetse (Siletz) Bay
A letter from Salem, in “Champoeg County”, reports on “an exploring tour” by some recently arrived Settlers in Oregon Territory.
“Queenhithe” for “Quinault”
Today’s post is mainly in the interest of helping folks who read old Pacific NW documents.
1907, Oregon: Russellville (?) news with supposedly “incoherent” Jargon
Is this “Russellville” the modern neighborhood of Montavilla in Portland, Oregon?
1873, OR: William Benedict Carter & Grand Ronde-area Jargon
Newspaper editors used to libel each other freely in the USA.