Category Archive: Chinuk Wawa

CJ lecture this Thursday @ 10 AM in Lake Oswego, OR!

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In partnership with the Lake Oswego Public Library and Key Bank, the Senior Scholar Program offers free, engaging academic classes designed especially for older adults. Explore topics in history, humanities, science, and technology while connecting with peers… Continue reading →

Let’s tally up all the existing Bible bits in Chinook!

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This proposal will underwhelm and disgust some folks!

1897: Henrik Cavling, “Fra Amerika”

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An inaccurate but really interesting Danish view of the Pacific Northwest, just post-frontier:

ZOMBIE WORDS! 🎃 What do “emeets”, “emeek”, “capala” etc. have in common?

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Well, they’re either prime cuts of meat, or murder victims! Happy Halloween 🙂

“kʰíláy” for joy! We’ve found a relative of “kímtəks”!

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“Ocian in view! O the joy!” (image credit: US Mint) The idea that I want to share here comes from a train of thought that includes my previous post, kímtəks: not such a rarity,… Continue reading →

Charley Kahana, Kanaka-Salish fiddler (1865-1959)

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A good article at the Smithsonian Folkways website about early Pacific NW fiddlers includes some wonderful discussion of Charley Kahana.

Alphabetical order in Chinuk-Pipa a.k.a. Chinook-Peipa

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When you’ve been researching a subject for 30 years, there will be topics that you thought you had already told people about. But haven’t.

1909, WA: Jake Harding called quadrille dances in Chinook, in the frontier era

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“JAKE HARDING FIDDLED FOR FIRST DANCE IN SEATTLE”!

Who is going to record these precious old Chinook Jargon tunes? (Part 2 of 3)

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I’m not getting any younger, these songs won’t record themselves, and clichés won’t get the job done either!

NSFW! Valuable 1880’s BC naughty Chinook: The diaries of young Lou G Hare

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THIS IS INCREDIBLE. I meant to headline this as just “valuable”, but the “naughty” parts are in fact an exquisitely rare find. NSFW, nor for minors!