sámn in Lower Cowlitz Salish
A very short further note on the huge impact of Chinuk Wawa on the Cowlitz tribe of southwest Washington state.
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Turtles all the way down? Ft. Vancouver in Chinook Jargon
Early settlers testified that the area of Fort Vancouver was known by Indigenous names referring to “mud turtles”; how about we slide into that subject?
A word & an Indigenous metaphor discovered: ‘Deceive’ is solved by birds
I think I’ve just solved a mystery we’ve been examining, by turning up an Indigenous metaphor!
The non-cussin’ way to talk about 2-spirits
I recently wrote about the rare old Chinuk Wawa word < bur-dash >, concluding that it’s a Canadian cuss word for ‘homosexual’.
“Camas stick” revisited!
Dedicated to the memory of Pauline Pascal Flett (1926-2020), whose love of and work for her Spokane Salish language put me on the path to being a professional linguist.
Tokitae in the media
A recent news story redefines a Chinuk Wawa word for us…
Champoeg & sand & water?
Please categorize today’s post among my more purely speculative ones; it’s about chámpʰúyk, as it’s known in Jargon…
Units of measure & “perch”
On the Columbia River in fur-trade times, North American French units of measure were about as standardized as you got.
Idaho CPE (The Other End)
While the West was still a bunch of Territories, Chinese immigrants knew how to unite to stake out their territory.
Songs of LBDB: Part 5 (Ben Bolt)
Mrs. Bartlett, do you remember how they spoke Chinook on the frontier?