Eyley Sr. & Jr. tell “European stories” in Sahaptin
I’ve recently written how Kalapuyan speakers at Grand Ronde, Oregon, told “Petit Jean” stories in their languages, which show a good deal of Chinuk Wawa influence.
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Siletz church services translated into “Jargon” well into 20th century
Locally, it was called “Jargon”.
Alkali Lake letters
From far northern Secwepemc territory, the winter’s sad tidings…
Maxime George and a couple of pidgins
Maxime George (1891-?) was a Dakelh chief in the Cariboo region of British Columbia.
Our Indian Kin Folks in the “Eiletz”
Today’s old news clipping is short and to the point.
Nesmith is credited with further Chinook feats
While shooting down the “invented by the HBC” myth, a Portland paper breathes more life into the cliché of Chinook Jargon as a “classical language”, right up there with Latin & Greek…
Grand Ronde Chinuk Wawa in the “Kalapuya Texts” (part 5: Social relations)
We’ve been looking at known Chinuk Wawa words from early Grand Ronde speakers of K’alapuya tribal affiliation…
Puget Sound frontier times: Interview with Jake Jones Jr., 1958
Snoqualmie Valley history told by a son of a pioneer…
Hidden discoveries: Extinct animals & creole-pidgin ethnozoology (Part 5)
Here’s one last example. It’s more circumstantial…
Nicola Auxime, Indian cowboy and “watchman”
Edited 10/11/2019 to add, thanks to Vinita, this mention of “Minnie Auxime, Kamloops” as the 27th of the first 50 pupils at Kamloops Industrial School, from page 149 of Kamloops Wawa #133 (October… Continue reading