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LINGUISTIC ARCHAEOLOGY: TREATY LANGUAGE (POINT NO POINT), PART 16: Who were those treaty signers?

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Here is a small exercise that to my knowledge I’m the first to try: figuring out which of the Stevens Treaties signers were conversant in Chinook Jargon.

Joel Palmer’s Indian name! And more juicy bits…

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This guy is really good! Remembering the early reservation period in Umatilla, Oregon…

LINGUISTIC ARCHAEOLOGY: TREATY LANGUAGE (POINT NO POINT), PART 15

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Wrapping things up:

Palaver?

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Very low probability of this reflecting “shipboard English”, but the chance of a connection between Chinuk Wawa and other pidgin languages will entice some creolists…

LINGUISTIC ARCHAEOLOGY: TREATY LANGUAGE (POINT NO POINT), PART 14

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Here’s a good one: banning Native immigration!

Sojourning Sisters

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Thank goodness, there’s another fine book by BC’s master historian Jean Barman to share with you!

LINGUISTIC ARCHAEOLOGY: TREATY LANGUAGE (POINT NO POINT), PART 13

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  Short and sweet: no more slavery.

And I’m determined to get the Jargon!

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That feeling when you get hooked on this language is portrayed in a video clip: (I hope this video embeds & shows up all right!)https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/embed/fe09ff12-e8d2-4fbc-941e-3ab444a48b67?autoplay=false

LINGUISTIC ARCHAEOLOGY: TREATY LANGUAGE (POINT NO POINT), PART 12

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Education and health care…

“Should” we see Salish influence in Chinuk Wawa commands?

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A hot lead, or a cold “should”er?