An effectively identical sentence in Jewitt and in Lewis + Clark
For early Chinook Jargon history, it’s enormously significant to find virtually the same sentence spoken at about the same time, but 300 miles apart and by different ethnic groups.
For early Chinook Jargon history, it’s enormously significant to find virtually the same sentence spoken at about the same time, but 300 miles apart and by different ethnic groups.
Little people? (Image credit: Etsy) An interesting article from one of the only newspapers ever published in Haida Gwaii contrasts Chinook Jargon and Haida in one section: Children born of slaves were also… Continue reading →
My friend Beth is perhaps the best Chinuk Wawa teacher in the business.
Chinook Jargon was there. I lifted this from a recent Facebook post by the excellent Nicola Valley Museum & Archives in Merrit, BC. Enjoy! Happy Easter! Today we’ll take a look at the… Continue reading →
I always heard, “The poor workman blames his tools.” 🙂
The October 1, 2025 edition of The British Columbia Review was a nice report on people’s work to get Northern Chinook Jargon spoken again. Go give it a read, it’s good! 𛰅𛱁𛰃𛱂 𛰙𛱁𛱆𛰅𛱁 𛰃𛱄𛰙𛰃𛱄𛰙?… Continue reading →
A good sentiment in Chinook Jargon. “Tilikom klaska mamuk [Ø], kakwa chikmin wiht ukuk.“ (tílixam ɬaska mámuk, kakwa chíkʰəmin wə́x̣t úkuk.) “The people built it, and that’s also like money.” 𛰅𛱁𛰃𛱂 𛰙𛱁𛱆𛰅𛱁 𛰃𛱄𛰙𛰃𛱄𛰙?qʰáta… Continue reading →