Culture lessons: Things Chinuk Wawa doesn’t do (Part 11: “can”)
First off, there’s a distinction between “I can” and “I’m able”!
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Another “or” in Northern Chinook Jargon!
Written as o again!
There’s religious Chinuk Wawa, and there’s religious Chinuk Wawa (genuflect vs. kneel)
A recurring phrase in “Kamloops Wawa” #73, #74, #75 from 1893 tricked me!
Chinook Jargon in the news: Ranald MacDonald stamp issued
I don’t know how to order one from Japan Post, but this may be the first Chinuk Wawa speaker ever on a postage stamp!
A point about intonation and early-creolized Chinuk Wawa =na ‘Yes/No Question’
We don’t hear “=na” much anymore…
Boas 1892: Many discoveries in a short article (Part 19: ‘to sew’)
We’re in a mini-series that examines Prof. Franz Boas’s precious findings of lower Columbia River Chinook Jargon.
1858, OR: Origin of Oregon Jargon — mischievous trappers?
Here’s a slightly different bit of Pacific NW folklore about where Chinuk Wawa came from!
Old postcards (Part 1): Puget Sound Indians, “Siwash”
Postcards, especially ones from about a century ago, often used Chinuk Wawa for tourism value.
An item from Snoqualmie Valley Historical Museum!
In the Facebook “Chinook Jargon” group, the Snoqualmie Valley Historical Museum of North Bend, WA, shared a question: