More humor in Chinuk Wawa: The culture of literacy
Something that often comes up in the old Chinook newspaper is an ability to see what’s funny in a negative experience.
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1889, Comox, BC: A Siwash Santa Claus
Christmas-themed, if you squint š¤£
1892, Ballast Island, Seattle: Another Chinook-speaking intertribal waterfront?
The action here takes place at the Duwamish Tribe’s temporary place of exile, Seattle’s Ballast Island. “Indian Camp on Ballast Island”Ā (image credit: Duwamish Tribe) (Ballast Island is not to be confused with Ballard.)… Continue reading
December 1894: “Our Monthly Budget” (Part 2 of 3 — Advent, and how to address letters)
Explaining new religious ideas to Native people involved trying to use their languages…
1901, Similkameen, BC: Princess Julia memloos
The Chinook Jargon in the post-frontier article from southern interior BC didn’t need to be translated to be understood.
1908 [1855], SW Oregon: A different SKOOKUM HOUSE
From early Settler days in southwest Oregon, specifically from the Rogue River War, comes a new meaning ofĀ “skookum house”.
Myron Eells’s hymn book (Part 3: “Come to Jesus”)
Song #3 from Myron Eells’s little book, “Hymns in the Chinook Jargon Language“, 2nd edition (Portland, OR: David Steel, 1889):
1899, Washington: Wenatchee tribe doesn’t speak Chinook…supposedly
The loaded headline “LOST TRIBE OF INDIANS” introduces a long article reprinted from the PortlandĀ OregonianĀ in the early post-frontier era.
Already looking back (to 1840) in 1877 Oregon
An unsigned but no doubt genuine memory of quite early Settler days naturally makes use of plenty Chinuk Wawa!
1912: Address delivered atā¦Grand Ronde! (Part 4 of 5)
I made a new mini-series when…