Boas 1892: Many discoveries in a short article (Part 16: ‘to rest’)
Another word that we know as “typically Grand Ronde” (Oregon) was first documented at Shoalwater Bay, Washington…
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Ballast Island’s enduring connections with Chinuk Wawa
The other day, I wrote about discovering another intertribal waterfront community, Ballast Island on the Seattle waterfront, that seemed to be consistently connected with Chinuk Wawa…
1900, Lake Chelan: “nayka hilu wawa ukuk hayas-kʰəltəs wawa!” 😂😁🤣
Guess which dialect of Chinuk Wawa they were talking in north-central Washington at the Turn of the Century?
Ikta Dale McCreery yaka t’ɬap (Part 6: Deciphering a newly found song)
Tune unknown, which may be a clue for us.
Northern-dialect CW interrogative “ikta”~”pus ikta” etc. ⇐ SW WA Salish?
Clause-initial pus ikta, pus kata, and pus kah (synonymous with plain ikta, kata, and kah ‘what?, how?, where?’) in northern-dialect Chinook Jargon as spoken by Salish people is probably influenced by how their Indigenous languages work.
“Spos” versus “pus” is old — but not oldest
A search through my website indicates I haven’t yet verbalized the following observations:
AF Chamberlain’s field notes of Chinuk Wawa from SE British Columbia (Part 6: The rumours are true!)
Still more wonderful stuff from an eyewitness observer & speaker in BC!
1879, Alaska: “Frozen Jokes”
Back when Alaskan newspapers existed only in California, someone was unfamiliar with the pronunciation of “Yakima” & with Chinuk Wawa.
1854, southwest Oregon: Che(e)nook and Nipissing
Many thanks to David Gene Lewis PhD for his phenomenal research, presented over the years on his website, The Quartux Journal.
Kamloops + other residential schools, as reported to Native people in Chinook (Part 9: the kids’ names and home communities)
Today’s report is very data-heavy, so it will be valuable for research into the Canadian “residential schools”, and for genealogy.