1911: Congress of Races, with Squamish delegates
In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day: One of the first broadly anti-racist meetings in the post-frontier era involved Chinuk Wawa…
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1905: A known Jargon name for Mt. St. Helens!
For certain solid reasons, there are fewer place names in Chinuk Wawa than in other tribal languages…
Culture lessons: Things Chinuk Wawa doesn’t do (Part 8: keep it simple, stupid)
K.I.S.S.: Keep It Simple, Stupid! This can’t be stressed enough.
1916: Rickreall: letter “L” is hard for Indian
Info from some old-timers, I reckon.
1880: Mica wake close!
In a small town, you’d better watch your behavior!
1895: “Chinook Hymns” in Chinuk Pipa (Part 1: “An old song for Christmas = Ça bergers”)
There is so incredibly much Chinook Jargon written in the BC “Chinuk Pipa” alphabet that I still keep finding material I haven’t previously read!
1915: Jargon-talking parrot
Adding to our files on non-humans that could talk or understand Chinuk Wawa:
KUMTUKS.CA, a fantastic resource for learning Chinook Jargon!
A quick recommendation for you:
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…
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…