1910: Koxit George photo
“Picture postcard with photograph of Koxit George, the Chief of the Moses band, standing with his horse and dogs near a cabin at St. Mary’s Mission…”
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CJ til-shel ‘husband’ = Lower Chehalis + Lower Chinookan
I preach the “linguistic archaeology” gospel…
1858, Fraser River gold rush: “Chenook” beats a college degree
I’m very fond of the contemporary reports telling of the moment when Chinuk Wawa suddenly propagated into the British Columbia interior.
1923: Hugh hiyu tillicum [sic(s)]
We now know of a total of 4 letters in Chinuk Wawa written by William “Willie” McCluskey of the Swinomish Indian Reservation in northwestern Washington State.
1905, Similkameen: Oh! the Grabbing White Man.
Another example of dead folks’ spirits speaking Chinuk Wawa…
1913, Haida Gwaii: Indian Fooled Chinese Party
The intersection of West Coast CPE (Chinese Pidgin English) and CJ (Chinook Jargon)…
Métis “coulee” and “kuri / kuli”
hayu masi kʰapa Darrin Brager, man yaka kwanisəm nanich ukuk nayka t’wax̣-x̣umx̣um hom-iliʔi.
Found: An 1898 Chinuk Pipa grave marker
Curator T.P.O. Menzies of the Vancouver City Museum made a stunning “Chinuk Pipa” acquisition in 1938 that we need to follow up on…
1923: Native Sons of BC would preserve Chinook
A century ahead of their time!
Q’lti’s “First Ship Seen by the Clatsop”: First-contact words in Shoalwater-Clatsop Lower Chinookan
Told by Q’ltí (Charles Cultee), the 1894 publication “Chinook Texts” preserves countless cultural treasures.