Istahibs Bill Has a Potlatch
In the post-frontier era on south Puget Sound, the local news reporter and his readers needed a Chinuk Wawa translator.
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The Boston Alaskan
Quite an odd place to track down some Chinuk Wawa: a boosteristic magazine titled the “Boston Alaskan: Published in the Interests of Alaska” (edited by L.M. Norton).
How Indians Get Their Dye
From a Clayoquot (Nuuchahnulth) man selling Indian handicrafts with his wife in Seattle:
Half and Half (Pilton 2)
Is “A.” for “Archibald“?
Pilton’s doggerel (1 of 2)
A classic in English forms the sourdough starter for half-Jargon doggerel…
lamatsin from Mississippi Valley French
lamatsin ‘medicine’ obviously comes to Chinuk Wawa from French la médecine…
Chuck! Chuck! Keequilly!
Also for the “fictional Chinuk Wawa” file…
The seasick & the P.O.W.
It’s a twofer today!
“Piss plant”, a Canadianism for an introduced species
I amused my daughter by pointing out the absurdity of telling Google to “translate dandelion into French” 🙂
Black and blue, Kanaka too! An Indigenous metaphor
For years I labored under the distorted impression that Hawaiians employed by the Hudsons Bay Company in the Pacific Northwest had been known as “blue boys”…