This document is technical and over my head… Proposal to include Duployan script and Shorthand Format Controls in Unicode/ISO-10646 file:///C|/Users/vanisaac/Desktop/WG2_Duployan/WG2Duployan.html[2010-09-29 23:59:37] Document # N3895r Title: Proposal to include Duployan script and Shorthand Format… Continue reading
Reading fresh messages in old letters at fort Program illustrates vital link between literacy and local history ‘[A] program at the Fort Vancouver National Historic Site was the first time the link between literacy and local… Continue reading
Ranch tales: The origin of the Chinook language By Ken Mather – Vernon Morning Star Published: July 22, 2011 1:00 AM ‘Early B.C. cowboys were allegedly masters of three languages, English, Chinook and profane… As one… Continue reading
…Supposedly! Area’s largest planned housing project set to open after long delay ‘Two decades after it was conceived, Western Washington’s largest planned community will open this summer. It will be called Tehaleh, though Pierce County… Continue reading
Treasure trove of Christmas tradition at Alberni museum Alberni Valley Museum curator Kirsten Smith cups a vintage pear shaped ornament from the museum’s collection. WAWMEESH G. HAMILTON/Alberni Valley News By Wawmeesh G. Hamilton – Alberni… Continue reading
Grand Ronde dictionary coming soon Chinuk Wawa / kakwa nsayka ulman-tilixam laska munk-kemteks nsayka / As Our Elders Teach Us to Speak It [Paperback] The Chinuk Wawa Dictionary Project *** Update: It’s out! It’s… Continue reading
Traditional winter house explained By Katherine Mortimer – Vernon Morning Star Published: December 28, 2011 1:00 AM Eric Mitchell admits he has a pet peeve about the word kekuli. As supervisor of the Okanagan Indian Band’s… Continue reading
Thank you, Google Books. This 1890 find may be one of the earliest uses of the phrase ‘Nootka Jargon’. It’s also interesting for what it says about Chinuk Wawa.
Kowrach, Edward J. 1992. “Mie. Charles Pandosy, O.M.I.: A missionary of the Northwest.” Fairfield, WA: Ye Galleon. Kowrach was a priest (which order?) who lived in Veradale–the Spokane Valley–in Washington state. I was… Continue reading
Press coverage of independent Chinuk Wawa revitalization: Read about ‘Urban Scout’.
