Used by Half-Breeds only: “ladder”

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Why did only “half-breeds” use the Chinuk Wawa word for “ladder”?

Kittitas Indian woman moves heaven and earth to visit Seattle festival

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A Yakama lady’s Chinuk Wawa is quoted, and for those with ears to hear, it teaches about Chinuk Wawa dialects.

“Are you Spokan?” The Ladies’ Repository wants to know

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One of the earlier popular-market features devoted to Chinuk Wawa is an unattributed piece…

Crowdsourcing challenge (Swinomish edition): The finale

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My readers succeeded when I challenged them. Now savor the rewards we’ve reeled in.

“He speaks Chinook like a native”

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A mighty interesting couple of newspaper clippings:

Respect your elders

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It’s my birthday. Instead of telling you my age, allow me to teach a valuable lesson:

How is your thinking?

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How is your thinking? Let’s see…

Chinuk Wawa “mán” as a part-Salish word

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“Everyone knows” — now that’s some famous last words.

Chief Joseph’s words to me, and what I think they mean

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Closing an address to a convention of bankers, Edmund S. Meaney, University of Washington professor of history, reminisced:

Moses-Columbia Indian Reservation, 1883

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A trip through the onetime “Moses Reservation” (Columbia Indian Reservation), Washington Territory, in July & August of 1883 turns up all the Chinuk Wawa we’d expect  from Salish people there and then (hayuuu)…