1858, OR: Origin of Oregon Jargon — mischievous trappers?
Here’s a slightly different bit of Pacific NW folklore about where Chinuk Wawa came from!
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Old postcards (Part 1): Puget Sound Indians, “Siwash”
Postcards, especially ones from about a century ago, often used Chinuk Wawa for tourism value.
An item from Snoqualmie Valley Historical Museum!
In the Facebook “Chinook Jargon” group, the Snoqualmie Valley Historical Museum of North Bend, WA, shared a question:
Chinook Jargon in the news: Tumwater Historical Society
From JOLT (The Journal of Olympia, Lacey, and Tumwater), Friday, May 10, 2024, an article worth reading in full:
Ikta Dale McCreery yaka t’ɬap (Part 9: More Jargon from F. Boas)
On April 30, 2017, our friend (now Dr.) Dale McCreery of BC shared in the big Facebook “Chinook Jargon” group… (Masmasalaaniq mamuk kau eli kopa lamotai = Masmasalaaniq mamuk-k’áw íliʔi kʰupa lámətáy = ‘Masmasalaaniq tied the land to the… Continue reading
In honour of the Aurora Borealis in Chinuk Wawa country
Last night, we had a super-exceptional appearance of Aurora Borealis down here in Chinuk Wawa country!
Is letʰlá ‘noise’ an Americanism?
Is Chinook Jargon’s letʰlá ‘noise’ an Americanism?
1848, OR: at Celeetse (Siletz) Bay
A letter from Salem, in “Champoeg County”, reports on “an exploring tour” by some recently arrived Settlers in Oregon Territory.
AF Chamberlain’s field notes of Chinuk Wawa from SE British Columbia (Part 9: making camp,pounding berries, coïtus, little boy)
There are a number of discoveries in this 9th installment of our look at Alexander Francis Chamberlain’s field documentation of the Northern Dialect of Chinook Jargon.