Whidbey Island and Chinook Jargon: a roundup

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Coming soon (Chinook Jargon in the wild): Kla Ha Ya Days in Snohomish, WA

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Buy now for only $18,000! Autograph manuscript Chinook vocabulary, attributed to Dr. Joseph B. Brown, a surgeon in the 9th U.S. Infantry stationed at Fort Dalles on the Columbia River in Oregon Territory

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Chinook Jargon in the wild: The Tyee hotel & restaurant, Coupeville, Whidbey Island, WA

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Maybe a skooch more to the etymology of wálamsh ‘Rogue River tribe’

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1900, WA: Political commentary (snark/pun) via Chinook Jargon

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“Klahowya” from Cultus Bay

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t̓ilímuksh is a foreign pronunciation

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1909, WA: Inauguration of Spokane chief Jim Sam involves lots of Chinook Jargon

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Record-setting “per” phrase :)

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