Calling all readers! Do you know what Christmas carol this Jargon version is based on?

Another German talking good Chinuk Wawa in the Pacific Northwest…

A simple question: why is ‘tomorrow’ pronounced tumála in Chinook Jargon?

Okay, class, settle down.

Rumors got lots of play, it seems, in frontier-era Alaska, but calmer heads questioned them.

Typical for the frontier era, a newspaper had snarky comments about a local prisoner.

Our BC friend Dale shared this one about 7 years ago, in the Facebook “Chinook Jargon” group.

Previously here, I’ve shown how southwest Oregon’s ʔewksgiˑsam hemkanks (Klamath language) is an example of another language (Canadian/Métis French) being preserved indirectly.

Oregon “Indian War” veterans were connected with Chinook Jargon, quite rightly, in the popular mind — that’s why this dinner that they gave in the nation’s capital has a Chinook menu.

Again, I’ll highlight in orange some stuff that’s a new discovery for us!