AF Chamberlain’s field notes of Chinuk Wawa from SE British Columbia (Part 5)
Wuht naika wawa marsi kopa Dale McCreery, yaka t’lap pi mamuk-nanich ukuk kopa nesaika.
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1910: Calling dances in Coquitlam George’s language 😁
One neat variation on our “party invitations and menus in Chinook Jargon” file is a 1910 dance card!
Starting 11/30 @ 6:30pm: Free weekly Jargon sessions will be every Thursday evening!
Our amazing free “Snass Sessions”, now 5½ years old, are growing up! We’re moving them away from early Saturday mornings to Thursday evenings! They’re on Zoom. To get the link, just email me:… Continue reading
Kamloops + other residential schools, as reported to Native people in Chinook (Part 8: the kids build Williams Lake school)
Here’s an interesting report in Chinuk Wawa on the first days of the residential school at Williams Lake in central British Columbia.
Why “hello” isn’t łúsh-sán in the Northern Dialect!
My experience of Southern Dialect (Grand Ronde, Oregon area) speakers is that they’ll say the phrase łush-san for ‘hello’…
1878: Remembering the Indian War of 1855-6
Memories of close contact between cultures in the earlier frontier era are just asking to be back-translated into Chinuk Wawa!
More humor in Chinuk Wawa: A wakeup call
From the Chinook paper, but in French, here’s another amusing story.
Important: Can you donate to the Chinuk Wawa Scholarships?
łax̣ayam, kʰanawi nayka shiksh, Can you spare a few bucks to help someone else learn Chinook Jargon from the excellent Lane Community College program? lanecc.edu/CWdonations is the link to quickly help out. It took… Continue reading
1889: “They cumtux Chinook” in this Seattle courtroom
Richard Osborn of Illinois (1845-1905) moved to Seattle in 1881, when use of Chinuk Wawa was still commonplace.
Chinook Jargon in the news: “What is the oldest city in Washington State?” Hint: Chinuk Wawa’s involved…
An unlikely source brings us an excellent question: What is the oldest city in Washington State?