1877: “A Parody on Jordan” doggerel

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A longtime popular song got repurposed into a soldiers’ ditty in the Pacific Northwest, with some Chinook Jargon involved.

1911: Congress of Races, with Squamish delegates

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In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day: One of the first broadly anti-racist meetings in the post-frontier era involved Chinuk Wawa…

1905: A known Jargon name for Mt. St. Helens!

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For certain solid reasons, there are fewer place names in Chinuk Wawa than in other tribal languages…

Culture lessons: Things Chinuk Wawa doesn’t do (Part 8: keep it simple, stupid)

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K.I.S.S.: Keep It Simple, Stupid! This can’t be stressed enough.

1916: Rickreall: letter “L” is hard for Indian

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Info from some old-timers, I reckon.

1880: Mica wake close!

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In a small town, you’d better watch your behavior!

1895: “Chinook Hymns” in Chinuk Pipa (Part 1: “An old song for Christmas = Ça bergers”)

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There is so incredibly much Chinook Jargon written in the BC “Chinuk Pipa” alphabet that I still keep finding material I haven’t previously read!

1915: Jargon-talking parrot

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Adding to our files on non-humans that could talk or understand Chinuk Wawa:

KUMTUKS.CA, a fantastic resource for learning Chinook Jargon!

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A quick recommendation for you:

Boas 1892: Many discoveries in a short article (Part 16: ‘to rest’)

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Another word that we know as “typically Grand Ronde” (Oregon) was first documented at Shoalwater Bay, Washington…