1902, WA: David Denny confirms he spoke Jargon and some Lushootseed
Here we have it from the horse’s mouth.
Here we have it from the horse’s mouth.
I’ll be double-dog-darned!
Fortunately for us, the acute-epithetted Alex Code noticed and made a captioned video of a Northern Chinook Jargon song that’s of some importance to us. This is a type of Chinook Jargon song… Continue reading →
Kids these days!
“Russian in Alaska and in Alaskan languages” by the late, great linguist Michael Krauss of the University of Alaska Fairbanks is a brilliant demonstration.
As sung by Skokomish elder Henry Ruben Allen (1864-1956) several decades ago, this song quickly teaches you how to use “silent IT”. (Symbolized by Ø here.)
A party held in an early Seattler’s Settler’s home on January 16, 1866 was well remembered 40 years after!
From Stó:lō Coast Salish country:
(Dedicated to Paul.) You know who I appreciate? My readers!
Thanks to Professor Peter Bakker for an email in 2022 that got me thinking in a new way about a seldom-researched Chinook Jargon book…