Truly a gem — Chinuk Wawa words of a Grand Ronde-area Métis, in the early reservation era!

The admiring tone of a new article in “BC Catholic” is to be expected, but you’ll learn cool stuff about Chinook Jargon history in the province.

Often we can spot Chinuk Wawa lurking behind the curtains, as other Northwest languages occupy center stage.

Chinuk Wawa was invented by…

This installment #2 in our mini-series was a really popular song in the Pacific NW, so we have audio of ancestors singing it…

“Sprechen sie Deutsch? Parlez-vous français? Mika cumtux Chinook waw waw?”

Neat question — to what extent is this a joke?

Part 3 of 5, from a great little time capsule of Jargon from Grand Ronde…

…He must’ve talked Chinook Jargon as well as Chinese Pidgin English…

Here we find some of the earliest published Chinuk Wawa, and it’s from the Grand Ronde area.