Chinuk Wawa shows up in a funny place: American Machinist magazine. (February 2, 1884, page 3.) In the middle of a serious discussion of Root’s new boiler design, they throw in some lighter-weight filler. “What… Continue reading
(Notice how I’m indulging in exclamations this week?!)
Just to bring alive for you one of the uses we talk about the Jargon having–a “token of pioneer identity”, a “badge of Northwesternness”–I give you the following correspondence, nine letters that were… Continue reading
This blog’s reader Sam Sullivan sent in a draft translation of some really compelling material — a unique early attempt at education in Chinook Jargon: “From Bulmer’s Chinook, Vol. 5: Preliminary Geographical notes… Continue reading
(Update 05/07/2013: See below for edits showing my interpretation of the CJ here. — Dave) The first issue of the legendary Chinook Jargon missionary newspaper Kamloops Wawa has been shown in a lot of articles… Continue reading
Among the few (but increasing number of) websites where you can practice your Chinook Jargon, is VOVA. That’s the Vocal & Verbal Arts Archives. They’re a nonprofit working for language documentation and revitalization;… Continue reading
[Final installment. See previous episodes for more info on this fascinating pioneer memoir…life in the Okanogan Highlands of Washington State, 1880s-1930s. Most of what I’ve excerpted in this blog happened in the last… Continue reading
