Kakwa Til Kyootan – Shan

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Shan made this song in Chinook Jargon. Stubs made the album cover. Zandman published the song on his Youtube channel. The words in Chinook are written down on the description for Shan’s song, and Zandman has written his own translation in the comments below.

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Chinook Jargon Bible History by Father L.N. St. Onge, 1870

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Chapters 1-2 | 3-5 | 6-7 | 8-10 | 11-12 | 13 | 14-15 | 16-17 | 18-21 | 24-25 More about this rare unpublished manuscript – Chinook Wawa Bible History by Father St. Onge Louis-Napoleon St. Onge was born near Montreal in 1842. The Rt. Rev. AM Blanchet brought him to St. James Church…

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Kaltash Wawa

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Alex Code, Manager of the PoCo Heritage Museum, has joined our weekly learning sessions and has demonstrated a remarkable facility with Chinook Wawa. (See Alex’s video Sametl here). He has also learned the script used for the Kamloops Wawa newspaper that was published in the late 1800s and early 1900s and was widely read by…

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Links

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Chinook Dictionary by Shaw https://archive.org/details/chinookjargonhow00shawuoft This is an excellent piece developed by the Grande Ronde Tribes of Oregon on words and etymologies https://lingpapers.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2018/02/2010_Zenk_Johnson_Hamilton.pdf

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The Snass Sessions

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The Snass Sessions are online Chinook Wawa study sessions. The Snass Sessions were named after dedicated participant Rein Stamm. Rein’s commitment to these online learning sessions made them an established fact. Eventually the group were able to bring in consulting linguist David Douglas “Chinook Man” Robertson PhD as an expert to help direct their studies.…

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Listen to Chinook Jargon Bible History

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Chapters 1-2 | 3-5 | 6-7 | 8-10 | 11-12 | 13 | 14-15 | 16-17 | 18-21 | 24-25 More about this rare unpublished manuscript – Chinook Wawa Bible History by Father St. Onge Louis-Napoleon St. Onge was born near Montreal in 1842. The Rt. Rev. AM Blanchet brought him to St. James Church…

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