Posts Tagged ‘BC’
February 8th, 2024. Snass Sessions. William Letter. (no date)
Snass Sessions 02.08.2024: William letter, no date1 David Douglas Robertson, PhD Consulting linguist, Spokane, WA, USA Notes: Visit Juli Baumler’s webpage of “Chinuk Pipa” (BC alphabet) resources. Background information on this writer: None. We’re not really sure who this William was. A kid? Billy the Kid? 😁 We don’t have much clue where William lived.…
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Snass Sessions 02.01.2024: Elizabeth Wai letter, no date1 David Douglas Robertson, PhD Consulting linguist, Spokane, WA, USA First, an extra item for your consideration — This is what an 1836 letter from the mostly illiterate French Canadians of the Willamette Valley, Oregon looked like. I think it has things in common with patterns we find…
Read MoreMarch 7th, 2024. Snass Session. August (no date) Salmon Arm
Snass Sessions 03.07.2024: August letter (eastern Secwépemc), Salmon Arm, no date1 David Douglas Robertson, PhD Consulting linguist, Spokane, WA, USA Notes: Visit Juli Baumler’s webpage of “Chinuk Pipa” (BC alphabet) resources. Background information on this writer: This August is probably the same writer as we see for other letters in this series! Look and think……
Read MoreFebruary 16th, 2024. Snass Session. August Of Enderby.
January 25th, 2024. Snass Session. Chief Narcisse letter, no date.
Snass Sessions 01.25.2024: Chief Narcisse letter, no date1 David Douglas Robertson, PhD Consulting linguist, Spokane, WA, USA Notes: Visit Juli Baumler’s webpage of “Chinuk Pipa” (BC alphabet) resources. Background information on this writer: Chief Narcisse wrote several letters that we have found. From Kamloops Wawa, we know Narcisse of Shhkaltkmah was a proselyte (#112, January…
Read MoreSeptember 23rd, 2023. Snass Session:nPete Nhinaskrit Alkali Lake 1895
Snass Sessions 09.23.2023: Pete Nhinaskrit letter, Alkali Lake, 18951 David Douglas Robertson, PhD Consulting linguist, Spokane, WA, USA NOTE: I’d like you to make our own notes about understanding the Chinuk Wawa here, based on the fluent English translations I’m supplying to you. Some background information: “Pit N’hinaskret” wrote 3 letters that I have found…
Read MoreSeptember 9th, 2023. Snass Session Patrick Felix Lillooet Letter
Snass Sessions 09.09.2023: Patrick Felix’s land rights letter, 18951 David Douglas Robertson, PhD Consulting linguist, Spokane, WA, USA Some background information: Patrick Felix seemingly wrote at least two letters that we’ve found in archives, one from Cayoosh Creek in St’át’imc (“Lillooet” Salish) country and one from Hallout in Secwépemc (“Shuswap” Salish) country. 1• If you…
Read MoreSeptember 2, 2023. Snass Session: Peter Cole Lillooet Letter
Snass Sessions 09.02.2023: Peter Kwal’s/Cole’s letter from Lillooet, BC, 18951 David Douglas Robertson, PhD Consulting linguist, Spokane, WA, USA Some background information: Peter Cole or Kwal wrote four letters that I have found so far in archives. Here we’ll be reading just one of them. Now, a couple of appearances he made in Kamloops Wawa:…
Read MoreAugust 26th, 2023. Snass Session: Johnny Peter Clinton Letter
Snass Sessions: Johnny Peter’s letter from Clinton, BC, 19121 David Douglas Robertson, PhD Consulting linguist, Spokane, WA, USA Some background information: Shoni Pitir of Clinton can be identified with the writer mentioned in Kamloops Wawa #123 (De94) p200: Shoni Shoni Pitirs kopa Klinton iaka mamuk-hilp kanawi iaka tilikom kopa Chinuk pipa. Taii Shosif, pi Kaptin…
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