Posts Tagged ‘Chinook Jargon’
November 11th, 2023. Snass Session: Johnny Noel Adam Canoe Creek 1894.
Snass Sessions 11.11.2023: Johnny Nawili Adam, Canoe Creek, 18941 David Douglas Robertson, PhD Consulting linguist, Spokane, WA, USA Background information on this writer: I haven’t found out much about Johnny Nawili Adam yet. Note: You’ll see in this letter that he speaks at least 3 languages, and is highly literate, knowing how to write a…
Read MoreNovember 4th, 2023. Snass Session: Alec Samson, Lillooet
Snass Sessions 11.04.2023: Alec Samson, Lillooet, 18951 David Douglas Robertson, PhD Consulting linguist, Spokane, WA, USA Background information on this writer: Alec Samson is a subscriber to Kamloops Wawa, according to issue #118b (July 1894), front wrapper page 2. He wrote today’s letter, and is mentioned in another Indigenous-written letter. Note: Alec Samson writes excellent…
Read MoreOctober 28th, 2023. Snass Sessions: Louis Lkaan, Soda Creek
There is no recording for this session due to technical difficulties. Snass Sessions 10.28.2023: Louis Lkaan, Soda Creek, 18941 David Douglas Robertson, PhD Consulting linguist, Spokane, WA, USA Background information on this writer: Louis Lkaan is a new subscriber to Kamloops Wawa, according to issue #118b (July 1894), front wrapper page 2. That announcement is…
Read MoreOctober 21st, 2023. Snass Session: August Andre, Spuzzum
The Video for this session is not available due to technical issues the day of recording. Snass Sessions 10.21.2023: August Andre, Spuzzum, 18941 David Douglas Robertson, PhD Consulting linguist, Spokane, WA, USA Link to the Nez Perce 1911 Chinook Jargon song we listened to today: Link to the whole Sam Morris Collection of 60 songs…
Read MoreOctober 7th, 2023. Snass Session: Jean Baptiste Denis Sechelt 1904
Snass Sessions 10.07.2023: John Baptiste Denis letter, Sechelt, 19041 David Douglas Robertson, PhD Consulting linguist, Spokane, WA, USA No background information on this writer is known to me. Please proceed to the next page! Sechelt, BC is a Coast Salish community west of Vancouver. For the moment, I’m placing a notation /// to show the…
Read MoreSeptember 30th, 2023. Snass Session: William Pierrish Wilmer 1906
Snass Sessions 09.30.2023: William Pierriche letter, 19061 David Douglas Robertson, PhD Consulting linguist, Spokane, WA, USA Some background information: A “Pierriche” is greeted by Damien Maxime in letter [046.003] and by Jamie Michel in letter [047.007]. He may be the same William Pierriche who datelined his letter [143] Wilmer, which is very near Shuswap and…
Read MoreSeptember 23rd, 2023. Snass Session: Pete 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 16th, 2023. Snass Session: Placitty Enderby 1895 Letter 2
Some background information: Philip Placity wrote this letter, and is mentioned in another Indigenous-written letter that we have found in the archives. The death of ‘Indian Placide’, probably Philip, at Shuswap is noted in Kamloops Wawa #197, June 1901, page 20: Placity family, including Pierre, his wife, and Baptiste, makes a number of appearances in…
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:…
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