November 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…

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October 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…

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September 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…

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September 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…

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September 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…

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September 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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August 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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July 29th, 2023 Snass Session: Sugarcane Melmorice

Sugarcane 1901: Charlie Melmorice’s letter, for the Snass Sessions1 Presented by David Douglas Robertson, PhD Consulting linguist, Spokane, WA, USA 1 This letter was certainly written by a newly literate Native person, as we can tell from many traits of its handwriting, grammar, and word choices. It shares a sheet of paper with a note…

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