Posts Tagged ‘history’
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…
Read MoreAugust 19th, 2023 Snass Session: Michel’s Soda Creek Letter, 1885
August 5th, 2023 Snass Session: Sign Lang Tree Message
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…
Read MoreJuly 15th, 2023 Snass Session: Pipa Letter Chief Le Jeune Narcisse
Snass Sessions: Young Chief Narcisse’s political activist letter, May 19, 18941 David Douglas Robertson, PhD Consulting linguist, Spokane, WA, USA Page 1 1 This is one of several letters by Chief Narcisse that are preserved. He is also mentioned in other Indigenous people’s letters, as well as in the Kamloops Wawa newspaper. His descendants are…
Read MoreThe Snass Sessions
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.…
Read MoreAhnkuttie (history)
Chinook Jargon was spoken widely by aboriginal and non-aboriginal people throughout the British territory of Columbia, which extended from California north including the Alaska Panhandle. The legal government was the Honourable Hudson Bay Company although its status was unsettled with the territory open to both US and British citizens. The first and second Governors of…
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