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Your Chinook Wawa Word of the Day: Klahanie
KLAHANIE [KLA’-ha-nie], [KLA’-a-ni], or occasionally [klagh-anie’] — adverb Meaning: Out; outside; outdoors; without; exterior. Origin: Chinook tlakhani “out”; “outside”. ‘Klahanie’ (sometimes rendered as ‘klahani’, ‘klahhanie’, or ‘klaghanie’) means ‘outside’, but […]
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Your Chinook Wawa Word of the Day: Illahee
ILLAHEE [IL’-la-hie] or occasionally [ilee-ee] — noun. Meaning: Country, land, ground, earth, region, district, soil, dirt, the place where one resides. Origin: Chinook, ilahekh ‘land’, ‘earth’ < From a Lower […]
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Your Chinook Wawa Word of the Day: Sitkum
SITKUM [SIT’-kum] — noun, adjective. Meaning: Half; half of something; part of something; the middle. Origin: From Chinookan; both inflected (noun) and uninflected (particle) n-shitkum ‘I am half’; a-shitkum ‘she […]
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Your Chinook Wawa Word of the Day: Klonas
KLONAS [klo’-NASS] — adverb. Meaning: Perhaps; probably; doubtful; might; may; maybe so; I do not know; who knows Origin: Chinook tlunas ‘maybe,’ ‘don’t know’ Klonas (sometimes spelled as klonass) is […]
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SLAHAL
GAMES OF THE FIRST NATIONS: SLAHAL Slahal or Lahal (with slight spelling and pronunciation variations including Sla-hal, Slhahal, Lahall, and Lahalle), is a gambling game of the indigenous peoples of […]
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Your Chinook Wawa Word of the Day: Kull
KULL [kul] — adjective. Meaning: Hard (in substance); solid; hard to do; tough; difficult. Origin: From a Chinookan particle q’ul ‘strong’; q’ul-q’ul ‘strong’, ‘hard’, ‘too difficult’. A word used […]
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2021 U.S. Census Redistricting: Exploring Watershed Based Voting Districts
Every 10 years, the United States completely erases current voting district borders, and creates new ones using census data that has tracked demographic changes over the past ten years.How these districts are drawn is incredibly important, and in many states, is used as a tool of disenfranchisement, racism, and reinforcing voter disparities. Ensuring a fair…
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We’ve launched a Cascadia Discord Server!
With already more than a hundred people, we’ve got a great community folks dedicated to make Cascadia happen. Connect by location, interest – share your passions and projects, and let’s make Cascadia happen!
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Your Chinook Wawa Word of the Day: Lemooto
LEMOOTO [le-MOO’-to] or [lam’-MU-to] — noun. Meaning: Sheep; mutton. Origin: French, les moutons, “sheep” Sometimes spelled as lemoto or limoto, it refers to sheep, and naturally all things related to […]
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The Sound of the Yurok language (Numbers, Sentences & Phrases)
Yurok (also Chillula, Mita, Pekwan, Rikwa, Sugon, Weitspek, and Weitspekan) is an Algic language. It is the traditional language of the Yurok of Del Norte County and Humboldt County on […]