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The Sound of the Southern Carrier / Dakelh language (Numbers, Greetings & The Book of John)
Carrier is generally regarded as one of three members of the central British Columbia subgroup of Athabaskan, the other two being Babine-Witsuwit’en and Tŝilhqot’in. Carrier proper consists of two regional […]
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Seattle Duwamish Indigenous Place Names and Settlements
On this page is a map of the known permanent village sites (c.1800) of the Coast Salish people who lived–and still live–in the Puget Sound area of Washington State. If you are interested in a particular group or area of the Sound click on the appropriate section of the small black and white map to…
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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: PELTON
In the early 19th century, somebody went “crazy” in Cascadia, and they’ve been remembered in Chinook Wawa ever since. Who was this person, and what connections do they have to Oregon’s state history? Read and find out!
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The Sound of the Northern Paiute language / Numu / Paviotso (Numbers, Greetings & The Book of John)
The Northern Paiute language, also known as Numu and Paviotso, is a Western Numic language of the Uto-Aztecan family. Within Numic, it is most closely related to Mono and more distantly to Panamint, Shoshone (spoken in Nevada, Idaho, Utah, and Wyoming), Comanche (spoken mainly in Oklahoma, Texas, and Arizona), Kawaiisu, and Chemehuevi-Southern Paiute-Ute. The other…
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The Sound of the Nez Percé language / Niimi’ipuutímt (Numbers, Greetings & Story)
A note on the Nez Perce Language! Nez Perce is a highly endangered language. While sources differ on the exact number of fluent speakers, it is almost definitely under 100.
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Your Chinook Wawa Word of the Day: Kalakala
KALAKALA [KUH-lah-kuh-lah] — noun. Meaning: Bird; a fowl; goose; a flock of birds; a winged insect; a wing. Origin: Chinook i-ku-la-ku-lu ‘(male) goose’; i-k’lak’la ‘(male) geese’; ultimately derived from a Chinookan […]
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Your Chinook Wawa Word of the Day: Mowitch
MOWITCH [MÓW-itsh] [ MAH’-witsh] — noun. Meaning: A deer; venison; game; wild animal Origin: Nuu-chah-nulth, mauitsh; Ditidaht, moitsh, a deer While the word itself refers to deer in general, as […]
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Your Chinook Wawa Word of the Day: Itlwillie
ITLWILLIE [ITL’-wil-lie] or [ITL’-u-li]— noun. Meaning: Flesh; meat; muscle Origin: Upper Chinook, i-tlgwul; Lower Chinook i-tl’uli ‘meat’ If one had “itlwillie sick” (bruised/sore muscles), they would naturally complain “konaway nika […]
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Your Chinook Wawa Word of the Day: Kiuatan
KIUATAN [KIU’-a-tan] or [KHI-YU-tun] — noun. Meaning: Horse Origin: Generally believed to be from Chinook i-kiuatan < ikee’utan ‘horse’, though some sources claim it is of Mamachatpam (Yakima) origin. There […]