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Your Chinook Wawa Word of the Day: Klootchman
Historically, “klootchman” only referred to a First Nations adult woman, unless combined with another word, such as “Kingchauch klootchman” (Englishwoman) “Boston klootchman” (American woman), or some other descriptor, such as “tenas klootchman” (girl; young woman).
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Your Chinook Wawa Word of the Day: Potlatch
The potlatch was the ceremonial distribution of property and gifts practiced among the First Nations of Cascadia along the Pacific coast, particularly the Kwakiutl, and were an institutional foundation of coastal society and economics.
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Your Chinook Wawa Word of the Day: Snass
SNASS [snas] or [snaws] — noun. Meaning: Rain. Origin: Of obscure origin, likely a manufactured onomatopoeia. Possibly Kathlamet Chinook ch’as ch’as ch’as representing the noise of rain. A highly expressive word […]
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First Dept of Bioregion Flag Making Workshop hosted in Laurentia
The Cascadia Department of Bioregion is proud to announce the completion of our first bioregional flag design workshop held in New York City, in the Laurentia Bioregion of North America. It included with attendees from three different North American bioregions and focused on how bioregional flags differ from national flags, and the importance of symbols…
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Your Chinook Wawa Word of the Day: Mahsie
MAHSIE [MAH-sie] — verb. Meaning: Thanks, thank you, thankful. Origin: French, merci ‘thank you’. Sometimes rendered as ‘masi’, ‘mausie’ and even as “masiem”, the world was adopted from French as […]
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Your Chinook Wawa Word of the Day: Skookum
Our word of the Day this week is Skookum! One of the most versatile words in Chinook Jargon.
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The History of the Salish Sea: Bert Webber discusses the Salish Sea in KNKX Feature
The Cascadia Department of Bioregion is excited to share this wonderful article, audio feature and Salish Sea series created by local Seattle radio station KNKX. The Salish Sea is a defining example of bioregionalism in action, and more people need to know the power of it’s creation, and of place making.
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A Growing Cascadian Identity – British Columbians Identify more with Washingtonians than their Canadian Neighbors
A newly released study shows that British Columbians feel a stronger Cascadian affinity to the south than with their eastern Canadian counterparts. In total – 54 percent of British Columbians felt they had the most in common with Washington state, 18 percent picked California while just 15 per cent chose Alberta, 9% percent chose Ontaria,…
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Canadian Forces Illegally Enter Wet’suwet’en Country in Northern Cascadia
On January 7, 2019, at approximately 2:51pm, RCMP and military forcefully breached a peaceful checkpoint on unceded Wet’suwet’en territory. Indigenous people were ripped from their homes by militarized police. There were at least 12 confirmed arrests, including an elder, and Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs were blocked from their own territories.
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The Cascading Cascades of Cascadia – where does the name Cascadia come from?
Cascadia — the evocative name of a region, an idea, a movement — wild and free, defined by the waters flowing from the continental crest through the headwaters of the Pacific. Cascadia is a bioregion, the place we call home, an identity, movement and positive vision for the future. But where did this name actually come from?