Bibliography of the Chinookan Languages (Including the Chinook Jargon)
E-Books
Author/Creator
James Constantine Pilling
Historical note:
Charcoal (Si'-okskitsis) was renowned for his strength and cunning as a warrior. He killed his wife's lover, fired at an Indian agent and a NWMP, and later killed a NWMP sergeant and was executed in 1897.Historical note:
Students of Onion Lake School, with school in background. From the book The Face Pullers: Photographing Native Canadians, 1871-1939 by Brock Silversides.
Historical note:
In early 1893, issues of the Wawa began including word translations and prayers in phonetic orthographies for Aboriginal languages in southwest British Columbia such as Shushwap, N'lakapamux ["Ntlakapmah" or Thompson] and Halq'emeylem [Sto:lo].