Kamloops Wawa, Issue 63
Documents & Presentations
Description
Calendar; Septuagesima Sunday (includes a response in English to critics and a defense of teaching Chinook shorthand); visit to North Thompson; St. Francis Assisi; Johnny Harper; Mayoos; Lord's prayer in Thompson and in Sto:lo; Counting in Ntlakapmah [Thompson].
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].