Thompson River Salish & hymns
An apparently older version of the 1pl form [of ‘independent pronoun’] survives in a religious song: /nmimeł. [Otherwise /nmimł] — Thompson, Laurence C. and M. Terry Thompson. 1992. The Thompson...
View ArticleFrom Copenhagen to Okanagan, part 3
[See part 1 for full info on this fascinating memoir of life in the Washington Okanagan country, 1880s-1930s. It’s still in print, apparently, from Okanogan County Historical Society. Click the...
View ArticleBella Coola Courier, May 31, 1913
The Bella Coola [BC] Courier, May 31, 1913: This newspaper issue carries a vivid full-front-page narrative of Empire Day celebrations at the Indian reserve in Bella Coola, British Columbia. Lots of...
View ArticleMayne 1862: Chinook’ll get you to Yale, French to Kamloops
Four Years in British Columbia and Vancouver Island: An Account of Their Forests, Rivers, Coasts, Gold Fields and Resources for Colonisation By Richard C. Mayne. London: John Murray, Albemarle Street,...
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