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Dictionary of Chinook Jargon (Chinuk Wawa), Coqualeetza Library. Photo: George Mully / George Mully fonds / Library and Archives Canada

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Chinook Jargon - The First Language of Trade

tyee; skookum; tillicum; muckamuck It’s quite likely that at least one of the above words is familiar, especially to those who live in the Pacific...

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Nakwakto pictographs

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Indigenous Peoples Did Not Have Written Languages

Many Indigenous Peoples of North America did not have written languages and instead relied on oral histories to pass down their traditions and...

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