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Chinook Jargon
A description of Chinook Jargon with definitions of a few sample words.
Gibbs' Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon
A complete reprint of: Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections (161), A Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon, or Trade Language of Oregon. Prepared for the Smithsonian Institution by George Gibbs. Washington: Smithsonian Institution: March, 1863.
Kamloops Wawa
Sample pages from the British Columbia newsletter, which was published between 1895 and 1923 in Chinook Jargon, English and French. Information about the University of Saskatchewan library's collection of many issues.
Shaw's Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon
A complete reprint of "The Chinook Jargon and How to Use It--A Complete and Exhaustive Lexicon of the Oldest Trade Language of the American Continent by George C. Shaw. Rainier Printing Company, Inc., Seattle, 1909".
Shaw's Dictonary--Combined Vocabulary
An abridged version of Shaw's Chinook Jargon-English Dictionary.
Tenas Wawa
"Tenas Wawa" was a semimonthly newsletter about the Chinook Jargon- a mixture of French, Northwest native languages and English. This is an extensive site with grammar, vocabulary, history, news articles and maps.
The Chinook Trade Jargon - Introduction
An introduction to the Chinook Jargon, a trading pidgin comprised of Native American, English and French words used by the pioneers and Indians on the western frontier.
Timetemple History Shrine
History-oriented website with a Chinook Jargon word-lookup tool, a directory of on-line Chinook Jargon dictionaries, and other Jargon-related resources.