Kamloops Wawa, Issue 126

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Database ID27513
InstitutionUniversity of Saskatchewan Libraries Special Collections
Fonds/CollectionFather J.M.R. LeJeune
SeriesWawa-1
File/Item ReferenceWawa-1-Wawa-S1-111
Date of creationMarch 1895
Physical description/extent20 pages; Photoengraved
Number of images20
Historical notePhotoengravings of Roman Catholic Chapel at North Bend, dedicated October 9, 1889 (p. 35); and the Chilliwack, B.C., Indian Brass Band (p. 43).
Scope and contentOn page 33 the editor discusses the contents, costs of the publication, back issues, and their use to learn Chinook, English, and French vocabulary. Discusses Christmas visitation of 350 Shushwap Indians in Kamloops and the group in Yale studying Chinook shorthand. Discusses how Indians learn at teach Chinook shorthand at other Indian communities and mentions names of individuals. Our Monthly Budget; News from the World; The Sugar Cane Bell (includes various engravings which accompany Chinook shorthand); Bishop Durieu's Old Testament, from Birth of Moses to The Ten Plagues of Egypt; Bishop Durieu's New Testament from The Paralytic to The Sermon on the Mount; Hymn to St. Joseph: A Specimen Page from our Future Prayer Book; Litanies of the Saints; The Sugar Cane Bell (Sugar Cane Tintin informs Wawa about real name of his country, Pelchuckshihshihshen, and discusses visit to a Mission school where he sees the products of Indian boys learning trades); Indian calendar for 1895.
Copyright holderPublic domain
Copyright expiry datePublic domain
TypeArchival
Primary MediaTextual documents
Provenance Access PointLeJeune, Jean Marie Raphael
Other notesVolume IV, No. 3, Issue 126. Pagination 33-48.
Treaty boundariesNo treaty
Cultural regionNorthwest Coast
Plateau
SubjectLanguages and Linguistics
Magazines and Periodicals
Bible - New Testament
Bible - Old Testament
Language and Linguistics - Chinook Jargon
Date Range(s)1890-1899
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