G Demers article, and missionaries adapting to Indigenous understandings

G Demers article, and missionaries adapting to Indigenous understandings

I try to read what’s said about Chinook Jargon in the scholarly literature — so you don’t have to! Ginette Demers published an article in 2004, “Colombie-Britannique: Les missionaires catholiques et les activités langagières (1842-1952)” in the journal Meta 49(3):656-668. Image credit: “The Making of the Sahale Stick (Catholic Ladder)“ The French title translates as “British Columbia: Catholic missionaries and language activities 1842-1952”. He…