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» Chinook Jargon - A description of Chinook Jargon with definitions of a few sample words.




» 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.




» 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.




» 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.




» 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.